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Elphaba

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GoldPlatedNineDoors · 28/11/2012 20:19

Anyone got one? I would love to call a future dd Elphaba nn Elfie but an scared and dh is boring Grin

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AgathaTrunchbull · 01/12/2012 15:58

If you like Elfie, it could be a nickname for quite a lot of Old English names like Aelfrith or Aelfgifu.

crunchernumber · 01/12/2012 12:12

I has a conversation last week about Linnet from children of Green Knowe.

Love that name Wink

mathanxiety · 01/12/2012 03:05

Elfrieda is much nicer and could be Elfie or Frieda or Ellie (worst case scenario). Aoife is lovely.

Trazzletoes · 01/12/2012 00:21

Oh I love it OP!

Lorna wasn't a real name until Lorna Doone either.

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GoldPlatedNineDoors · 01/12/2012 00:13

No. Much like Wendy from Peter Pan.

Dont worry - I wont inflict any future dds with the name.

Dds first and middle nanes are both from favourite childhood books so I feel like I should continue in that vein.

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PurpleTinsel · 30/11/2012 23:55

Did Elphaba exist as a name before Wicked was published?

BlissfullyIgnorant · 29/11/2012 11:51

I'm sorry to say, I thought it included 'baba' - a little known Yorkshire word for poo.

Pasiphae · 29/11/2012 11:48

It's too linked with Wicked to be confortable to wear.

I have met a Belphoebe once, if that inspires you.

YouCanBe · 29/11/2012 10:01

Haha @ cory.
I don't like Elphaba at all.

honeytea · 29/11/2012 04:33

I love it, it wa son our list if our baby was a girl (but he is a boy.) We have called him Elfie whilst he has been in my tummy and now I just feel like that is his name. We are going to call him Elvin which means elf friend, I think I will still call him Elfie though.

PurpleTinsel · 29/11/2012 00:35

Noooooooo.

Seriously bad idea to name a baby after the Wicked Witch of the West. (Unless it's bright green, of course)

saffronwblue · 29/11/2012 00:31

Elspeth?

Alisvolatpropiis · 29/11/2012 00:19

I would go with Aoife personally.

Picturesinthefirelight · 28/11/2012 23:49

Love it. Don't think I'd be brave enough though. The grandparents would think we had gone.

How about Fiyero for a boy?

Anyway - she's not wicked she's good!

SirBoobAlot · 28/11/2012 23:32

You will give your daughter a sensible name, and one day you will look back on this idea and laugh at yourself.

(I actually think its a nice name, but there is no way you can use it!)

crunchernumber · 28/11/2012 23:28

Actually, I think I quite fancied Elmo at one point Blush

OutragedFromLeeds · 28/11/2012 23:00

I thought about Elphaba as a name for a DD after watching Wicked. Then I realised that it would be bordering child abuse and crossed it off the list. I can see where you're coming from, but you can't actually use it.

I also considered Elmo and Grover at one point

oopsiforgot · 28/11/2012 22:58

Ok I'm going to blame your hormones on this 1, I have a list of the potential names I had when expecting ds1, still bring it out when I need a giggle! Grin

Devora · 28/11/2012 22:56

I had a very lovely friend called Hephzibah. Only one I've ever met Smile

Llanbobl · 28/11/2012 22:54

Wendy wasn't a real name either and that caught on (seems to have died off a bit) so Elphaba could catch on Confused

What about Hepzibah instead?

Lyftiduft · 28/11/2012 22:37

What about Elfreda instead? www.behindthename.com/name/elfreda

cory · 28/11/2012 22:13

I'd go for it- always provided the baby is born a bright green. Though I would expect to see definite signs of it defying gravity first.

crunchernumber · 28/11/2012 20:44

Elfie is nice.

Elpheba is not a real name imo. Wizard of Oz was written by L F Baum (L F B) which was why it was used in Wicked.

You CANNOT name your child after the Wicked Witch of the West, however misunderstood.

Unless you are making a secret, forward thinking gift to her future daughter-in-law Wink

gemma4d · 28/11/2012 20:40

seriously? Confused

ZZZenAgain · 28/11/2012 20:27

listen to your dh, he's right on this one