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Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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Wanted: girls name. Must be fabulous.

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MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 11:28

Why am I pregnant again ffs? Stupid Catholic upbringing. My body will an unsalvageable wreck and we will be living in penury for the next two decades.

Anyway. Need a girls name. I am utterly devoid of inspiration, being interested only in grab bags of Skips and having naps.

Already have an Agnes and an Enid. Surname Stephens.

Dislike: frilliness; 'ah' endings; 'classic' names.

Like: fabulous names. I was keen on Ramona the last go-round, but think I might have lost my love for it.

Any suggestions?

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 26/05/2015 11:15

Is it definitely a girl?

OurGlass · 26/05/2015 11:15

It's doing my head in too. I will keep trawling..

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 11:15

Geneveive - Too long, I think. Also too sweet. And I hate the name Jenny so cannot risk nn.

Ivy - too North London

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 11:13

You're going to really struggle, aren't you?

I know. I'm actually doing my own head in.

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 11:11

Gretel was on long list but think I've gone off it now.

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Spydra · 26/05/2015 11:11

Genevieve

Ivy

OurGlass · 26/05/2015 11:10

aren't you?

OurGlass · 26/05/2015 11:10

You're going to really struggle, aren't up?

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 11:10

Greta - Too North London

Gertrude is good, and I like Gert, but not Gertie or Trudie.

Heidi - Welsh holiday camp.

Eliza - couldn't be more North London if it tried

Anwen - sounds hobbitty

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MitziKinsky · 26/05/2015 11:09

Agnes and Enid are definitely East London names.

Spydra · 26/05/2015 11:05

Ooh- or Gretel?

Spydra · 26/05/2015 11:05

Margaret - Greta

Gertrude - Trudie

Heidi

Eliza

Anwen

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 11:01

Dakota - no. No place names.

Bronte - no. Too soppy.

Sage - no. I hate sage, it ruins any meal it goes near.

Pearl - no. Too North London

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 10:57

Ah, yes, you see Nell would be a classic North London name. Helen I do like. Acceptable shortening to Hel and Hels. (Emphatically not Hellie).

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OurGlass · 26/05/2015 10:56

Dakota? Bronte? Sage? Pearl?

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 10:55

Agnes and Enid are not North London names! I am horrified. They are partly gentrified East London names!

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BertrandRussell · 26/05/2015 10:54

Please don't miss Helen shortened to Nell. Nell Stevens. Lovely.

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 10:52

Olive - I should like it. I do like it. But do I love it? No.

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 10:51

Margot - no, though it's great. Because of Despicable Me.

Verity - No. Too horsey.

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 10:49

I am constantly recommending We Have Always Lived in the Castle to teens, CheerfulYank! It's v similar to Sister Maude, I agree. I'd never thought of that.

It's not an institution in the UK in the same way as it is in the States, so none of them have ever heard of it. Which is a damn shame, as a good murder spree is so much fun to read.

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DramaAlpaca · 26/05/2015 10:32

This has to be one of the best Baby Names threads ever... and one of the longest.

I still think my suggestion of Olive is perfect Grin

CheerfulYank · 26/05/2015 10:27

Lol at "crabby Jessica Fletcher" :o

Ooh really, OP? The narrator? I never thought of that. You know what it reminds me of somehow? Merricat and Constance Blackwood, from We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

MitzyLeFrouf · 26/05/2015 10:12

reuset you're like a cross between a dog with a bone and a crabby Jessica Fletcher.

It's baby names. Really not that important

happywiththis · 26/05/2015 09:59

Margot
Verity

HereNotThere · 26/05/2015 09:14

I'd assume the surname is similar but not exact.

I did lol at the N London comment but it very much goes with all the OPs jokey reasons for not liking particular names.