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If i like Edith (Edie) what else might i like?

29 replies

kate1296 · 16/12/2014 17:39

Hi all.. expecting number two and love the name Edith always have but dh really isn't a fan :( .. anyway if I like this what other name may I like.. Middle name is going to be Debra after my mum Thanks

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TittyBojangles · 16/12/2014 17:41

Winnie
Connie
Cora
Nancy

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charlyn · 16/12/2014 17:47

Meredith
Hazel
Rose
Martha
Violet
Juliet
Sylvie
Alice
Clara

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elenasalvatore · 16/12/2014 17:51

Elsie
Iris

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Ellawilk · 16/12/2014 17:57

Erin (Erie)?

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GlitzAndGigglesx · 16/12/2014 17:57

Elodie

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Oohhaveabanana · 16/12/2014 18:36

Ada
Esther
Iris
Nancy
Maggie
I have an Edith Grin

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youlookbeautifultonight · 16/12/2014 18:37

Eva, elsie

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myotherusernameisbetter · 16/12/2014 18:39

Phoebe
Matilda (Tilda)
Mabel
Elspeth (Elsie)
Henrietta (Hetty)
Audra
Lillian
Harriet

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calzone · 16/12/2014 18:39

Dulcie


SmileSmileSmileSmile

Love this.

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LovelyWeatherForDucks · 16/12/2014 21:22

Ettie?

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Kittykatmacbill · 17/12/2014 11:51

We have an Edith! Dh wasn't that keen but he really liked edie as nn. So went for it in the end with his choice of Middle name...

Other names that were on our list included:
Maggie
Ellen
Elsie
Ailsa
Eilidh

Good luck winning him round Wink

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TheScenicRoute · 17/12/2014 20:51

Shame as Edith or I would spell in Ede for short is lovely.

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justjodie92 · 17/12/2014 20:54

Iris
Florence
Elsie

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SurfsUp1 · 18/12/2014 08:00

My friend named her DD Edith. After 3 days of Hmm faces from their family they prompt changed her name to Eliza.

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KikitheKitKat · 18/12/2014 08:07

Mary and Sybil
(Downton Addict!)

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mondaymadness · 18/12/2014 14:15

Edina
same nn Edie

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ElviraCondomine · 18/12/2014 23:45

Edith was the 4th most popular girl's name in the UK in 1900 so I have looked at the other names on the list for that year. Also in the list were:

Lilian
Constance
Dora
Gwendoline
Miriam
Blanche
Rosa
Audrey
Selina
Georgina
Helena
Susannah
Cecilia
Josephine
Adelaide
Sylvia
Cicely
Lois
Dorothea
Celia
Rosanna
Gwenllian

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Emz1989 · 21/12/2014 01:51

Edie is on my shortlist! I love it but same, dh isn't sure! Other names we like are Darcy, Elsie, Violet, Florence, Martha...

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CherryAmes · 21/12/2014 02:13

My Nan was an Edith (known as Edie). Her sisters were:

Lillian (Lily)
Diana (Anna)
Elizabeth (Lizzie)
Florence (Florrie)
Nancy and Rose.

My gran and her sisters were Edith, Molly and Dulcie. We have chosen DD's name from this list. We also considered Amelia and Meredith.

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Fuckmath · 21/12/2014 02:48

Adele

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clary · 21/12/2014 02:54

I love the name Edith Grin

I also like
Florence
Agnes
Mabel
Constance
Cecily
Martha
Agatha

I know that some of these are a bit Marmitey... See lots of others have said my ideas

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moxon · 21/12/2014 06:40

If i like Edith (Edie) what else might i like?

Well, since you asked what else you might like:
Ice cream
Summer days
Long walks in the woods
Postman Pat
Graham
Wolverhampton
David Cameron
Pet iguanas
Double-thick soda floats
Heather
King's Cross
Winter in St Lucia
Rayon


Grin

(Fwiw I really pike the suggestions of Lillian. Or what about Louisa?)

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Cardilover · 21/12/2014 06:46

Love love love Edith/Edie but my DH reacted the same as ours!

Iris
Sylvie
Connie
Martha
Esther
Phoebe
Polly
Annie
Robyn
Dora
Norah
Elizabeth/ Bess
Nell

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BeginnerSAHM · 21/12/2014 06:52

Florence, Violet, Beatrice (Bea), Eleanor (Nell), Iris, Alice

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rumtumtugger · 21/12/2014 06:59

Moxon ??????

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