Margot, Hattie, Eliza or Ivy?

[Blooshoe]

Please rank them or tell me your favourite.

Eliza

Margot, by some distance
Eliza

They are all lovely, BUT I wouldn’t choose Hattie unless you actually name her Harriet.

Any Hattie will spend most of her life explaining that her full name isn't Harriet so I would save her the bother and use the full name. It also gives her the option of choosing her own nickname when she's older.

I'm not a fan of vowely names on girls so I'd choose Harriet over the others on your list, followed by Margot.

Hattie, Eliza and Ivy are tied for me - beautiful names!

I like Margot too, but always wonder if it sounds a bit hard.

Ivy 4/10
Eliza 4/10
Hattie 4/10
Margot 0/10

Well I’ve always loved Hattie and to me Ivy sounds a lot more childish because it’s a plant called POISON Ivy and I just don’t like that so there

Ivy - like this best

Margot- very nice name

Eliza - ok

Hattie - dire

Ivy first, Margot I'm kind of torn on. I think I like it.... but it also reminds me of maggot 🫣 (sorry)

Hattie - dreadful.
Ivy - a green creeping plant. Ugly name.
Eliza - ok. Prefer Elizabeth.
Margot - becoming very very common. Not a nice name.

I'm amazed to see from this thread how thoroughly rehabilitated the name Margot is. Only one mention (that I spotted) of the hugely popular 70s sitcom The Good Life.
To my generation, the name is completely synonymous with the snobby suburban next door neighbour in that programme. She was a parody of so many awful social tendencies. However, she was also lovely and vulnerable in certain ways. And the programme often tried to catch us in our prejudice against her, and make us think again with more compassion.
And times change, of course. When I try to separate the name from that particular association it seems strong. A strong woman.

I don't like Ivy at all. Hattie is a nice nickname for Harriet but wouldn't use it in its own right. The others are lovely.

Margot does remind me a bit of Maggot I don't know why. But I do like it!

I love Eliza as it has connotations with the strong feminine character of Eliza Hamilton. She spoke out against slavery, established the first private orphanage in New York City, and raised funds in DC for the Washington Monument. She was (1757 - 1854 may she Rest In Peace) a powerful lady who I am sure your child would love to look up to. I wish you all the best.

I have an Eliza who is Elizabeth on the birth certificate. Elizabeth is a family name for us so it was meaningful, and I like that it gives her lots of options for nicknames in future, but now that she is here I think it would have been simpler to call her Eliza. It's weird at the doctors' surgery etc. her having a different formal name.

I also love Harriet with nickname Hattie. I think Harriet Elizabeth would have been a strong c

Sorry, posted too soon! Harriet Elizabeth would have been a strong contender for us if we didn't already have a son named Henry.

Harriet Eliza or Eliza Harriet would also be lovely I think!

She’s not the only Margot who comes to mind, though! My first association is always Margot Fonteyn, the beautiful and elegant Prima Ballerina of the fifties!

One of the reasons the character from The Good Life has that name is precisely because it was associated with elegant/upper class women of the forties and fifties — so next to the very 1970s earthy Tom and Barbara her name seems old-fashioned and of a previous generation.

My eyes weren't focussing properly and did some merging.

I was surprised someone thought of calling their baby Harlot....

I really would recommend spelling it Harlotte, or she’ll always have to correct people.

Love Margot
Hate Hattie
Meh about Ivy or Eliza

Eliza, I don’t like any of the others.

There are sooo many Ivys Avas and Evies.

Hattie is one of those name that just gets paired with the obligatory Rose/May/Grace.

Ivy
Eliza
Margot
Hattie - not keen

1. Eliza
2. Ivy
3. Margot
4. Hattie (prefer Harriet)

1. Eliza is beautiful, miles above the others.

1. Hattie is OK, quite cute. Seems incomplete and a bit juvenile though, Harriet for the full name would be so much better.

1. Margot, it's OK. I don't really get the current popularity though.

4.Ivy. No, don't like the sound of it or the meaning (it's a parasitic plant after all!). I know it's popular, I still dislike it. If you want a plant based vintage name then Daisy for example is so much nicer.

Eliza
Hattie
Margot - becoming really popular in my area and all I can think of is Margot Robbie whenever I hear it
Ivy