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Briony, Victoria, Clara or Edlyne?

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shimmy0 · 21/07/2012 21:51

Please rank these names 1-4 in order of preference!

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D0oinMeCleanin · 23/07/2012 09:02

Dd1 is Briony (except with a made up spelling Blush, she loves that she is the only Briony in her school but hates that she cannot get stationary with her name on in gift shops and has decided she will be changing her name to Amy as soon as she is old enough.

We're ordering her personalised stationary to go back to school with.

Ham69 · 23/07/2012 09:00

I've always assumed that Clara is pronounced Clar-a in the UK and Claire-a in America.

Stannwigg · 23/07/2012 08:54

Just found this.
nameberry.com/nametalk/threads/93298-How-do-you-pronounce-Clara

Really surprised, IME people assume it doesn't rhyme with hair!

Stannwigg · 23/07/2012 08:49

Practically everyone says it Claaara. Rather than Clera. Oooh! I've just thought of someone actually. Doc Brown's GF in Back To The Future 3.

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shimmy0 · 23/07/2012 08:40

I don't understand that last sentence as Claire and clare rhyme with there not Clara. Clara is Cla-ra!

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Stannwigg · 22/07/2012 20:55

Funny that as a Clara myself (totally outing myself as I really don't think there's many of us, I don't know of ANY others!) one of my favourite names is Briony and my DDs middle name is Evelyn!

Mine is pronounced to rhyme with there though, rather that er.. thaaar.

MrsJohnDeere · 22/07/2012 13:27

Only like Victoria (but not the NNs).

shockers · 22/07/2012 13:25

I felt like that about the name Lettice. DH was having none of it Grin.

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shimmy0 · 22/07/2012 13:19

About the name Edlyne, my friend is researching her own family tree and I asked her if she had come across any underused first names in her tree. Last night she gave me a list with loads of unusual old names that appear in her tree over several generations. Some of them are way too unusual but I had a look into Edlyne and although I wasn't mad about it at first it has grown on me (a lot). It seems that it was a first name that was taken from a surname.
The only draw back i can really see with this name is it may get shortened to Eddie or Ed.

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messtins · 22/07/2012 13:10

Sorry X post with shockers!

messtins · 22/07/2012 13:09
  1. Clara - love it
  2. Briony
  3. Victoria
  4. Edlyne - never heard it before.

How about Evelyn pronounced the scottish way - Ev-lin rather than Eve-lin?

shockers · 22/07/2012 12:59

Briony - I love it!

Clara

I have friends called Victoria who are never called by their full name.

What is the origin of Edlyne? Would you consider Evelyn as an alternative?

NoComet · 22/07/2012 12:44

Briony (Bryony was in my list for DD2 and quite by coincidence has since been used by a friend for the cutest little DD you've ever met).

Clara is OK

Viki, Vicky, Vicks and Tory are truly vile NNs

And I cannot pronounce or spell your other choice.

Puremince · 22/07/2012 12:33

Clara
Victoria

Briony

Edlyne

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shimmy0 · 22/07/2012 09:18

Briony isn't pronounced Breeony it's pronounced Bryony. Edlyne is Ed Lin but I suppose it could be spelt with double n to prevent headline jokes. We were really struggling with girls names and my other half came up with Briony and Victoria and I came up with the other 2. I've always loved the name Clara but Edlyne was a new discovery last night.

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Hope88 · 21/07/2012 23:51

Clara

LeB0F · 21/07/2012 23:44

I agree that Clara is classy and one of those holy grail names that is well-known and easily-spelled, without being over-used.

The rest leave me a bit cold.

iheartmycat · 21/07/2012 23:39
  1. Clara - gorgeous, classy, uncommon but not weird or dated like Lily etc will be
  2. Briony
  3. Victoria
  4. Meddlin' Edlyne
phlebas · 21/07/2012 23:32

1 - Clara is lovely :) I like 2 - Victoria but not the nicknames, 3 - Briony is okay. 4 - Edlyne not keen on, I googled but didn't come up with much; where's it from?

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cityangel · 21/07/2012 23:07

Eveline, Elin or Lena

MulberryMoon · 21/07/2012 22:51

I like 'eadline

PiranhaTank · 21/07/2012 22:50

Again, not keen on any of these names. Victoria is the only one I would even vaguely consider. Edlyne would be ,frankly, cruel.

Viviennemary · 21/07/2012 22:50

Clara
Victoria
Briony
Edlyne

Annunziata · 21/07/2012 22:47

Clara or Briony.