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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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Brumchum · 14/02/2024 08:43

Rosamund and Juliet were the two names I would have preferred for myself. They were the most beautiful and brightest girls I knew.

seeotter · 14/02/2024 08:40

Imogen and Felicity

Pickles2023 · 14/02/2024 08:38

Daisy, even the teacher said she had such a pretty name that she could choose to use her first or middle 😂 the jealousy among us littlins to choose.

And a Franchesca.

GreenMarigold · 14/02/2024 08:38

Diana. She was so graceful and had the most beautiful shiny long straight hair. She really suited her name.

timtam23 · 14/02/2024 08:34

Joelle and Julianna

DiscoBeat · 14/02/2024 08:33

Samantha

FreyafromLondon · 14/02/2024 08:31

Yasmin. She had really dark (near black) hair and the bluest eyes I've ever seen. She was always smiling as well

thatone · 14/02/2024 08:30

Nina

Thehamsterthatcametotea · 14/02/2024 08:28

Katie. I really wanted to be like her because she always had nice hair bobbles and a Michael Jackson pencil case with a watermelon rubber.

I went to her house once and that made my awe stronger but also confirmed just how different we were.

butthanksthough · 14/02/2024 08:26

themusingsofaninsomniac · 14/02/2024 08:07

Cara

Same for me and I’ll admit I did use it for DD 😂

itsgettingweird · 14/02/2024 08:26

Karenza.

Everyone else was called Laura, Sarah, Lucy etc.

So this was completely out there and was a lovely name and she was a lovely girl.

Her brother had a very typical name of the time 😂🤷‍♀️

Sunshineofyourlove · 14/02/2024 08:25

Sorrel

Always loved it

Cotswoldmama · 14/02/2024 08:25

Sashi, beautiful name and she was a sweet pretty girl.

PickledScrump · 14/02/2024 08:24

Faye and Florence/Flo, pretty unusual then. We had Faye on our list for DD, no longer like Florence though

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 14/02/2024 08:23

Frances
Lottie
Abigail

Flensburg · 14/02/2024 08:22

I also thought of Fleur. But then remembered that was the local carpenter's dog.

Flensburg · 14/02/2024 08:21

Before I even read your post (just read the title), I thought of 3 - and one of them was karina!
The other two were Suzanna and Lowri.

morethanspice · 14/02/2024 08:19

I was at school with a girl called Dustine, I think it’s possibly a made up name? But I thought it was pretty and different

Metellaincucina · 14/02/2024 08:19

Silvina.

I still think it sounds exotic.

TM1979 · 14/02/2024 08:19

Maria. I wanted to be her! I don’t like it as much now although I did consider it for dd2 16 years ago.

Jeannne92 · 14/02/2024 08:16

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!

Oh gosh yes me too. Love that name and loved it even more when I was a kid.

Jeannne92 · 14/02/2024 08:15

Lois was the most glamorous name; I also liked Louisa, but the prettiest name was Della.

Also there were quite a few Amys older than me at school and I always found that name really pretty.

I recently met an Ottilie, a gorgeous name, but not sure I'd give it to a kid.

CJ4713 · 14/02/2024 08:09

Elisse
Caitlin
Melinda

themusingsofaninsomniac · 14/02/2024 08:07

Cara

WaitingForMojo · 14/02/2024 08:07

Heloise
Eleanor-mae

I also liked the Sally / Amy / Chloe / Ellie names