Marianne or Erica

[Kathleen123]

Dear all

I have been on this site far too much recently. Not good as I should be working.

Further to an earlier post, I have narrowed the choices to two names:

Marianne
or
Erica

We would shorten Marianne to Mari, but Erica will not be shortened.

We have a surname beginning with a G and two syllables, that contains an s.

Which name do you think will age better? Which do you prefer?

If you strongly dislike either please let me know, and your reasons why. This may influence our choice, and I?d prefer to hear the worse now.

We?re tempted to leave making the decision till we meet our daughter? We can then decide whether she?s a Mari or an Erica.

Thank you all in anticipation.

Kate

P.S. we are playing it safe with boys names with either William or Matthew, as we both love these names. I?m letting my hubbie have the final say on which name for a son when the baby is born. On the family tree my hubbies Grandfather, Great GF, Great Great GF, and Great Great Great GF and Great x 4 GF were all William. Its only the last two generations that do not have a William

Erica is a nice name. Prob prefer it to Marianne. I would leave the actual decision until you meet your daughter though.

Marianne. I love this one. It's a beautiful classic underused name which reminds me of jane austen.

Erica is just not to my taste at all.

Also, if you have a boy next, I think Marianne matches William much better.

I like both but prefer Marianne. Very beautiful.

Marianne is lovely. I'm not to keen on Erica (reminds me of Erica Roe the streaker).

Marianne for me, it's a lovely name.
I don't like Erica at all, it's too masculine sounding for my taste.

I prefer Marianne.

I'm afraid I don't like Erica at all. I don't like Erin either - just not keen on the 'Er' sound. Marianne is so much prettier.

Mari and Will / Will and Mari , your right they do go together. I'd not considered this.

Winetimeisfinetime - I'd not thought of the Er sound. Not sure if it bothers me or not.

Personally I dont like the 'Th' sound, as it's so often pronounced as F - esp by small children.

Thanks all. The more opinions the better.

Then again, Matthew and Erica, Matt and Erica, Erica and Matt - go together too.

Marianne, though I like Erica too

Wouldn't worry about names sounding right together. I completely went off names between babies.

I really liked Erica but got a no from DH. Never thought of Marianne - both are unusual without being made / unheard of. Both or lovely - good luck with the baby

Love Erica. Always associate it with confident, sophisticated women.

I like both Erica and Marianne, although not so keen on Mari.

Marianne is pretty and underused, but I loathe Erica - it is hard-sounding, quite masculine and for some reason reminds me of wiry ginger hairs. And would you call a baby boy Eric?

Have a William so am biased there.

MUCH prefer Marianne to Erica (like FranSan my first thought was streaker Roe). Personally would shorten Marianne to Anny, but Mari is ok too.

Good point, I dont dislike the name Eric. Its my granddads name. However I appreciate the point on it being hard-sounding.

When I say it with our surname it doesnt roll off the tongue so easily as Marianne.

coffeefestival - I think I'd start with Mari as this is my preference, but if people started using Marie, Anne, Annie - these are all fine.

Thanks. All thoughts appreciated.

Erica Roe was my first thought too. I think it sounds really harsh and unfeminine.

Marianne is nice though.

I'd never heard of Erica Roe. Just googled her.

I still like Erica, however as previously stated it doesnt roll off the tongue when said with our surname - as well as Marianne. Its could also quite harsh sounding for a young childs name.

At the moment its Mari and Will.

I do appreciate all your feedback.

Thanks again

Kate

Marianne I love, Erica just isnt doing it for me.

I love Erica.

I hate Marianne. It's a bit fluffy and has no personality, like Faye.

Thanks ChynaDoll

Your probably right, it is a fluffy name. I've been saying the name to myself all afternoon, and it just rolls off my tongue, and it goes so well with our surname.

I love the shortened version Mari.

My hubbie is an inverted snob, and thinks it may be too posh for us. He's not ruled it out though.

I love the Jane Austen book Sense and Sensibility, and character Marianne.

I may change my mind when the child's born, but at the moment its Marianne.

I LOVE Marianne and Matthew

A friend has a Marianne, and shortens it to Nan

I call my grandmother Nan.

I'm leaving boys name to my hubbie, as long as its either William or Matthew. Not told hubbie this, but I had a crush on a boy called Matt in school, and I think this may make me especially love the name.

My hubbies fave boy names are Stephen and Callum, but I hate both these names, Will and Matt are the only names we both like, so happy with whichever he chooses.

Marianne is on my shortlist ;)

Marianne is lovely!

Think Marianne is v.classy but wouldn't spoil it by shortening to Mari - a bit naff