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

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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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Bbq1 · 14/02/2024 14:11

Lucy. Not unusual but pretty. I went to school with a Jean. Didn't seem odd at the time but it was as i started school in 1977 not 1947! Lots of Cathy, Claine Rachel's, Andrea and Joanne. Know 2 Karen's and thought it was unusual at the time!

I am a Lucy and my beloved grandmother was Jean. She died 9 months ago and I want to give my own daughter Jean as a middle name after her, so she lives on.

UpToMyElbowsInDiapers · 14/02/2024 15:27

Amandine, Leyla

Riverlee · 14/02/2024 15:24

I knew a Karina and she was beautiful in looks and personality.

eatdrinkandbemerry · 14/02/2024 15:22

Bronwyn
She was such a pretty girl but her mother had a mouth like a sewer and her brothers were little thugs

Tootytoot78 · 14/02/2024 15:19

I went through infant, junior and comp in the early 60's with a girl called Joy. I thought it was a lovely name, she was a very pretty blue eyed blonde with a lovely gentle nature. I have never come across another Joy irl.

Yuckyyuckyuckity · 14/02/2024 15:17

I can't stand the name now, but back then it was Lydia.

I was at school early 90s to mid 00's so everyone was called Claire, Lauren, Emma etc. Lydia seemed really exotic.

Also there was a girl named Saya a few years above which I thought was really beautiful at the time, but I think it was mainly because she was also very pretty!

caringcarer · 14/02/2024 15:15

distinctpossibility · 14/02/2024 07:25

Anneka

I'm my DD's primary class there were the most beautiful twins called Anneka and Krystal. I know my DD loved their names. They had a pony too. She seemed envious about them and their lifestyle.

Soubriquet · 14/02/2024 15:14

Stephanie

Metallicant · 14/02/2024 15:11

The ones I thought sounded very glamorous and exotic at the time were Dominique, Angelique and Sukie.

RobinStrike · 14/02/2024 15:04

Late 60s, Anastasia, Stefania and Erica

OopsieeDaisy · 14/02/2024 15:00

Annabel - I still love the name now and would definitely use it for my own DD!

Allshallbewell2021 · 14/02/2024 14:42

I love the name Karina, I worked with a Karina.

I always thought Charlotte was very pretty too. I was at school with so many Charlottes.

IwishIcouldfinishabook · 14/02/2024 14:33

Xanthe. I cant remember her, although I think she was nice. She joined the school late, but I loved her name!

Ariela · 14/02/2024 14:25

Deanna, she was cool and outdoorsy.

Dee1224 · 14/02/2024 14:25

My own name was always the most unusual and very rare now, too. I always remember when, aged 15, a girl in my form told me that she really liked my name and would name her daughter it! After years of snide comments from many people, I was amazed and touched! (Incidentally, I met her years later and she hadn’t 😹.)

I was totally in love with a child named Vanessa when I was in Reception, and she was a very grown up Year One! I have gone off it somewhat now.

I still like the name Belinda, due to a brief friendship with a ‘cool’ six year old in my class!

Never known one irl, but as a child I also loved the name Sabrina.

As a 16 year old on a trip to Paris, where we shared accommodation and activities with kids from all over Europe, I loved a Danish girl we met called Marika - I still like that name now!

ErrolTheDragon · 14/02/2024 14:16

Veronica

SongbirdGarden · 14/02/2024 14:13

In the late 70s we had an American girl in our class called Tammy-Lee.

Bbq1 · 14/02/2024 14:11

Lucy. Not unusual but pretty. I went to school with a Jean. Didn't seem odd at the time but it was as i started school in 1977 not 1947! Lots of Cathy, Claine Rachel's, Andrea and Joanne. Know 2 Karen's and thought it was unusual at the time!

Shodan · 14/02/2024 14:10

Fenella
Melissa
and one who wasn't at my school but lived opposite me:

Dilys

Watchthedoormat · 14/02/2024 14:07

Anastasia

lioneggs · 14/02/2024 14:05

Alice

APurpleSquirrel · 14/02/2024 14:03

Francesca

Easterness · 14/02/2024 14:02

Debbie

allfurcoatnoknickers · 14/02/2024 13:52

Ariadne
Cordelia
Noori
Aphra
Abra
Loveday

DS is at school with a Camille and a Cordelia.

miniaturepixieonacid · 14/02/2024 13:45

When I was about 6, there was a girl in the year below me called Crystal and I thought it was the most beautiful, fancy name in the world. 😆

Other than that ... I really think most people had very normal 80s and 90s names. There was an Ophelia which seemed really exotic in North West England but I didn't particularly love the name. I liked the names Joanna and Amy the most, I think but that's probably because they were just lovely girls.

It's only since about 2000 that I've noticed a much wider variety of really amazing names - especially for girls.