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Help[Opinions] Re: Martha
in reply to a message by juli-faye
Aw. I like Martha. A very underrated name.
Like others, the snappy Marta variant appeals to me. If you click on Martha and then click on "related names" over to the right hand side you'll get a whole list of variants. My favorite is Martita. There was a stage actress named Martita Hunt. If you've ever seen "Becket" she plays King Henry / Peter O'Toole's mother. Anyway, I always thought her name was plucky.
The only other thought I had was something like Martine. I'm on a mission to make Martine more known and this is my shameless way of flaunting her. I suppose any "Mar-" name could work: Marcella, Marceline, Marianne, Mariah, Margot, etc.
Like others, the snappy Marta variant appeals to me. If you click on Martha and then click on "related names" over to the right hand side you'll get a whole list of variants. My favorite is Martita. There was a stage actress named Martita Hunt. If you've ever seen "Becket" she plays King Henry / Peter O'Toole's mother. Anyway, I always thought her name was plucky.
The only other thought I had was something like Martine. I'm on a mission to make Martine more known and this is my shameless way of flaunting her. I suppose any "Mar-" name could work: Marcella, Marceline, Marianne, Mariah, Margot, etc.
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Yeah, I'd looked at the related names, and none of them particularly jumped out at me. Marta is starting to grow on me a little, but someone in another post brought up the issue of names being too rhyme-y if they both in an "a" sound, which was part of the issue with Martha in the first place. I love Martine, though! I've only met one person with that name, and its close to Martha without the double "a" issue. And it goes with some of the names I like really well.
Bianca Martine (my favorite of the combos!)
Alice Martine (although Martha/Marta could work here, too)
Tera Martine
Sofia Martine
Kendra Martine
I've also toyed with the idea of using my mom's middle name (Ruth) if I can't find a variant of her first that I like, but I tend to have issues finding a middle name that flows well with single syllalble first names. I'm generally more likely to use a short mn with a longer fn, so reversing that seems a little abrupt to me. But I'm really starting to love the name Ruth! Just having mn issues with it.
Bianca Martine (my favorite of the combos!)
Alice Martine (although Martha/Marta could work here, too)
Tera Martine
Sofia Martine
Kendra Martine
I've also toyed with the idea of using my mom's middle name (Ruth) if I can't find a variant of her first that I like, but I tend to have issues finding a middle name that flows well with single syllalble first names. I'm generally more likely to use a short mn with a longer fn, so reversing that seems a little abrupt to me. But I'm really starting to love the name Ruth! Just having mn issues with it.
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