due in 5 days help me choose girls name!

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Ok, 5 days to go and still no decision if DC2 is a girl!

Current list is:

Meredith
Imogen
Tessa (shortened to Tess)
Eliza
Rebecca
Phoebe

MN will be May. Any thoughts? If I'm honest, Tess is my favourite, Imogen is DH's favourite, and Meredith is the top 'compromise' name that we both like.

Imogen or Tessa. They're both perfect.
Definately not Meredith!!
Toss a coin thats what we had to do.

From your list I prefer Eliza.

I find Imogen and Meredith a bit harsh. Rebecca is nice. Not fussed on Tessa or Phoebe.

What's DC1's name?

Imogen and Phoebe are my favourites and go well with May as a MN.
Not sure about Meredith, just doesn't seem a girlie name.

DD is Polly. Is Meredith that bad then? We thought it was quite unusual and can be shortened to Merry, which is cute.

I like Meredith and I think it sounds lovely with May. But actually all your names are lovely!

Tess

Meredith is a dried up old lady name to me.
Imogen is good cos you can shorten it to genie.

No, Meredith is not bad, its lovely! I think its just more of an "adult" name than a baby name iyswim, which might put people off.
My preferences, in order, would be:

Meredith
Phoebe
Tessa (shortened to Tess)
Imogen
Eliza
Rebecca

Meredith - nope, how about Marianne instead?
Imogen - ok
Tessa (shortened to Tess) - Yes
Eliza - Yes
Rebecca - ok
Phoebe - Yes

Meredith - like a lot
Imogen - not very keen
Tessa/Tess - yes if short for Teresa
Eliza - Doolittle, not very keen
Rebecca - like a lot
Phoebe - quite like

My favourite combination from your list would be Meredith Rebecca

Sorry, forgot May will be middle name! Well in that case, I think Rebecca May

Meredith May is lovely

They are all lovely. Meredith can be shortened to Merry which is nice for a little girl. Imogen is great too. Good luck deciding!

I like Meredith but I wouldn't use the middle name May with that.They sound too twee when used together.

I also love Imogen and Tessa/Tess.

Polly & Tess sounds just adorable i love both names they sound like two cutie sisters

DD is Tessa. I much prefer that to Tess, but seem to be in a minority on mumsnet.

Of your other names:

Meredith - Don't like
Imogen - lovely
Eliza - Nice
Rebecca - A bit boring
Phoebe - I have never 'got' this name

I don't like Meredith either, or Imogen. Phoebe is nice, but I don't like Phoebe May.

Love Eliza, Rebecca and Tessa.

Phoebe and Imogen are lovely. My niece is Eliza and it has been shortened to Ellie which is very common at the moment.

Eliza or Tess.

Imogen or Phoebe.

Tess but like Imogen too.

Meredith - no, don't like. See it as a Madison type name (and I know it's not)
Imogen - ok
Tessa (shortened to Tess) - like this
Eliza - lovely name, don't think it would occur to many people to shorten to Ellie at all
Rebecca - ok, bit dull, don't like any of the shortenings
Phoebe - hmm, ok

Meredith - a harsh name.
Imogen - pretty and still unusual enough.
Tessa - just lovely.
Eliza -really unusual and lovely.
Rebecca - can real of 6 with no problem at all.
Phoebe - still think of 'Friends' and a bit twee. (from a Mumsnetter with a twee name!)

Meredith - a harsh name.
Imogen - pretty and still unusual enough.
Tessa - just lovely.
Eliza -really unusual and lovely.
Rebecca - can real of 6 with no problem at all.
Phoebe - still think of 'Friends' and a bit twee. (from a Mumsnetter with a twee name!)
Good luck, hope that it all goes well.

I prefer Tess. There are loaaddds of Rebecca's, and I don't like Becky.
I hate Imogen. Not sure why, but to me it's harsh, and all the old ladie's who I see in the hospital where I work have this name.
Phoebe is pretty and meredith is ok, but there are lot's of people with this as a surname. Eliza may flows well too.