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Being named Christine

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InSearchOfMartin · 25/09/2024 11:43

Do you think it is old fashioned? I don't know any others around my sort of age (other than Christine Lampard) and I (might be imagining it because I am sensitive) see people do a double take when I'm introduced. All the Christines I know in real life are minimum pension age at least.

I don't like Chris as it makes me feel like people think I'm a guy and I don't like Chrissy either as I feel silly.

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lurcherlove · 25/09/2024 18:08

Strumitt · 25/09/2024 14:44

You have to tell us! Ethel is a classic name now, I think its making a comeback. Hilda and Freda, not so much. Or maybe you're a Doreen.

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I’m a “Barbara”

Probablyshould · 25/09/2024 17:35

The only Christine I know is 70. My 1970s classmates were all Susan, Deborah, Alison, Jennifer, Joanne and Louise.

Thiswayorthatway · 25/09/2024 17:32

I know a Lynn in her late 40s, she likes it as it’s not that common.

FasterMichelin · 25/09/2024 17:30

Yes, round my way, Christine is typically older women.

Chrissy sounds much more youthful in my opinion.

Willyoujustbequiet · 25/09/2024 17:28

It's a lovely name.

I know 2 late teens and an early 20s called it. Chrissy as the nickname especially after Stranger Things.

I'd much prefer to be called that than the current Ethel, Elsie, Flora.

Button28384738 · 25/09/2024 16:53

It's fine, I'm 43 and remember girls my age at school being called Christine/Chrissie

Do you like Tina as a nickname?

PrincessOlga · 25/09/2024 16:38

I like the name Christine.

Have you listened to the song "Christine" by the House of Love? I like it and find it very romantic!

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InSearchOfMartin · 25/09/2024 16:36

HamHands · 25/09/2024 16:12

I haven't read all the comments, but what about Krista?

I like that :)

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HamHands · 25/09/2024 16:12

I haven't read all the comments, but what about Krista?

Nothingmatters · 25/09/2024 16:10

It's a brilliant name. A strong name with character.
And so versatile: Chrissy and Tina are my favourite diminutives.

I'd take Christine as a name anyday instead of mine. I dislike mine intensely. Mine is dated and very few younger people have it now. But when I was at school there were another 4 in my class, all of us with the same middle name as well, and goodness knows how many in the school as a whole. My mother named me after her best friend's daughter, who also had the same middle name. So we were 10 a penny.

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 25/09/2024 15:27

I have 2 aunts and a mil all called Christine.

It's a brilliant name.

BunnyLake · 25/09/2024 15:26

I’m in my early 60s and Christine was a very normal name in my school days. I wouldn’t think anything of a forty something called Christine but anything younger would be unusual to me. Christina seems a younger version of the name but even Christina Aguillera must be in her forties now.

As an alternative how about Christie (as in Brinkley, Turlington)

Strumitt · 25/09/2024 15:26

cheeeesey · 25/09/2024 15:23

"If you dislike Christine so strongly why have you never used your middle name?"

She said she didn't dislike it...

Some women have an irrational hatred of Vicky, Vikki, Vicki, Vic etc

I used to know a woman called Irene who went buy her middle name funnily enough. Probably late 40s now.

Birdscratch · 25/09/2024 15:25

True. If she feels it’s old fashioned then.

cheeeesey · 25/09/2024 15:23

"If you dislike Christine so strongly why have you never used your middle name?"

She said she didn't dislike it...

KleoKangaroo · 25/09/2024 15:15

I like the name Christine, I'd ask people to use the full version though as I think it's pretty.

AthenaBasil · 25/09/2024 15:13

I know two, aged 4 and 60. It might be due a revival. It’s not a name I particularly pin to a generation. A 40 something wouldn’t seem strange to me unlike if you were Doris or Gladys.

Birdscratch · 25/09/2024 15:11

If you dislike Christine so strongly why have you never used your middle name? It’s much more popular in your age group and that seems to be important to you.

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InSearchOfMartin · 25/09/2024 15:04

VeterinaryCareAssistant · 25/09/2024 14:49

I love all of those names.

Much better than any kind of Jayden/Kayden/Aiden or anything with Mae as a middle name.

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I have a friend whose middle name is Mae (well it is her second middle name) which was also her mother's middle name. She is 35 and her mum is 66 so both escaped the 'chav' associations with it. It's also not hyphenated like Lexi-Mae or what you see quite a lot of.

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booisbooming · 25/09/2024 14:49

Same age as you and I know a Kristina and a Christina who goes by Chrissie. It's a name I'd associate with people a little older but not by too much. I think I'd be Chrissie if I was you.

VeterinaryCareAssistant · 25/09/2024 14:49

GuPuddingRamekinHoarder · 25/09/2024 12:13

In a country where people are naming their babies Ethel, Mabel and Arthur, I can’t imagine anyone being sensitive about being a Christine.

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I love all of those names.

Much better than any kind of Jayden/Kayden/Aiden or anything with Mae as a middle name.

GiddyRobin · 25/09/2024 14:44

lurcherlove · 25/09/2024 14:43

Oh I hadn’t read @GiddyRobin’s post before posting mine!!

Heehee! There'll be a thread about Ethels next! 😂

DuBoo · 25/09/2024 14:44

I know 2 that sort of age.

Strumitt · 25/09/2024 14:44

lurcherlove · 25/09/2024 14:42

I would love to be called Christine. My name is on the same level as Ethel. I’m under 40 (just).

You have to tell us! Ethel is a classic name now, I think its making a comeback. Hilda and Freda, not so much. Or maybe you're a Doreen.

SinnerBoy · 25/09/2024 14:43

Celebrate! You have songs named for you!

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