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Baby names

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Original poster

Names like Rita and Stella

36 replies

Janie8 · 11/11/2023 18:17

I love names like Rita, Stella, Peggy, Polly, Cilla.

But these are all either taken by people we know or my husband hates them! Any suggestions of similar?

Also boy names in the name world would be good.

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RhianMor · 13/11/2023 06:57

Velma
Diane/a
Trudy
Judy
Gillian
Carol
Jean
Valerie
Tina
Sally
Eunuch
Sheila
Susan
Susie
Renee
Renae

user1492757084 · 13/11/2023 06:50

Ralph
Lester
Brian
Ken
Clive
Malcolm
Craig
Ian
Peter
Sidney
Neil
Kevin
Geoffrey
Bob
Denis

user1492757084 · 13/11/2023 06:47

Lorna
Dawn
Brenda
Vera
Desma
Joan
Rhonda
Merle
Leslie
Donna
Marcie
Eileen

oneinamillieon · 12/11/2023 21:55

SADIE!!

Theoldwoman · 12/11/2023 13:40

Sylvie
Una
Bridie
Karla
Audrey
Ida
Nadia
Georgina

Wade
Quade
Ayrton
Vance
Fraser
Flynn
Jude

Agaplop · 12/11/2023 09:52

Maggie!

Mumofgirls2017 · 11/11/2023 22:53

Penny
betty
vera
estelle
diana
sadie
hazel
winnie
connie
cora
pearl
edie
minnie
Ida
elsie
margot
mabel
dorothy
bonnie

IsThePopeCatholic · 11/11/2023 22:48

Oh no! The 1950’s are back.

Riverlee · 11/11/2023 22:41

can you use the longer names, and use your names as nn.

Margaret nn Peggy
Priscilla, nn Cilla
Pollyanna nn Polly or Anna
Margarita, nn Rita
Estelle, nn Stella

Dorothea, nn Thea
Alexandra, nn Alex or Sandy
Corinne, nn Cora
Veronica, nn Ronnie

Robert
Peter
Richard
Marcus
Daniel
Ernest

MenAndWomenOfYore · 11/11/2023 22:28

Edie
Brie
Irene
Celeste
Maggie
Loretta
Etta
Pauline
Letitia
Bessie

queenofthewild · 11/11/2023 22:19

Nina, Daphne, Margot

MirandaBlu · 11/11/2023 22:10

Annette
Bernice
Brenda
Chloris
Georgette
Gladys
Ida
Lillian
Lorna
Loretta
Lorraine
Lucille
Marie
Maxine
Patricia/Tricia
Phyllis
Rhoda
Rhonda
Ruby
Shirley
Thelma
Virginia
Wanda
Willa
Wilma

UsernameIsHarderThanBabyName · 11/11/2023 21:51

Vera
Joanie/Joni
Nora
Alma
Mabel
Vivienne/ Viv
Pam
Maeve
Enid
Sylvia/Sylvie
Agnes/Agatha
Mary
Delilah
Winnie
Esther
Norma
Mavis
Sadie
Joy
Ruth
Sybil
Cassie
Ada
Ethel
Stevie
Elva
Goldie
Audrey

Ray
Arthur
Frank
Stanley
George
Joseph
Roy
Victor
Ronnie
Herbie
Vinnie/Vincent
Sid/Sidney
Alf
Tom
Erik
Ned
Abel
Jim
Gus
Amos
Abe/Abraham
Ernest/Ernie
Len/Lenny

AuntieStella · 11/11/2023 21:25

Rita is one of the great Corrie names so:

Mavis, Vera, Ivy, Audrey, Bet, Deirdre, Gail, Ena, Hilda, Blanche

Stella is a lager so:

Tia, Margarita,

KeeefBurtain · 11/11/2023 21:20

Love Gloria as PP suggested!

Ailsa
Muriel
Beverley
Kathleen
Pamela (love this too!)
Rosemary
Marcia
Vera
Barbara

AudiobookListener · 11/11/2023 21:18

Vera
Frida/Freda/Frieda
Sylvia
Constance n.n Connie

HangTheJib · 11/11/2023 21:17

And Ray/mond or Victor for a boy.

HangTheJib · 11/11/2023 21:16

Gloria was the first name that came to mind.

Daisybuttercup12345 · 11/11/2023 21:01

Boys
Raymond
Desmond
Martin
Clive
Colin
Bernard
Gregory
Nigel
Richard
Roy
Rodney
David
John
Jack
Ian
Adrian
Robert
William
Eric
Derek
Keith
Kevin
Terry
Michael
Christopher
Trevor
Timothy
Leslie
Peter
Philip
Alan
Julian
Edward
Ronnie
Frank
Jeffrey
Clifford
Duncan
Douglas
Ralph
Gary

Daisybuttercup12345 · 11/11/2023 20:55

Susan
June
Maureen
Margaret
Barbara
Joan
Pamela
Felicity
Pauline
Betty
Joyce
Marilyn
Margery
Diane
Veronica
Winifred
Olive
Marian
Gillian
Patricia Grace
Kathleen
Sadie
Sandra
Jennifer
Deborah
Yvonne
Carole
Hilary
Rosemary
Frances
Josephine
Angela
Heather
Hazel
Jane
Nora
Belinda
Lydia
Lynette
Tracey
Marlene
Irene
Eileen
Deborah
Georgina
Iris
Justice
Sally
Janet

KirstenBlest · 11/11/2023 19:39

Greta

mehtivation · 11/11/2023 18:49

Judy, Daphne, Tricia

Ernie, Stan, Ron

commonground · 11/11/2023 18:37

Betty, Sylvie (a), Iris, Violet, Celia, Ethel, Evelyn (Boy or girl), Enid, Hazel, Dorothy, Clara, Olive....

theduchessofspork · 11/11/2023 18:31

Ida, Thora, Josie, Etta, Betsy, Zelda, Nancy, Margot, Pamela, Barbara, Patricia June, Jean, Pearl, Susan, Jocelyn, Deborah, Unity, Marjorie, Margaret, Jennifer, Cynthia, Cora, Lois

Austin, Arnold, Ernest, Stanley, Sidney, Victor, Vincent, Graeme, Malcolm, Douglas, Peter, Norman, Frank, Julian, Ronald, Robert, Charles, Desmond, Denis, Reginald, Philip, Terence, Trevor, John

FloofCloud · 11/11/2023 18:30

Sadie
Connie
Hattie
Hatice
Bonnie
Suky (probably my favourite, along with Sadie)

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