Names like Gwen

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PolarnOPirate · 02/12/2020 18:05

Totally imaginary DD but realised I freaking love the name Gwen. Also Jean. Also Imogene (not Imogen). Also Olive, actually. Non frilly and pretty darn cool, but not boyish. What kind of era are these? Are they even from the same era? Any other suggestions of the same ilk?

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ArseyWelshNameBore · 02/12/2020 19:24

Gwen means 'white' or 'blessed'.

Pros: simple, nice meaning
Cons: will get called Gwyn (equivalent boy's name), will get written as Gewn, people will assume that it's short for something.

Other names you could consider: Joan, Lynn, Fay, Fern, Jill, Ann, Meg, Tess, Kim, Ruth, Jane, Kay, Dee, Dawn.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/12/2020 19:12

Daphne
Trixie
Cassie.
Joy

BadTimesAtTheElRoyale · 02/12/2020 18:58

Mabli
Martha
Delphine
Manon
Delia
Winifred
Monica

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PolarnOPirate · 02/12/2020 18:45

Indeed, Imogene may be yooneek, most likely from Namberry but gives me such Lemon Breeland vibes if you’ve ever seen Hart of Dixie.

I can use Gwen but 1) not pregnant and 2) wondered if there was something even cooler I haven’t thought of.

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florascotia2 · 02/12/2020 18:38

Gwen is a very nice name. Welsh speakers can give you more context/interpretative background. I just think of very talented artist Gwen John.
Jean also nice; a version of Joan which (as you know) is the female equivalent of John. Traditional, classy, uncontroversial.
Imogene is - I'm afraid - either your invention or invented by a misinformed baby name website.
Imogen is a name that first appears in reasonable public form in Shakespeare. Scholars say that he misheard/mistranscribed an earlier British Isles/perhaps Welsh name: Innogen.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/12/2020 18:36

Maude. Mabel. Sybil. Jane. Martha. Vera. Cora. Flora.
Why can’t you use Gwen, though

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