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Names like Maureen, names like Daphne...

26 replies

TimeWasting · 20/08/2011 20:23

Like Maureen, can't use it, like Daphne DH hates it.
What names are like those, but not those?

Can't really use names ending in -a due to surname.

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PercyFilth · 20/08/2011 20:37

Delphine. Aileen. Kathleen. Doreen.

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mrswoodentop · 20/08/2011 20:45

My mum is a Maureen ,she hates it !The family always stress the second syllable rather than the first

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TimeWasting · 20/08/2011 21:30

Mm, I was thinking Eileen.

I guess I'm after Scottish or Ancient Greek names really aren't I? Grin

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mrswoodentop · 20/08/2011 21:53

Delphine
Lorna
Elspeth
Ellen
Daphne

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bibbitybobbityhat · 20/08/2011 21:55

Dorothy.

Love Daphne too.

If ds had been a dd he would have been Daphne or Dorothy.

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TimeWasting · 20/08/2011 21:56

Oh yes, I love Dorothy! I suspect that's already been rejecting by DH once though.

Elspeth is nice too.

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LaRagazzaInglese · 20/08/2011 22:10

Gwyneth
Jean
Mary
Sally

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kangers · 20/08/2011 22:15

Margaret
Ivy
Iris
Estelle
Edith

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LynetteScavo · 20/08/2011 22:15

Meurial - sp?

Ethel

Mavis

Janet

Joan

Jean

Lillian

Pamela

Eileen

Brenda

Vivian

Ann

Margery

Dulcie

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LynetteScavo · 20/08/2011 22:16

Nora

June

Pearl

Gwen

Kathleen

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TimeWasting · 20/08/2011 22:17

Love all of those kangers! And they've also already been vetoed.

Really like Mary, but DS name makes that a no-go.

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LynetteScavo · 20/08/2011 22:18

Edna

Irene

Mildred

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LynetteScavo · 20/08/2011 22:20

Shirley

Gloria

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wearenotamused · 20/08/2011 22:20

Kathleen Delphine
Moira Audrey
Colleen Colette
Noreen Theresa
Megan Aileene
Phoebe
Fiona

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wearenotamused · 20/08/2011 22:21

Sorry - all individual names, it messed up.

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birdofthenorth · 20/08/2011 22:22

Mabel?
Maude?

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TimeWasting · 20/08/2011 22:22

This is good stuff ladies, thank you.

I'm off to bed, but keep it coming. Grin

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MayDayChild · 20/08/2011 22:23

Nancy
Doroles (sp) nn dotty
Betty

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LynetteScavo · 20/08/2011 22:24

Olive


Cora

Myrtle

Effie

Alma

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kangers · 20/08/2011 22:24

love pearl
what about bridget?

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LynetteScavo · 20/08/2011 22:24

My very favorite is Martha. Smile

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lollystix · 20/08/2011 22:42

Eilidh
Aishligh
Aileen
Edmee (old scots for esme)
Elspeth good too
Irene(but I really wouldn't!)

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plinkplonk · 21/08/2011 21:22

Morna or Maura
Audrey
Also like Lorna

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emmanumber3 · 21/08/2011 23:19

Delphi. Someone posted in the last week or so asking if MN thought that Delphi was a proper name. TBH I'd never heard of it before but now I love it - and therefore suggest it to you as an alternative for Daphne Smile.

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mathanxiety · 22/08/2011 05:38

Laura
Elsa
Carrie/ Caroline
Jennifer
Christina
Kay
Kim
Sylvia
Cynthia
Evaline/ Evaleen
Pauline/ Paulina

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