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I like Carrie the most. Sandra is okay. I don't like Denise, though.

Denise is ok.

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Sandra is great.

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Carrie is kinda boring to me.

Denise is nice.

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Sandra is okay, I prefer Sanda.

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Carrie is also cool.

I like Carrie. Denise and Sandra seem too out of style.

I think people on polls are thinking about names as names for babies or characters, and people have an image of these names as the names of average middle-aged women. So they can't so easily imagine them as names full of potential and glamor, which is how most people seem to like baby names to be.

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I really like the name Sandra. I'd take that name. I'd use it for a daughter, too - except that I wouldn't want her to have to deal with people saying it's a grandma name.

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Denise is a nice name, I've met several lovely Denises. But I rarely love names with second-syllable stress. It's not a favorite.
Carrie ... heh, that was my favorite name when I was about six. It's got a comforting vibe about it, for me. Caring... I don't like it so much anymore. It's okay, but feels a bit staid and old-fashioned. I'd rather see Kerry as a full name (sounds the same in my accent), or Cari / Cary as a nickname for Caroline.

This message was edited 8/26/2022, 11:47 AM

I prefer Denis for a boy to Denise for a girl. Sandra is dated and over-used; it must have been pretty in its day. Carrie is a nickname; I named my daughter Caroline but we didn't use Carrie as a nn at all. Not that there's anything wrong with it; it just didn't happen.