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Posy Ethel

164 replies

AmberSocks · 02/07/2013 10:33

I have a Tabitha,middle name Marion,after mil.NOt foud out sex yet but if its a girl we definitly love Posy,very small possibility of using Josephine officially just in case and also because its dils mothers name.

All my children have family names as middle names and theres only really NIcola,Karen,Eleanor and Ethel left.I dont like the first two so i am thinking ethel?

I know its very old lady like but i do love granny chic?Also love Percy for a boy but dh doesnt like it and whenever ive mentioned it ive had looks of pure horror,so lets hope its a girl!

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SandraClegane · 02/07/2013 12:35

I'd choose Eleanor over Ethel. Not keen at all on Posy though, sorry!

night1971 · 02/07/2013 12:34

Adorable. Very feminine.

MarthasHarbour · 02/07/2013 12:32

I dont like either of them sorry. Way too twee and trying too hard.

Justfornowitwilldo · 02/07/2013 12:27

Posy is not a name I can see on an adult.

SorrelForbes · 02/07/2013 12:22

Lovely names, but then I would like Posy, wouldn't I Wink

pinkmagic1 · 02/07/2013 12:20

Ethel really is taking granny chic to another level, Elenor however is a beautiful name that won't date.

glastocat · 02/07/2013 12:18

Posy is twee, Ethel is just dreadful.

kilmuir · 02/07/2013 12:13

ETHEL !!!
Eleanor is lovely

BrianTheMole · 02/07/2013 12:12

Oh no, sorry I don't like the combination of the two. I can imagine that getting ripped apart by children at school.

sonlypuppyfat · 02/07/2013 12:09

What ARE you women thinking of?

Choccyhobnob · 02/07/2013 12:07

Sorry i really REALLY dislike Ethel! Eleanor would be lovely though!

FingersCrossedLegsNot · 02/07/2013 11:51

Oh Posy Ethel is gorgeous. It is the nicest combination I have seen posted in here for a long time!

ElleCloughie · 02/07/2013 10:50

I think Posy is lovely, I've liked it ever since I read Ballet Shoes when I was little (about three sisters, Pauline, Petrova and Posy). My husband hates it though. I think Ethel or Eleanor would both work well, and are really nice names, and it's lovely to use a family name as a middle name -we're doing the same! I'm with you on Nicola and Karen, but at the same time although I hate my middle name, as I have grown up I really appreciate and respect it because it is after a close family member who had passed away before I was born. The personal connection means more to me than it being a pretty name!

Sunnysummer · 02/07/2013 10:47

I also love granny chic, but not Ethelx For me it's on the Mildred and Deirde. Eleanor is lovely though, or if you're not such a fan could you do a 'version' of this like Ella, Elle, Elinor, Eleonora etc?

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