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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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5128gap · 17/10/2025 10:21

Whowahway123 · 14/10/2025 19:33

I went to Manderley

Mrs de Winter?

CharliesAngles · 17/10/2025 10:21

Gioia1 · 17/10/2025 10:06

@MudMyNameIsMud I don’t recall.

@CharliesAngles Juliet it is.

Yay! 🙌
Gorgeous name 🙂

Gioia1 · 17/10/2025 10:08

@GhostOrchid haha non of the above. Juliet and not French Juliette.

Gioia1 · 17/10/2025 10:06

@MudMyNameIsMud I don’t recall.

@CharliesAngles Juliet it is.

CharliesAngles · 17/10/2025 09:32

GhostOrchid · 17/10/2025 07:55

Portia? Sylvia? Ophelia? Cordelia? Imogen? Miranda? Beatrice?

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Juliet?

LBFseBrom · 17/10/2025 09:16

I love the name Laura.

GhostOrchid · 17/10/2025 07:55

Gioia1 · 16/10/2025 22:08

Most famous playwright wrote about her nd yet I have never met a namesake.

Portia? Sylvia? Ophelia? Cordelia? Imogen? Miranda? Beatrice?

Goandygo · 17/10/2025 00:11

daisyb2 · 16/10/2025 21:32

@Goandygo@CharliesAngles@diddl@LBFseBromgood guesses, one got it right. Laura x

Laura is a beautiful name.
Glad I finally got one right 🤣

CharliesAngles · 16/10/2025 22:42

Gioia1 · 16/10/2025 22:08

Most famous playwright wrote about her nd yet I have never met a namesake.

Rosalind?

MudMyNameIsMud · 16/10/2025 22:40

Gioia1 · 16/10/2025 22:08

Most famous playwright wrote about her nd yet I have never met a namesake.

Have you seen characters on TV with the same name?

Gioia1 · 16/10/2025 22:08

Most famous playwright wrote about her nd yet I have never met a namesake.

daisyb2 · 16/10/2025 21:32

@Goandygo@CharliesAngles@diddl@LBFseBromgood guesses, one got it right. Laura x

LBFseBrom · 16/10/2025 21:31

diddl · 16/10/2025 13:35

Layla?

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I thought Layla.
I also thought Lucy and Louise, not Lily or Lisa.

Changingplace · 16/10/2025 18:35

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 22:01

Shelley? I love Mary Shelley’s works ❤️

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Correct!

notabletocope · 16/10/2025 18:05

FunkyFringe · 15/10/2025 01:46

Angharad - Angie
Gwenllian - Gwen
Myfanwy - Myfi

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Bingo with the first one!

tartyflette · 16/10/2025 14:52

Crispynoodle · 14/10/2025 23:20

Greek weaver = me

Ariadne?

diddl · 16/10/2025 13:35

daisyb2 · 16/10/2025 11:45

@diddl@CharliesAnglesnone of these. Starts with an L x

Layla?

CharliesAngles · 16/10/2025 11:58

daisyb2 · 16/10/2025 11:45

@diddl@CharliesAnglesnone of these. Starts with an L x

Lola?

Goandygo · 16/10/2025 11:53

@daisyb2 Laura ?

daisyb2 · 16/10/2025 11:45

@diddl@CharliesAnglesnone of these. Starts with an L x

CharliesAngles · 16/10/2025 11:29

@daisyb2 Delilah?

diddl · 16/10/2025 10:42

daisyb2 · 15/10/2025 22:49

Very popular in the 90’s. Two songs with my name in the title, an older song and a more recent one, recent as in the 00s

Sarah?

daisyb2 · 16/10/2025 10:35

diddl · 16/10/2025 10:35

Emily?

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It’s not Emily xx

diddl · 16/10/2025 10:35

daisyb2 · 15/10/2025 22:49

Very popular in the 90’s. Two songs with my name in the title, an older song and a more recent one, recent as in the 00s

Emily?

daisyb2 · 16/10/2025 09:37

@CharliesAngles@LBFseBromnope xx

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