Hattie or Elsie?

ajetter

I think DH and I might actually be close to agreeing on a name. DD1 is Ryann Elizabeth. So if you had to pick a name for DD2, would you choose Hattie or Elsie? Why?

Last name sounds like Links. Middle name for Hattie would be Rae moms MN. Not sure on a MN for Elsie. We want a family name, which right now our options are Ann, Rae, Ashley, Dellus... Nothing really flows.

Thanks so much for your input!

Crys1925

I prefer Elsie times a million over Hattie. I get a picture of a corpulent old woman when I hear Hattie (even though I know it's coming around again). I think Elsie Rae flows great!

macska3

When I hear Elsie I think of a cow.

Hattie is really nice, I like it way better than Elsie.

Hattie Ann is a great choice

LemonBlush

I prefer Hattie.

MrsTBird

I like Hattie better than Elsie.

magsugar13

i do not like either, but Elsie is a cow...so Ill go with Hattie by default.

WashingtonQueen

Elsie for sure!! I would go with Elsie Ann.

beebanjo

Both of them are nicknames in my mind, which I don't like because I'd at least want her to have the option to use a more formal name professionally and on resumes when she is older.

 

I'd go with Hattie over Elsie though.

dee12807

Crys1925:

I prefer Elsie times a million over Hattie. I get a picture of a corpulent old woman when I hear Hattie (even though I know it's coming around again). I think Elsie Rae flows great!

my thoughts exactly!

Zimger

I love the name Elsie! I think Rae fits.

Guillerma

Yes, I agree that both seem like nicknames. I like them though, as nn's. Hattie is on our list but it will e short for Harriet. Elsie would be nice short for Elisabeth if it wasn't DD1's mn. Maybe Elsa?

caramia582

If it wasn't for the cow association I would love Elsie.  Hattie by default, but it does feel very old-ladyish to me.  Kind of a mismatch to Ryann, doesn't seem like they should be in the same sibset.

ajetter

beebanjo:

Both of them are nicknames in my mind, which I don't like because I'd at least want her to have the option to use a more formal name professionally and on resumes when she is older.nbsp; I'd go with Hattie over Elsie though.

I'd like the option of a more formal name as well, but right now I'm not sure of any for these two. Anyone care to throw out suggestions?

ajetter

caramia582:

If it wasn't for the cow association I would love Elsie. nbsp;Hattie by default, but it does feel very oldladyish to me. nbsp;Kind of a mismatch to Ryann, doesn't seem like they should be in the same sibset.

Elsie doesn't remind me of a cow so I'm not worried about that. And we've decided not to be too concerned with the sibset. I didn't pick Ryann because I have a 'thing' for boys names on girls or unisex names. This is the closest DH and I have got to agreeing, so I think it will be one of these two. I do agree that neither seem to 'fit' with Ryann, but thus far it's what we've got.

beebanjo

ajetter:

beebanjo:

Both of them are nicknames in my mind, which I don't like because I'd at least want her to have the option to use a more formal name professionally and on resumes when she is older.nbsp; I'd go with Hattie over Elsie though.

I'd like the option of a more formal name as well, but right now I'm not sure of any for these two. Anyone care to throw out suggestions?

I think Hattie is traditionally a NN for Henrietta or Harriet.

For Elsie - Elsa, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Eliza

 

g8trkim

They're both okay. Elsie makes me think of the cow but her peers probably would never make that association. I like Hattie except I went to school with a Hattie who was overweight and people called her Fattie, which was really sad.

anvloveskme

Neither are MS but Hattie sounds like a nick name only to me, so by default I would go with Elsie.  I stongly prefer Elise to Elsie.  

AmandaR204

Elsie Rae, I don't like Hattie.

Crispity

I think Elsie is very cute. but I do have the cow association. I LOVE Hattie. but don't like Harriett or Henrietta. Could you maybe do Hadley, nn Haddie?

Elsa1984

I don't think either age well. I am in my late 20's and cannot picture someone my age as an Elsie or Hattie. Hattie.....maybe. Elsie....no.

I know many have mentioned previously that maybe use a different name and use Hattie or Elsie as a nickname.....but that is what I would do. They seem like "cutesy" names to me, I cannot picture someone over the age of five years old with the name.

this decaf life

I love Elsie & I like it with Rae.

We're naming our daughter Eloise Clementine NN Elsie! 

kacelle

Elsa1984:

I don't think either age well. I am in my late 20's and cannot picture someone my age as an Elsie or Hattie. Hattie.....maybe. Elsie....no. I know many have mentioned previously that maybe use a different name and use Hattie or Elsie as a nickname.....but that is what I would do. They seem like "cutesy" names to me, I cannot picture someone over the age of five years old with the name.

I don't see either name as cutesy, although I do like them as nicknames.  My great-great grandmother's name was Elsie, so I associate it more with a sweet 100-year-old lady than with a cow or a little girl.  

OP, I love, love Elsa.  It's one of my top names.  Between Elsie and Hattie, I would choose Hattie. 

ajetter

Elsa1984:

I don't think either age well. I am in my late 20's and cannot picture someone my age as an Elsie or Hattie. Hattie.....maybe. Elsie....no.

I know some names don't seem to age well, but my personal opinion is that all names eventually age alright if you know the person. I've seen someone comment on Molly this board as not aging well or sounding too cutesy, but I know several 25 to 30 year olds named Molly. So it doesn't bother me. Molly probably isn't the best example but it is the first one I thought of.

Currently I have a hard time picturing a 20 to 40 year old Elsie or Hattie, but i can definitely see a younger or older one, so I'm just hoping after 20 years of having the name it doesn't seem weird I guess.

alohamora

I think Hattie, but I like them both.

ajetter

Kimbus22:

nadchael:

When I hear Elsie I think of a cow.

Hattie is really nice, I like it way better than Elsie.

Hattie Ann is a great choice

This. I immediately picture a giant cartoon cow when I hear the name Elsie.

Would this whole cow thing be a regional thing? I had never heard of Elsie the Cow until like the 5th person said something and I googled it.

chibride4

I like Hattie way more than Elsie, but the whole "Fatty Hattie" ruined the name for me. Elsie just sounds so young. How about Elsa instead? PP's suggestion of Hadley with the nn Haddie is good, too.

ajetter

chibride4:

I like Hattie way more than Elsie, but the whole "Fatty Hattie" ruined the name for me. Elsie just sounds so young. How about Elsa instead? PP's suggestion of Hadley with the nn Haddie is good, too.

DH and I just don't love Elsa. Hattie the Fattie was my initial reservation with that name. Hadley was my first, well 2nd to Lila, choice but apparently DH decided he didn't like it anymore. Oy. I seriously hate naming kids. It stresses me out. DH said if I really liked Hadley he'd go with it, but then I just feel guilty...

nlscroggins

WashingtonQueen:

Elsie for sure!! I would go with Elsie Ann.

I like Elsie Ann as well!

rockopera

I like them both, and prefer Hattie to Elsie personally.  But I only like them as nicknames, not stand alone FNs.  Too cutesy, and have a hard time seeing a professional woman associated with either name.