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Lily Allen's new daughter is called. . . . . .

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squoosh · 10/01/2013 01:33

Marnie.

I quite like it, think it's much prettier than Ethel. Very different in style though. From Dickensian to Hitchcockian.

She must be on MN though, I'm sure I've seen threads on that name in the last few months.

Congratulations Lil! waves

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MrsBungleBear · 10/01/2013 16:00

Totally agree with Iheartmycat Marnie is a nice name, if I was called Ethel and my parents then called my sister Marnie I would be very Envy

threepiecesuite · 10/01/2013 15:58

Ahem. There is a Marnie in my class. Her parents chose it so they could say 'Our Marnie' and it would sound designer-y. You'll have to imagine the nasal high pitched Scouse accent.

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squoosh · 10/01/2013 15:55

Loved that book.

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thegreylady · 10/01/2013 15:54

I like it -there is a lovely children's book [forget author] called 'When Marnie was Here' a ghost story of a sort for 10 to 14 yr olds I think.

mynameis · 10/01/2013 15:05

Obviously far prefer it to Ethel but Marnie was the annoying witch in last seasons True Blood so puts me off for that reason Grin

PickledInAPearTree · 10/01/2013 15:01

Lovely name happy news!

iheartmycat · 10/01/2013 15:00

If i was Ethel, i'd be very jealous that my sister got a much better name ;) I thnk Marnie is quite cute!

But even if she'd called her Foofoolullabella, I'd just be happy for her that she's had another healthy baby, after losing the first two :)

Whyriskit · 10/01/2013 14:34

That was on my list for DC3. I'll look like I'm a sleb stalker if I use it now. Used to work with a Marnie and she was lovely.

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zippey · 10/01/2013 13:20

Our baby is called Ethel, named before Lilly Allen had her baby. I quite like Marnie, its nice.

atthewelles · 10/01/2013 13:16

I didn't even know she was pregnant.

Marnie is quite nice but a totally different style to Ethel. I would have expected her to be called something like Mabel or Ruthie. (Actually, Ruthie's quite nice!)

EbbNFlow · 10/01/2013 13:00

Not to my taste, but then neither was Ethel.

Congrats to her, though!

TessOfTheBaublevilles · 10/01/2013 12:59

AThingInYourLife - yes she is. Jammy bitch!

bruffin · 10/01/2013 12:36

Athinginyourlife

Ethel is 14 months old, new baby born on 8th Jan.

Thumbwitch · 10/01/2013 12:32

There is a Marnie in DS1's dance class. She's 5, but also Australian.
I'm not keen - sounds a bit too close to "mardy" for me - but it's ok.

Pasiphae · 10/01/2013 12:30

Absolutely great! Ethel and Marnie is a great combination.
Love the retro vibe.

itsmineitsmine · 10/01/2013 12:29

Arrrgh! Mulledwine - Hannah Martin AKA Button!!!

MulledWineAndScully · 10/01/2013 12:25

Marnie Facts:

  1. In the 1990s, Marnie Reece-Wilmore played the part of Debbie Martin in "Neighbours", annoying DSis of the even more annoying Hannah Martin and DGD of Helen Daniels

  2. This is the only time I have ever heard the name Marnie, prior to today.

havingastress · 10/01/2013 12:21

She's stolen the name I was saving for my second child!!! GUTTED!!! Now if I use it, it will look like I'm being all celeb-y! Damn damn damn!

bahana · 10/01/2013 12:17

Lovely. If you like naming your daughter after a frigid kleptomaniac with a disturbed past who is raped by Sean Connery to 'cure' her.

MyLastDuchess · 10/01/2013 12:12

I have to laugh - being Australian it is very dated to the early '70s. I was almost a Marnie but luckily for me one of my mother's friends used the name for her own DD first.

I'm sure it's a lovely name but it's just the association it has for me.

AThingInYourLife · 10/01/2013 12:09

Lily Allen's daughter is called Ethel.

We just found this out last month, a few weeks after she was born.

There is no way there has been time for another baby.

Tamzin Outhwaite is married to Tom Ellis? Envy

ethelb · 10/01/2013 12:06

what's wrong with ethel?

SamSmalaidh · 10/01/2013 12:05

I love Marnie, it's definitely getting more popular. There was an actress called Marnie something on Neighbours when I was a child (she played Debbie) so I thought it was very cool Grin

Mosman · 10/01/2013 12:02

Not bad