Gretchen

J+R

Just saw this name on a website... It's NMS, but kinda cute!

nikipau144

I actually kind of like it to, but unfortunately it does not jive well with our last name...

lovemytwoboys

I don't like Gretchen, but I love Greta!

BrideBuddies

Charles would have been Gretchen Matilda if he wasn't Charles Henry, so of   course I love it. 

We have a very German last name and Matilda is a family name, even tho it's getting more popular these days.  Gretchen is still "normal" but not very often used.   And as Charlie Harper says on "Two and a Half Men," it has a built in GRRRRR!   HA!

Shhhh... we're still planning to use it if we have a girl someday!

 

BelleBaby

It was one of our top 2 names.  Gretchen Alexis.

mkanderson85

I think it sounds really harsh.  I don't care for it.

*Mrs*M*

It screams Granny to me.

honkytonk_kid

mkanderson85:

I think it sounds really harsh.  I don't care for it.

Harsh... that's definitely the word I was looking for. I don't think it sounds pretty or feminine at all.

sunnyday016

Definitely harsh. There was this girl I played soccer against in college (she was on our rival team) named this, and I thought she was kind of a b!tch.

ohfour

I have no idea why, but every time I see this name I see "crotch".

jennvee77

I think of a voluptuous pin up girl in the 50's

Manderlin923

I want to like it. I really do.

But every time I see it or hear it I think "wretched" 

 

Quizzle

I like it, although I'm not sure I would use it as a stand-alone name.

When we were considering using Margaret, Gretchen and Greta were our two nickname choices. 

NewFamily09

I've always hated this name for some reason.  It just doesn't sound the least bit pretty to me.  NMS.

HappyMrsK

I don't like it. It's not awful, just nms. I like Greta better.

mcmann05

I went to school with a Gretchen but it's nms.

fineskyline

I've always loved Gretchen and Greta!

starlight8323

NMS