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I like Holly. It's a cheerful, friendly name with a little bite to it, possibly because of the spikiness of holly, and while it does have festive Christmas associations if wanted, they're not too in your face.
Noelle is too in-your-face as a Christmas name for me. It's not bad, but I don't enjoy that it sounds like 'no L' in English. And Natalia is too long and ornate for me - prefer Talia.

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Nicholas is my favourite Christmas name. I had a great-something-aunt who was actually named Christmas, as she was born on that day; not something I'd ever use but fun to find in your family tree!

Can't say I like any of them.

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The only -olly name I like - and I like it very much indeed - is Polly, perhaps because it's a family name. I've got a step-niece named Holly who's a pleasant kid, but my opinion of her name is unchanged. I don't think she was a Christmas baby: her father is profoundly deaf, with very poor speech, and his children have names that he can cope with.

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Noelle annoys me. South Africans have always been bad at French, though it's improving now, and when Noelle was in use about, I suppose, 40+ years ago the best attempts tended to be nuhWELL, which isn't attractive. A friend of mine's brother married a woman named Noel, which has made me believe that it can work for both, but perhaps it can't really. I'd only use Noel for a girl, and only as a mn, and then only if I suddenly became (a) Christian and (b) pregnant!

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Natalia goes on for too long. Natalie is bland, a sweet little nothing of a name, but at least it isn't tedious and sounds better.

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In general, I'd try to avoid Christmas names, Easter names, seasonal and geographical and slogan names.

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Once there was a High Court judge in the UK with the resounding name of Christmas Humphreys; the cherry on the top was that he was a Buddhist.

From favorite to least favorite:

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Natalia - sweet and elegant

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Noelle - I like it, but it's better in the middle

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Holly - I used to love this name, but then I met my middle-aged landlady, and she's pretty decent, but now I can't picture Holly on anyone younger than, like, forty. lol

I like all of these. Holly, on a person, feels quite friendly despite the plant, which looks lovely, being prickly. I don’t necessarily associate it as a Christmas name. Noelle gives me a calm, peaceful vibe and is the name I most strongly associate as a Christmas name. Despite its meaning, I don’t necessarily associate Natalia as a Christmas name. It’s my favorite of these three, both sparkling and warm.

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Some Combos I have and some playing around...

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Holly Danica
Holly Georgiana
Holly Jordana
Holly Miranda
Holly Theodora
Holly Winifred
Holly Zoraida

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Adria Holly
Alexandria Holly
Bernadette Holly
Millicent Holly
Vivienne Holly
Wilhelmina Holly
Winifred Holly

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Natalia Bess
Natalia Demi
Natalia Dove
Natalia Gwen / Gwyneth
Natalia Meryl
Natalia Robin

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I really like Natalia. It's beautiful and classic and has a universal feeling to it.

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Noelle is pretty, but feels dated to me despite having never met a Noelle, but I know a few Noel /Noël's who are all my age or older (in French Noël and Noelle are pronounced the same).

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Holly has never really appealed to me, I mean, it's poisonous. I would be surprised to meet a Holly under 30.

I like(more or less) the following Christmas/Noel/Natale/Weihnachten names:

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Berfin (f) - Kurdish: snowflake
Haukea (f) - Hawaiian white snow
Kalina (f) - Snowball
Skadi (f) - Nordic winter goddess
Snaedis (f) - Old Norse: snow girl
Snejana (f) - Bulgarian: snow
Nevis/Nieves/Nives (f) - Portuguese/Spanish: snow
Talina (f) - Shortform of Natalina/Natasha: born on christmas
Yepa (f) - Inuit Indian: snow girl
Yuki (f) - Japanese: Snow

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Noel & Talin (m) - Christmas in French, same meaning as with Noelle/Noelia/Noeline/Nollaig/Natalie/Natalia
Yule/Yul (m) - Scottish/Northern English: Christmas & Midwinter Festival

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Holly is not my style-too uniform with Molly/Dolly/Olly/Tolly/Colly etc., the others are quite passable.

Holly is the only one I like.

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Noelle always seems a bit cheesy to me.

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I've never liked Natalia, or indeed Natalie.

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My favourite Christmas name is Ivy, which is my first middle name, and I was born on Christmas Day. However that's not why it's my middle name, it's a family name, and was chosen a few months before I was actually born.

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My twin brother's first middle name, Nicholas is also a family name, however WAS chosen because of our birthday (as in St. Nicholas). His first middle name was due to be a different family name. That's another Christmas related name I like.

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Other names I think work well for Christmas babies, without being overly cheesy...

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Joy
Gloria
Shepherd

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Although not obviously Christmassy, I think Olive is nice as well, as it's associated with peace.

I love the name Holly. Natalie is fine but it’s not my style, and Noelle seems too cheesy and obvious to me.

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Some favourite combos:

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Alexandra Holly
Celestine Holly
Cressida Holly
Davina Holly
Elizabeth Holly
Evelyn Holly
Francesca Holly
Lavinia Holly
Leandra Holly
Lydia Holly
Margaret Holly
Perdita Holly
Sylvia Holly
Theodora Holly

Hi Perrine !!!

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I love all them!

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Holly is one of my favourite English names. Beautiful, simple, floral and tied with many myths and colour red.

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Noëlle I love it because its French and I Adore the ë.

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Natalia the most Italian form. In 2017 were born 73 of them (it Is decreasing since 2000s). It has quite a foreign vibe thanks to Natialia Ginzburg (Italian writer known by her husband LN), Natalia Estrada (showgirl and actress) and Natalia Titova (dancer) ..and all Russian Natalia / Natalya!)

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I would choose all them in differenti contests (or also use them as MN).

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My favourite Christmas name is Neve / Nives. I would use it. Instead for a boy Niccolò (better form than Nicola in my opinion).

This message was edited 12/13/2018, 9:15 AM

I like Holly and Noelle, and would consider using both for a future daughter. I used to like Natalia, but now I think it sounds too Russian, and I'm trying to stay away from things associated with Russia...

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I like Noel and Nicolas/Nicholas for boys.