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What's your mum called?

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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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SchmancyPants · 20/10/2012 16:19

Irene. She was born soon after VE Day in 1944 and it means 'peace' :) . It is pronounced eye- REE- nee though and she has struggled all her life with people calling her eye- REEN, which sounds much uglier to her and to me! I would love to use her name for a DD but I think the eye-REEN issue would worry me too much.

PerfectStranger74 · 20/10/2012 16:09

Julia, I love the name

fluffydressinggown · 20/10/2012 16:08

Marie, I am late 20s.

She was born on a saints day for the virgin Mary, but her Nana and Auntie were already called Mary so Marie was an alternative. Obviously we are a Catholic family :)

stumpymosha · 20/10/2012 16:06

My mum was called Beryl. I'm 41.

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nickeldaisical · 20/10/2012 16:03

mine is Linda, she's 60-odd.

my dad's sister is Vivienne.

SomewhereInCanada · 20/10/2012 16:02

I'm Joanne Allison. My late mother was Joan Alice. I'm 39 next year. DH's lovely mum is Elizabeth Muriel. He's 40 next year.

RhinestoneCowgirl · 20/10/2012 15:57

Oh and MIL is Jennifer

RhinestoneCowgirl · 20/10/2012 15:56

My mum's given name was Muriel, but nobody calls her that. She's been Meg since she left home at 18.

5ThingsUnderTheBed · 20/10/2012 15:53

My mam is called Susan, and I am early 30s.

MIL is Elsie. DH is the same age as me but his mam had him when she was nearly 40, quite old back then for a child.

deleted203 · 20/10/2012 15:48

Hilary. She's in her early 70s. MIL is Constance, which I rather like.

HeinousHecate · 20/10/2012 15:48

My mum is Penelope.

ben5 · 20/10/2012 15:46

my mum is a Sheila and MIL is a Mary ( they were born in 1946) I'm 37
I have an aunt Eileen and reminds me of the song everytime we say Eileen!! c'mon!!

qumquat · 20/10/2012 15:41

My mum is Bernadette. I can think of at least 5 mums of friends all called Patricia, all in their early 60s. As a child it seemed like all mums were called Pat and all dads were called John.

Pochemuchka · 20/10/2012 01:28

My DM is Josephine - she's 60. I love her name, she's not so keen and uses Jo.
MIL is Jill.

SomersetONeil · 20/10/2012 01:25

My grandmother, born the turn of last century was another Isobel. I was named after her in the 70s and a more old-fashioned, old-lady name you couldn't hope to find. The obituaries were clogging up with them at the time and my Dad had a massive 'what have we done?' moment. Grin They were just a generation ahead of the times...

redrubyshoes · 20/10/2012 01:13

My grandmother Isobel Elizabeth Olivia born 1905

Graceparkhill · 20/10/2012 00:55

Mum - aged 80 is Isobel and late MIL was Isabel.

Mum was called Topsy when growing up, then mum and more recently nanny

Makes you wonder why we put so much thought into choosing a name.

slightlytipsy · 20/10/2012 00:54

MIL is Miriam though.

slightlytipsy · 20/10/2012 00:53

Alitheia. It's a Greek name (she's from Corfu).

LittleBoxes · 20/10/2012 00:37

Gillian. I am early 40s.

AnneElliott · 19/10/2012 14:37

Mum is called Margaret and was born in the 40's. MIL is Josephine

Nivet · 19/10/2012 14:08

My DM was Josephine and she would be 64 now if she was still alive. She was named after her Uncle Joseph who died in WW2. DS middle name is Joseph.

GrandPoohBah · 19/10/2012 14:01

Mum is Gwyneth (65), stepmum is Valerie (59) and MIL is Michelle (47).

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