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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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Holluschickie · 14/10/2025 20:11

ohyesido · 14/10/2025 20:02

I love the name Danielle.

I was Henry’s rose without a thorn

Katherine?

I can't play because I have an ' ethnic ' name.

MusicalAnarchy · 14/10/2025 20:11

Bambi3919 · 14/10/2025 20:09

No none of these. It begins with a C

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Camellia?

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 14/10/2025 20:11

Taxiparent · 14/10/2025 20:10

Forest Gump said my name a lot

Jenny?

FieldOfBeans · 14/10/2025 20:11

I’m a Roosevelt and a Mustang

Londonismyjam · 14/10/2025 20:10

tartyflette · 14/10/2025 19:28

Mine was quite unusual when i was born (early to mid 50s) and I was the only one in my entire school of 700+ girls.
It went through a short period of popularity in the late 60s/early 70s but it’s now considered a bit naff/dated/American. 😥

Lois?

Bambi3919 · 14/10/2025 20:10

Waitingfordoggo · 14/10/2025 20:01

Is it Chrysanthemum @Bambi3919?

No it’s not.

Taxiparent · 14/10/2025 20:10

Forest Gump said my name a lot

MusicalAnarchy · 14/10/2025 20:10

Bambi3919 · 14/10/2025 20:08

Nobody guessed mine yet

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Tansy?

Bluebell?

Hyacinth?

Bambi3919 · 14/10/2025 20:09

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 20:01

Mignonette
Dahlia
Viola
Buttercup
Primrose
Amaryllis
Iris, Jasmine, Marguerite, Calla, Erica (I’ve known people called these names, but only one of each name)
Lavender
Veronica (I’ve known 2 people called this)
Lillian
Marigold
Myrtle (a beloved MN poster)

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No none of these. It begins with a C

YourPeppyAmberTraybake · 14/10/2025 20:09

OnlyOneAdda · 14/10/2025 20:07

This is a brilliant thread concept but completely batshit to follow and work out which replies are to which posts 🤣

Diedre

Bambi3919 · 14/10/2025 20:08

OnlyOneAdda · 14/10/2025 20:07

This is a brilliant thread concept but completely batshit to follow and work out which replies are to which posts 🤣

Nobody guessed mine yet

OnlyOneAdda · 14/10/2025 20:07

This is a brilliant thread concept but completely batshit to follow and work out which replies are to which posts 🤣

Whowahway123 · 14/10/2025 20:07

PiggieWig · 14/10/2025 19:51

I’m not called Rebecca.

Going from experience (!!) you could be either Becky or Rachel?

YourPeppyAmberTraybake · 14/10/2025 20:04

NameChangeForThisQuestionOnly · 14/10/2025 19:38

I am every girl’s middle name from the 80s and 90s!

Louise

YourPeppyAmberTraybake · 14/10/2025 20:04

It’s been around for at least three hundred years, it comes and goes in the list of popular names. There is only one spelling of the name.

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 20:03

MamaBobo · 14/10/2025 20:01

Very popular in the early seventies, I’m the half of Birds of a Feather that hasn’t appeared yet. I hate it!!!

Sharon - also a flower

edit: I’m late with this, because I had to go up the thread to see which name had already appeared

ohyesido · 14/10/2025 20:02

I love the name Danielle.

I was Henry’s rose without a thorn

Goandygo · 14/10/2025 20:01

MamaBobo · 14/10/2025 20:01

Very popular in the early seventies, I’m the half of Birds of a Feather that hasn’t appeared yet. I hate it!!!

Sharon

Waitingfordoggo · 14/10/2025 20:01

@MamaBoboYou’re Sharon!

MusicalAnarchy · 14/10/2025 20:01

Bambi3919 · 14/10/2025 19:59

Not marigold, primrose or dulcie. Clue it begins with a c

Candy/Candace?

NameChangeForThisQuestionOnly · 14/10/2025 20:01

Almost2026 · 14/10/2025 19:55

I’m sweet

Caroline!

Waitingfordoggo · 14/10/2025 20:01

Is it Chrysanthemum @Bambi3919?

MamaBobo · 14/10/2025 20:01

Very popular in the early seventies, I’m the half of Birds of a Feather that hasn’t appeared yet. I hate it!!!

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 20:01

Bambi3919 · 14/10/2025 19:45

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

Mignonette
Dahlia
Viola
Buttercup
Primrose
Amaryllis
Iris, Jasmine, Marguerite, Calla, Erica (I’ve known people called these names, but only one of each name)
Lavender
Veronica (I’ve known 2 people called this)
Lillian
Marigold
Myrtle (a beloved MN poster)

Bambi3919 · 14/10/2025 19:59

Not marigold, primrose or dulcie. Clue it begins with a c