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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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shearwater2 · 14/02/2024 09:13

Emma and Stacey. But more because I though the bearers of the names were really pretty.

New2024 · 14/02/2024 09:12

In the late 70s there was a girl called Leonie in our school. Apparently, she and I were envied by all the Traceys, Sharons, and Debras. My name is one that’s fairly usual now but was seen as classy then and there was only one other even at the large secondary school

YetAnotherSpartacus · 14/02/2024 09:12

Gaylene
Michaela
Marguerite

Sandysandwich · 14/02/2024 09:10

Cherry and Rani.

solsticelove · 14/02/2024 09:09

Odette.
Amongst a sea of Sarahs, Caths, Janes, Louises, Rachels, Angelas Claires etc it was so beautiful and different.

tearsintherain · 14/02/2024 09:09

Giselle

1984Winston · 14/02/2024 09:08

Leona

Spirallingdownwards · 14/02/2024 09:07

In a year group of Helens, Traceys, Susans etc then Sophie was the "pretty name". Obviously far more usual now.

Hibernatalie · 14/02/2024 09:06

Dayna

happyinherts · 14/02/2024 09:05

Gabriella - she was also popular, clever and a good all-rounder. We'd never heard of Gabriella before, thought it was lovely, before people shortened it to Gabby.

InfiniteUsernames · 14/02/2024 09:05

There wasn’t much variety in names. So probably one that stood out from the rest, Verity.

Very unusual in those days. I’ve heard it more recently.

FromMilanToMinsk1 · 14/02/2024 09:01

We had a girl called Mireille, which I'd never heard before and thought was beautiful. We also had a girl called January, which we thought was the coolest name ever.

BingoMarieHeeler · 14/02/2024 08:59

MyLadyTheKingsMother · 14/02/2024 07:09

Me. Sarah

This is such a classic Sarah thing to say 😄 (my mum is a Sarah 🙄) Glad you’re happy and confident, Sarah 😄

thesnailandthewhale · 14/02/2024 08:59

Camille ... seemed very exotic amongst the Sarahs and Janes

Whycantiwinmillionsandsquillions · 14/02/2024 08:52

Clair. Always seemed so aloof.
No idea what happened to her. She was in my primary school. I can’t remember her after that.

user1492757084 · 14/02/2024 08:52

Top five, to my mind, attractive girls names from my school:

Fotini
Zara
Kirsten
Cass
Cathy

Moonlaserbearwolf · 14/02/2024 08:51

Florence - an unusual name in those days!

Pushkinini · 14/02/2024 08:48

Anastasia who had beautiful long blonde hair and Viva who was very quiet and had a troubled home life.

ScottyDoesntKnow · 14/02/2024 08:46

Tiffany. Always loved the name, and the owner of the name was gorgeous, cool AND lovely. With perfect hair.

Theresplendentemmaforbes · 14/02/2024 08:45

Nyssa at school
Jaymini at uni

Elvanseshortage · 14/02/2024 08:44

r0ck · 14/02/2024 07:14

Thea

Me too! The girl called Thea at my school was very cool, which made the name seem special. I wonder if we are remembering the same person!

schnubbins · 14/02/2024 08:44

Wendy, with long browny blond streaked hair and piercing blue eyes. She was so pretty.

JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 14/02/2024 08:44

Serina

Brokengutter · 14/02/2024 08:43

Zoe! Thought her name was so cool and she was lucky to have it.

porridgeisbae · 14/02/2024 08:43

I know an Erica and that's kind of cute