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Netruscan · 2024-04-29T10:15:02+00:00

Originally going to be called Jim after my granddad, but we've found out we're having a girl. Would this work?

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LikeTalkingToLassie · 05/05/2024 16:52

I looked after a 105-year old called Gollum and a 97 year old Bilbo, and my dog was named Jimberley in 2009.

Beachs · 05/05/2024 16:35

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 05/05/2024 07:35

You might be thinking of Anwen. Tolkien created multiple languages for his novels. Arwen is Sindarin, an Elvish language which was heavily influenced by real-world Welsh but very much Tolkien’s invention.

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no Arwen is a Welsh name. When I worked as a carer I looked after a 98yr old and an 80+ year old both called Arwen. Named well before JRR Tolkien named his characters.

shannnxo · 05/05/2024 16:05

Skiphopbump · 29/04/2024 11:17

How about Jimobel or Jimoline?

Why did I read "Jimobel" as Je m'appelle in a French accent

shannnxo · 05/05/2024 16:00

Reminds me of Kimberley sorry!

AInightingale · 05/05/2024 11:14

Sidney also invented 'Pamela' which isn't a name you hear at all for young girls now. And to think there were three in my class at school...

Mirabai · 05/05/2024 09:29

TwirlBar · 05/05/2024 00:45

Una is an Anglicisation of Irish name Oonagh and also a feminisation of Uno Italian, Unus, Latin = one.

No, Oonagh is the anglicised spelling@Mirabai.
The Irish spelling is Úna.

Oh, interesting.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 05/05/2024 07:35

FearYeTheDeadlyBisonAndItsToxicYogurt · 04/05/2024 12:19

Arwen isn't a made up name, it's Welsh.

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You might be thinking of Anwen. Tolkien created multiple languages for his novels. Arwen is Sindarin, an Elvish language which was heavily influenced by real-world Welsh but very much Tolkien’s invention.

TwirlBar · 05/05/2024 00:45

Una is an Anglicisation of Irish name Oonagh and also a feminisation of Uno Italian, Unus, Latin = one.

No, Oonagh is the anglicised spelling@Mirabai.
The Irish spelling is Úna.

Calliopespa · 04/05/2024 23:58

Needanewname42 · 04/05/2024 23:53

From the font of all knowledge Wikipedia

Wendy
In Britain during the English Civil War in the mid-1600s, a male Captain Wendy Oxford was identified by the Leveller John Lilburne as a spy reporting on his activities.[1][2] It was also used as a surname in Britain from at least the 17th century.[3] Its popularity in Britain as a feminine name is owed to the character Wendy Darling from the 1904 play Peter Pan and its 1911 novelisation Peter and Wendy, both by J. M. Barrie.[4][5][6]

So that indicates it was in use long before Peter Pan.

My mum had a very tall, thin, slightly hunched girl in her class at school called Wendy. She was known as Bendy Wendy.

Needanewname42 · 04/05/2024 23:53

From the font of all knowledge Wikipedia

Wendy
In Britain during the English Civil War in the mid-1600s, a male Captain Wendy Oxford was identified by the Leveller John Lilburne as a spy reporting on his activities.[1][2] It was also used as a surname in Britain from at least the 17th century.[3] Its popularity in Britain as a feminine name is owed to the character Wendy Darling from the 1904 play Peter Pan and its 1911 novelisation Peter and Wendy, both by J. M. Barrie.[4][5][6]

So that indicates it was in use long before Peter Pan.

English Civil War - Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War

LikeTalkingToLassie · 04/05/2024 18:01

or Jimberly.

LikeTalkingToLassie · 04/05/2024 17:54

Fiona - Wikipedia. There isn't a Wiki for Jimberley yet.

Mirabai · 04/05/2024 17:30

JaninaDuszejko · 04/05/2024 13:07

Wendy is from Peter Pan by JM Barrie.
Fiona is from the poems of Ossian by James Macpherson.
Una is from The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser.
Lorna is from Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore.

