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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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CakeRattleandRoll · 26/05/2015 18:11

Isolde is fabulous, and could have nn Izo.
Or Miriam nn Mim.
Or Etta?

MitzyLeFrouf · 26/05/2015 18:11

Vanya's a bit vampy next to Enid and Agnes.

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MaureenMacnally · 26/05/2015 18:09

Oh my! I have found my people!

Keep tapping the rich seam!

(I really like Mavis, but as already identified, too close to Agnes).

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TSSDNCOP · 26/05/2015 18:08

IME any child named Mavis is condemned to life with elephantitis.

LeoandBoosmum · 26/05/2015 18:07

How about Vanya? You don't hear that every day and it seems apt given that you are an English teacher... Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, I'm sure you'll know.

www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/vanya

I especially like this part:

People with this name have a deep inner desire for love and companionship, and want to work with others to achieve peace and harmony.

With three girls you'll be praying for all the harmony and peace you can get Grin

It's also not a million miles away from Vera... Think of it as a Russian Vera with oomph! Smile

MitziKinsky · 26/05/2015 18:06

I know OP said no "ah" names, but have we had Olga?

SylvaniansAtEase · 26/05/2015 18:04

Grunty

LeoandBoosmum · 26/05/2015 18:00

Has anyone said Bridie yet?

ZeroFunDame · 26/05/2015 18:00
  • Though too easily confused with Agnes when shouted across the park.
ZeroFunDame · 26/05/2015 17:59

I was just about to say that Mavis would fit quite well ...

MitzyLeFrouf · 26/05/2015 17:57

I forbid Mavis from making a comeback.

Hear that UK? For-bid-den. I don't want any arguments.

ZeroFunDame · 26/05/2015 17:57

GrinPunkAssMoFo I tried Ursula and Gudrun about 100 pages ago before I had formed a name-narrative for the OP's choice.

Several others have suggested it since.

We have to face it - a surly D. H. Lawrence heroine would drag her sisters into so much trouble ...

MitziKinsky · 26/05/2015 17:53

Or maybe the bottom of the sea....

East London names are names which are so out of fashion they are about to come back in to fashion....like Agnes (which is making a come back, even round here which is nowhere near London, but maybe because it's French) ....Enid, Mavis etcetera.

MitziKinsky · 26/05/2015 17:49

I don't think Ursula is London at all...it's a country name. As in hills and valleys.

whyayepetal · 26/05/2015 17:47

Jacqueline
Joyce
Hester?

VixxFace · 26/05/2015 17:46

So what are east London names! ?

PunkAssMoFo · 26/05/2015 17:39

Haven't read since way back, so sorry if this has already been suggested....

Ursula!

Think it ticks the boxes & isn't too any part of London.

SoonToBeSix · 26/05/2015 17:27

Vera is short for Veronica .

OurGlass · 26/05/2015 16:20

Stella? Estelle?

Fizzyplonk · 26/05/2015 16:05

Sylvia
Maud
Nancy

SkodaLabia · 26/05/2015 16:04

For a South London influence I'd like to contribute Stabber, it's unisex in case there are any surprises on the day of the birth.

MirandaGoshawk · 26/05/2015 16:02

Well MonEek or similar would be unusual where the OP is, no doubt

MirandaGoshawk · 26/05/2015 16:01

South London Grin

MitziKinsky · 26/05/2015 15:59

Harriet, Olivia, Jemima, Adelaide, Alice....all West London. The OP won't like any of them. Grin

SkodaLabia · 26/05/2015 15:54

Greer