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Enid?

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notaephron · 05/10/2023 21:08

Are my pregnant hormones making me insane? Is Enid cute but strong?

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witmum · 08/10/2023 22:58

Enid is lovely . It is the name of the cat from Hey Duggee.

UsernameIsHarderThanBabyName · 08/10/2023 22:51

I love it

KirstenBlest · 08/10/2023 20:03

You don't really get the nid sound with the Welsh pronunciation.
I quite like Agnes and Bridget but don't particularly like Olive, Edith, Lily, Amelie or Maeve.

Ilikeyourdecor · 08/10/2023 19:55

I loathe Enid - I find it ugly. But I also loathe Olive, Agnes and Edith which others have mentioned! I like hard names like Bridget but I think it's the nid sound I find unpleasant.

But I don't like Lily or Amelie or Maeve either and don't judge them or their parents! We're all different!

CurlewKate · 08/10/2023 15:15

I love Edith...

LambMomo · 08/10/2023 15:00

Love Edie but I dislike Enid, I find it frumpy. But then so is Olive.

Gwenhwyfar · 08/10/2023 13:41

PickledScrump · 05/10/2023 21:20

Depends how you’re saying it. The Welsh way as eh-nid or the anglicised ee-nid ?

Enid in Welsh is also a granny's name and not one that has come back into fashion afaik

User18273645 · 08/10/2023 13:35

Lol well world would be a boring place if we all liked the same things @notaephron

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notaephron · 08/10/2023 13:26

@User18273645 I also love Olive 😂

It would be the anglicised EE-nid pronunciation, for those asking, and I dislike Edith for some reason... I think it's the th! Find Enid much prettier in sound.

Also love Edie but not sure it's enough of a name by itself.

Thanks for all the replies - more positive than I thought, but quite love / hate it seems!

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pollyroo · 07/10/2023 23:40

I love it op ❤️

DrLucyVanPelt · 07/10/2023 23:02

KirstenBlest · 06/10/2023 12:40

It's an old Welsh name and pronounced ENN-id. I's lovely.
The anglicised version, Ee-nid, isn't lovely at all.

My Nain (grandmother) was a Welsh Enid, so have to agree it's a good name.

But do think the pronunciation makes all the difference, has completely different vibes pronounced as Eee-nid, and less keen on it.

RuthW · 07/10/2023 22:46

Lovely

Berlinlover · 07/10/2023 17:26

I like it.

User18273645 · 07/10/2023 17:22

God.no...right up there with Olive for fugly names for me

Crunchymum · 07/10/2023 17:19

Love it. Was on my shortlist for DD2 (along with Winifred, Edith, Mabel and Martha).

Comedycook · 07/10/2023 11:22

Some of the very old names have some glamour and sweetness about them. Enid is not one of them...very frumpy and dull

padsi1975 · 07/10/2023 11:21

It's lovely.

theduchessofspork · 07/10/2023 11:18

KirstenBlest · 06/10/2023 12:40

It's an old Welsh name and pronounced ENN-id. I's lovely.
The anglicised version, Ee-nid, isn't lovely at all.

I don’t mind the Welsh pronunciation but prefer the English - like Edith

wellandtruly · 07/10/2023 11:16

I really like the Welsh pronunciation. Thee English one has a different vibe.

bleuclair · 06/10/2023 21:50

Lovely name.

Longdarkcloud · 06/10/2023 21:48

I like it and think the trends show it is making a come back.
Its funny that people on here find it sounds ugly when recently Agatha and Agnes have both been praised. I find both these names very ugly.
Ena is too reminiscent of Ena Sharples.
Enid gives you a playful rhyme Eny, meany, miney mo, catch a fairy by his toe, if he hollows let him go, eny meany miney mo

KirstenBlest · 06/10/2023 12:40

It's an old Welsh name and pronounced ENN-id. I's lovely.
The anglicised version, Ee-nid, isn't lovely at all.

17caterpillars1mouse · 06/10/2023 12:31

I love Enid. It was our back up choice for dd2 5 years ago. There was actually one a few years younger at her nursery as well

theduchessofspork · 06/10/2023 12:30

Jeelypieces20storeys · 05/10/2023 23:19

Would you want to be called Enid? Seriously?

15 years ago everyone would have said that about Edith, and now there are billions of them

theduchessofspork · 06/10/2023 12:29

I know a little Enid - I think it’s probably the new Edith so I’d go for it (before it gets too popular..)