Don't believe the fake etymology you see on baby name websites.

Fionn is an ancient Gaelic name, as in Fionn Mac Cumhaill. Fiona is merely a feminine variant coined by Macpherson.

Una is an Anglicisation of Irish name Oonagh and also a feminisation of Uno Italian, Unus, Latin = one.

Lorna is a feminisation of the Scottish place name Lorne.

Miranda was famously coined by Shakespeare, using the etymological roots - Mir - to wonder/admire + Amanda - lovable to create a name that has meaning in the play.

Stella just means star, coined by Sydney, also refers to Stella Maris - star of the sea which is an epithet for Virgin Mary.

Olivia derives from Oliva, olive, and is a variant on the name Olive. Oliva di Palermo was an early Christian martyr.

All of these names have roots in the language.

In contrast to names these days that literally invented out of thin air with no reference to etymology like Lagreesha or Jimberly etc

TwirlBar · 04/05/2024 16:52

JaninaDuszejko · 04/05/2024 13:07

Wendy is from Peter Pan by JM Barrie.
Fiona is from the poems of Ossian by James Macpherson.
Una is from The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser.
Lorna is from Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore.

Don't believe the fake etymology you see on baby name websites.

Don't know about the others but Úna predates Spenser.

JaninaDuszejko · 04/05/2024 13:07

Wendy is from Peter Pan by JM Barrie.
Fiona is from the poems of Ossian by James Macpherson.
Una is from The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser.
Lorna is from Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore.

Don't believe the fake etymology you see on baby name websites.

LikeTalkingToLassie · 04/05/2024 12:29

@FearYeTheDeadlyBisonAndItsToxicYogurt , Arwen is from Lord of the Rings.

It wasn't a name before that.

Needanewname42 · 04/05/2024 12:23

Wendy is also a variation of Gwendolyn.
Fiona is Gaelic / Scottish
Una is an Irish name.
Lorna is a variation or Lorne a place and a type of sausage!

FearYeTheDeadlyBisonAndItsToxicYogurt · 04/05/2024 12:19

JaninaDuszejko · 04/05/2024 11:21

Made up names (all from novels or plays): Wendy, Lorna, Arwen, Cora, Fiona, Miranda, Norma, Olivia, Pamela, Stella, Thelma, Una, Vanessa.

Something tells me Jimberley won't be as popular.

Arwen isn't a made up name, it's Welsh.

Westfacing · 04/05/2024 12:17

Yesterday I made myself a Ginberly & tonic

JaninaDuszejko · 04/05/2024 11:21

Made up names (all from novels or plays): Wendy, Lorna, Arwen, Cora, Fiona, Miranda, Norma, Olivia, Pamela, Stella, Thelma, Una, Vanessa.

Something tells me Jimberley won't be as popular.

MegsNaiceJam · 03/05/2024 22:10

Beachs · 02/05/2024 06:55

Soo how many pets are going to be called Jimberley in the near future 😂😂😂

I have just called a plant Jimberly.

GardenGnomeDefender · 03/05/2024 19:31

This is fantastically original.

Please call your child Jimberly. We need more Jimberlies in this world.

SabreIsMyFave · 03/05/2024 19:09

Calliopespa · 03/05/2024 17:52

I’m still feeling guilty for Jim-Panzee!

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😆

SeanBeansMealDeal · 03/05/2024 19:03

Beachs · 02/05/2024 06:55

Soo how many pets are going to be called Jimberley in the near future 😂😂😂

True - before long, there will be more MN cats called Jimberly than there are called Fierce Barry.

Mirabai · 03/05/2024 18:25

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 03/05/2024 17:43

The earnestness of this conversation…

Jimberly isn’t a genuine variant of anything.

Neither is this thread.

I’d agree but it turns out there are a handful of the people in the world called Jimberly…