Thoughts on Marnie, Heidi, Elise, Libby, Nina, Keira or Tia?

[Rosegarden98]

Does any one have any thoughts on Marnie, Heidi, Elise, Libby, Nina, Keira or Tia please?

And kids today will probably be saying Hi. Hi Heidi or Hiya Kaia/Maya/Gaia.

I'm the same.

Favourite is Elise (absolutely lovely and much more unusual than Eliza or Elisa as an Elizabeth diminutive, and also stands on its own I feel)

Second equal Heidi and Libby. Libby is very sweet as a diminutive of Elizabeth but I do think it is a bit "unfinished" as BC name.

I wonder, would you use Elizabeth on BC and she could then go by either Elise or Libby as you felt best suited her?

Tia is Tia Maria to me: a coffee liqueur, and not a particularly classy one.

Marnie I just cannot see the appeal of. It sounds whiny and makes me think of a Marmite sarnie.

Nina is sweet, but I can see where the pp who said nee-nah, nee-nah is coming from: Parisian fire engine siren!

I went to school with a Heidi and we never once teased her.

ETA she did get "Hides" a bit but it wasn't a joke, just an affectionate shortening that none of us thought anything negative about.

Who's 'we'?

Her classmates...

Honestly: MN is getting weirder and weirder ... Were you thinking it was the Royal We or something?🤔

Marnie or Libby

keira - keer-uh (actress)
ciara - kee-uh-ruh (friend on school run)
chiara - key ar uh (only knew her from Italy)

I like Libby but would use Elizabeth and Libby as a nickname. I also like Elise and Heidi but really not keen on Marnie or Nina but Nina might be because I hated Nina P at school!

I quite like them all except Tia.

As pointed out, Keira has multiple possible spellings. Not necessarily a problem but perhaps a consideration.

(I also have a name with multiple possible spellings, and people usually get the wrong one, but it doesn't bother me unduly 😄)

I know a Marnie in her 50’s now, I always thought it was a lovely name.
Elise, I prefer Eliza. You could cover both Eliza and Libby if you call her Elizabeth.
Heidi and Keira, both nice enough.
I don’t like Nina or Tia, they seem unfinished somehow. When my ds was little he used to shout Tia whenever he saw a trailer, lol

Love Elise and Libby
Marnie reminds me of sarnie as in a sandwich so no
Heidi I think of the book so no. Had a Heidi in our class and she hated her name. Though may not be an issue with time difference.
Nina not that keen
Keira - Like but prefer other spellings
Tia - not that keen

I thought you meant her friends.
My friends didn't make fun of my name but the bully types tried to. (Didn't work because I didn't rise to it.)

This is exactly what I would have posted!

I am a Tia, its a short and easy name to pronounce and spell so there is that but theres always the option of having it as a longer name, for example Cristina if you still wanted to carry off the Spanish vibe. there is the Tia Maria conotation but thats hardly anything. i hope that helps. if your surname begins with P, there could be Toilet Paper jokes but please dont let that put you off.

Nina, not such a fan
Keira- a popular name but not one i hate
Libby- like with Tia, you could have a longer name but use that day-day
Marnie- not awful but reminds me of mardy
Heidi- not bad
Elise- is a car, but this name has a pretty feel to it

I used to think Tia was a super popular name on a forum I was on as everyone was signing their post "Tia xxx" then I realised it meant "thanks in advance"

I like Marnie and Keira. I like Ellis but not Elise.
Really dislike Tia. It reminds me of the awful Bonnie Blue?!

Marnie - I htink this sounds awful, sounds whiny and unpleasant. Just don't like it. It is like Sarnie as a shortening of sandwich, horrible sounding word
Heidi - pretty, but I think it still links too much to swiss alps and goat herds, although that may be generational
Elise - pretty
Libby - don't like the sound of it. Wouldn't mind it as a shortening to Elizabeth, but not as a stand alone name.

Nina - pretty
Keira or Tia - these are pretty enough, but in my area they are very council estate names and not my taste.

Marnie

Marnie makes me think of the Hitchcock film, and the children's book/Studio Ghibli film When Marnie Was There.

I like it.

Marnie - love it. V cool
Heidi - ok. But twee?
Elise - good
Libby - good but prefer it as a nn for Elizabeth or Liberty
Nina - good
Keira - not so sure - so many people mis spell it
Tia - OK - obv not if middle name is Maria,

😂That's the sort of thing I'd think too!

Marnie - irrationally HATE this name, sounds like an overly friendly but ugly retriever
Heidi - cool girl, acceptable also on a weird girl
Elise - cool girl, unfortunate on a weird girl
Libby - Short for Elizabeth, I like that this gives her more options later in life to become Liz, Beth, Eliza etc.
Nina - great name
Keira - great name
Tia - Spanish for Auntie or Tia Maria

I just googled Bonnie blue and found out her real name is Tia, I had no idea! 😬 Thanks for warning me, I'm definitely striking that one off the list, especially in case she goes back to using her real name like jordan/katie price!

I like Heidi and Nina, and Elise if pronounced Eleeze but not Eleece. I think Nina might be the most timeless, as in it will equally suit a little girl, an adult woman and an older woman.

Thanks, I prefer the Elize pronunciation too, is that the more common one in the uk?