Baby Names

Okay ladies give me your thoughts!

I love the name Charlotte. It is actually on DH and I's list. Along with Piper which we are leaning towards but still not decided. I want to go with Charlotte Pearl after my great grandma. DH loves the name Shirley, and use Peal as the middle name.

What is your thoughts on the name Shirley? Please be honest. TIA

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Re: Okay ladies give me your thoughts!

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  • I much prefer Charlotte to Shirley.
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  • I don't really think it goes with your sons' names.  Charlotte goes much better!
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  • I like Charlotte so much better.
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  • I personally don't like it. My mom had a cousin Shirley who was older and strange so I don't have the best association.

    Charlotte Pearl is a beautiful name and I like Piper but dont love it

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  • Shirley is a totally normal name I wouldn't side eye, I'd just think you had horrible taste in names!  I prefer Charlotte over Piper, too. 
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  • Shirley Pearl seems... Off.

    IDK, I like Charlotte way better.   

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  • Not a fan of Shirley at all. It's an old-lady name to me, and not one of the nicer ones that are coming back in style. Shirley Pearl also doesn't flow, it's too rhymey.

    Charlotte Pearl is much better. 

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  • There are some "old school" names that are making a comeback - think Pearl, think Hazel, etc., but I don't think Shirley will ever be one of those (but, hey, I could be wrong!).  I don't like it. But, I LOVE Charlotte!
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  • It's kind of cute, in its own little quirky, vintage way.

    BUT, I don't think that it goes with your boys' names very well at all. Charlotte or Piper would go way better IMO. Or you could use Shirley as a MN - Piper Shirley maybe?

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  • I'm in the minority here and have always liked Shirley. I think it's adorable and it has been on my list for a while. I'm not crazy about Shirley Pearl though. I can't put my finger on exactly why?it just doesn't look or sound right to me.
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  • I like it. I've only known one and she is in her 50s so I don't think of it as an old lady name. I like Charlotte more, but if I met a baby named Shirley I'd smile.
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  • Love Piper but DH won't get on board. Charlotte is pretty too.
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  • NMS on Shirley, but Charlotte yes!
  • I prefer Piper and Charlotte to Shirley.
  • Old old old old old. And not the good kind of old.
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  • I really like Piper, but not Shirley.

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    Not a fan of Shirley at all. It's an old-lady name to me, and not one of the nicer ones that are coming back in style. Shirley Pearl also doesn't flow, it's too rhymey.

    Charlotte Pearl is much better. 

     

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    There are some "old school" names that are making a comeback think Pearl, think Hazel, etc., but I don't think Shirley will ever be one of those but,nbsp;hey,nbsp;I could be wrong!.nbsp; I don't like it. But, I LOVE Charlotte!


    This. I love Piper though! Dislike Charlotte bc I associate it with a strange girl from school...
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    I like Charlotte more, but if I met a baby named Shirley I'd smile.

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  • Looking at the data it seems that Shirley was a trendy star in the middle of the century.  So it feels really time stamped for that reason.  If it were after family I think it would be a nice middle name, otherwise it needs to be crossed off that list.
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  • Shirley is NMS at all - I am not a fan do old lady names.  Charlotte seems to be making a comeback but is just ok IMO.  I like Piper but DH doesn't
  • I love old lady names but there is just something about Shirley that isn't cute. Charlotte is lovely though, go with that!
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  • I don't like Shirley at all. Charlotte NN Lottie is really cute though!
  • When I think of Charlotte, I think of femininity and grace, like a ballet dancer. When I think of Shirley, I think of horn rimmed glasses and the secretarial pool.
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  • I really don't care for Shirley. And Shirley Pearl just doesn't sound good. Charlotte is a whole lot better!
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