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A sister for Nigel

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ZombieComforts · 11/04/2011 12:35

I need a girl's name that doesn't seem too chalk-and-cheese with Nigel. Suggestons please.

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SolarPanel · 11/04/2011 22:48

There's nothing wrong with the name Nigel, it's unfashionable at the moment but names do have a habit of coming around again... I bet there will be a Nigel revival! I'm sure we all have a sense of humour, but agree that if a thread is about a toy, best to say at the outset.

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burntsienna · 11/04/2011 21:50

There is nothing hideous or jokey about the name Nigel, nor about any of the suggestions that have been made. There are one or two that I don't personally like very much, but that's just personal taste - for example, I've always thought Harriet a rather ugly name, but it has been popular for many years now.

FellatioNels0n · 11/04/2011 21:48

Oh thank God. All is well with the world after all. It's an elepahnt.

geordieminx · 11/04/2011 21:46

Mavis

notanumber · 11/04/2011 21:44

Then Elizabeth is the name you are after, obviously.

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ZombieComforts · 11/04/2011 21:32

notanumber I didn't say Nigel was my DS. Nigel is the cuddly elephant belonging to DD. She also has a dolly which she's getting quite attached to, so we need to think of an appropriate name. Can't keep calling her "DD's Dolly". Would never do.

Nigel is named after Mr Pargeter, btw, but we do quite like it. DS2 has a favourite cuddly called Tarquin from which he is inseparable. I wasn't allowed to use that name on any of my children

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Janoschi · 11/04/2011 20:39

I LIKE Nigel!

notanumber · 11/04/2011 19:40

Ok. I shall be the first to say it.

Really? you have a son called Nigel?

I'm only checking because you (according to a brief glance at your other pots) have three DCs already. Why are you only concerned about the new baby matching Nigel? Surely Araminta and Mohammed must be considered as well as PFB Nigel?

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MangoTango · 11/04/2011 19:34

Noreen
Doreen

MangoTango · 11/04/2011 19:33

Barbara
Maureen

Janoschi · 11/04/2011 19:25

Ha, Brenda was the mother of my uncle Nigel. You seem to be on the same wavelength as my family! Vivienne was another family member from that generation.

ValiumBandwitch · 11/04/2011 18:41

That's a tricky one actually

Constance
Iseult
Imogen
Valerie
Penelope

SolarPanel · 11/04/2011 18:16

Connie
Zoe
Maggie
Louise
Maria

thirtysomething · 11/04/2011 17:02

Harriet
Ruth
Eliza
Eve
Gwyneth
Rowen
Matilda
Felicity

freesias · 11/04/2011 16:50

elizabeth Smile

DesertOrchid · 11/04/2011 16:42

Years ago I knew a Nigel whose sister was Phillipa.

littlemissw · 11/04/2011 16:42

Adele

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ZombieComforts · 11/04/2011 16:29

I like Joyce. Was pondering Brenda also.

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freesias · 11/04/2011 16:18

lesley

stinkypinky · 11/04/2011 16:06

Kathryn

SoupDragon · 11/04/2011 16:00

Nigella

ConstanceFelicity · 11/04/2011 15:58

Susan.

TheReturnoftheSmartArse · 11/04/2011 15:57

Delia

Hedwig3 · 11/04/2011 15:53

Sally
Jennifer
Angela
Rose
Susan
Claire

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