finally a shortlist opinions please

[mumofsevenplusfour]

dc8 due 6weeks
siblings are bethany blake lydia tudor leighton tabitha and gabriel
shortlist in order of popularity are
felicity
matilda/mathilda
martha
above three i like but do not love but majority of children and dh very keen on felicity or mathilda majority go with felicity
martha a possiblity as all the girls have biblical names and one ds loves this name because of its martha in dr who
cecily i love but dh although moving in the right direction not convinced
letitia/leticia dh quite likes
finally as we have 2 names beginning withb2 with t 2 with l this happened by accident not design dh quite keen to have a g name so we have 2 with g if we go with this option only 2g names which have any appeal are
genevive
gladys i like but rest of the family loathe

Ooh and i love Genevive, Genie for short?

felicity patron st of mothers and expectant mothers feast day 6th march
matilda patron st of large families feast day march 14th
so think felicity it will be

felicity - not keen
matilda/mathilda - love Matilda, and Tilly as nn
martha - love
cecily - I don't like
letitia/leticia - not keen
genevive - not keen
gladys - def don't like

hulababy dc1 17 also not keen on felicity but loves matilda
either we wait and see which suits when she arrives ie matila or felicity or if early or on time felicity if late matilda

Mathilda and Martha are gorgeous!

I like Genevieve very much - congratulations!

gladys and gloria and genevieve all FAB..

glory? gertrude (gertie)? grace?

Like Matilda, Martha and Felicity - you can shorten Matilda to Maddie/Maddy, too, and Felicity to Flic, which I like.

control freakery delighted somebody elslikes gladys i thougt it was just me
might try harderto persuade dh

ds2 would have been a gladys or a glory if he had been a dd!

Glenda?

I too love Gillian. I also think Gaynor is due a revival.

Matilda is lovely.

I second Octavia though, I usually roll my eyes whenever that gets suggested, but it's similar to your other choices and she really IS the eighth!

we did consider octavia but then remembered its a skoda so changed our minds as dh said no we are notnaming her after a car

I like Matilda, Tilly for short.

ido like matilda but still prefer cecily but cant get dh to agree only a fewmore weeks to go

For those of you that like the nn Tilly, but are maybe not so keen on Matilda - I know a Tallisa that is known as Tilly. I love both versions

matilda
cecily

by far the best!

also had a wavering back towards arabella nn bel bella

I like Felicity!

think weve now narrowed the field to felicity or arabella/arabelle but cant decide between them