What do you think?

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What do you think?
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Fri, 12-01-2006 - 11:52pm

What do you think?



  • Tamsin Suzanne Grace
  • Antonia Eve Sophia
  • Layla Josephine May


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Sat, 12-02-2006 - 1:53am

I am the only vote for Tamsin thus far, but I love it so much! It's sweet and spunky and uncommon and just great. I think my vote should count twice, LOL. And Suzanne is just gorgeous for a MN.

I do also like Layla Josephine May, but I would spell it Leila or Laila... To me, the "y" sort of cheapens it.

Lovely choices!

~Erin

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Sat, 12-02-2006 - 9:31am

I noticed that Layla has the most amount of votes, but I have to say that it is my personal least favourite. It seems trendy and is much more common than the other 2 choices. I would not use May and Layla both in one name as they have the same sound may/lay. Even though they are separated by Josephine, it still stands out.

Antonia Eve Sophia is beautiful. It was very difficult for me to choose between this and Tamsin. Antonia has a gorgeous, classy feel to it.

Tamsin Suzanne Grace got my vote. I love the spunkiness and originality of Tamsin, it is just gorgeous.

The only question I have, is do these mn's have significance to you? If they are family names, that is great, but if not, having 2 mn's is quite a mouthful, and if you do use 2, you have to pick them carefully as it is easy to create a bad flow. I would also avoid Grace if it isn't a family name as it is getting SO popular and is becoming a filler mn.

-Nikki


                             
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Sun, 12-03-2006 - 12:49am

I didn't vote, b/c I'm not a fan of double middle names, but I had to mention that I love the name Antonia! What a nice, refreshing choice! Not typical or common, but yet not unheard-of, or odd/weird! I love it!!! :-)

I think either Antonia Eve or Antonia Sophia sound very nice, but I think I prefer Eve.

Layla is a nice name as well and if you insist on double-middle names, I do think that Layla Josephine May flows VERY well together. ;-)

Not really a fan of Tamsin though...

Best of luck!

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Registered: 08-01-2003
Sun, 12-03-2006 - 5:26pm

Wow! What cool names!
I like them all...but I picked Layla as my first choice.
However, I prefer the spelling Leila.

Leila Josephine Grace

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Sun, 12-03-2006 - 11:20pm

Yes, each of the middle names has 1 family name and 1 other name that has special significance to me. Well, except for Josephine which I just love as a middle name and thought it sounded lovely with Layla LOL.

Thanks for you kind comments. I think I love all 3 names equally.

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Sun, 12-03-2006 - 11:27pm

I think that growing up as the very plain Cathy Jean, in a sea of other Cathy/Kathy's besides, I long for something more flowing. lol

Thanks for the input :^)

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Mon, 12-04-2006 - 12:04am

Thanks! I think Tamsin is pretty spunky as well.

As for the spelling of Layla, I did a brief check at behindthename and it looked to me like Leila is a variant of the original Layla. And to me Layla seems more clear as to pronunciation. With Leila I think people would have to ask "is it Leela or Lila or Layla?" But that's just me. :^)

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Registered: 03-06-2006
Mon, 12-04-2006 - 10:10am

It was a tough choice, but Antonia got my vote in the end. I love both Antonia and Tamsin equally, but I prefer the middle names paired with Antonia. Tamsin Suzanne Grace has too many hissy s and z sounds for my taste.

I don't like Layla in general, and I particularly don't care for this spelling. It's less Lord Byron and more Eric Clapton messing around with George Harrison's wife, if you KWIM. Plus, I don't know if a teenage girl would appreciate having the word "lay" in her name.


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