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Patricia

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resm · 26/08/2023 00:02

Not expecting atm, but always have a wee notion of another down the line.

We have all boys and have a bit of a pang that we didn’t get to use our girls names - my favourite was Anna & husband’s was Kate.

If we ever had a fourth child, I don’t think we could choose between them. So I was thinking, maybe mother’s name?

Is Patricia too dated? I don’t like Pat/Patty/Patsy or anything like that.

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RitzyMcFitzy · 05/10/2023 22:15

Frances0911 · 05/10/2023 21:59

Please do tell, who is the person in the picture?

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It's Patti Smith. American singer-songwriter and poet who's ploughed her own furrow since her early days in the NY punk scene.

She is pretty cool to be fair.

Frances0911 · 05/10/2023 23:29

RitzyMcFitzy · 05/10/2023 22:15

It's Patti Smith. American singer-songwriter and poet who's ploughed her own furrow since her early days in the NY punk scene.

She is pretty cool to be fair.

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Thank you RitzyMcFitzy.
Yes I agree, she looks pretty cool which is why I had to ask.

OuiRagamuffin · 05/10/2023 23:32

Awful. I like plenty of dated names from this genre or era but not Patricia.

mollscat · 06/10/2023 00:46

@Frances0911 Yep Patti Smith, please give her music a listen and you can thank me and @RitzyMcFitzy later, she is amazing!

Iheartpizza · 06/10/2023 08:50

Yep agree that she will have the piss taken out of her with cow pat, she might escape Pat Butcher as won't be their generation.

All in all not a good choice.

Patty/Patsy equally bad.

Longdarkcloud · 06/10/2023 15:46

I know double names are not popular with mnetters but what about Anna Kate? I wouldn’t hyphen it but use both names together. Sounds good and not too long.
Julie Andrews has a daughter called Emma Kate which has the same vibe.

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resm · 06/10/2023 21:08

Haha a lot of hate for the name Patricia! I actually really love Anna Kate (which is odd as I hate double barrelled names), but my husband has a thing about not having a diminutive on the BC so it would be Anna Kathleen or a Kathleen Anna which doesn’t have the same ring to it.

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resm · 06/10/2023 21:10

I’m sure Kathleen will be as unpopular as Patricia now lol, but I’m not a fan of Catherine. It’s perfectly okay, but for someone else.

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