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If I like Edie and Greta, what else might I like for a girl?

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freethebiscuit · 23/09/2016 20:12

Also, for Greta, do you automatically assume this is some variation of Margaret?

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BikeRunSki · 27/09/2016 20:01

I never realised that Ray Eames was a woman Blush. Despite my dad being well into post-war design, and growing up in a house full of Jacobsen, Eames and Sarinnen stuff (that makes us sound really well off. We weren't, but he had a few good years, we only went abroad if work was paying and our car was junk).

0pti0na1 · 27/09/2016 11:54

Ray short for Rachel, or Rae?

margiebargie · 27/09/2016 11:40

Yes, like Ray Eames, whose name was actually Bernice Alexandra - her nickname as a child was Ray-Ray. It's lovely though, I think - has a definite 1950s feel to it.

Or, with the same pronunciation, the Japanese name Rei, which means lovely.

LucyBabs · 27/09/2016 00:55

Ray as a girls name? What's the full name?

LucyBabs · 27/09/2016 00:54

Also Laoise which is Irish pronounced Lesha Smile

I do wonder how our dc will feel about the names we gave them.. Especially those that are "out there" or old fashioned..

NoncommittalToSparkleMotion · 27/09/2016 00:43

Etta
Ada
Eva
Rita
Lila

Overthinker2016 · 27/09/2016 00:37

Agatha
Nellie/Nell
Minnie
Bridie

0pti0na1 · 25/09/2016 23:40

I'd briefly wonder whether a Greta was named after a relative called Margaret, and think it was a nice connection.

JasperDamerel · 25/09/2016 16:57

Sybil
Marnie
Hettie
Flora
Garnet
Pansy
Beatrix/ Beattie
Beryl
Dorcas
Josie
Dulcie

midsomermurderess · 25/09/2016 16:46

I'll throw in Blanche and Daphne and Dulcie, they have a 1930s sort of vibe to me, as do your original choices.

marmitecrumpets · 25/09/2016 05:31

Freya

Ipushedmygrannyaffabus · 25/09/2016 05:25

Veda
Lesia (pronounced Lesha)
Jocelyn
Deborah
Violet
Nancy
Nina
Florence

AnnaKateNZ · 25/09/2016 05:05

These two names are on my girls list too. I only have two more names on the list at the moment and they are Minnie and Lux

Only1scoop · 24/09/2016 23:03

Enid
Margot
Saffia

BikeRunSki · 24/09/2016 23:01

Ursula! not Usula

BikeRunSki · 24/09/2016 23:01

Usula
Astrid

TrainWrecka · 24/09/2016 13:40

I LOVE Greta. It was on my list for DD but DH vetoed Angry.

Gaia
Kaya
Esther
Esme
Freya
Frida
Mila
Lotta/Lotte
Livia
Thea

WowserBowser · 24/09/2016 13:37

Rita
Audrey
Wren

Flanderspigeonmurderer · 24/09/2016 12:31

Connie

margiebargie · 24/09/2016 12:20

I love Greta! And I don't associate it with Margaret at all.

Other names you might like:

Margot
Erica
Ray

roseteapot101 · 23/09/2016 23:49

Evelyn

Patricia

purplefox · 23/09/2016 23:36

Bridget
Margot
Edna
Vera
Agatha
Etta
Petra
Esther
Rita

katemess12 · 23/09/2016 23:03

I don't assume Greta is a form of Margaret. It makes me think of Greta Garbo, and that's an awesome association.

How about:
Marcia
Marianne
Ava
Rita
Martha
Ivy
Grace
Vivien(ne)
Magdalena
Dora
Anita
Gloria
Juliet

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 23/09/2016 22:13

Lana. If you're concerned about what it spells backwards you can always spell it Larna.
Ava
Eva
Elodie
Ada
Marta
Gretchen
Erin
Dana
Lydia

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 23/09/2016 21:49

Thea
Ava
Helga
Gerda
Astrid
Ingrid
Hebe
Ebba

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