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Help - my taste in names is pants!

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grovebuster · 20/03/2010 14:28

Ok I've started two threads re names so far, and seems like I'm a bit rubbish!! I tend to like the nickname rather than the original and traditional name...
So rather than start a new thread for each name, here is my shortlist(ish):

Nelly/Nellie
Maisie
Milly
Maddison
Ava
Evie
Gracie
Darcy
Willow
Bracken
Autumn
Ada
Marcy
Isabella (But would be called Bella)

So straw poll? Second name will be May - not because it's 'in' but it's a family name...

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piscesmoon · 22/03/2010 22:07

Isabella May
Don't care for the rest.

MarianneD · 23/03/2010 16:03

My humble opinion :-

Nelly/Nellie - would avoid for elephant connotations!
Maisie - Love this name - I teach one!
Milly - Hmm. Maybe
Maddison - Think it will become dated quickly
Ava - ditto
Evie- ditto
Gracie - OK
Darcy - downmarket and there's loads of them
Willow - think this is unusual and beautiful!
Bracken - labrador connotations
Autumn - too hippy-ish
Ada - grannyish but I really like this
Marcy - I wouldn't
Isabella (But would be called Bella)- lovely

cumbria81 · 23/03/2010 16:09

Nelly/Nellie - ugly
Maisie - too twee
Milly - ditto
Maddison - chavvy
Ava - dull
Evie- dull
Gracie - prefer Grace
Darcy - beyond awful
Willow - hideous. It's an animal's name
Bracken - ditto
Autumn - too weird
Ada - I like it!
Marcy - too American
Isabella - not bad

notsoteenagemum · 23/03/2010 16:18

Nelly/Nellie, I love Nell without the y/ie.
Maisie, Like it but not with May
Milly, same as Maisie
Maddison, not my cup of tea, it's a bit naff IMVHO.
Ava, don't like.
Evie, Not keen but like Eve
Gracie, I like Grace but Grace May sounds odd so I can see why you added the ie.
Darcy, same as Maddison.
Willow, I like Willow but not with May.
Bracken, don't like I know a Donkey called this.
Autumn, don't like.
Ada, don't like
Marcy, reminds me of Charlie Brown for some reason.
Isabella (But would be called Bella) I like Isabella but not keen on Bella. Isobel?

kezzydee · 23/03/2010 17:27

the name i love the most is isabella. i am calling our fisrt child isabelle morgan if its a girl in memory of my husbands grandmother and shortening it to izzy and if its a boy matthew kyle or elliot austin.

its good to come on here and get other peoples opinions but remember at the end of the day you're the one bringing this child into the world and you have to be comfortable with your decission and not be too easily influenced by a group of strangers.

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