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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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Glowingup · 14/10/2025 22:21

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:16

Nope

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Agh this is going to bug me! Valerie? Although I think that’s a lovely name personally.

ImplodingLoading · 14/10/2025 22:21

OwlIceCrem · 14/10/2025 22:10

Nicola?

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Yes!

ImplodingLoading · 14/10/2025 22:20

OwlIceCrem · 14/10/2025 22:10

Nicola?

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Yes!

LesbianNana · 14/10/2025 22:19

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 22:10

Assuming from your username that you’re female, then that seems a bit mean 🤣. What was your parents reasoning behind “Jeremy”?

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I am female but not actually a lesbian nor a nana. 😂I name changed to it because of a thread and never got around to changing it to something else.

dEdiCatEdFeliNeEntHusiAst · 14/10/2025 22:18

Squirrelsnut · 14/10/2025 19:37

It's French.
It's quite unusual.
It's never been popular but I think it's a nice name.
Part of it means little which is ironic because I'm big and tall.

Pauline/Paula

Changedit2025 · 14/10/2025 22:18

Mine is a character from Peep Show :) and also a Roald Dahl character.
Born in the early 80's, I was the only one with this name at school, now I think there are hundreds!

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:16

Glowingup · 14/10/2025 22:13

Lucille?

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Nope

Elsvieta · 14/10/2025 22:16

LesbianNana · 14/10/2025 22:14

Thanks! It’s my birth name. My sister is Jill and brother Jon. I’ve always liked it and never tire of the conversation starter it always seems to be. 😁

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Why did your parents choose it?

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:14

Notashamed13 · 14/10/2025 22:06

Valerie? Val?

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No, the songs are a bit older and everyone in the 70s had an aunty Val, even if she was just your mum’s friend 😄

caringcarer · 14/10/2025 22:14

bluedelphiniums · 14/10/2025 21:58

Wendy?

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👍

LesbianNana · 14/10/2025 22:14

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:09

That’s interesting, is it your birth name or a name you chose for yourself? If your birth name, did you get sick of having to explain it?

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Thanks! It’s my birth name. My sister is Jill and brother Jon. I’ve always liked it and never tire of the conversation starter it always seems to be. 😁

Glowingup · 14/10/2025 22:13

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:11

No, but I love Siouxsie & the Banshee’s version of it. Very good guess though.

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Lucille?

Iwilldoitnowinaminutemam · 14/10/2025 22:13

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

Kay?

Placestogo · 14/10/2025 22:12

My name is very princessy!

QueenieBeeSmith · 14/10/2025 22:12

Bloatstoat · 14/10/2025 21:50

Very popular in school - 3 in my class in the late 80s/early 90s, but still used now, there's one in my DD's class. It's the name of a tv character writer turned detective, and the shortened version drives around with Postman Pat.

Jessica

Geneva12 · 14/10/2025 22:12

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 22:10

Jenny?

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Yes.

Mansionscoldandgrey · 14/10/2025 22:12

IDontLikeSpam
Is it Mandy?

OneFootAfterTheOther · 14/10/2025 22:11

My name is a nickname of a longer name. People often try and call me a different nickname of the longer name - which I dislike.

Everybody I’ve ever met with my name hates being called the other nickname.

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:11

Glowingup · 14/10/2025 22:08

Prudence?

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No, but I love Siouxsie & the Banshee’s version of it. Very good guess though.

BatsInMyBelfry · 14/10/2025 22:11

Waitingfordoggo · 14/10/2025 19:55

@HelloVeritas I was going to post a clue very similar to yours so I when I saw your post, I expected to see that we have the same name, but no!

So- my name was very common in the 70s and 80s. There were at least another 5 in my year at school, including one in my class. There are three ways to spell it (mine is the simplest). It is a Hebrew name whose meaning has something to do with sheep 😂 As names go, I quite like it- have certainly never hated it or wanted to change it.

You’re Rachel?

Elsvieta · 14/10/2025 22:11

Bambi3919 · 14/10/2025 19:45

I Have never known anyone with my name, it is the name of a flower.

Amaryllis? Primrose? Marigold?

OwlIceCrem · 14/10/2025 22:10

ImplodingLoading · 14/10/2025 21:37

0ooh I like this game!mine was very popular in the 80s/90s, three others in my year at school. Can be shortened to a name in it's own right. Has a male equivalent.
No-one called this now aside from a very famously couple's son's, famous in her own right, wife.

Nicola?

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 22:10

Geneva12 · 14/10/2025 22:09

Run Forest Run!

Jenny?

ImplodingLoading · 14/10/2025 22:10

Glowingup · 14/10/2025 21:41

Nicola?

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Yes!

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 22:10

LesbianNana · 14/10/2025 22:05

Yes! That was quick lol

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Assuming from your username that you’re female, then that seems a bit mean 🤣. What was your parents reasoning behind “Jeremy”?

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