help! my unnamed baby girl is 4 weeks old!!

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I need help! my baby girl is 4 weeks old and we still can't decide on her name. in a real dilemma between Martha and Josie. Any thoughts on either name? which shall we go for?

Josie is nicer, Martha is too old fashioned for me.

Why not both? Martha Joceline or Joceline Martha.

My aunt is called Jocelyn and is called Jocelyn, Joss or Jocy (sounds like Jossy) but never Jo or Josie (sounds like Jozy).

If going for one only I would go for Joceline (obviously!)and shorten it for every day nickname. She can then choose her own nickname as she grows older.

Well, my 2-yr-old DD suits Josie - and it suited my grandmother too! So I think it works for an adult as well as a child. I am biased tho'.

Martha is also lovely.

Congratulations on your baby girl.

I prefer Josie when pronounced Jo-zee (rhyming with Rosie). I think it seems that the votes are swinging that way! that's refreshing, most people I've asked out of my family and friends prefer Martha and don't get Josie as a name.... I still love both names!

Marth- it's got to be!!

Or joscelyn.

My mum's name is Josie, so I pick that.

Seriously, though, four weeks and still no decision???? Get a grip!

Mine is pronounced Jo-see (she's Irish if that makes a difference).

I like Martha best. And am put off Josie by the fact that here in Suffolk it's pronounced 'juicy'. I was genuinely stumped when this woman said to me 'hello I'm juicy'. I did until I realised.

My votes for Martha .. very sweet and unusual too

Love love love Josephine - can be shortened as a NN to Josie, Joey... etc. etc. I would have it but I have a Joseph

thanks puppy monkey, you're right, i do need to get a grip... i always thought people who can't decide what to call their baby once they're born are a little flakey and here I am....i think the decision gets harder not easier though!

josie

Not to fussed on Josie - reminds me of Josie and the pussycats. My mum always said when picking a name, how would it sound if they were a plumber or a high court judge.

Martha Josie

use both!

Martha is lovely and I don't think it is old fashioned.

Josephine is a good option if you think Josie is too childish as a adult as you can register her as Josephine but call her Josie, when she is older she can then decide for herself.

is no one else singing "Josie jump is my naaaaaaaaaaaame"

But i do like Josie, I knew an adult Josie when I was a kid, she was nice, but had thick ankles and hairy legs LOL (Jo see)

oh fgs.... is the choice between martha josie or josie martha really that hard?!

toss a coin which comes first and if a few weeks later you think you should have gone the other way round, well then she won't be the first or last child called by her middle name!

Martha, my dear.

Josie

wow, four weeks....thats a bit extreme....i like Josephine shortened to Josie....Martha is a bit ulrika for me...x

QOD - me too. Although I've not come across that many Josies in real life, there are loads on children's telly and in books. DD thinks her name IS Josie Jump (or 'Sassy Dump' as she puts it).

On the plumbers and high-court judges thing, get around it by registering her as Josephine, calling her Josie and letting her decide for herself when she's older.

neither

I like full name Josephine, shortened to Josie (pronounced Jo-see)

Pronounced Jo-zee sounds too much like dozy.

We registered our second child about three days before the deadline because we just couldn't decide. Only made our minds up because we needed to get her a passport.

I think Martha is lovely, and Josephine is the second name of the above-mentioned child, so am biased.

Martha is lovely

Martha. It's my middle name