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What's your mum called?

245 replies

BananaPhone · 17/10/2012 22:04

Thinking about the cyclical nature of names - those that I used to think of as awful 'granny names' when I was younger - Florence, Edith, Mabel etc - are wildly popular now.

I wonder what the equivalent names will be for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren?

My mum is called Christine (I am in my mid 30s).

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KateBeckett · 17/10/2012 22:31

Faith

KenDoddsDadsDog · 17/10/2012 22:30

Sheila. I'm late 30s.

ThickCut · 17/10/2012 22:30

My mum is Christine too! I'm 32

emsyj · 17/10/2012 22:30

Ooooh my DD is a Ruth Evil. Smile

InSPsFanjoNoOneHearsYouScream · 17/10/2012 22:29

My mum is Nicola but uses Nikki. I'm 22

Chocoholiday · 17/10/2012 22:29

Ada. Pronounced Ah-da, not Ey-da.

EvilTwins · 17/10/2012 22:29

Ruth. I'm mid 30s. MIL is Margaret, but known as Meg.

emsyj · 17/10/2012 22:29

I'm 33, my DMum is called Margot - like in the Good Life Grin. MIL is called Jean. A friend of mine suggested Margot for a potential baby name for me - I think it's finally coming into fashion!

Inneedofbrandy · 17/10/2012 22:28

Maria and shes almost late 40s

duchesse · 17/10/2012 22:28

I'm mid 40s and my mother is called Christine as well. My first name is one of those names that bounces back every 2 generations, and although when I was given it, it was exceedingly rare except in old ladies, there are tonnes of young ones now.

Parisbanana · 17/10/2012 22:27

Jean. My mil is Margaret. Dh and I are mid 40s.
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wigglesrock · 17/10/2012 22:26

Mary as is my mother-in-law, but both of them are known by different pet names of Mary. I'm in my late 30s.

Pudgy2011 · 17/10/2012 22:25

My mum is called Lenore - I'm early 30's. Love the name!

headfairy · 17/10/2012 22:24

Jacqueline, I'm 42. My grandmother was also Jacqueline.

BikeRunSki · 17/10/2012 22:23

Mil is Patricia, but she was named after the mw who delivered her.

Crazycake · 17/10/2012 22:22

Haha my name is Patricia too (trish) I'm in my mid 30s and hate it!! My mums name is sue

BrigitBigKnickers · 17/10/2012 22:21

Regina (me late forties)

BikeRunSki · 17/10/2012 22:21

Jennifer, I am early 40s.

WhispersOfWickedness · 17/10/2012 22:20

Patricia. Tbf, I don't think it was wildly popular then either, but she was the last of 5 girls and they were running out of names by then, bless her!

MoelFammau · 17/10/2012 22:19

Vivienne. Also mid-30s.