Southern Gothic names (for a girl)?

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Kwini · 29/04/2009 11:04

Any suggestions, please??

I don't think we can go wtih Flannery...

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madwomanintheattic · 29/04/2009 12:13

Lena
Amelia
Laura

nicecupofchar · 29/04/2009 12:04

Too far back I think but I love Poe and would love to have the guts to use Ulalume or Lenore but not really great conotations
Lots of stuff from Tennessee Williams though? Stella?

madwomanintheattic · 29/04/2009 11:58

really? blimey, when i did my eng lit they were just southern lol. when did the gothic bit get tagged on?

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Kwini · 29/04/2009 11:58

Merlyn's lovely, Nina - but perhaps a bit Arthurian for us

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Kwini · 29/04/2009 11:57

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_gothic

Southern Gothic writers include Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Tenessee Williams, Harper Lee...

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PuppyMonkey · 29/04/2009 11:44

WTF is Southern Gothic?????

ninamag · 29/04/2009 11:43

My daughter is called Merlyn. She's 11 now and I have never met another one!

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