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Help needed with girl names please

37 replies

LoveFalafel · 05/11/2009 08:55

Due date in a few weeks and we still haven't decided on a girls name.

Our (current) shortlist is

Martha
Marla
Jemima
Clara
Maria
Leah

What are your thoughts on these names? Middle name is probably going to be Elizabeth. We have a DS called Ethan. Do these names 'go' with Ethan?

TIA

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Elsa123 · 23/11/2009 12:42

I think that Maria Elizabeth sounds like the best combination and its really pretty too.

emsyj · 23/11/2009 14:12

Don't like Leah at all, or Maria, the others are all nice. My mum had an Auntie Clara whom she was extremely fond of. By all counts she was a lovely lady, though I never knew her as she died long before I was born. Do like Clara and Jemima best, Martha very very popular which would put me off. Marla is nice, also unusual.

mathanxiety · 23/11/2009 16:11

Martha -- don't like, reminds me of hens, don't know why
Marla -- don't like, reminds me of Marla Maples, Donald Trump, the 80's, hairspray
Jemima -- like a lot
Clara -- love
Maria -- meh
Leah -- like

Skegness · 23/11/2009 16:18

Martha- like
Marla- not really
Jemima- no
Clara- ok
Maria- like (but adding 3 letters to make Marianne transforms it into a completely ace name imo)
Leah ok (but don't like the fact that she's the 2nd best wife in the OT story)

Feierabend · 24/11/2009 14:38

Love them all. Personally I think Marla goes best with Ethan. Good luck!

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teameric · 24/11/2009 15:21

Love Martha and Jemima

Buntytea · 24/11/2009 15:30

Another vote for Martha. Like Clara too but am always confused how to pronounce it - have 2 friends with that name, 1 says hers Clare-ugh and the other says Clar-ugh

Don't like Leah, sorry

minkiemoo · 26/11/2009 22:08

Love love love Jemima - that was one of my top names for my DD but DH vetoed it (boo!)

malung · 28/11/2009 21:41

Clara is a gorgeous name.

serinBrightside · 28/11/2009 22:23
  1. Martha
  2. Jemima
  3. Clara
JaneiteMightBite · 28/11/2009 22:24

Martha is lovely.

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