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Daphne

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WeeHans · 06/04/2013 04:47

Morning name fans, what are your opinions on Daphne? Thank you!

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reastie · 22/04/2013 14:21

I really like it. I wanted it for DD but DH vetoed it. He said it sounded too old fashioned Angry

burcham12 · 22/04/2013 14:19

That's exactly what Daphne conjures up for me too squoosh!!! No idea why.

squoosh · 22/04/2013 12:55

Daphnes are always terrible drips.

Sarah0378 · 22/04/2013 12:50

Love it. Beautiful name.

lottiegarbanzo · 21/04/2013 23:17

When I read Mallory Towers I thought it was pronounced day-fun. I recently saw a documentary from the 1950s in which a baby was named Daphne pr. by her father as daff-un-ee.

Other than that, the scooby doo and Frasier connections are ok.

It's probably in the next tranche of names due for a revival, so you'd be ahead of that curve.

JazzAnnNonMouse · 21/04/2013 15:14

It's a name I want to like iyswim but all I can think of is scooby doo.

nicelyneurotic · 21/04/2013 14:44

Lovely !

gillywillywoo · 21/04/2013 09:23

My grandma was called daphne and always thought it was silly when I was little....
It's actually a lovely name! Smile

PiratePanda · 19/04/2013 16:25

Absolutely beautiful.

mathanxiety · 19/04/2013 16:22

I love it.

bexsus6 · 19/04/2013 14:46

Makes me think of Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot- "and I'm Daphne!"

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Exhaustipated · 10/04/2013 19:02

LOVE

fussychica · 10/04/2013 17:47

...and you get called Daff for short. Shame it's a lovely name.

lisianthus · 10/04/2013 00:19

Sorry, not keen, but then my associations for the name are Scooby-Doo and Daphne the stripper who married Des on Neighbours.

Doodledumdums · 10/04/2013 00:10

Love it!

thermalsinapril · 10/04/2013 00:05

Great name! Very retro and I know a lovely Daphne too.

formicaqueen · 09/04/2013 23:34

Nice. I also like Josephine, Serephine,

IwishIwasmoreorganised · 08/04/2013 20:01

Makes me think of Scooby Doo!

Not one of my favourite names sorry.

Kittykatmacbill · 08/04/2013 19:58

Love it! Really wanted it on the list but dh said no!

birdofthenorth · 07/04/2013 10:21

Want to like it but it reminds me of that incredibly annoying girlband Daphne & Celeste, sorry!

katolla · 07/04/2013 08:28

Des and Daphne

Rhubarbgarden · 07/04/2013 07:51

I like it.

exoticfruits · 06/04/2013 22:35

Dreadful-probably why you have never met one!

usualsuspect · 06/04/2013 22:30

Awful

ClaraBean · 06/04/2013 22:29

I really love Daphne, really gorgeous.
It was on my list a while ago.
DD knows one who is about 8, but I have never met another one.