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Name panic >> Susan + Suggestions....

59 replies

OneWeekToGo · 03/02/2012 09:54

I'm having enormous trouble with names with only a week 'til due date. We know we're having a little girl. OH has turned his nose up at most of the list and the only name we could even remotely agree on is Susan (Susie/Suzi) which wasn't my favourite but I could compromise. At which point, my mother who has been giving 'helpful suggestions' all along (most of which sound like boarding-school prefects or horsey-horsey-rah-rah names) said that Susan was boring, outdated, dull and WHATever that she would call her something else - quite out of character ConfusedSad !!! So, please please I'd like MNers's thoughts on Susan? And any more suggestions that aren't Top Ten but aren't strange or twee as my brain has stopped.....

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bruffin · 03/02/2012 10:12

Know two teenagers with the name Susan/Susannah
DS16 has a friend called Susie, not sure if she is a Susan or a Susanna
DD 14 has a friend Zannah short for Susannah,

latrucha · 03/02/2012 10:02

I'm a Susanna under 45 and I like it. I also like Susie, which I go by a lot. I'm not mad keen on Susan. FWIW I'm Susanna Maria.

Elizabeth as middle name. Oh and it's your baby, call her what you like. Your mother has had a chance to name her DC.

WMDinthekitchen · 03/02/2012 10:02

Waving to Seeker - what about Susannah? Still Susie for short. (I know one, a cousin, who is in her early 30s) Second name - Grace, Mary, Ellen, Frances, Isobel, Imogen?

speculationisrife · 03/02/2012 10:01

Or Katherine/Catherine. Kate and Katie are both lovely, too, I think.

speculationisrife · 03/02/2012 09:59

Sorry, I agree with your mum. My best friend at primary school was called Susan and that was in 1980. The only other Susans I know are over 50 - it's not dated enough to be granny-chic, but just sounds a bit bland and middle-aged to me.

If you would like a straightforward name that isn't too overused but won't date, how about:

Rebecca
Charlotte
Rachel
Emma
Julia (seems to be coming back into fashion, but still a bit unusual)

All, imo, very pretty names that are ageless, timeless and classless.

seeker · 03/02/2012 09:58

How about Susannah instead? Lots of shortenings and I only know 1 under 45!

Kveta · 03/02/2012 09:58

I like it actually - it's a nice name, and baby Susie sounds cute. Could you make it Suzanne to make it more 'trendy' maybe?

Oh, and sod what you mother thinks. We told my mother DS was going to be called Caligula or Wayne, so she was thrilled by the eventual choice of Oliver. Tell your mum you're deciding between Bubbles and Nematoda or something, and she'll appreciate whatever name your DD actually ends up with. Remember, she had her chance to name you, now it's your turn!

TopazMortmain · 03/02/2012 09:58

FWIW I like it.

FaithHopeAndKevin · 03/02/2012 09:58

Sarah
Lydia
Nina
Marianne

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