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Wendy and Gladys

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tummytickler · 18/01/2011 20:47

What do you think of Wendy. I am loving it, and it is currently top spot as a nn for our top name Gwendolen.
Do you think Wendy should be a nn, or a name it its own right?
I just love it!

Also pondering Gladys - it has been on our list for a while, but I am starting to love it more I think. It sounds so bright and cheery (obviously!). Trouble is two of my dc's (we have 4 dc's) are called Amos and Iris - is it too similar?

I need twins!

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tummytickler · 18/01/2011 23:04

Other dc are Iris, Eli (ELijah) Pearl and Amos.

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FunnysInTheGarden · 18/01/2011 23:04

No and No.

My middle name is Nerys! The object of much derision over the years, and now here it is on baby names, I am so fashionable!

Duhart · 18/01/2011 23:02

I know a Gwen - very strong name. I like it. Gwendolyn seems watered down though.

Hmmm, Gladys. That one might be a grower maybe. Prefer Nerys or Carys.

What are your other DC called?

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tummytickler · 18/01/2011 22:54

hulahula - nope - not a joke. Not all the kids can be called Evie and Jack you know Grin .
Thanks for the opinions - would love some more!

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slartybartfast · 18/01/2011 22:45

i know 2 wendys, neither of whom like their names really,
particualrly being called fwendy wendy.

hulahula · 18/01/2011 22:43

hate them both. this must be a joke right?

spiderlight · 18/01/2011 21:51

I had a lovely lovely lovely great auntie called Gladys (who would be over a hundred today), but I just can't picture it suiting a baby or a child, sorry.

PlanetLizard · 18/01/2011 21:39

I quite like Gladys, and prefer it to Gwendolyn. Not keen on Wendy, would use Gwen or Wyn as nn for Gwendolyn.

pointydug · 18/01/2011 21:23

awful

CupcakesHay · 18/01/2011 21:17

My nan's name was Gladys - but she HATED it - Sorry - think it's horrid. Gewendoline/Wendy are lovely though.

onimolap · 18/01/2011 21:14

Aside from Gwendolyn being the drippy one in Mallory Towers, I think it's a nice name. And Wendy would be fine as a nn - it strikes me as cute on a little girl, but not for a grown woman.

I don't like Gladys - makes me think of Dame Edna.

Suncottage · 18/01/2011 21:08

I think a tad dated for both of them - when I hear Gladys I see a blue rinse and a headscarf.Sorry.

Myrtle is up and coming with Tilly as a nn.

I also hate it when people suggest totally different names to the ones suggested. Guilty as charged.

Wendy is a made up name and I knew a horrid Wendy at school.