Penny or Pearl?

[rhymeswithjello]

In agony over choosing a name for my second DD! We've gone though thousands of possibilities and have whittled it down to two options, both with the middle name Rae.

Penny Rae
Pearl Rae

Which would you choose?!

Penny and Pearl are both on my list! I also love Polly. Perhaps I just really like 5-letter P names.

I think Penny Rae flows better than Pearl Rae, so I would choose Penny as you are set on the middle name.

Pearl

I'm not fond of either, but if I had to choose, I'd say Penny with Rae sounds much nicer.

I think Polly would be nice though.

Pearl sounds too dated imo. And not in the way that some old fashioned names have made a come back. I'd lump it in with the likes of Freda or Hilda, Jean or Silvia. One of those old names that'd never come back as a trendy old fashioned name...just old fashioned!

I really don’t like any of them, very twee and common.
Rae is Hebrew for female sheep! Not sure why you’d want to name your daughter after that

Pearl is lovely but I'm biased as its my younger sister's name :)

Penny of the two, it is fine on its own it doesn’t have to be short for anything.

I like Penny , fine on its own (that’s what we gave ) but I considered Aspen and Penrose x

Penelope Rae nn Penny - Penny is a bit itsy bitsy as a full name

But if you can think of a different middle name then Pearl - Pearl Rae sounds like a fish or a deadly weapon

Philippa nn Pippa maybe ?

Petra

Penny Rae.

Pearl Rae is too hard on the eyes - all those e a r.

Madeleine Rae
Philomena Rae
Lindsey Rae
Isobel Rae
Polly Rae
Priscilla Rae
Cilla Rae
Bridie Rae
Finty Rae
Nancy Rae

Pearl is a brilliant name for a girl.

Penny is lovely. I personally dislike Pearl.

Rae isn´t my cup of tea but it it´s nice with Penny.
Pearl Rae doesn´t sound good (at all).

Pearl sounds dreadful with my regional accent.

Penny is lovely imo. Maybe full name Penelope although I grew up with one who was shortened to Nelly. I like Polly too.

Heidi is a nice name.

Penny Rae sounds like the name of a road.

Penny

what about:

nova rae
lucy rae
cora rae
ruby rae

???

Am I the only one singing 'Pearl's a singer' ?

If the alternative is Penelope, then I think that is slightly better.

I don't like either I'm afraid and Rae is just dreadful, plus it sounds like an old man in a string vest's name.😄 Sorry OP, but it really is a filler name. Ruby is nice enough though.

What’s your regional accent like… round us Pearl would be more like Pe-rrul

My lovely Gran is called Pearl. I can still hear my great-grandma calling her name in her broad West Country accent. Love it!

Finty Rae mentioned above is fab, and kind of complements your other DC names.

Nova Rae sounds like a sci-fi weapon

@rhymeswithjello I love Pearl but she was my favourite teacher at school so I have a fondness for it. Of your other choices I would go with Lucy or Cora. My youngest dog has two sisters both called Ruby ( not with us - from the same litter ) so that probably informs my choice . One Is Ruby Tuesday. As I recall , when DS was at school he had two Ruby s , I do like the the name but given the dog association that is what comes across to me . It would not to any normal person 😁

Lola Rae
Nina Rae
Frances Rae

Very Sorry but neither.

@Girlmumx2 & @rhymeswithjello

I love Frances - it is a long time ago but had I had a daughter Frances would have been up there along with Stella Both lovely names