personality of names?

[Eleta]

Do you think the name you give you child has any influence over their personality? I hve a Charlotte who is very strong willed and come across others who are the same. I also have a Molly (which I think is a softer name) and she is alot more laid back. I am now 15 wks with number three and hoping for a calm one!

The only girls names DH and I agree on are Lucy and Matilda which are quite differant types of name.

What do you think? Which goes best with surname Newby and with my other daughter's names?

I love Matilda but worry alot of people will hate it so honest opinions please

matilda can be shortened to tilly and thats sweet my teen dd has a triend called matilda and they call her hills

I love both Lucy and Matilda, but think Matilda goes better with your surname and your other dds' names.

I have a dd with one of those names (op) and is opposite to what you posted, so I don't really think given names influence personality!

Matlida is a gorgeous name

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Lucy is lovely, and every Lucy I've known has had a chilled out personality.

Matilda is also good, but on the feisty side.

I have a Benjamin who is very cheeky. I have met many people who say their Benjamin is cheeky also.

I think Lucy goes best with your other girls names.

love matilda but think tilly and molly are too similar - what about chatlotte, molly and tilda for matilda?

agree with the personalities, my lexie is WILD and very strong willed where as ella not so much

not that it helps but I also love name Lucy too

my DH would agree with you regarding the 'personality' of names. he has always mantained that names ending with a 'Y' or 'EE' or 'A' sounds makes for softer sweeter children than those whose names end in hard 'N' sounds.

in some ways we have found it fairly true in the case of our girls.

we have megan, holly and natasha and megan is most certainly a lot 'harder' than holly or natasha.....altho that could also be the fact that she is the oldest (meaning it is birth order), or even as far as it being that she is an aries (and so blaming her star sign)....

or, it could all be a load of tosh and is down to her personality and she would have been the same anyhow had she been born youngest of my 5, under the sign of gemini (for instance) and called jessica.....

as for choice of your name now......I like both, but lucy is less likely to be shortened or nicknamed so if you are against shortening that may be the way you choose...

Thanks. Glad no one said they hate Matilda. I would prob shorten it to tilda if I did shorten it. Charlotte has never been shortened, not that I am against it, she just is a CHarlotte! I just dont think anyone would hate Lucy but ay hate Matilda. Not that it matters, noone will like eveyname but just trying to imagine child growing up with that name. It is so hard!

I know a couple of Matildas born in the last year, so think it is gaining in popularity and unlikely to be widely hted.

Matilda is much nicer than Lucy and goes better with your surname.

Thank you Mrs Mattie. Can anyone think of good middle name that works with Matilda and Newby? Quite like Alice, Any thoughts?

too many a's beside each other

I have 2 daughters - Lucy and Matilda so I think both names are fantastic! In terms of character, I always viewed Matilda as being a strong name (it means mighty in battle) but my daughter called M crumples at the first hurdle! Lucy, I think as being quite a pretty and feminine name, but my daughter L is very determined and single minded. I think that a child's character is therefore more determined by genetics and birth position (Lucy is the 2nd child and most of my friends 2nd chidren seem to be tougher than the eldest)than name.

Mimithe rabbit do yu mind me asking if your girls have middle names? Just interested in what you would put with Matilda

Just to add, Eleta, when we told the paediatrician and a friend that we were going to call our eldest Tilda, they both commented that it was a brand of rice! We therefore called her Matilda, though do call her Tilda quite a lot.

Matilda Nell
Lucy Olivia

I thought of the rice thing, but still think I wuld shorten it sometimes. I think most names have something associated with them. For instance my friend loves Annabel but is worried about the 'Baby Annabel' thing.

I like Nell alot but doesn't sound right with my surname.

Matilda is lovely and so is Tilly. I don't think Lucy goes with your surname at all.

My two girls both suit their names, DD1's is more feminine and she's the quieter one. DD2 has an unusual name and she is wild.

I love Matilda wanted it for DD3 but DP didn't like it

sweetkitty behave yourself, the decision has been made

and a lovely one it is too

I think that a name like matilda, with it having 3 syllables, needs a middle name with just one.....like matilda nell to take one example.

my DD3 is natasha, and we also followed with the one syllable and called her natasha mae. MY name is alethea.....my mum and dad also did the same and my middle name is dawn (which I hate with a passion, but hey ho......it does go well even so!)

sooooo......matilda, if I was using it for a daughter of mine, would therefore need a short sharp name!

lucy on the other hand can go with a range of middle names........

I'm with pootleflump - Lucy sounds strange with your surname. Matilda is great though and goes well with your other girls, although the middle name is a bit tricky...Matilda Fay? Matilda Jaye? Or the ever popular Matilda Rose, that works well I think.

Psychomum5 - I like your DH's theory, but think my dad would have something to say about it - I'm a Suzanna and I was a royal pain in the arse throughout my childhood (Of course I am angelic now )

agree with psycho

what about

Matilda Rose
Matilda Mae
Matilda Joy
Matilda Jane
Matilda Jean
Matilda Hope
Matilda Anne

etc

Lucy can carry more because its shorter

what about Lucy Matilda?!

oooohhhhhh cyteen I know your real name now lol