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We had a cat named Martha when I was a kid, so that's what I think of first.

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Beyond that I have mixed feelings about it. I want to like it, because I do like names that are a little unfashionable. But it just doesn't grab me. So... meh. Maybe if I saw more of it or saw it in a really good combo I'd grow to appreciate it.

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I've known two human Marthas, one woman who is now in her 50's and another now in her late 20's. The younger Martha went by Mattie and the older had no nickname.

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Of your combos I like Martha Emily and Martha Madeleine. I want to like Frances because I like that name in general. But it already fights with being kind of dumpy, and being paired with a name like Martha that skirts the same sort of territory doesn't help. :-/ Personally I'd go with something I find to be prettier (for what that description is worth), like:

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Martha Emmeline
Martha Eleanor
Martha Rosalie
Martha Catherine
Martha Temperance (I don't know how pretty that is but I have been on a Temperance kick)

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"He was healthy to the point of heathendom and he acknowledged no power but his own."

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Joseph Roth, Hotel Savoy

This message was edited 11/4/2014, 7:17 PM