Scarlett is strongly associated with Gone with the wind in my mind. It’s not that different from flying a confederate flag.

Eliza is lovely.

I prefer Eliza, it’s a lovely name. Scarlett reads a little trashy to me (sorry)

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Anonymous wrote:DH wants one and I like the other. Picking a name for this child has been absolute hell and I'd prefer not to start over again.



If we go with Eliza her middle name will be Claire or Jane.


Scarlett middle names are Anne or Grace.

Would Eliza be Elizabeth, nn Eliza? Woule you call h err Eliza Jane? I like Eliza better than Scarlett. But Claire is also a nice first name. Claire Elizabeth?

Claire Elizabeth = classic, classy albeit boring name. OP obviously wants something jazzy no way they will pick it.

I love the name Eliza with maybe a different middle name. I've only met one Eliza and she was so elegant and beautiful. The name fit her perfectly. It was not a nickname or short for another name.

Anonymous wrote:Scarlett sounds harsh and trashy (harlot).

Eliza Jane…wasn’t that a character on Little House on the Prairie? It sounds very old fashioned in a Puritan sort of way.

I’d go with Elizabeth and maybe try Eliza as a NN.

Eliza Jane is a character in the Little House books who is so terrible to her students that they make up a song about her having lice and sing it through the town. And they use “Eliza Jane” in the song. So if you choose that name maybe skip that little house book.

Anonymous wrote:If you pick Eliza, don't go with Jane as a middle name! Nina Simone makes it sound good, but other little kids won't!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELNIe_D79xs

This song popped in my head when I saw the name. I love it. Here it is done by Elizabeth Mitchell with kids voices too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj13L9UMiZA

Love Eliza