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girls names, opinions please!

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nigeltuffnell · 13/10/2008 12:08

Elise
Allegra
Kemla
Dilys
Suki

I love them all, DP hates most of them...
Love to know what people think.

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acoady · 13/10/2008 17:23

Wasn't Allegra a car? No, sorry, confusing it with Allegro.

Sorry, I'm with dh, and if you end up going with a name he hates he will end up using a nickname that you might equally hate (my dh calls our daughter Berol - don't know why).

Wavedancer · 13/10/2008 17:22

Austin Allegro is a car - so it's quite similar!

I like Elise on your list, although I prefer Elisa.....and none of the others are my cup of tea, sorry.

shubiedoo · 13/10/2008 17:21

Allegra is an allergy medication too.

NoXmas · 13/10/2008 17:20

Elise - beautiful - I really love it

Allegra - absolutely not! Imagine being a 35 yr old serious business woman called Allegra!

Kemla - 'Clean your kitchen with new Kemla!' sounds like a cleaning product.

Dilys - if you are a 85 yr old woman from Wales then it is fine

Suki - If you are a cat

Sorry but you did ask.

So my vote would be for Elise.

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frazzledoldbag34 · 13/10/2008 17:03

Allegra is gorgeous.
Elise is ok but reminds me of the car (lotus)
I'm not at all keen on your others . Sorry
Go for Allegra.

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nigeltuffnell · 13/10/2008 16:49

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nigeltuffnell · 13/10/2008 15:04

Ah, sombody likes Dilys! hooray.

Thanks for all the views, I appreciate honesty and I dont mind at all if anyone thinks their awful.

Kemla is a real name, I used to work with one LOL at chicken Kemla!
dp hates it so......

Blue, I am thinking of the Japanese Suki, meaning loved one. I really don't like Susan.

What would you shorten Allegra to?
I don't love Allie....
We have Italian family who love it but dp reckons 'leggy 'is just too cruel , esp as she is likely to be short.....

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BlueChampagne · 13/10/2008 13:59

Dilys & Elise are my favourites from your list. I have read somewhere that Sukey is a shortened form of Susan. She could always be registered as Susan and have Sukey/Suki as a nickname.

soundbites · 13/10/2008 13:52

love Allegra, but DH doesn't!

monkeymonkeymonkey · 13/10/2008 13:48

I dont really like any of them. Allegra is probably the best of the list, IMO. Sorry.

MrsMattie · 13/10/2008 13:47

Elise is the only one I like.

LoopyLena · 13/10/2008 13:45

Elise Yes, the others No.

jellybeans · 13/10/2008 13:42

Elise is only one I like.

FlirtyThirty · 13/10/2008 13:41

Elise - nice (are you pronouncing el-ee-sa?)
Allegra - a little poncy for me...unless you have Italian background, in which case lovely.
Kemla - is this really a aname? Looks like a letter is missing.
Dilys - too close to dildo
Suki - no...unless you're japanese

PuzzleRocks · 13/10/2008 13:36

Elise is lovely, Allegra ok, no to the rest.

AbbeyA · 13/10/2008 13:32

I was thinking that at least it was better than Elsie! I know an Elsie in her 80's and she has always hated it, she has always called herself something completely different!

PuppyMonkey · 13/10/2008 13:26

Elsie better...

AbbeyA · 13/10/2008 13:25

I'm with your DP on this?
Elise is the only one that is passable, however I'm not keen.
What does he want?

Cies · 13/10/2008 13:07

I have to say I agree with both Hanaflower and kat2907.

Elise and Allegra nice, the rest, not.

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 13/10/2008 13:02

Elise - nice
Allegra - ok, if you like it
Kemla - not a name surely? doesn't flow off the tongue nicely imo
Dilys - lol - dreadful
Suki - even worse! cutesy, naff.

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