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Wanted: girls name. Must be fabulous.

687 replies

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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mrspremise · 27/05/2015 17:39

Beatrice Ramona or Ramona Beatrice. Or Ptolemy Grin

Lynnm63 · 27/05/2015 17:38

I haven't read them all so apologies if these have been suggested.
Freya
Martha

UmiSays · 27/05/2015 17:35

North London is the best

Bea
April
Heloise
Olive
Etta (I know you dont like 'a' endings but these arent too frilly...)
Frieda
Hilda
Delphi
Ursula
Lois
June

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 27/05/2015 17:32

I used to know a Gillian Stephens when I was at school

EduCated · 27/05/2015 17:20

Probably on the completely wrong track heading to South London, and I really haven't checked if these are repetitions, but fuck it:

Joanne
Jennifer
Lauren
Maria
Penelope/Penny
Caroline
Ruth
Ivy
Hester

Love Agatha, but probably to close to Agnes.

CrystalMcPistol · 27/05/2015 17:15

I think Julia is just beautiful. Elegant and slightly aloof a la Julia Flyte.

(hopefully yours will be more elegant than aloof)

CrystalMcPistol · 27/05/2015 17:12

a themed child performance group about to sing Roll out the Barrels on BGT.

Grin
BartholomewCrouch · 27/05/2015 17:08

Vera too matchy matchy with your other names.

Matchiness v uncool.

You need something just slightly less obviously 1940's working class to keep some balance.

i would go with :

Enid, Agnes and Valerie

Enid Agnes and Julia

Enid Agnes and Frances

I particuarly like Frances. It has that simple, spare quality to it like Agnes does but without sounding too much like they're a themed child performance group about to sing Roll out the Barrels on BGT.

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florascotia · 27/05/2015 16:35

Thank you, Ceri, that's interesting. I think it sounds nice that way.

CeriBerry · 27/05/2015 16:31

florascotia Round where I live, in North Wales, all Enids are pronounced like that. If I saw the name Enid, I would automatically presume it "eh-nid" rather than "ee-nid"

AnneOfCleavage · 27/05/2015 15:34

MovingOnUp no Vada as in the girl from "My Girl" - gorgeous name Grin

Tia2005 · 27/05/2015 15:05

Tiarna
Elsa
Jacqueline
Irene
Annie
Liza
Emma

florascotia · 27/05/2015 14:54

Adair is a boy's name, surely? Well, it is traditionally so in Scotland.
Means 'grove of oak trees' - a sacred place for druids and suchlike (if Roman writers are to be belived).

SwearyInn · 27/05/2015 14:42

Adair

MirandaGoshawk · 27/05/2015 14:36

Yes, Dido is fabulous. But I'm trying to work out whether it's North, East or West London. East?

This thread has been an eye-opener. Not only have I learned that people are calling their DDs names like Marion and Maxine, but I now realise that my own Dch's names are defo South London Shock

Sophronia · 27/05/2015 14:33

Minna
Cecily
Wilma
Lois
Bette
Shirley
Romina
Adele
Golda
Joy
Carmel
Lorna

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 27/05/2015 14:24

So Vada as in Darth Anneofclevage? Wink

InfiniteJest · 27/05/2015 14:19

Zero I had to go back and check, apparently it's a variant of Lyuba.

Skoda, that could be a good first name, middle name combo? Lesbia Luba Stephens? LL Stephens!

florascotia · 27/05/2015 12:33

You say that one of your DDs is 'Enid' - so, following the Enid Bagnold theme (rather than Blyton), what about Velvet?

Off the point, rather, but how do you pronounce your DD's name? Years ago, I encountered an Enid from Wales who was 'Enn-idd' not 'Eee-nid'.

KoalaDownUnder · 27/05/2015 12:16

Prue.

SkodaLabia · 27/05/2015 11:56

Luba!!!!

If only it could be twins: Lesbia and Luba. Grin

ZeroFunDame · 27/05/2015 11:56

Luba ...

I presume that is the diminutive form?

AnneOfCleavage · 27/05/2015 11:53

I love the name:

Vada (pronounced (Vay-da not Var-da)

Hattie is a gorgeous name too (in it's own right not just as nn for Harriet)

Wilhelmina
Maureen
Mauda
Morgan / Morgana
Hilary

InfiniteJest · 27/05/2015 11:34

There's a baby name website I like, where you type in a name and it gives suggestions along the same lines. So I tried Vera.

Most of them have been mentioned already, but it did throw out two unique options:

Mafalda
Luba

I don't know if these are too North London, I'm Australian, I don't even know what that means!

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