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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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Ellaone · 14/10/2025 22:40

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

ladygindiva · 14/10/2025 22:40

CharliesAngles · 14/10/2025 22:39

Elisabeth

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Yup

CharliesAngles · 14/10/2025 22:39

ladygindiva · 14/10/2025 22:38

Beautiful name

Mines the name of two Queens, but spelt differently. Not wrong, just the french way ( my mum says)

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Elisabeth

ladygindiva · 14/10/2025 22:38

Bambi3919 · 14/10/2025 20:13

Yes you got it, it’s Camelia.

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Beautiful name

Mines the name of two Queens, but spelt differently. Not wrong, just the french way ( my mum says)

Bluespottedfrog · 14/10/2025 22:37

HelloVeritas · 14/10/2025 19:42

There are 3 ways to spell my name and it was popular in the 70’s and 80’s. Lots of women who have this as their first name, have Louise as their middle name.

Claire?

OneFootAfterTheOther · 14/10/2025 22:36

BatsatHalloween · 14/10/2025 22:34

Christina
Chris
Chrissy
Tina

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Closer

the long name has IMO a better nickname that is actually in the name. Whereas my name isn’t.

Nana4 · 14/10/2025 22:36

Nana4 · 14/10/2025 22:34

Chisel y

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Cisely (autocorrect!!)

Lemonyyy · 14/10/2025 22:35

bookworm14 · 14/10/2025 22:34

Holly?

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Yep!

OneFootAfterTheOther · 14/10/2025 22:34

CherrieTomaties · 14/10/2025 22:33

Levi

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Better than my first thought which was Wrangler

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BatsatHalloween · 14/10/2025 22:34

OneFootAfterTheOther · 14/10/2025 22:30

Good effort but no.

i’ve only ever met one person who was christened the other nickname.

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Christina
Chris
Chrissy
Tina

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bookworm14 · 14/10/2025 22:34

Lemonyyy · 14/10/2025 22:33

I’m trying to think of non immediately obvious clues and finding it quite difficult!
It is a nature name.
It is quite attached to a particular time of year.
There are several other women’s names that rhyme with my name.
I share it with a well known tv presenter

Holly?

Nana4 · 14/10/2025 22:34

Bambi3919 · 14/10/2025 20:09

No none of these. It begins with a C

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Chisel y

CherrieTomaties · 14/10/2025 22:33

Bolleewoode · 14/10/2025 22:25

Unisex name
Brand of jeans!

Levi

Statuesem · 14/10/2025 22:33

wizzler · 14/10/2025 20:35

My name is very short, not much more than an initial really. You never ever meet anyone called this who is younger than 55

Dee?

Lemonyyy · 14/10/2025 22:33

I’m trying to think of non immediately obvious clues and finding it quite difficult!
It is a nature name.
It is quite attached to a particular time of year.
There are several other women’s names that rhyme with my name.
I share it with a well known tv presenter

LesbianNana · 14/10/2025 22:33

LesbianNana · 14/10/2025 22:31

Lee?

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Ohh I finally got one right! Woot!

19lottie82 · 14/10/2025 22:31

CharliesAngles · 14/10/2025 22:23

Charlotte 🙂

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Yes. I am aware that my username probably also gave it away 😂

GhostOrchid · 14/10/2025 22:31

bookworm14 · 14/10/2025 22:28

Vivian/Vivien!

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Yes! Too easy. Although I am a Vivienne.

LesbianNana · 14/10/2025 22:31

Bolleewoode · 14/10/2025 22:25

Unisex name
Brand of jeans!

Lee?

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BatsatHalloween · 14/10/2025 22:31

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

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Bloatstoat · 14/10/2025 22:31

QueenieBeeSmith · 14/10/2025 22:12

Jessica

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Yes, correct!

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:30

Glowingup · 14/10/2025 22:26

Penny/Penelope? They’re both very pretty names though.

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Yes!

And thank you, but growing up with Penny Lane, Penny Lover, Bad Penny, Pennies from Heaven, Tuppence, Penelope Pitstop, Henny Penny, being asked if my uncle was Inspector Gadget etc, I would have preferred Prudence 🤦‍♀️

dazeydazey · 14/10/2025 22:30

Lorddenning1 · 14/10/2025 22:03

My name is Russian, and a shortened version is what a man sometimes has.

”The rest is still unwritten”

natasha

OneFootAfterTheOther · 14/10/2025 22:30

BatsatHalloween · 14/10/2025 22:26

Sam
Samantha
Mamfa

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Good effort but no.

i’ve only ever met one person who was christened the other nickname.

Bloatstoat · 14/10/2025 22:29

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 14/10/2025 21:59

Jessica?

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Yes, that's right!