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Down to the last three... please come and rate these girls names!

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Haribosmummy · 24/03/2009 22:10

OK, Now we're sure we're having a girl, we have two names:

  1. Millie
* Emily * Millicent
  1. Martha

It's just for fun, really, because we won't decide until she's born, but which one would you go for? (or suggest another!!!!)

Middle names:
Grace / Kate / Alice (only one, obviously!)

Thanks, HM

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mammapiggy · 24/03/2009 22:11

Millie Grace
or
Emily Grace

LaDiDaDi · 24/03/2009 22:12

I like them all!

On balance I think that I prefer Emily, but really difficult as they are all lovey.

Emmeline is my wild card choice for you to ponder!

weebump · 24/03/2009 22:12

Millie.

Plonker · 24/03/2009 23:36

Millie Grace or Millie Kate

FairLadyRantALot · 24/03/2009 23:38

Emily or Amelia....with Grace

TheOtherMaryPoppinsDiets · 24/03/2009 23:39

Martha Alice or Martha Kate

Soooooo many Millie's just now, have to bear in mind she may be one of 5 in her class at school.

Tortington · 25/03/2009 00:14

millicent.

martha is an ugly name if you have an ugly kid.

Ozziegirly · 25/03/2009 06:30

Millicent makes me think of Millipede.

If you like Millie, what about Amelia? I also love Emmeline. At least then if she turns out to be head of physics at Cambridge, she'll have a grown up name as well.

I don't like Martha because of Handmaid's tale.

So, Emily.

Haribosmummy · 25/03/2009 07:59

at millipede!!!

Hadn't thought of Amelia either, so that's worth considering too!!

Just one quick question, though: Is Millie really that common (popular!) - I honestly don't know any and, with a 10 month old DS, I know LOADS of babies and haven't heard of one Millie

thanks for all the comments. They are much appreciated!

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Haribosmummy · 25/03/2009 08:02

Also... at Custardo!!!!

I haven't (obviously!) considered the possibility of having an ugly child!!!!!

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belgo · 25/03/2009 08:04

Emily or Martha, both on my shortlist for names.

maddylou · 25/03/2009 08:17

Millie Kate -lovely

jellybeans · 25/03/2009 09:12

Emily Grace. Martha too 'of the moment'.

WowOoo · 25/03/2009 09:15

Millie Alice, Martha Alice, Millie Kate, Martha Kate. in that order for me!

See what she looks like when she pops out. All lovely names though.

Sorrento · 25/03/2009 09:21

I love Martha, Milly's been done to death with Amelie, Amelia and Emily IMO

MarchNowFebMum · 25/03/2009 09:23

Only like Emily but love all the middle names, eve though they are tres populaire right now if you care

Agree with custardo - Martha could go very wrong

Jojay · 25/03/2009 09:25

Not keen on Martha or Millie.

I like Emily Alice, or Emily Grace.

I prefer 'proper' names and to me, Millie and Kate are shortenings of full names.

Fine as a nickname though.

sonniebonnie · 25/03/2009 09:57

Agree that Millie/Emily/Amelie/Amelia is so common/boring that I wouldn't use any of those.

I really like Martha - its classic, feminine, beautiful and not that common (yet)!

MadameCastafiore · 25/03/2009 10:00

I know loads of Millies - 2 Millicents and one just Millie - not sure about the others.

I like Martha and don't think it an ugly name - Arrabella on the other hand is a fat, ugly girls name!

LaundryFairy · 25/03/2009 10:13

According to the Guardian, Millie is number 21 in most popular names, Amelia is number 11, Emily is number 4, but Martha is 86. On that basis alone (never mind that Martha is so lovely) I would choose Martha.

sonniebonnie · 25/03/2009 10:14

There is nothing 'ugly' about a name like Martha, Arabella or any other name.... We may, however, associate the name with someone ugly with that name... Or someone very beautiful... but that is down to our own personal experiences!

EdwardBear · 25/03/2009 10:17

Martha is lovely

nigglewiggle · 25/03/2009 10:17

I like Martha - so there!

BonyM · 25/03/2009 11:17

Martha Grace gets my vote. Too many Millies around at the moment.

weepootle · 25/03/2009 11:37

I love Martha and love Kate, so Martha Kate for me. All lovely though, only Alice I'm not keen on.