After much deliberation we present our top 4!

berry · October 17, 2012, 5:02pm

Good evening/morning (depending on where in the world you are!),

We have narrowed out list to our top 4 names for our first due in [name]January[/name]. So, here they are!

[name]Oriana[/name]
[name]Philippa[/name]
[name]Helen[/name]
[name]Etta[/name]

Middle names to be [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] by family tradition, our surname is [name]Fairchild[/name]-Linley. (Please no comments about the length of the name - we know!). Boys name is already decided: [name]Sidney[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] [name]John[/name].

Which is your favourite? and, more importantly in helping us decide, why?

Thankyou!
[name]Beryl[/name]

ashthedreamer · October 17, 2012, 5:06pm

[name]Love[/name], love, [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Etta[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] [name]Fairchild[/name]-Linley! Such a sweet name.

Laurs · October 17, 2012, 5:07pm

I like [name]Phillipa[/name] and [name]Etta[/name] best. Good choices!

emelis · October 17, 2012, 5:10pm

[name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]… stop it! So lovely. [name]Sidney[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] [name]John[/name]… get out of town. I think my heart is racing haha.

[name]Etta[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] is amazing.

[name]Helena[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] would be my favourite if that was an option.

shanbrownie · October 17, 2012, 5:20pm

My personal favourite of your top four alone is Philippa, because I love Pippa. However with all the names combined I think Etta is by far the best option. I like the short sweet name with the hypenated last name. Helen feels like the odd one out to me, I think Helena was a nice suggestion.

Etta Elizabeth Pearl is gorgeous.

PS Sidney on a boy is so perfect, I’m questioning why I ever thought of it as a girls name?

rachelemma · October 17, 2012, 5:23pm

[name]Just[/name] beautiful names!!!
[name]Etta[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] is awesome
I also like [name]Helen[/name]

emmabobemma · October 17, 2012, 5:56pm

On its own I love [name]Philippa[/name]. With the rest of her names, most definitely [name]Etta[/name].

maple_blythe · October 17, 2012, 6:10pm

[name]Love[/name] all of them! I think my favourite is [name]Helen[/name] (though…possibly [name]Etta[/name]?); the only downfall I can see of any of them is [name]Oriana[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]- a little bit too much [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Tudor[/name]? That said, [name]Oriana[/name] is one of my very favourite under-used names, and I’d be very happy to meet one.

stephaniebrooke · October 17, 2012, 6:13pm

Definitely [name]Etta[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]! Beautiful!

fcooper · October 17, 2012, 6:26pm

My favorite is [name]Etta[/name]! So pretty!

plum_jo · October 17, 2012, 6:41pm

[name]Helen[/name] of [name]Troy[/name] was the greatest bearer of beauty…how could you select any other name but this?

[name]Helen[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] [name]Fairchild[/name]-Linley

That is classic from start to finish

dindlee · October 17, 2012, 7:03pm

Okay I seriously can’t believe I’m about to say this since I normally dislike O names, but [name]Oriana[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] [name]Fairchild[/name]-Linley is an awesome name. I think [name]Oriana[/name] is very pretty.

[name]Helen[/name] and Linley repeat too many of the same sounds for me…
[name]Etta[/name] and [name]Elizabeth[/name] are too close, [name]IMO[/name]
Since we don’t really use our middle names [name]IRL[/name] THAT much, [name]Philippa[/name] and [name]Fairchild[/name] are a little too alliterative for me…

[name]Oriana[/name] is just awesome.

ohiom · October 17, 2012, 7:04pm

[name]Helen[/name] is the only one that doesn’t have the “uh” ending which blurs too easily into the “uh” beginning of [name]Elizabeth[/name], and I like that name the best anyway, so that gets my vote!

missriss · October 17, 2012, 7:27pm

[name]Etta[/name]! I also like [name]Helena[/name] as someone suggested.

ljandrl · October 18, 2012, 12:40am

Oh beautiful names! [name]Sidney[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] [name]John[/name] is so handsome

I have two faves

[name]Etta[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Philippa[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]

I think both are so beautiful. [name]Oriana[/name] is beautiful too but not quite my style and not the greatest match with [name]Sidney[/name]. [name]Helen[/name] is sweet but lacking something as a first name to me. It’s just a little bit plain [name]Jane[/name] to me but not a bad choice. I’d adore [name]Helena[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] though!!

Good luck

ottilie · October 18, 2012, 12:55am

I think all the names are very pretty, but [name]Oriana[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] is beautiful! [name]Oriana[/name] feels very warm and golden. I think [name]Oriana[/name] works perfectly with [name]Sidney[/name], they’re both soft names. [name]Philippa[/name] would be my second choice (or, if you switched [name]Helen[/name] to [name]Helena[/name]).

scarlettrobin · October 18, 2012, 1:13am

[name]Oriana[/name] would be my favorite.

bnoelle · October 18, 2012, 2:09am

I really love [name]Oriana[/name]. And [name]Oriana[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] is great. But [name]Etta[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] [name]Fairchild[/name]-Linley is absolute perfection.

thuja · October 18, 2012, 2:40am

[name]Helen[/name] or [name]Phillipa[/name], for the classic sound of each of them with [name]Fairchild[/name]-Linley. The middles are only decorative. (But awesome!)

sugar_baby · October 18, 2012, 3:10am

[name]Oriana[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] is lovely!!