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Tell me what your name is without telling me what your name is

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BatsatHalloween · 14/10/2025 17:20

My name has a male and female variant
It was number 36 the year I was given it
It was acceptable in the 80s
It's a bit French
It's also a little bit Essex
Most people shorten it

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MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:54

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:51

I was thinking of Ave Maria, with Maria Callas and Maria McKee.

I can’t think that Mariah would fit your clues, but just in case!

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No, it’s just been guessed as Gloria. 😇

Mia - last two letters the same
Maria - last three letters the same.

Userjal · 14/10/2025 22:54

A very famous female singer has my name. She’s the first person you think of when you hear my name. Fairly uncommon. I don’t think there’s ever been a period in time it’s been popular, and I don’t know anyone else with the name

GhostOrchid · 14/10/2025 22:53

mrsschneebly · 14/10/2025 22:50

Roberta?

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Nope. But I can’t figure out the Roberta logic. Someone else guessed that.

Is it scarlet film star = Robert Redford?

My clue isn’t as clever as that. A couple of others guessed straight away.

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:53

FunnysInLaJardin · 14/10/2025 22:50

mine is biblical. Very unpopular when I was growing up in the 70's.

More popular recently, starts with an A and ends with a L

Abigail?

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:52

GhostOrchid · 14/10/2025 22:48

Gloria?

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Yes, that’s it! My next clue was going to be that my namesake was on the Graham Norton show last week.

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:51

RightOnTheEdge · 14/10/2025 22:50

I spent my whole childhood with people saying "but that's a boys name!"
It's spelt like the French for like/love.
When I was at school the other kids used to all sing the theme tune to a cartoon at me about a boy and his dog and his magic light.

Jaime?

Worriedmum40284 · 14/10/2025 22:51

GodSavetheJean · 14/10/2025 20:49

I have had every male teacher with the exception of two, sing this famous hit song with my name as the title within a week or two of class starting, my entire life. I am old.

Eileen!

CherrieTomaties · 14/10/2025 22:51

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:42

No. Mia was closer.

There are two famous singers with my name. It’s a word in Latin, mentioned in Latin Masses (I imagine) and many times in church anthems sung in Latin.

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Eva?

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:51

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:46

No, but that’s even closer than Mia.

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I was thinking of Ave Maria, with Maria Callas and Maria McKee.

I can’t think that Mariah would fit your clues, but just in case!

RightOnTheEdge · 14/10/2025 22:50

I spent my whole childhood with people saying "but that's a boys name!"
It's spelt like the French for like/love.
When I was at school the other kids used to all sing the theme tune to a cartoon at me about a boy and his dog and his magic light.

mrsschneebly · 14/10/2025 22:50

GhostOrchid · 14/10/2025 22:27

Ooh… this is fun.

Don’t think mine has come up.

Uncommon without being unusual. I was the only one at my school (born in the 70s).

Lots of different ways to spell it. Also a boy’s name (now deeply unfashionable).

Think of a scarlet film star. Or a pretty woman.

Roberta?

FunnysInLaJardin · 14/10/2025 22:50

mine is biblical. Very unpopular when I was growing up in the 70's.

More popular recently, starts with an A and ends with a L

mrsschneebly · 14/10/2025 22:49

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:48

Laura?

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Correct!

GhostOrchid · 14/10/2025 22:48

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:42

No. Mia was closer.

There are two famous singers with my name. It’s a word in Latin, mentioned in Latin Masses (I imagine) and many times in church anthems sung in Latin.

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Gloria?

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:48

mrsschneebly · 14/10/2025 22:47

Very common in the 80s.
Lots of songs about me, both older and more modern. People tell me they love me.

Laura?

mrsschneebly · 14/10/2025 22:47

Very common in the 80s.
Lots of songs about me, both older and more modern. People tell me they love me.

crinkletits · 14/10/2025 22:46

My name is the female equivilant of what you’d possibly call a man with a 1” willy.

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:46

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:43

Maria?

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No, but that’s even closer than Mia.

Ellaone · 14/10/2025 22:44

@BatsatHalloween so close!
@IDontLikeSpam yep

LivelyMintViper · 14/10/2025 22:44

In love with Robin

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:43

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:42

No. Mia was closer.

There are two famous singers with my name. It’s a word in Latin, mentioned in Latin Masses (I imagine) and many times in church anthems sung in Latin.

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Maria?

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:42

LesbianNana · 14/10/2025 22:06

Lola?

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No. Mia was closer.

There are two famous singers with my name. It’s a word in Latin, mentioned in Latin Masses (I imagine) and many times in church anthems sung in Latin.

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:42

Ellaone · 14/10/2025 22:40

I was born in the 8o’s. My name is a palindrome. Gosh it’s cold

Anna?

Pomegranatecarnage · 14/10/2025 22:42

Pleasegodgotosleep · 14/10/2025 20:33

Mine used to be typically irish surname. Can be more common as a boys name in other countries. I was one of 3 girls with my name at school in the early 90s. Commonly goes with Anne as a middle name. Was the name of a tv soap character in the late 70s when i was born.

Kelly?

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BatsatHalloween · 14/10/2025 22:41

Ellaone · 14/10/2025 22:40

I was born in the 8o’s. My name is a palindrome. Gosh it’s cold

Hannah

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