Thoughts on Eartha?

[seashellgreen81]

I'm thinking of adding Eartha to my list of girl options but would like to know other opinions/first impressions of this name? Also any other girl's names you think I might like (espec beginning with 'E")

Thanks :-)

[kelda]

Prefer Esther/Esme

[RiverTam]

first thought was Eartha Kitt, not really someone I would choose to name my child after (just because I don't like her voice, I don't know anything about her personally). I think it's quite a hard-sounding name.

[meditrina]

I'd think Kitt too. Is that an association you like?

How about Erica, Adelaide, Irma, Estelle, Elspeth?

[BikeRunSki]

Gaia?

[ThatBloodyWoman]

Love love love Eartha.

How about Ember also?

[ThatBloodyWoman]

Or Eden?

[Jubelteen]

And Eartha Kitt is rhyming slang for a shit!

[OwlCapone]

I think it's quite an ugly sounding name. What was it that appealed to you about it?

[makeminea6x]

Eartha kitt is super cool and she has a great voice. There was also a philanthropist called Eartha m m white who was a great woman.

[seashellgreen81]

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

'ThatBloodyWoman' - have you seen the 'hippy names' quiz that has recently been posted on here? I did the quiz and my baby name was Ember! So your post made me smile :-) I love the name Eden but DP says its too 'religious'!

Owlcapone: I guess i'm after a strong but feminine name. Not to sound obvious but the 'earthiness' of this name quite appealed to me. Also its an old English name and i'm quite attracted to ancient names.

I'm aware of Eartha Kitt but not heard any of her music.

Currently top of my girl list are Ivy and Annora.

[OwlCapone]

Don't go for Annora if your surname is Carrot :)

I prefer both Ivy and Annora to Eartha

[RiverTam]

hmm, don't really like Ivy (old-fashioned but not in a good way) or Annora (which looks either made up or misspelled) either, sorry!

[seashellgreen81]

No Annora isn't made up! It's a lovely English medieval name. Also I met a very nice lady with this name once. We're also considering the Breton spelling Enora. I'm learning that I seem to be attracted by real 'marmite' names! haha!

[Chopsypie]

Eartha is rhyming slang for shit. That was my immediate thought.

I love Esther and Eden though

[RiverTam]

no no, I didn't say I thought it was made up, but that it looked/sounded made up.

I just think it's one that your DD will spend her life telling people how to spell, and she may not thank you for that .

[SooticaTheWitchesCat]

I quite like it actually

[JapaneseMargaret]

I have to say, I don't love it.

My DS 5 was at Kindy with an Eartha. I'm as amazed now to hear of you considering it, as I was when I first came across her name.

I've heard of Earth Kitt, but she doesn't exactly provide great PR for the name. I mean, out of the gazillions of girls names out there, you genuinely think Eartha is as good as it gets....? Really?

If so, then, um ... yeah, go for it.

[BelleOfTheBorstal]

How about Gaia? Eartha really doesn't do it for me!

[higgle]

There is an artist called Annora Spence I think. I've seen a memorial to an Annona too somewhere. Annis is another similar sort of name.

[Poughle]

Annora is beautiful. I'm afraid I don't care foot Eartha.

Ursa? Similar sound but less "hard" somehow, and a bear is a great power animal (if we're getting all hippie)

[PsammeadPaintedTheLion]

Annora and Eartha both lovely!

[DoItTooJulia]

Love Eartha, really love it.

Martha is similar, but doesn't begin with an E, so might not be your cup of tea?

[manicinsomniac]

I have never ever heard this name before - I think I rather like it

My only negative is that it sounds very like Bertha which, for some reason, I really don't like.

Others:
Etta, Enya, Eden, Eriskay, Ebony, Elowen, Eilidh, Effie, Elodie

[LadySybilLikesCake]

Evangeline? Eva for short? I think it's a lovely name.

[flavourflave]

Eartha... U need to be quite a character to pull off this name. Yaya? Aisling? Elfin? Elvira? Lenora? Linnea? Merixchell? Artemis? Loveday? Lotus? More marmite names!