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magda and yvette - any thoughts?

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salt1 · 01/06/2012 21:45

honesty appreciated...

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RubyFakeNails · 02/07/2012 01:00

Yvette is bloody awful.

It makes me think of some slaggy old barmaid with over bleached hair, blue eyeshadow, leopard print leggings and a fag hanging out her mouth. It's a truly awful name.

Moviemum · 01/07/2012 23:19

Magda I like as a nn for Magdalena. I'm not particularly fond of Yvette. The only 'ette' name I like is Odette.

jaffacakehips · 01/07/2012 14:33

Both are just awful. Sorry.

Leftwingharpie · 01/07/2012 09:37

I absolutely love the name Magda but I'd always think of Magda Goebbels. Sorry MagdalenaAlec!

HandMadeTail · 01/07/2012 08:30

I like Magda.

But not Yvette, which reminds me of that bit in Friends where Rachael wanted to call her unborn baby Sandrine.

VolAuVent · 01/07/2012 08:27

Magda rather harsh, but Yvette is quite pretty.

BigusBumus · 01/07/2012 07:41

Yvette Fielding. Hairy armed blue peter screamer.

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salt1 · 01/07/2012 07:37

thanks for your replies. magda is out but yvette is still on the list x

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MrsSchadenfreude · 04/06/2012 11:08

Yvette is my mother's name... GrinGrinGrin

kickingKcurlyC · 04/06/2012 09:43

I really like Magda. It's lovely!

CaoNiMa · 04/06/2012 01:54

Magda puts me in mind of a worn-out Polish au pair with a bad blonde dye job on the Northern Line.

Yvette sounds like some sort of 19th century Parisian prostitute.

Aquarium · 03/06/2012 23:54

Love Magda, not keen on Yvette.

redrubyshoes · 03/06/2012 23:26

Magda is harsh and I think Olga when I hear it. I dislike names that end in 'ette' as well.

Annette
Antoinette
Jenette

etc

Just horrid.

SLVC · 03/06/2012 23:20

Magda is cool. Yvette is a bit urgh.

nizlopi · 03/06/2012 19:54

I didn't realise it was possible to give birth to 50 year old women.

TidyDancer · 03/06/2012 19:39

Not keen on either, but particularly dislike Yvette.

MagdalenaAlec · 03/06/2012 18:41

Hoho Magdalena: it is my name!
I honestly do not really like it, especially when shortened to "Magda" (sounds indeed like a Polish cleaner..and I am comfortable saying this coming from a French/Polish background) but it is always better than my full first name: Sophie-Magdalena... Yes. As a single unit. :(
The other nn option my family uses is Lena or Leni.

I agree with most comments here, Yvette is indeed horrible in French (Yvette Horner).

DialMforMummy · 03/06/2012 15:07

Yvette is dreadful in English and worse in French.
Magda is SATC's Miranda's nanny. Also bad. Hth

eversomuch · 03/06/2012 14:39

Magdalena is one of my all-time favourite girls' names, and I like the shortened form, too (but not quite as much).

Not crazy about Yvette, though.

Don't worry about other people's personal associations with the name (cleaners, concierges, etc). If you love them, trust your instincts. :)

Janoschi · 03/06/2012 12:23

By the way, I'm not clear why you should refrain from using a name because it happened to be the name of a French cleaning lady working for someone you dont even know in RL!

Every name has good connotations and bad ones - surely your wee girl will make the name her own. I wanted Patricia for my DD and my OH's family were horrified. It's an old lady name! Oh it's cruel.

The Patricia I knew was a wonderful, intelligent brave woman who died tragically young. I was wanting to honour her and it irritated me that others kept banging on about Patricias I didn't even know. Still wish I'd picked it!

Janoschi · 03/06/2012 12:17

I actually like Yvette and Yvonne... I'm only against Yvette because I can't say it without it triggering off my stammer. But I really like it!

anniewoo · 03/06/2012 09:01

Dislike both- Magda has a hard sound about it.

AllRiseForHerVaj · 03/06/2012 08:59

Magda is quite cool.

Yvette is hideous.

Badgerina · 03/06/2012 08:57

Aren't they characters from 'Allo 'Allo??

poppy283 · 03/06/2012 07:48

Not Yvette! It's horrible for above reasons.
What about Ines or Imogen? Can't think of any other yv girls names apart from Yvonne which is equally bad. Yves quite nice for a boy though...