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Agnes

57 replies

milene · 31/08/2008 22:20

Any thoughts? An old lady name or cool again?

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MeAndMyMonkey · 01/09/2008 13:03

Think Agnes is lovely!
All my favourite girls' names are on this thread...

lulalullabye · 01/09/2008 13:00

Agnes is a really old name running through our family so we did a bit of research and Annis/Anis is the old old English version of Agnes.

We liked this a lot hence it is dd1's name.

maretta · 01/09/2008 12:57

I like it.

pamelat · 01/09/2008 12:54

I like it

the old names are back! Its only old to us because we are fairly old and remember or know of people who were called them.

Martha is one of my favourite names, and Elsie. Both are ancient names but know a couple of babies called this now.

CrushWithEyeliner · 01/09/2008 11:47

what about Inez or the Italian Agnese pronounced "anne - yeseeee"

frazzledoldbag34 · 01/09/2008 11:45

Librarian with spectacles on the end of her (very long) nose!

Ags · 01/09/2008 10:03

God, that is bad when even the grannies think it is 'old ladyish'!

BlackEyedDog · 01/09/2008 00:50

old ladyish. Granny was Agnes and she insisted on being known as Nancy. Rather like Nancy as it happens.

solo · 01/09/2008 00:46

My aunt was named Mary Agnes and she absolutely hated Agnes. It's a hard and 'old' name.

brimfull · 01/09/2008 00:43

I really like it.
MY gran was named Agnes and was most put out when I wasn't named after her as is the tradition in ours an many scottish families to name their children after the g.parents.

hatwoman · 01/09/2008 00:39

I like it. agree with the others that the French way is particularly nice but I like the English way too.

Ags · 01/09/2008 00:15

Yes littlepushka, and over the years, I have been called all of those and the worse ones too! Actually, to be fair, they are all quite accurate descriptions!!!

LittlePushka · 31/08/2008 23:31

Rhymes with too many undesirablethings like...

Naggy Aggie
Baggy Aggy
Saggy Aggie
Raggy Aggie...

and worse.

jojosmaman · 31/08/2008 23:27

ooh I like Elsie better than Agnes (have an irrational dislike of Agyness Deyn!!) but I am also partial to a classic girls name! I like Maggie, Edie and Esther too and if ds had been a dd she may have been Betty! But probably not, I would have bottled it and called her something more "common"

Anglepoise · 31/08/2008 23:22

I love it and saw a super-cute one at Glastonbury this year

Might look as though you've picked it because of the model though.

mumonthenet · 31/08/2008 23:15

True, but it's not cool in the sense of manufactured....it's a very old classical name. That's why I like it.

Also love Elsie, which half the world thinks is old lady-ish and the other half think is really pretty and rather stylish.

Must shut up now...feel like I'm getting a bit precious.

jojosmaman · 31/08/2008 23:07

Agyness Deyn's real name is Laura though, she changed it so she would appear "cool".

mumonthenet · 31/08/2008 23:02

I think it's cute and cool.

What about this model - same name spelt differently - will she make the name trendy or will everyone avoid it for fear of being cringy?

Thinkstoomuch · 31/08/2008 22:48

A friend called her little girl this and I was . I've had many years to get used to it and I'm afraid I still don't like it. She's such a pretty little girl and poor thing has a witchy name.

Candlewax · 31/08/2008 22:46

Sorry but I immediately felt my heart sink -Agnes is for a really old lady.

Ags · 31/08/2008 22:43

Straight from the horses mouth - please don't do it! I have suffered it for 36 years and hate it. I always order things in my dh's name as I even hate saying it aloud. One cool model with the name is not enough to make it hip I'm afraid.

It means 'lamb'.

EyeballsintheSky · 31/08/2008 22:37

I like it, but then my youngish aunt (in law) has a sister called Agnes so I've always been used to it on a younger person.

bluewolf · 31/08/2008 22:35

I like it and is it something to do with a lamb?

platypussy · 31/08/2008 22:34

Makes me think of witches. Dont know why.

halogen · 31/08/2008 22:31

I love it pronounced in the French way, like Anyess, but I fear that's a non-starter in the UK because your poor daughter would have to explain it the whole time. The English Agnes is just one step too near to Doris and Enid for me. I do like old lady names as a rule, too.

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