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Glamorous names

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ShootForTheStarz · 15/07/2020 20:03

Looking for more suggestions for names I can only describe as quite glamours, simply because of associations though: think Mae West, Vivien Leigh, Audrey Hepburn, Deanna Durbin, Greta Garbo... I just love love LOVE!

Can't find the one that my husband loves too though, so hoping you can help. We love something quite strong sounding, not too feminine sounding and smart.

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BurtonHouse · 19/07/2020 20:40

Got to be Cressida Cartwight. Cressie for short.
You can thank me later!!

BurtonHouse · 19/07/2020 20:37

Oh, and Cressida.
And Ophelia.
Can't imagine either of them being anything other than immaculately polished.

MikeUniformMike · 19/07/2020 16:39

Kitty Cartwright sounds good

MikeUniformMike · 19/07/2020 16:36

The film star names are usually assumed names. Another source of inspiration might be fictional names.

Some might veer into pornstar/stripper territory though.

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ShootForTheStarz · 19/07/2020 13:00

Claudia Cartwright is so lush! 😍

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MikeUniformMike · 19/07/2020 12:07

Portia was on my list once.

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ShootForTheStarz · 19/07/2020 11:45

So many amazing names there! Loved the suggestion of Portia.

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MikeUniformMike · 19/07/2020 11:40

Caroline sounds good or you could have a name starting with K.

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ShootForTheStarz · 19/07/2020 11:36

@MikeUniformMike it's Cartwright

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SheWranglesRugRats · 19/07/2020 10:05

Zizi means Willy in French, I wouldn’t recommend it!

MikeUniformMike · 19/07/2020 08:50

Alliteration can sound quite glamorous.

What's the surname?

Destroyedpeople · 19/07/2020 08:49

Oh I was Re -reading yesterday's Guardian...great obit. Then saw your post!

MikeUniformMike · 19/07/2020 08:45

Not The Guardian, the DT.
You dance like Zizi Jeanmaire

Destroyedpeople · 19/07/2020 08:42

You read that obituary in the Guardiam as well then @MikeUniformMike...

MikeUniformMike · 19/07/2020 06:23

Zizi?

BurtonHouse · 18/07/2020 17:55

Michaela (kay- sound in the middle)
Claudia
Theodora
Portia
Francesca (I've always thought that Francesca Annis is one of the most beautiful and glamorous women ever)
Helena
Delphine

Dollygirl2008 · 18/07/2020 17:47

I always think that names ending in "a" sound quite glamorous and classy!

Claudia
Antonia
Arabella
Savannah
Freya
Sophia

You get the gist...

WellTidy · 18/07/2020 16:50

Arabella

Quiglet · 18/07/2020 15:32

Two of my relatives were given “film siren” names. Lovely ladies both, but neither of them are in the least bit glamorous (more down to earth types) and one of them positively adjusts the spelling of her name to remove the link.

Give a name with flexibility for a child’s character.

Jocundest · 18/07/2020 15:07

Ninette (de Valois)

Her real name was the somewhat less glamorous Edris Stannus, though! Actually, it's instructive to look at the birth names of lots of film stars -- Frances Gumm (Judy Garland), Norma Jean Baker (Marilyn Monroe), Tula Elise Finklea (Cyd Charisse), Doris Kappelhoff (Doris Day), Virginia Katherine McMath (Ginger Rogers).

Oh yes just saw Beverly mentioned...I love that name

Beverly for me is a hard-bitten late-middle-aged woman who likes her gin, chainsmokes and dyes her hair aubergine.

formerbabe · 18/07/2020 09:45

Oh yes just saw Beverly mentioned...I love that name

Echobelly · 18/07/2020 09:04

Claudia
Gloria
Aurora
Anastasia

RubaiyatOfAnyone · 18/07/2020 09:01

Hedy Lemarr is beyond glamourous, but i don’t think Hedwig is going on anyone’s top 5.

My mum was at school in the 50s with a girl called Desiree Dubois which i always thought was glamour personified.

Sk1nnyB1tch · 17/07/2020 23:45

Amelia (Earhart)
Constance (Markievicz)
Jacqueline (Kennedy/Onassis)
Jayne (Mansfield)
Katherine (Hepburn)
Ninette (de Valois)

Buttercup54321 · 17/07/2020 23:34

Cynthea
Sylvia
Elizabeth
Claudia
Beverley
Hilary
Veronica
Marilyn

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