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Enid

112 replies

Clementineapples · 06/11/2021 14:00

Fallen in love with this for baby girl. Have changed my mind weekly though 🙈

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Volterra · 06/11/2021 22:32

Clara is nice. Don’t rush it. We struggled with one of our DC, they changed their name in their teens. Think we should have waited until they were here.

WeasilyPleased · 06/11/2021 22:29

I'm with @DramaAlpaca and I thank her for putting it a lot more diplomatically than I would.

StrychnineInTheSandwiches · 06/11/2021 22:27

@AnneinNovaScotia

Not a fan. It sounds like a housemaid in an Agatha Christie novel.
Yes. And not a minxy one, the dumpy, not very bright one, who ends up dead when she tries to blackmail the murderer.
MistandMud · 06/11/2021 22:24

It’s the name of a terrifying great aunt in this family. I’d worry that she’d come back and haunt me.

Lemonsyellow · 06/11/2021 22:16

I like Enid, pronounced the proper Welsh way. It sounds quite lovely to me. But the Enid Blyton pronunciation will dominate.

lnsufficientFuns · 06/11/2021 22:12

If that’s honestly the best name you can choose to bestow on your child... go for it

I suspect it’s not though Grin

ThePoisonousMushroom · 06/11/2021 22:12

Just reminds me of The Worst Witch! Brings to mind a sturdy, robust child with flaxen plaits.

GlitterOnTheFloor · 06/11/2021 22:12

I like it op

elfran · 06/11/2021 22:11

I have an Enid, she's 8 months old. We get a lot of positive feedback on her name (and no doubt a lot of people who smile and say nothing, then talk about how horrible it is later! 😆)

The name has a lot of positive references to me and my husband is half Welsh, we both just fell in love with it. We do use the English pronunciation, though I admit that the Welsh sounds a bit lovelier.

I also loved Ingrid, Frida, Agnes, Maude, Hester... and many others that are still contenders for a hypothetical DD2 so I shall keep to myself. ☺️

PinkBuffalo · 06/11/2021 19:39

I love Enid 🙂

PesosBandage · 06/11/2021 19:38

I love Enid! But I can only imagine it on a kid up to about 10yrs old.... i wouldn't have wanted to be a teenage Enid. But by the time these kids are teens, it would probably be normal. My kids all have names that would've been weird when I was a teen, but are all pretty normal now!

Also like Ines/ Inez, which is more teenage too, in my view.

AnneinNovaScotia · 06/11/2021 19:07

Not a fan. It sounds like a housemaid in an Agatha Christie novel.

hotmeatymilk · 06/11/2021 19:02

Holy shite, it's awful! Sounds a bit like Penis
You perhaps want your hearing checked.

Roselilly36 · 06/11/2021 19:01

Awful,IMHO, I love lots of older style names but Enid is not one of them.

Chunkymenrock · 06/11/2021 18:48

Holy shite, it's awful! Sounds a bit like Penis and very harsh.

GlitchStitch · 06/11/2021 18:46

I love it. Makes me think of the character from the Sweet Valley books.

AuntDympna · 06/11/2021 18:41

How do you say it? I always thought it was "Ee-nid", like Enid Blyton.
There's an Irish name Aodhnat the t is soft almost to a d, but also the Aodh is ay. Nat is purely a feminine ending.

PeigiSu · 06/11/2021 18:28

I don’t mind it. Another one who thinks of the cat in Hey Duggee though. And DS calls all cats Enid at the moment. Just to warn you!

GemmaRuby · 06/11/2021 18:27

I really like Enid.
Also like Ida, Maeve and Cora or Cara.

CallMeNutribullet · 06/11/2021 18:25

I really like Enid, I think it's cool. I'm Scottish so maybe don't get the complaints about the way it sounds

hotmeatymilk · 06/11/2021 18:21

I’ve got an Enid and obviously I think it’s brilliant, but I’d prefer if you didn’t, OP – I’d like her to stand alone, not be another Sarah/Emma/Olivia.

Also: Beulah! Confused

JustYourAverageSue · 06/11/2021 18:01

What about Eden or Evan? Similar to Enid but less old fashioned.

PuppyMonkey · 06/11/2021 17:53

It’s a no from me. There’s cute old lady names and then there’s… well, Enid, Beryl and Pauline. Grin

DoodleBelle · 06/11/2021 17:52

Not keen on Enid. I like Edie or Lydia, Clara, Flora, Hazel as suggested by PP.

Totally with you on changing your mind a million times! I’m currently expecting a girl and she’s had lots of names too. We had a boys name picked out straight away! Girls names are very difficult to settle on as there are so many lovely ones. I do enjoy reading about different names though.

Spidey66 · 06/11/2021 17:47

I don't hate it, but prefer Elsie and Edith/Edie