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I'd go with Brittany because I just hate the "Tiff" sound in Tiffany.

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As an aside, we used to have neighbors who had dds named Tiffany and Brittany. Their mother gave birth to another little girl named Caitlin Olivia. I remember thinking then that the parents had their fingers on the pulse of what was popular. At least they chose the Caitlin spelling.

This message was edited 9/24/2017, 1:09 AM

Oy, tough one. I guess I hate Brittany slightly less than Tiffany.

Agree - Tiffany is beyond awful.

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Brittany, then. Oh dear. But better Britt than Tiff.

Tiffany, I sort of like Tiffany, better then Brittany at least, plus Theophania is nice.

Brittany, only with this spelling.

Tiffany because medieval.

This is just mean.

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They're both so absolutely horrible.

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I guess I'd choose Brittany. I hate Tiffany just a teensy bit more. And I've known some nice Brittanys.

Tiffany, hands down. I always loved this name. Brittany is okay.

Tiffany

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I actually quite like Tiffany despite the datedness and I always found it pretty as a kid and I have good associations with it. I also like the connection to the epiphany despite not being religious but having grown up Catholic.

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Brittany is just ugly to me.

Brittany.

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Both give off a certain blonde stereotype vibe, but I can't stand Tiffany (I'd rather name my daughter Theophania than Tiffany!).

I like them both, but I think I'd choose Tiffany. It's softer and less likely to be misspelled.

Brittany. It's never been that popular in the UK whereas Tiffany was in the 80s and maybe 90s so it does sound rather dated. I'm also not that keen on the sound. I've been on holiday to Brittany so it has more relevance to me as well.

I've never cared for either. Both were far too popular in the late 80's/ early 90's. Just based on sound I'd say Brittany although I like Britannia/ Brittania more. I much prefer Britt over Tiff. My father has a female cousin named Britton who goes by Britt, it was the maiden name of my father's mother's father's mother.

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This message was edited 9/22/2017, 3:06 PM

Tiffany! I think I would like Brittany a lot more if it were pronounced with three syllables. BRIT-nee just sounds so insubstantial and cheerleader-ish to me and the alternate spellings of Britney, Brittney etc. make it seem even less substantial. Also Brittany has a short history as a given name and is a region in France (which is called Bretagne in French).

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Tiffany has a more interesting history as a given name having been given to girls born on the epiphany and it has been used for a long long time. It also has more strength to me because its alternate spellings didn't become common, unlike Brittany's. I get a bit of a cheerleader vibe from Tiffany too but I guess that's only because it was so overused in the 80s, but less overused than Brittany in the 90s.

Tiffany. I really like it, though it's probably a bit too soon for a resurrection after it's recent popularity.

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I like the sound, meaning and history

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Brittany....meh. Not a fan of place names and that one's just trashy (especially when people pronounce it Britney)

I really dislike both, but I'd probably choose Tiffany. Brittany was never very popular here and so is mainly just associated with Britney Spears.

This message was edited 9/22/2017, 1:21 PM

Brittany. I kind of like it, kind of don't, but I loathe Tiffany.

This message was edited 9/22/2017, 1:16 PM

Brittany

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I like Tiffany, too, but I like Brittany more. I also used Brittany as the main character in one of my stories.

I'm on the fence about both. I guess I appreciate Tiffany more. It's more of a namey name, and not as much of a flash in the pan.

Tiffany would be my choice. I've known far too many Brittanys/Britany/Britney, However they spelled it, that Brittany will forever be ruined for me.

I love Tiffany and would use it. So Tiffany hands down.

I dislike both but if I absolutely had to choose...Brittany.

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Tiffany sounds more plastic and I dislike the look and sound of it more.

I have two answers.

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If I had a baby girl in the 1980s or 1990s, and I was forced to choose Brittany or Tiffany, I would have chosen Brittany. I liked it to a degree back then, although I never really loved it. I also somewhat liked Tiffany, but I liked Brittany more. Guess I just found "brit" a nicer sounding syllable than "tif".

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BUT if I had a baby girl now and had to choose, I'd choose Tiffany. Because I have known so many young women named Brittany or some spelling variation of it. At my workplace, at one point, we have no fewer than five employees at one time named Brittany or some spelling variation of it, so that we always had to say Brittany Last Name or we wouldn't know which one we were talking about. And that was just at that time, at other times, there were a few more women named Brittany employed there.

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Brittany was such an incredible flash in the pan back in the 80s and 90s. It fell so quickly, but when it was popular, it was so popular that it resulted in a ton of Brittanys.

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Tiffany was also popular in the 1980s and 1990s, but not as popular as Brittany, and although it fell, it didn't fall as precipitously as Brittany. I've known only one Tiffany, who was a playmate of my daughter's back in the 80s.

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So although Tiffany does rather sound low-class because it seems to be emulating class, I am so darn sick of Brittany at this time that I could never use it. So baby girl now = Tiffany.