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41 replies

Roseyposeypudding · 29/01/2023 18:37

Help me narrow down this list! Can you list each one out of 10? Or do love/like/lose. Whatever you prefer! Thank you!

Ariadne
Rosa
Edith
Isidora
Matilda
Flora
Claudia
Therese
Merryn
Theodora
Valentina

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Coffeellama · 29/01/2023 18:38

Ariadne is this one a typo?

RunningFromInsanity · 29/01/2023 18:39

I only like Rosa and Matilda.
I love Thea, but not Theadora.

Heyboooo · 29/01/2023 18:40

I love Ariadne (but be prepared to correct people a lot, or have idiots making comments like the person above)
I also REALLY love Merryn

NameChangedForThissss · 29/01/2023 18:40

I like Isidora
i hate Matilda

VerbenaGirl · 29/01/2023 18:43

I like:
Edith
Flora
Claudia
Theodora

Coffeellama · 29/01/2023 18:43

Heyboooo · 29/01/2023 18:40

I love Ariadne (but be prepared to correct people a lot, or have idiots making comments like the person above)
I also REALLY love Merryn

It was a genuine question you jackass, I’ve never heard that name before! Thought it might be a typo for adriane. Don’t bother answering that though, just insult instead!

schoolsoutforever · 29/01/2023 18:44

I particularly like Rosa and Isidora. I like Flora, Claudia and Valentina. I don’t dislike any of them.

BridieConvert · 29/01/2023 18:47

How do you pronounce Ariadne?

I love Rosa and Merryn is lovely.
Not a fan of any others, sorry!

Kanaloa · 29/01/2023 18:51

Ariadne - 5/10 I think it’s lovely but you’d get a lot of confusion/having to repeat it constantly
Rosa - 5/10 nice, lots of Rosies around nowadays
Edith - 5/10 nice but not special
Isidora - 2/10. I love Isabelle and Isabella and like Isadora but I think Isidora just looks wrong
Matilda - 7/10 nice but very popular
Flora - 2/10 nice, I do like it, but I’d probably go with Florence instead due to the margarine
Claudia - 2/10 I don’t know why, I just don’t like it
Therese - 5/10 nice enough, prefer Teresa
Merryn - 2/10 I don’t like it
Theodora - 9/10 really beautiful
Valentina - 9/10 also really nice

SlinkySienna · 29/01/2023 18:53

Roseyposeypudding · 29/01/2023 18:37

Help me narrow down this list! Can you list each one out of 10? Or do love/like/lose. Whatever you prefer! Thank you!

Ariadne
Rosa
Edith
Isidora
Matilda
Flora
Claudia
Therese
Merryn
Theodora
Valentina

I wanted Valentina for girl or Valentine for a boy. Love them!

DramaAlpaca · 29/01/2023 18:59

I think Isidora is usually spelled Isadora.

I'd lose Isidora and Theodora because I dislike the diminutive Dora.

I'd lose Therese as I find it very old fashioned and not in a good way.

I'd only use Ariadne if there was Greek heritage, but it is a beautiful name.

The rest are all fine.

toastofthetown · 29/01/2023 19:05

Ariadne - 8, really like it, but worry it might get lumped in with Arabella and Ariana
Rosa - 5, fine but a little dull
Edith - 1, maybe swayed as the Edith I know best is awful bit also don't like the -th ending
Isidora - 7, I love Isadora (which would have scored 9), but still nice. Could blend into the sea of Isabel(le)s and Isabellas though
Matilda - 4, has been hugely popular recently and is starting to come down from that and feels tired and overdone as a result
Flora - 6, quite nice
Claudia - 10, love Claudia, not too overused but still familiar, works internationally
Therese - 3, just don't like the sound
Merryn - 3, clunky sounding
Theodora - 5, Theo(dore) is so overdone for boys I really don't see the need to pile into the popularity on the girls side too. I prefer Dorothea (or maybe I just love Taylor Swift)
Valentina -10, I love Valentina but don't like any of the nicknames so would rules it out for me on that basis. Still a beautiful name though

kitsuneghost · 29/01/2023 19:06

Rosa
Hate Merryn and theodora

DestinysGrandchild · 29/01/2023 19:06

I like Theodora and Matilda.

HiImTheProblemItsMe · 29/01/2023 19:19

Ariadne - lovely! 9/10.
Rosa - I like it BUT I think I prefer the classic Rose. 7/10.
Edith - I don't like this name, sorry. 3/10.
Isidora - I considered Isadora for a girl. Like it! 8/10.
Matilda - love love love 10/10.
Flora - really like! 9/10.
Claudia - I always think this name sounds very elegant. 9/10.
Therese - no, dislike 1/10.
Theodora - I think I prefer Thea but it's ok. 6/10.
Valentina - ooh. Nice. Only thing is, I'd hate for it to be shortened to Val. So 6/10.

custardbear · 29/01/2023 19:21

I like Valentina but hate 'Tina'. Claudia is lovely too.
I love Genevieve too, some problem with Jenny for short 😯

BevMarsh · 29/01/2023 19:22

Love Valentina
Like Matilda
Lose Ariadne

itsabigtree · 29/01/2023 19:24

Gotta be Claudia!

MaMisled · 29/01/2023 19:26

Merryn is lovely and I've not heard of it before. Like Ariadne too.

BCBird · 29/01/2023 19:28

Like Flora that's all

HuntingoftheSnark · 29/01/2023 19:40

Love Ariadne. Quite like Matilda and Flora.

Hohofortherobbers · 29/01/2023 19:42

Rosa is nice. Have you considered Fleur? Prefer it to Flora

PurpleReindeer2 · 29/01/2023 19:51

Matilda>Rosa> Edith (only for nn Edie)
Sorry but don't like any of the others.

RuthW · 29/01/2023 19:55

Ariadne lovely
Rosa lovely
Edith I have a 'th' name so dislike
Isidora lovely
Matilda awful
Flora lovely
Claudia ok
Therese ok
Merryn ok
Theodora nice but too popular
Valentina lovely

Rainallnight · 29/01/2023 20:01

Ariadne Love love love. I know an Ariadne through work and I’m dead jealous of her name.
Rosa Like
Edith No
Isidora Love
Matilda No - the Musical
Flora Love
Claudia Fine
Therese Strong no
Merryn No but only by association
Theodora No
Valentina No