Are we completely up ourselves?

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The shortlist for girls names at the mo' is:
Esme
Matilda
Harriet
Florence
Susannah

Really lovely, good names IMO

I love Matilda

I like all of those! Especially love Florence; would nab that myself for a dd3.

I love all of them and considered all of them for my DD apart from Susannah.

I'm just wondering whether your shortlist for boys names would be similar to mine!

All of them are lovely

I like Matilda, Tilly for short.

Up yourself? Why do you think that?

Florence is the only one I really love on your list. The others (actually, all but Susannah) are all fairly common in middle class-ville, London .

What are you asking?
Do you want to know what we would think of the parents who would choose these names if we were feeling particularly judgey mcjudgeworth for a moment.
i'd think you were conservative parents who want their daughter do play violin and do ballet.
(but only because you asked, in RL i wouldn't really be bothered) they are pretty names.

Don't think you're up yourselves at all! Very nice names.

Have to say my personal order of preference, (not that you asked for it ) is Harriet, Susannah, Florence, Esme, Matilda.

Don't like Susannah but I LOVE all of the others.

i'd say they were quite traditional

i like Matilda the best

i love matilda too was very high up the list for dd.

Not sure what you mean by "are we completely up ourselves" - do you mean you think they're pretentious?

I am a good old fashioned northern girl and they don't seem pretentious to me. They're lovely names

Sorry if i've got the wrong end of the stick ...

Dragonbutter I suppose that is what I was asking - is it too early to sign the bump up for Kumon maths and after school French classes?
Lubyloo - haven't really got a shortlist for boys yet. Arthur and Albert are up there though. We already have a Stanley and so it has to be pretty traditional really.

They're lovely names. I have a Mathilda and love the name Esme.

I love all of those, especially Esme.

Plonker - pretentious - moi? Yes that is what I was asking. Glad you don't think they are..

I know children with three of those names and they are lovely children (as are their parents)

I'd go for Florence personally (says she in a vicarious way having only DS!)

They are all beautiful. Personal favourites are Matilda, Florence & Susannah.

Arthur and Stanley were on our list when I was pregnant but we settled on Frederick (Freddie)

I like them all - not at all pretentious!

Order of preference for me is:

Esme, Susannah, Harriet, Florence and Matilda is my favourite.
I love Tilly as a nn.

I only like Susannah. The rest are 'fine' but just make me think 'oh, another Esme/Florence' iykwim.

Susannah sounds like a new person, and is in no way pretentious to my ears. Reminds me of my best friend at primary school

Depends on where you live, and if you care really. Around these parts, names like those might be seen as pretentious. Personally I like Esme and Florence.

Ha, this is funny because I LOVE all those names, and after narrowing it down from ALL on your shortlist (apart from Susannah as I am Suzanne ;)) to Florence as our 2nd baby's name, he was a boy and we went for Noah which apparently is chavtastic, so no I don't think you are being pretentious.

I'm not wild about susannah which seems a bit 'ordinary' next to your other choices but the rest of the names are lovely.

I love Esme - have you considered Elspeth too?