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In school what was the girl with in the - your mind - prettiest name

266 replies

Enko · 14/02/2024 07:08

This is somewhat inspired by the resurrected prettiest girls name you know thread.

I wondered when you went to school what was the girl with the name you likes the most called?

I didnt grow up in the UK but for me her name was Karina. I thought her name was so pretty and unusual (it's a fairly normalish name for my generation in Denmark think top 50-100) but oh I had name.envy. grew out of it and Karina never even entered the consideration for my own children.😁

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SuzieSaturday · 14/02/2024 08:06

Alisa

FrostyFogg · 14/02/2024 08:05

I was at school with a Lailani, and I thought that was the prettiest name ever! Didn't cross my mind years later when I named my own children though.

Winnading · 14/02/2024 08:05

Fiona, I still like the name and it suited her
Simone, classy lass
Ariadne, such a sweetheart and really different name and finally although I wasnt keen on the girl herself, Tuesday. Yes she was called a day. I often wonder if she changed it when she grew up.
And not in school but Avril. She definitely suited her name.

DogsAreBetterThanHusbands · 14/02/2024 08:01

Leah

winewine · 14/02/2024 07:59

Stella.

Sunnnybunny72 · 14/02/2024 07:59

Loretta or Elise.

OldBeyondMyYears · 14/02/2024 07:58

Faye... this was in the early 70s and she was SOOO pretty! Definitely the most glamorous name I'd ever heard at that point...still love it actually!

828Pax · 14/02/2024 07:57

Alanna. I thought it sounded so exotic!

reallyworriedjobhunter · 14/02/2024 07:56

Anita

MissyB1 · 14/02/2024 07:55

Belinda, I loved that name. She was very pretty and a really nice person that’s probably why I liked it.

NeverTrustAPoliceman · 14/02/2024 07:54

Felicity. She was so pretty and lived in a posher house than most of us.

I don't particularly like the name now though.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 14/02/2024 07:54

Katinka

BunniesRUs · 14/02/2024 07:54

Lila from sheet Valley twins. And Billie from my class.

DarkAcademia · 14/02/2024 07:54

Sharon. She had beautiful long blonde hair and seemed very grown up. This would have been when I was about 7. :)

urrrgh46 · 14/02/2024 07:54

Oh and a girl called Anoushka - I thought that to be a very "cool" name indeed! In the opposite vein there was a girl called Gerda (I think her mum was German) she was such a pretty girl, sweet girl and her name was kind of opposite of her!

ebts · 14/02/2024 07:52

Daniella.

MissSueFlay · 14/02/2024 07:51

Fleur

Pozz · 14/02/2024 07:50

We had an Alicia in primary school. She was a pretty girl and I thought her name was very exotic at the time.

Fuckthemall · 14/02/2024 07:50

Louisa

Hummusandstuff · 14/02/2024 07:49

Oh beautiful cool Jeannie. From a family of girls with cool names. Her sisters were Lyra and Margo. In the 80s.

ymemanresu · 14/02/2024 07:48

Sofia

HugHog · 14/02/2024 07:47

When I started secondary school there was an older girl called Adrienne. I'm not so keen on it now, but at 12 I was thought it was such a beautiful name!

urrrgh46 · 14/02/2024 07:46

Twins called Natasha and Krista.

InaBarbieWorld · 14/02/2024 07:45

Rosamund

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 14/02/2024 07:43

Rosalind
Kerenza

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