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Bryony, Decca, Julia & Leonora?

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Cortina · 10/08/2010 08:36

Still at long (ish) list stage. A few I've mentioned before. Do you know of any? Thoughts:

Bryony
Decca
Julia
Leonora

Boys, thinking of Reg but maybe a bit faddy?

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washngo · 14/09/2010 09:38

I love the name leonora it is so beautiful-and Leonie is a lovely nickname - very georgette heyer!

ValiumSingleton · 14/09/2010 08:35

I like Bryony but I notice (on mn) it's a love or hate name.

Decca, no, sounds like a shortening for something. Declan!!???

Leonora is beautiful and more unusual than Julia. I like Julia. I have known some flouncey Julias but I can see past that.

daisystone · 14/09/2010 08:32

Decca Mitford was actually named Jessica. Decca was just her nickname. So I am not sure about taking someones nickname and using it as a real name.

I knew a Bryony years ago - never liked it. I think it is a prissy name.

I know a few Julia's. Lovely name. Very elegant.

Have not met any Leonora's. Pretty and quite rare.

Reg is awful. I wouldn't call a little boy Reg. It is as bad as Archie or Alfie. Actually it is worse

Losister · 14/09/2010 03:53

I love Decca! Unusual, evocative, and (given the record label) comes with its very own font. Plus, Decca Mitford is a lovely inspiration - such spirit and humor.

zenoushka · 12/08/2010 19:15

Leonara and Julia are lovely.

ValiumSingleton · 12/08/2010 17:23

You're not the only one. I watched the first ever episode.

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Cortina · 12/08/2010 10:25

Roland, all I can hear in my head is 'I want to help you, Rooowland' :). Showing my age again :).

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ValiumSingleton · 12/08/2010 08:43

I love Roly. Make sure he's not overweight though.

mathanxiety · 12/08/2010 00:59

Leonora, only.

How about Roland instead of Reginald?

pointydog · 11/08/2010 22:08

Julia deff

Easywriter · 11/08/2010 22:04

Bryony - lovely.

My DD's middle name!
Heavy bias being displayed.

Alishanty · 11/08/2010 21:55

Bryony is the only one I like, maybe better spelled Briony

zenon · 11/08/2010 20:17

Cortina, I know you really love Leonora. You don't have to be posh to have a Leonora, you just have great taste in names.Smile

Go for itGrin It is just gorgeous and you will probably not meet another.

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 11/08/2010 14:38

Forgot Nancy!

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 11/08/2010 14:33

The other Mitfords were Unity (probably best not), Pamela, Diana and Deborah, if you need more ideas.

Leonora is a nice name. Julia is a goody-goody name IMO, Juliet is cooler.

Bryony/Briony will do, it's a flower name so doesn't have to have anything to do with Brian.

Reg is pretty horrid. I knew a boy who was nicknamed Reggie as an insult, there's nothing heroic or romantic about a Reg.

ValiumSingleton · 11/08/2010 13:58

Leonora is beautiful.

I like Julia but prefer Juliet. Years ago it would have been the other way round though. Names ending in a appeal to me some years and not other years!

Decca sounds odd.

I like Bryony. Is it Welsh? I quite like Gwyneth tbh!! Is it usable.?

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Cortina · 11/08/2010 10:46

Thanks, I love Leonora but in the UK it is usually only picked by upper middle/upper classes it seems (or my limited exposure to it seems to suggest that) and fear we are not 'posh' enough so it seems a bit aspirational to use.

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muminthemiddle · 11/08/2010 10:44

Julia is my favourite.

nooka · 11/08/2010 05:56

I quite like Briony, but not Bryony, although I know they are both standard spellings Bryony just looks misspelled to me.

Julia and Leonora are both good names (I prefer Eleanor personally).

Decca to me is the record label.

Reg is an uncle sort of name to me, not old fashioned enough to be old man chic, and not a name in its own right, with the only long form really being Reginald, which isn't great.

LaundryLyne · 10/08/2010 23:45

Instead of Decca, would you consider Delilah or Adele, with Della for short?

Ondine · 10/08/2010 23:26

Bryony - I know it's not but I think of it as the female version of Brian which is just not good.
Decca - strongly dislike, double decca bus, built like a bus...... all not a good train of thought.
Julia - lovely, classic, can't go wrong with it and probably quite unusual for this generation.
Leonora - very nice, more ott than Julia but not in a fussy way, sounds quite grand, it's more my style than Julia but both are equally nice.

LilMagill · 10/08/2010 23:17

Bryony, Julia and Leonora are all gorgeous and elegant. Decca stands out like a sore thumb. It's just a baby nickname for Jessica.

Not keen on Reg, would you perhaps like Rex which I find slightly better? Or is it too doggy still?

zenon · 10/08/2010 20:46

Leonora is just beautiful. Smile

Ticks all the boxes - Old established name, European so travels really well,easy to pronounce and spell in any language,rarely used so there will be no other Leonora in the class but best of all it just sounds gorgeous when said out loud.

Needless to say I vote for Leonora. Grin

CupcakesHay · 10/08/2010 19:50

Not sure if it's any good - but Jessica Mitford was nicknamed Decca. So you could go with Jessica with nn Decca. but i like Decca. (and funnily, she had daughter called Julia)

Don't like Leonora, HATE reg and either/or on Bryony.

jellybeans · 10/08/2010 19:30

Bryony...love it
Decca...dislike
Julia...OK
Leonora...dislike but like leona and leoni

Reg...dislike