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baby names: rita

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puppydavies · 26/02/2007 19:42

honest opinions please

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Molesworth · 26/02/2007 23:29

What about Gloria?

Or Barbara?

PeachesMcLean · 26/02/2007 23:29

DS can't pronounce R very well which causes confusion when he's giving his name. Obviously he's not called Rita though.

colditz · 26/02/2007 23:25

Lovely Rita, meter maid

I used to look after an old woman called Rita, she was as mad as a sofa full of snakes. She was the size of a sofa full of snakes too. She used to scream and stamp her feet if, eg, another resident was sitting in her spot at the table.

We had her checked over, but several mental health professionals were of the opinion that mentally she was perfectluy healthy but (as one put it) "had been accustomed from an early age to a life that goes her way, and no other"

She was brattish, in other words.

And that name has precisely those connotaions for me, so not for me.

Molesworth · 26/02/2007 23:11

I love it

Ceolas · 26/02/2007 23:10

No thanks.

harpsichordcarrier · 26/02/2007 23:09

WT lol, what was the name??

harpsichordcarrier · 26/02/2007 23:08

definitely defnitely definitely NOT
nonononono a thousand times NO
she will have that blardy song sung to her ALL the time for a start

PrincessPeaHead · 26/02/2007 23:07

yes but Alfie Ruby and Molly are awful names too!

Megglevache · 26/02/2007 21:32

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WanderingTrolley · 26/02/2007 21:28

really don't like the name, sorry.

BUT!

a friend recently had a child and told me the name. Luckily, she told me via text, so she didn't witness my eyeballs ping out of my head and my corpse-awakening cry of

OH DEAR GOD NOOOOO!!!!! THAT'S THE WORST FECKIN NAME I'VE EVER HEARD!!!!! WHY FOR THE LOVE OF ELVIS WHHHHYYYYYY!!!

Then I met new baby, who is totally gorge, and I can kind of see her carrying it off.

Still not lovin' the name, but it made me think.

PS have you thougth of Edna?

quietmouse · 26/02/2007 21:23

Oh god, no!!

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puppydavies · 26/02/2007 21:22

lleucu not a serious proposition thanks to pronunciation issues, though i do love it.

lorelei mostly after the pogues song, yes all drowning hapless sailors, a good role model i feel but worried is a bit obscure and would need constant explaining how you spell/pronounce it. plus how would it get shortened? laurel? laurrie? laura? not over-keen on any of those...

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Megglevache · 26/02/2007 21:17

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Spidermama · 26/02/2007 21:16

Love it.

expatinscotland · 26/02/2007 21:15

no.

southeastastra · 26/02/2007 21:15

Lorelei reminds me of marilyn monroe, rita reminds me of rita tushingham

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puppydavies · 26/02/2007 21:08

margerita wouldn't work as too similar to dd's name, plus would sound ridiculous with surname. didn't know freda was cool now - never heard anyone else use it, is dd's middle name.

you're right, i'm looking to the next set of names aftr the mollys and the lilys, searching for the gems amongst the joyces and mavises

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Bodkin · 26/02/2007 20:48

I think Rita is great. You are just ahead of your time. The rule of thumb is that names skip a generation - so currently, all those granny names are cool - lily, elsie, freda etc. Rita is a slightly different generation, so will be done to death in about 10-15 years time! Get it now while it's still unusual I say!

Lorelei is also gorgeous.

fishie · 26/02/2007 20:09

i had a guinea pig called rita people are funny about names, bit like clothes i suppose, some prefer to be in fashion others want to look a bit different.

i think its a nice name, looks good written down, pleasing to say. i'd probably go for the full marguerita for versality, its a daisy isn't it?

twinklingstar · 26/02/2007 20:08

Lleucu is pretty, puppydavies. But outside of Wales people have a hard time getting the ll sound right, unfortunately! You have the right idea giving a sound-alike to describe how

(I love Irish names too, folk can't spell them half the time, even if they can pronounce them! LOL)

belgo · 26/02/2007 20:06

I like Lorelei.

AnnabelCaramel · 26/02/2007 20:04

Isn't Lorelei another name for Syrens or mermaids or something? Has 'bad woman' connotations to me!

honeyapple · 26/02/2007 20:04

Lorelei was on my list when PG with DD!
We finally decided on Matilda- but had to wait for her to come out to make this decision!
(Now I keep hearing loads of Matildas about- grrr!)

belgo · 26/02/2007 20:03

Where does Lorelei come from?

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puppydavies · 26/02/2007 20:02

see, doesn't sound so bad now does it

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