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LBFseBrom · 15/10/2025 00:28

DaughterOfSqualor · Yesterday 23:50
Hmm. I think outing myself on MN is probably the daftest thing I'll do all week, but who's watching?
Ok. My name is fairly traditional, and wasn't particularly common when I was a child (nor is now). It has several legitimate variant spellings but mine isn't the most common of those spellings. My mother was inspired by a Jane Austen novel she was reading while pregnant (no, not that one!) and the spelling is the same. It's also the name of a medieval French queen but not the right spelling. I'm mostly known by its diminutive though. (oh and the wrong spelling is immortalised in the title of a very well-known song...
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Eleanore - Eleanor of Acquitaine, Eleanor Rigby.

LBFseBrom · 15/10/2025 00:25

Thefastandthecurious5 · 15/10/2025 00:21

Cecilia? Delilah?

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Peggy Sue?

Tillow4ever · 15/10/2025 00:25

Never mind. I see I was wrong. I thought you were another Michelle, which was hugely popular in the 80’s - I knew loads of people with the same name!

GhostOrchid · 15/10/2025 00:25

DaughterOfSqualor · 14/10/2025 23:50

Hmm. I think outing myself on MN is probably the daftest thing I'll do all week, but who's watching?

Ok. My name is fairly traditional, and wasn't particularly common when I was a child (nor is now). It has several legitimate variant spellings but mine isn't the most common of those spellings. My mother was inspired by a Jane Austen novel she was reading while pregnant (no, not that one!) and the spelling is the same. It's also the name of a medieval French queen but not the right spelling. I'm mostly known by its diminutive though. (oh and the wrong spelling is immortalised in the title of a very well-known song...)

Elinor/Eleanor/Ellie?

or Katharine/Catherine/Kate - but that’s always been popular.

LBFseBrom · 15/10/2025 00:24

Woofie7 · 15/10/2025 00:02

Mine is boys or girls
can be spelt two ways .
very of its time 60s70s
never had another in the classes.

Lesley?

Tillow4ever · 15/10/2025 00:23

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

I’ve not read anything of the thread yet, but I think we have the same name!

Thefastandthecurious5 · 15/10/2025 00:21

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.

Cecilia? Delilah?

Bumcake · 15/10/2025 00:16

LivelyMintViper · 14/10/2025 22:44

In love with Robin

Batman?

notabletocope · 15/10/2025 00:16

Welsh. Long, shortened a lot, difficult to pronounce if not Welsh speaker

GhostOrchid · 15/10/2025 00:14

Woofie7 · 15/10/2025 00:02

Mine is boys or girls
can be spelt two ways .
very of its time 60s70s
never had another in the classes.

Hilary?

HumphreyCushionintheHouse · 15/10/2025 00:11

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 21:49

Mine is one of those names that is considered classic and timeless - but only with the “a” ending or “et” ending. I have the “a” ending version and it’s more popular internationally that it has ever been in the UK (where it has never reached the Top 50).

However in the “e” ending variation WAS uber popular in the UK during the 50’s-70’s - but particularly in the swinging 60’s due to a certain glamorous, fashionable actress.

My “a” variation is very literary -it’s mentioned in the Bible, and used by Shakespeare, the Brontes, Austen, Dickens… but Shakespeare was the one who made the “et” ending variation very famous.

Julia

RobertaFirmino · 15/10/2025 00:10

myavocadoisgrowing · 14/10/2025 19:53

My name was popular in the 60s but you would NEVER call a child it now.

Myra?

Woofie7 · 15/10/2025 00:02

Mine is boys or girls
can be spelt two ways .
very of its time 60s70s
never had another in the classes.

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 23:59

tartyflette · 14/10/2025 23:28

G-L-O-R-I-A

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Yes, that’s right.

LBFseBrom · 14/10/2025 23:56

My name has more than one spelling, with 3-5 letters.
It is a man's name in some parts of the UK though rarely used now for boys.
It is frequently lengthened! People wrongly assume it is short for another name.
In the year I was born it was ranked 74th most popular girl's name Only a few boys were given it.
It was an acceptable name.
One of its meanings (in English), is to do with water, eg a stream or pool.

WalkingWavy · 14/10/2025 23:55

DaughterOfSqualor · 14/10/2025 23:52

Heloise?? Everyone I know pronounces that 'El-Louise'!

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No, more common than Heloise

SheSaidHummingbird · 14/10/2025 23:54

I would be a good candidate for Henry VIII.

Crispynoodle · 14/10/2025 23:54

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 23:24

Same as me, Ms P

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Indeed it is I rather like it tbf

DaughterOfSqualor · 14/10/2025 23:52

WalkingWavy · 14/10/2025 23:30

No one my age has my name. A lot of my friends mums or aunties are called this. It’s French. About 50% of people pronounce it wrongly

Heloise?? Everyone I know pronounces that 'El-Louise'!

DaughterOfSqualor · 14/10/2025 23:50

Hmm. I think outing myself on MN is probably the daftest thing I'll do all week, but who's watching?

Ok. My name is fairly traditional, and wasn't particularly common when I was a child (nor is now). It has several legitimate variant spellings but mine isn't the most common of those spellings. My mother was inspired by a Jane Austen novel she was reading while pregnant (no, not that one!) and the spelling is the same. It's also the name of a medieval French queen but not the right spelling. I'm mostly known by its diminutive though. (oh and the wrong spelling is immortalised in the title of a very well-known song...)

Blondeerror · 14/10/2025 23:47

NameChangeForThisQuestionOnly · 14/10/2025 19:38

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

Louise?

CherrieTomaties · 14/10/2025 23:40

Happygolucky314 · 14/10/2025 23:26

Mines French
can be spelt 3/4 different ways the way I spell it is 9 letters long.
can start with two different letters and the end has several ways of spelling it
it was popular in my year at school we had 5 of us in the 2005/2006 primary school year.

Issobelle
Jaqueline

Harriette
Eleanorre

Trying to think of 9 letter potential French names 🤣

tartyflette · 14/10/2025 23:40

No-one's got mine yet.
It was sort of popular for a while in the 70s or 80s (but not common)
There are two singers with it, one from the 70s who changed her name to it from Rita and one from the noughties. I think .