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Sheila, Lorraine or Glinda?

213 replies

plinkyplonk123 · 29/12/2025 21:00

I know these names are unconventional but I was thinking they might be nice. I was originally going to go for Sheila or Lorraine (Lorrie for short) but after watching Wicked I’m thinking maybe Glinda would be fun!

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ArtTheClownIsNotAMime · 31/12/2025 17:13

plinkyplonk123 · 31/12/2025 14:55

Thanks for all the suggestions and feedback - after discussion with DH and DSis I think I’m going to go with Sheila and maybe have Lorraine as the middle name.

Congrats on your impending birth to a forty year old woman

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 31/12/2025 17:13

plinkyplonk123 · 31/12/2025 14:55

Thanks for all the suggestions and feedback - after discussion with DH and DSis I think I’m going to go with Sheila and maybe have Lorraine as the middle name.

Have you really not thought of other names you like?

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 31/12/2025 17:12

ShawnaMacallister · 29/12/2025 21:00

None of them! All awful

My viewpoint too.

Mercurial123 · 31/12/2025 17:11

Wisterical · 31/12/2025 15:06

Brilliant, well done for not being put off by all the poor taste posters - Sheila is an awesome name and you are just a few short years ahead of your time in choosing it.

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Unlikely.

Mercurial123 · 31/12/2025 17:11

plinkyplonk123 · 31/12/2025 14:55

Thanks for all the suggestions and feedback - after discussion with DH and DSis I think I’m going to go with Sheila and maybe have Lorraine as the middle name.

😆 poor child.

XGiveMeStrengthX · 31/12/2025 16:05

plinkyplonk123 · 29/12/2025 21:28

Guys I know they’re unconventional but some of these comments are really mean. #Bekind

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Calliopespa · 31/12/2025 15:06

plinkyplonk123 · 31/12/2025 14:55

Thanks for all the suggestions and feedback - after discussion with DH and DSis I think I’m going to go with Sheila and maybe have Lorraine as the middle name.

Well Sheila Lorraine is better than Quiche Lorraine!

I quite liked the suggestion of Sile above, which for me put a whole different slant on Sheila.

Wisterical · 31/12/2025 15:06

Brilliant, well done for not being put off by all the poor taste posters - Sheila is an awesome name and you are just a few short years ahead of your time in choosing it.

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plinkyplonk123 · 31/12/2025 14:55

Thanks for all the suggestions and feedback - after discussion with DH and DSis I think I’m going to go with Sheila and maybe have Lorraine as the middle name.

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TimSamandLulu · 31/12/2025 14:50

I don’t like any of them (with apologies to anyone who is named those, my own name would be slaughtered on here too). I do like Greta and Vivienne a lot.

Coralinescat · 31/12/2025 14:48

Nannyogganny · 31/12/2025 14:11

Lorraine is not unconventional. I know three Lorraines

As in children/ babies? 😲

RoamingToaster · 31/12/2025 14:15

They’re dated but not in a good way at the moment. There might be a time when they come around again. I quite like Lori as a shortened name but there are more modern names that can have that. Although also not common for children I’d much prefer Lauren or Laura. You also have Laurel but it’s too unisex for my taste.

Nannyogganny · 31/12/2025 14:11

Lorraine is not unconventional. I know three Lorraines

CrepuscularCritter · 31/12/2025 14:04

Lorraine has given me an earworm of the Bad Manners song. A South African friend is Lori nn from Lorette, and I love it.

Lemondrizzle4A · 31/12/2025 13:58

my sil is Glinda. She is in her sixties. It was an unusual name but I suspect not now.

Rhibledd · 31/12/2025 10:32

Are you naming chickens or babies? Chickens - yes
babies - no

brown31c · 30/12/2025 23:43

lmao

littlefireseverywhere · 30/12/2025 23:36

SandrenaIsMyBloodType · 29/12/2025 21:02

Just in case this is not a complete wind-up, please remember that you are naming a person, not a kitten, not a bin lorry and not a middle-aged women from 1979

yep, this totally sums it up. Just no.

Denim4ever · 30/12/2025 23:34

Needmorelego · 29/12/2025 22:04

Of the follow up names Alison is lovely.
A really nice and pretty name.
It was very popular in my teens and it was at school with loads (late 80s).

Greta....not so great. A bit "clunky".

Bill Nighy in Love Actually introducing his latest girlfriend "This one's Greta"

catontheironingboard · 30/12/2025 23:31

They are all absolutely awful and it would be a mean thing to do to a child.

Denim4ever · 30/12/2025 23:24

Elaine is a better Lorraine and more of a never in never out name.

Sheila is an Aussie female but there were a few cool people named Sheila in the past.

Glinda, I kinda like it but I'm not sure

DontFallInTheHaHa · 30/12/2025 23:21

Do you not like your baby OP?

It may be fun to you but this is a person who has to live with this name forever.

If you like old fashioned names I always think Fiona is underrated

CarrierbagsAndPJs · 30/12/2025 23:21

This is so well timed! I read yesterday that Sile is heading to be really popular this year.

Síle (pronounced "shee-la") is a traditional Irish girl's name, the Gaelic form of Sheila, meaning "heaven" or "sky,"

Copperoliverbear · 30/12/2025 23:19

None.

cocog · 30/12/2025 23:18

I like the Rainy suggestion, that’s a cute one if you really want one of those. Are they family names your using?
Any possibility of a Rosie or Katie I’ve heard a few Iris, Isla, Mavis, Margot names lately all of which are cute and respectable.
I think maybe you’re suggested names may not have aged very well and above comment about Gilinda being like Cinderella or tinker bell is right unfortunately. However it is not our choice if it’s something you want you are aloud to choose for yourself.