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I can't use Cressida now can I?

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bigkidsdidit · 16/03/2013 18:39

I've loved the name Cressida for years. But I happened to glance over a copy of the DM while I was reading it avidly and I see Prince Harry is dating a Cressida and it is apparently serious.

I can't use Cressida without looking like a Royal fan who has china corgi plates hanging up now, can I :(

any suggestions for similar? Cressida was the limit for fanciful DH would take. I also like Beatrice and Eleanor...

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bigkidsdidit · 16/03/2013 20:26

thanks soon and Felicity Grin

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bigkidsdidit · 16/03/2013 20:25

thanks for suggestions; I think some are a bit too much for DH but I like Lillian too.

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FelicityWasCold · 16/03/2013 20:24

Victoria?
Elizabeth?
Mary?
Anne?
Margaret?
Zara?

IslaValargeone · 16/03/2013 20:21

It won't last, go ahead.

soontobeslendergirl · 16/03/2013 20:19

Celeste

Chubfuddler · 16/03/2013 20:18

Goneril?
Regan?

Seriously Cressida is awful.

SqueakyCleanNameChange · 16/03/2013 20:16

Cressida is awful anyway, and very ill-starred. You've had a lucky escape. Grin

How about Nerissa? Or Clarissa?

Welovegrapes · 16/03/2013 20:15

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soontobeslendergirl · 16/03/2013 20:14

Phillipa :o
Regina :o

Astrid
Rosalind
Vivienne
Alannah
Lillian

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bigkidsdidit · 16/03/2013 19:52

hmm, maybe it's not as well known as I'd thought and I might get away with it

but DS is already an Albert so for a rabid republican I'm not doing very well, really Grin

Miranda is now on the list though :)

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NotAnotherPackedLunch · 16/03/2013 19:13

Cressida and Malcolm were the parents of Tarquin and Guinavere ... or am I showing my age with this not so literary reference?

stargirl1701 · 16/03/2013 19:09

The only Cressida I'm aware of is the Met policewoman.

FairyArmadillo · 16/03/2013 19:08

I had no idea Prince Harry was dating a Cressida. Nice name.

Thisisaeuphemism · 16/03/2013 19:07

Ha, well I know a baby Katherine - but I didn't make the connection- I do now tho.
But if you go with another name and then she dumps him, you'll be gutted!
How about Chelsea ;)

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bigkidsdidit · 16/03/2013 18:55

I'm worried they'll get married and I'll look like a loser Grin

oooh, Miranda! I like that

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Thisisaeuphemism · 16/03/2013 18:41

Surely only a royal fan with corgi plates would know that!

Cordelia? Miranda?