See the results of this poll: Which do you prefer?
Respondents: 40 (This poll is closed)
- Maude Henrietta Cleo : 10 (25%)
- Maude Henrietta Plum: 30 (75%)
[name]Maude[/name] [name]Henrietta[/name] [name]Plum[/name]!
[name]Maude[/name] [name]Henrietta[/name] [name]Cleo[/name]. It’s pretty and I count three real names there, so great! Lol, why would you want to name someone after a fruit? I just about accept [name]Cherry[/name] but ‘plum’ is bizarre; you may as well have written [name]Maude[/name] [name]Henrietta[/name] [name]Banana[/name].
[name]Both[/name] [name]Maude[/name] and [name]Henrietta[/name] are serious names with heavy sounds so I think the whimsical [name]Plum[/name] softens up the pair very well.
That’s funny. [name]Cherry[/name] is more unusual to me than [name]Plum[/name]. 
Why? [name]Cherry[/name] is actually a name O_o
[name]Maude[/name], I love. But [name]Maude[/name] and [name]Henrietta[/name] sound too serious together for me. And, weirdly, [name]Cleo[/name] and [name]Plum[/name] are too whimsical to accompany [name]Maude[/name] to my way of thinking.
I voted for [name]Maude[/name] [name]Henrietta[/name] [name]Cleo[/name].
I don’t like the flow pattern 1-4-1, the 1-4-2 of the [name]Cleo[/name] combo is better. I also like that [name]Cleo[/name] introduces new sounds, [name]Plum[/name] has the U and M from [name]Maude[/name] and it dulls the combo down. [name]Cleo[/name] is more spunky as well where [name]Plum[/name] is sweet.
[name]Maude[/name] [name]Plum[/name] would be sweet but a little ‘dark’ and blunt and mellow? [name]Maude[/name] [name]Cleo[/name] would be better [name]IMO[/name], brighter. And since [name]Henrietta[/name] is the same in both I would use this method to decide if I were you.
Very good point! I’ll have to take that into consideration. Thanks!
[name]Maude[/name] [name]Henrietta[/name] [name]Plum[/name] is absolutely outstanding! But, I do love Cleoso you can’t really go wrong that way either.
I am completely smitten by another name in your signature though. [name]Delphie[/name]. I have never heard of that before and am super intrigued! I’ve heard of [name]Delphine[/name] and love her alot, but [name]Delphie[/name]? Stellar! Elegant yet casual, cutesie and spunky at the same time. I’d love to hear more about her if you have more info!
xo [name]Viv[/name]
Not keen on [name]Maude[/name] really. It is quite heavy and scary school dinner lady name-but…I could be converted. However, I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Henrietta[/name] [name]Plum[/name]! [name]LOVE[/name] IT! Drop the [name]Maude[/name] and keep the [name]Henrietta[/name] [name]Plum[/name].
Agree. You’d be giving the child two musty antiques; I’d choose one or the other and pair with something lighter-- but not as frivolous, if I may use that word, as [name]Plum[/name].
I really want to like [name]Maude[/name]-- after all, it’s a regal empress name (like [name]Matilda[/name]) which deserves to be resurrected. However, the vowel-- the aaaawww open-mouthed diphthong-- is just so unfashionable, I can’t get behind it.
Also, the 'famous bearer" for [name]Plum[/name], [name]Plum[/name] Sykes, is really named [name]Victoria[/name]; [name]Plum[/name] was just her childhood nickname which stuck due to her “plummy” accent.
I love the flow of [name]Maude[/name] [name]Henrietta[/name] [name]Plum[/name]. [name]Plum[/name] sounds so whimsical and lovely next to the more serious first names.
The second middle name seems unnecessary in this case. Unless they have real meaning to you, I would just stick with [name]Maude[/name] [name]Henrietta[/name]!
Thanks!
[name]Delphie[/name] is a very uncommon French name. It peaked there in the late 80’s and early 90’s with a total of 58 girls being given the name over a period of thirteen years. Of course, that’s just from the data my non-French speaking self has access to.
I use it as an elaboration of the Greek place name [name]Delphi[/name]. It encourages people to use the pronunciation DEL-fee, which is the Greek pronunciation, instead of the English pronunciation DEL-fy. It is from the Greek word delphis which means “dolphin”.