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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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HereNotThere · 26/05/2015 20:05

Dell?

It's an old name apparently

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 20:04

Simone! I like Simone a lot.

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nilbyname · 26/05/2015 20:01

I'm back, coming in to really plug my top names. I dived into my old girls list from last pregnant episode.

I can offer-
Magda (again, but I love it, please use it)
Jean
Jane
Samantha
Marla
Louisa (something maybe a bit too head girl about this name?)
Constance (too Puritan I think?)
Darla

I now await your feedback Grin

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 26/05/2015 19:57

Tabitha Stephens? Like in Bewitched? Erm, no.

Fyi North London names are almost exactly the same as SW London names. Just chuck in a few Eloises and Evies and you're there.

DoristheCamel · 26/05/2015 19:55

Here are my suggestions: Hope I have not repeated too many Smile

Hamble
Wren
Ermintrude
Deliliah
Norma
Ingrid
Gillian
Winifred
Wilhemina
Kathleen
Meredith
Salome
Simone

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 19:44

Have had three messages (from different friends) who've identified me from this thread, demanding to know which part of London their names are from. Grin

What have I started?

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HumpheadWrasse · 26/05/2015 19:43

Blanche
Joan
Janet
Peggy
Merle

Marcipex · 26/05/2015 19:39

Hilda?

Icedfinger · 26/05/2015 19:30

Thought Tabitha but think it's a bit north London.

How about:
Ginny (too horsey maybe?)
Carina
Marion
Gillian
Esther
Freda
Jean

SlightlyJaded · 26/05/2015 19:23

Have we had Hilary?

No North London about it.

Or Lise? Or Elspeth?

Still don't understand what's wrong with Vita

Or Hester.

Arsenic · 26/05/2015 19:16

Are you just waiting for someone to suggest Vagine?

SylvaniansAtEase · 26/05/2015 19:16

Melanie definitely South London, but surely also Maxine (and Kim)

MitziKinsky · 26/05/2015 19:11

Lol @ zone 5 name! Grin

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 19:09

Weird to have an alliterative middle name theme?

(Melanie also South London, btw)

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SylvaniansAtEase · 26/05/2015 19:07

I note that no-one has even attempted to suggest Doreen.

SylvaniansAtEase · 26/05/2015 19:06

but then Valerie would be out!

SylvaniansAtEase · 26/05/2015 19:06

Melanie is a good middle name to match your other M middle names.

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 19:06

Gladys discounted by virtue of having 'Glad' at the start. Too puritan and also likely to be hilariously un-apt.

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 19:02

Sadie is another good strong South London name.

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FiftyShadesOfSporn · 26/05/2015 18:59

My gran was Gladys. The other was Gertrude.

Dodged a bullet, me.

SkodaLabia · 26/05/2015 18:55

Have we done Evadne?

SkodaLabia · 26/05/2015 18:54

I'll say it again because I think the OP may have missed it - in a sea of other names that are nowhere near as good - Gladys.

VivaLeBeaver · 26/05/2015 18:52

Audrey
Juliet
Harriet

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 26/05/2015 18:44

"Buryan (Pronounced Bree-Ann) after the good Cornish saint."

Just popping into this VERY good thread to say if you go to St Buryan ("buhree-an" or at a push, "berry-an" depending on your accent) and call it St Bree-Ann, people will laugh at you. A lot.

marshmallowpies · 26/05/2015 18:44

Etta's definitely South London, plus (as well as all the Evies and Esmes), May/Mae/Maya, Ava, Iris, Isla, Gracie. Mind you I also heard a girl being called Tracy in a South London park the other day.

I am secretly starting to quite like Tara - never thought I'd warm to it as I was bullied by a Tara at school, but I suddenly find myself liking it.

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