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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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MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 11:59

And also Veronica!!!

(Ok, so the 'v' names seem to be doing it for me.)

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mrstweefromtweesville · 25/05/2015 11:58

Xanthe.
Morwen.

MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 11:58

Oh! Valerie! Really like it!

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SylvaniansAtEase · 25/05/2015 11:57

Una is also nice and unforgiving.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 25/05/2015 11:57

Ada
Olive
Myrtle

CheerfulYank · 25/05/2015 11:57

I've just had my own "#3?! Oh ffs" But his name is William, so that is of no use to you. :o

I do have a DD, and her name is Margaret, which I love. (Obviously)

Hmm...Gloria, Harriet, Ruth, Zelda...

CrystalMcPistol · 25/05/2015 11:57

Lesley

Thelma

Pauline

MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 11:56

Ethel - too close to Enid

Mavis - works badly with Stephens

Jean - meh

Joan - quite like this

Doris - used as an insult for anyone a bit dippy I my neck of the woods.

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lovelyconverse123 · 25/05/2015 11:56

Ines, Freya, saskia, Florence, Gretchen, robyn, violet, alex...........

FrChewieLouie · 25/05/2015 11:56

Damn, both already suggested.

Pearl? Ruth?

ZeroFunDame · 25/05/2015 11:56

Totally non-sweet?

Ursula (even with "ah" ending).

Gudrun

But Vera does go beautifully with your previous names.

SueGeneris · 25/05/2015 11:56

Meredith
Astrid
Juliet

Arsenic · 25/05/2015 11:56

Maude
Doris
Myrtle
Edith
Avis
Ethel

FrChewieLouie · 25/05/2015 11:55

Beryl. (Or Meryl)

MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 11:54

Dorothy - too North London

Lottie - too cutesy

Nell - too North London

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DramaAlpaca · 25/05/2015 11:53

Olive

MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 11:53

Rivercam - I hate everything on your list. (Sorry!)

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BreacaBoudica · 25/05/2015 11:53

Nora
Edith
Mabel

SylvaniansAtEase · 25/05/2015 11:53

Vera is fab. In similar vein: Zena

MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 11:52

Beryl - it's ok. Don't love it.

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SylvaniansAtEase · 25/05/2015 11:51

Gerda

Hilda

(apols if these fall foul of your 'ah' ending, sorry - but nice and harsh, and you did like Ramona)

Marion

Hilary

Meryl

Valerie

Jean

MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 11:50

Bethan - Too Welsh

Prudence - too Puritan

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MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 11:49

Vera I love! Straight to the top of the shortlist!

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MaureenMacnally · 25/05/2015 11:48

Audrey - maybe. Maybe too connected with Hepburn?

Beatrix - Too North London

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