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Two syllable quirky, vintage, granny-chic style name suggestions please...

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FingersCrossedLegsNot · 02/08/2013 17:55

Any help would be much appreciated, I feel like I need fresh inspiration!

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libertine73 · 02/08/2013 17:57

ads,esme, Phyllis,Hilda!

libertine73 · 02/08/2013 17:57

ada not what I wrote

FingersCrossedLegsNot · 02/08/2013 17:58

Oh I should say that it's girls names I'm looking for. I have my boys list down to three names I love.

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FingersCrossedLegsNot · 02/08/2013 17:59

Thanks libertine I like Ada and Hilda from your list!

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meso · 02/08/2013 17:59

Iris, Edith, Mary, Elsie, Olive, Ida, Doris, Betty....... will think of some more...

meso · 02/08/2013 18:00

Clara, Lily, Freda

meso · 02/08/2013 18:01

Or Frida, think you can spell it both ways

MaryKatharine · 02/08/2013 18:01

I'm loving Audrey at the moment. Very chic I think. Mary a favourite too.

TotallyEggFlipped · 02/08/2013 18:03

Martha

meso · 02/08/2013 18:03

Oh I love Martha...

TotallyEggFlipped · 02/08/2013 18:04

Irene
Kathleen
Doris
Mabel
Phyllis
Olive

Unlurked · 02/08/2013 18:05

I met a little girl called Joanie this week, I thought that was a lovely name.

noddyholder · 02/08/2013 18:05

Stella, Margot,

FingersCrossedLegsNot · 02/08/2013 18:05

Liking, Martha, Iris(on the list already), Olive, Ida (is it eye Dah?)

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PurpleGirly · 02/08/2013 18:06

Nellie, Nancy, Annie, Emmie

Sparklysilversequins · 02/08/2013 18:06

Edith, Iris, Ivy, Edie, Ada, Violet (though I realise that's three syllables)

FingersCrossedLegsNot · 02/08/2013 18:07

Mabel is great but our dog was Mabel, which I can move past but dh can't!

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Sparklysilversequins · 02/08/2013 18:07

Estelle.

WHEEC · 02/08/2013 18:08

Phyllis, Minnie, Winnie, Yvonne, Queenie, Ena,Doris, Doreen.

MaryKatharine · 02/08/2013 18:10

Yes, I also know a Joanie, she is 5 and really suits it.

GlaikitFizzog · 02/08/2013 18:12

Alice eveline Stella adeline Libby Mary flora lizzie Norah maeve

FingersCrossedLegsNot · 02/08/2013 18:16

Oooh LOVING Lizzie (Flora has already been vetoed by my dh Angry because of the margarine)

But could it just be Lizzie on the BC as I would not want Elizabeth as I have a ds called Eli!

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BettyandDon · 02/08/2013 18:18

Dottie as in Dorothy.

JakeBullet · 02/08/2013 18:19

My grandmothers given name was Lizzie and is on her birth certificate. She hated it and always called herself Elizabeth as she felt it was grander Grin.

I really like Lizzie too.

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