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Eileen?

37 replies

saidthespiderwithahorridsmile · 07/06/2011 11:33

yay or nay?

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AlfieandAnnieRose · 07/06/2011 15:46

I mean 2009 according to ONS

AlfieandAnnieRose · 07/06/2011 15:45

19 Eileen's born last year :)

GwendolineMaryLacey · 07/06/2011 15:40

Honestly, there are people calling their kids Beryl and you're worried about Eileen! :o It's fine.

baguettecut · 07/06/2011 15:38

Come On, Eileen? Really?

I kill myself, I really do !!

mathanxiety · 07/06/2011 15:34

I prefer Eily, an Irish nn for Eileen, and probably acceptable as a name in its own right.

valiumbandwitch · 07/06/2011 14:56

No, I don't like it. I prefer 'Ellen' which seems like a simpler version... I think they are both versions of Helen.

However, five years ago I would have said eurgh eyooo to Kathleen, and now, something is making it seem a tiny bit more fashionable. Margaret, Kathleen and Eileen. I can see them coming back in soon.

ragged · 07/06/2011 14:15

yay, I like it :). But it will polarise some.

Tobermory · 07/06/2011 12:44

A huge, great big NO from me.
Don't.
No saving graces IMO

B52s · 07/06/2011 12:42

C'mon!

Don't do it.

emmanumber3 · 07/06/2011 11:37

Eileen Dover?

My mum's mn is Eileen and she has had a lifelong hatred for it I'm afraid - to the extent that she will only admit to it being an "E" name most of the time!

Not my cup of tea either Blush.

swash · 07/06/2011 11:36

nay

JanMorrow · 07/06/2011 11:35

come on eileen..

but there are younger than me that wouldn't have that association I'm sure!