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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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JamSandle · 14/02/2024 09:54

Sasha

donteatthedaisies0 · 14/02/2024 09:52

There was a Christine and a Dawn .

sawnotseen · 14/02/2024 09:47

Fleur. She was (is still I imagine) beautiful like her name, with stunning long red hair. 70s London

Fifthtimelucky · 14/02/2024 09:45

I was at primary school with an Irene (pronounced with three syllables). I think it has a beautiful romantic sound.

It was only in my 20s that I realised that there was a different pronunciation with two syllables.
I think that has a very boring sound (along with names like Eileen, Maureen and Doreen).

I considered Irene as a name for my older daughter and would have loved to use it, but I didn't want her to have a lifetime of having to correct people's pronunciation so it came off the shortlist.

Given that I love Irene you'd think I might like Karina too. However it will forever associated with someone I didn't like at secondary school, so I don't.

Horrace · 14/02/2024 09:45

Eleanor, but I dont think that now
Now I think Florence but at the time I didn't, plus Flo was the roughest of rough girls you could ever imagine possible. Think Bernard Manning crossed with Pat Butcher and that's still not rough enough for dear Florence

TheOGCCL · 14/02/2024 09:45

Jolene

achangewoulddougood · 14/02/2024 09:43

Saskia
Nina
Georgina
(I think I liked names ending in A, dd also has one of these!)
Naomi

Crazybengalcats · 14/02/2024 09:39

Anita, who was in my class in the last year of primary.

She was beautiful, too; with pale skin, long, slightly wavy strawberry-blonde hair and greeny blue eyes.

Everyone fancied her and she just seemed to cool and ethereal to me.

HoppingPavlova · 14/02/2024 09:38

Chantelle. We thought it was extremely ‘exotic’ at the time (many many decades ago). Funny how things change as now this would be considered quite a ‘cringe’ name where I live.

achangewoulddougood · 14/02/2024 09:37

Nicelynicelyjohnson · 14/02/2024 09:26

Pamela.
It was everything I wanted in a name and she was very nice as well.
Not sooo keen on it now.

There was a study a couple of years ago that confirmed Pamela was the "happiest" name. Pamelas in general felt high life satisfaction at any rate! I know a very nice Pam.

FluffyFanny · 14/02/2024 09:33

I think some of the 70s names are due a revival- Lisa, Louise, Claire, Michelle are probably some of the prettiest.

LondonLovie · 14/02/2024 09:33

Katie. Pretty name and pretty girl

PrincessCharlette · 14/02/2024 09:27

Anastasia : she was very pretty and she married an investment banker.

We , and few from school, meet up when she's in the UK. Thing is she's hardly changed, where as the rest of us are old hags.

You'd have thought she had the perfect life but her husband is Jewish and they have to have personal security. She told me that she wasn't coming back to the UK any time soon but would met us in Berlin. How ironic.

foxychox · 14/02/2024 09:26

Jacqueline, never Jackie, from infant school. Long swishy dark hair and a fur (probably rabbit 🤮) coat....

Flamme · 14/02/2024 09:26

Francesca and Rosalie.

Nicelynicelyjohnson · 14/02/2024 09:26

Pamela.
It was everything I wanted in a name and she was very nice as well.
Not sooo keen on it now.

determinedtomakethiswork · 14/02/2024 09:23

MyLadyTheKingsMother · 14/02/2024 07:09

Me. Sarah

🤣

Edinburgal · 14/02/2024 09:22

Annabel

Advent0range · 14/02/2024 09:22

Melisa. Sounded very exotic

eandz13 · 14/02/2024 09:22

Sheridan and Emily. I still think they're lovely names

Dottina · 14/02/2024 09:20

This was mid 90s - early 00s

LadyBird1973 · 14/02/2024 09:20

Charmaine at primary school.
Lara at secondary

Dottina · 14/02/2024 09:20

We had a lot of the expected names - tonnes of Laura, Rachel, Claire, Emma, Jennifer, Victoria, Louise, Gemma etc

I remember noticing that all the Heathers, Sophies and Natashas were really pretty at school!

I don't honestly remember noticing a stand-out pretty name though...there were some unusual names but they were especially nice to my ear. We had a Dylan and an ainsley for example (all girls school). I'm not keen on those names tbh.

My favourite names were Emma, Rachel and Rebecca. I still like those names a lot, but they were pretty run of the mill at school.

ScottyDoesntKnow · 14/02/2024 09:18

Hibernatalie · 14/02/2024 09:06

Dayna

I have a colleague with this name and she completely suits it. She is a really lovely person and so pretty! Very similar looks to Jodi Comer.

Wexler1216 · 14/02/2024 09:13

Late 90s - mid 2000s:

Primary - Coral, Saskia and Amelia
Secondary - Ruby, Marina, Eva and Harriet

The most common names IIRC were Abby, Hannah and Jess!