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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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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 25/05/2015 12:20

Judith
Bridget
Cilla
Deirdre

twirlypoo · 25/05/2015 12:20

Blythe?

CheerfulYank · 25/05/2015 12:19

Arlene
Bette, with that spelling
Virginia, nn Vivi or Gigi or Ginger

MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 12:19

Gina - no.

Esther - nice but would ideally like to avoid another E initial for practical reasons (unless it's amazing, in which case they can sort out their own squabbles about post)

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FernGullysWoollyPully · 25/05/2015 12:18

Oh ok, hmm, how about
Olga
Helga
Gladys
Esther
Prue
Sylvia

Shosha1 · 25/05/2015 12:18

Cordelia
Winifred
Constance
Bette
Clara

MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 12:17

Nancy to cute. Also - tragic murdered prostituted woman.

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MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 12:16

Geraldine -sounds like the sort of name you would make up as a joke if a feminine equivalent of Gerald didn't exist.

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Annunziata · 25/05/2015 12:16

Nancy is a nickname for Agnes!

MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 12:15

Violet - too close to 'violent' ( and if her sisters are anything to go by, will be painfully apt).

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ClosedAuraOpenMind · 25/05/2015 12:15

love Esther!

or how about Nancy?

MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 12:14

Gretchen - I know a horrible Gretchen so tainted for me

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Annunziata · 25/05/2015 12:13

Gina

MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 12:13

Sybil - too alliterative with surname

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twirlypoo · 25/05/2015 12:13

Esther?

MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 12:13

Blythe is too linked to Anne of GG for me! Though don't dislike it.

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 25/05/2015 12:11

Freda
Violet
Gertrude

(Sorry if repeats)

twirlypoo · 25/05/2015 12:11

Geraldine?

FernGullysWoollyPully · 25/05/2015 12:10

I suggested Blythe OP in case you missed it! Smile

CheerfulYank · 25/05/2015 12:10

Sybill
Thelma
Gretchen

twirlypoo · 25/05/2015 12:10

Vera? Varsha?

I'm on a v theme now!

MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 12:10

Gertrude I like. Also like Gert. But v anti Gertie.

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ancientbuchanan · 25/05/2015 12:09

Verity
Verena
Venetia
Vanda
Valda

Eleanor
Wanda
Alison
Edith, tho too close to Enid I suspect
Emmeline
Gertrude / getrud
Sara
Lucy and if you don't mind the s sound, sian, sinead
Mildred
Winifred
Bronwen/Blodwen
Jennifer

MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 12:09

Winfred will become Winnie - too cutesy.

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CheerfulYank · 25/05/2015 12:09

Helen? Suzette?

Melba, Shirley, Betty? (My grandmother and her sisters :))