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Thoughts please on this girls name...

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zozzle · 22/04/2010 17:56

Zoë Ruth + 2 syllable surname

(Ruth as middle name).

As you can see I don't do really frilly, girly names so wondered what you guys thought of this possibility?

What sort of demographic would you associate with this name?

Thanks

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debaronz · 22/04/2010 18:00

Very nice name

twosofar · 22/04/2010 18:02

Zoe is lovely. Pretty without being frilly, not overly feminine but not masculine. I like it.

Ruth is also nice, underused, a bit plain for my tastes but a good solid name.

Personally i wouldn't get too hung up about middle names as they only get trotted out once a flood. I chose grandparents names for my first son and parents names for my second son's middle names (was lucky with inoffensive names: Charles, Thomas, Peter, James). Keeps everyone smiling and they virtually never crop up anyway

Like Zoe, go for it, there won't be a million of them either!

5DollarShake · 22/04/2010 18:03

Zoe is a lovely name.

Ruth is no so much to my taste, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with it and agree with twosofar about middle names.

janeite · 22/04/2010 18:10

Love Ruth but don't like Zoe.

Collision · 22/04/2010 18:11

meh!

Does nothing for me positively or negatively.

Not many Zoes about though.

ZZZenAgain · 22/04/2010 18:13

I know one and she is 6. I think it is a nice enough name and too dinky but I am not sure how well it goes with Ruth (not that it matters much since we rarely use middle names anyway)

ZZZenAgain · 22/04/2010 18:13

not too dinky (by which I mean cutesy)

padraig · 22/04/2010 18:26

Not sure how well Zoe and Ruth go together, but Zoe is a great name

CantSleepWontSleep · 22/04/2010 18:28

Very nice and traditional.

downthecreek · 22/04/2010 18:56

Zoe is nice but I'd lose those two dots (forget what they're called)

MamaLazarou · 22/04/2010 19:04

It's lovely.

Egwene · 22/04/2010 20:15

I think it sounds very smart, and when said with a da-dum for the surname flows quite well.

mathanxiety · 22/04/2010 20:37

Love them both individually and I think they go really well together. I think they're both classless and classic, and timeless in a way that the currently popular 'old lady' names will never be. They're feminine and strong.

zozzle · 23/04/2010 13:18

Thank you for comments guys ... keep em coming ...

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