Girl names--Your thoughts??

turkishdelight

Right now the girl's names that keep coming up over and over for us are:

 Maren

Arden

Larkin

Harper

 Your thoughts? 

(Since this is a message board, I promise that honesty won't hurt my feelings!)

JellyJam

turkishdelight:

Right now the girl's names that keep coming up over and over for us are:

 Maren  Yes

Arden  NMS

Larkin- Is this a name?  Horrible and very masculine sounding.

Harper- It's okay, becoming very popular 

(Since this is a message board, I promise that honesty won't hurt my feelings!)

ValentineBB

Maren - Yes

Arden - Yes

Larkin - No

Harper - Yes (it has become pretty popular recently, if that bothers you)

I like them all for the most part, they are unique without being too weird...

qtpa2t

They are NMS, but I see them over and over again so they must be popular/trendy.

GulfCoaster

I think of Arden as a boys' name, because I knew two men with that name in my hometown, and I've never met a woman with that name.

soko987

I've always thought that Harper was a great name. I'm a nerd, I love "To Kill A Mockingbird", by Harper Lee.

redshoegirl

soko987:

I've always thought that Harper was a great name. I'm a nerd, I love "To Kill A Mockingbird", by Harper Lee.

This is why I like it too!

Anyway, OP - Harper is good, the rest are NMS (especially Larkin...the only place I've heard that name was in the movie Con Air - it was a guy's surname...and wow, I just realized I must have watched that movie way too many times to remember that )

KatiesCats

I knew a Maren.  Do you pronounce it like Lauren or like Mare-in?

mlf625

Maren- no

Arden- cute, could work

Larkin- no

Harper- used to like this, it's becoming super trendy though?

msmarsh

Love Maren!

Arden is different, but it grows on me

Larkin I just can't wrap my head around

Harper is very cute, but I can't picture an older woman with this name

mrs_sisco

Maren- Absolutely beautiful name, pronounced Mar-in!! I have a coworker named this and I think it is fantastic.

Arden- Okay

Larkin- Not sure if I like it or not...it is definitely interesting, but a little strange. lol

Harper- Definitely not! This is becoming way too popular...there will probably be at least three Harpers in our kids' 1st grade class.

MrsCFB

turkishdelight:

Right now the girl's names that keep coming up over and over for us are:

 Maren: ok

Arden: don't like it

Larkin: don't like it

Harper: cute

sarahelizabeth624

Love Maren! 

Mike&Care

Love Maren and Harper. Arden could grow on me.

FutureMrs.Steen

I don't like any of them. Most sound masculine.?

OctoberCAPA

turkishdelight:

Right now the girl's names that keep coming up over and over for us are:

 Maren: makes me think of a mare, so a horse.  Also looks like Marin County misspelled.

Arden: like

Larkin: hate hate hate.  Does not look like a person's first name, esp not a girl's

Harper: dislike.  I know it was Harper Lee's name, and I did love TKaM.  But the whole Harper/Piper musical trendiness annoys me for some reason.

 Your thoughts? 

(Since this is a message board, I promise that honesty won't hurt my feelings!)

cagreeran

 Maren- I think people would say it wrong all the time

Arden- there is an overweight man in my office w/ that name.....makes me think of that yuck

Larkin-I like just Lark

Harper- cute

 

meplusone

I love Maren--love love love it!

The others are ok.

Novem06

Harper is our #1 choice as of right now.  For what its worth, I think it depends on the area you live in as to whether it is popular or not.  I see it a ton on here because I think people see it and like it and add it to their list.  None of my friends have heard of it, nor do I know anyone by that name or choosing that name IRL.

I also like Arden and Larkin!

barnwife

Arden and Harper are nms. However, I love Maren! That and Marah consistently top my girls list. I don't know which I like more.  The only time I've heard Larkin is as a character in the musical "Once Upon a Mattress." It's okay.

timmysgal1

I have niece named Marin, and I think it's a beautiful name.

The rest are okay, but Larkin sounds very masculine, like Barry Larkin.

lisa5201

ValentineBB:

Maren - Yes

Arden - Yes

Larkin - No

Harper - Yes (it has become pretty popular recently, if that bothers you)

I like them all for the most part, they are unique without being too weird...

Same, exactly

magsugar13

I think they are all pretty bad. They all seem cold to me.

mgra328

the only one i like at all is harper.  larkin???

blambert98

turkishdelight:

Right now the girl's names that keep coming up over and over for us are:

 Maren--is it like Karen but with an M? Or like Marr-en?

Arden-I like this one a lot.

Larkin-I like Laken, but Larkin sounds kinda harsh to me.

Harper-this is a really cute name.

 Your thoughts? 

I appreciate your original, not-so-common names. I think it's so boring to name your child like everyone else...but I was never the kid who had to go by their name and last initial in school. I think Arden is my fav, then Harper. Good luck!

 

(Since this is a message board, I promise that honesty won't hurt my feelings!)

turkishdelight

 Thanks for all the input!!!

 Larkin actually came up on Nymbler when I put in some of the other names we liked.  DH has kind of latched onto it.  We've discussed that just Lark might be better. 

DH actually really wants Parker for a little girl but that might be too boyish so these were some of the compromise names.

 

Natesmom05

i don't love any of them. But I know someone named Lakyn. That's better than Larkin I think.