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Isn't it weird when you see your own name on here....

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Abubu · 24/08/2009 16:26

...and someone is saying they don't like it.
Gutted!

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TwoPersephone · 02/09/2009 10:42

Mine comes up often and everyone loves it

lynniep · 01/09/2009 19:09

doesnt happen

Stokey · 01/09/2009 19:07

MIne wld be Chav these days tho was unusual as a child

never can tell how they change

Xavielli · 29/08/2009 17:23

Another boring old librarian here

Hey rasputin! I'll see you at the dull club on a Sunday yes?

nickelbabe · 29/08/2009 17:09

(i'm messing this up completely) i meant rasputin

nickelbabe · 29/08/2009 17:09

sorry, monkey: i missed Ruth!

nickelbabe · 29/08/2009 17:08

monkey: i happen to love the name Lorna and always wanted to be one (after Lorna Doone)

GreySkull: Maude?

rasputin: jane?

mine's really quite boyish. not seen it in the names section, but its boy-version is still very popular.
i would have preferred my middle name as my first name, but then it's too elegant and goddess-like. ( )

5inthebed · 29/08/2009 17:02

I have never seen mine on a name thread yet either. It's a very late 70's/early 80's name. Not popular though. I was the only one at school.

posieparker · 29/08/2009 16:49

Mine will never come up.

lena522 · 29/08/2009 16:48

My full first name comes up quite a lot on here. I use the less common pronounciation thogh and although the name does in general get a positive reaction peple are mainly thinking of the other pronounciation when describing it.

rasputin · 28/08/2009 22:55

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NotanOtter · 28/08/2009 22:21

lovely lovely name monkey

just popped into my head

Monkey74 · 28/08/2009 21:36

Oh my gosh - NotanOtter - that's my name!!!

Lorna

I hated it when I was growing up, never thought it suited me & thought it too unusual, never thought of it as plain/boring - quite the opposite...

By the way before I settled down, I was the original hardcore london clubber - so maybe I grew into it...?

thell · 28/08/2009 21:32

I've recently seen mine suggested in lists, probably by the same person who likes it!
It's surprising but really nice to see.
No-one ever comments on how much they agree though, nor is it ever suggested in the title of a thread.

wheniwishuponastar · 28/08/2009 15:41

Just seen my name described as boring.
i never thought of it as that. oh well...

NotanOtter · 27/08/2009 22:58

rasputin Lorna

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TabithaTwitchet · 27/08/2009 22:20

Mine comes up quite a bit as a suggestion and has had almost universal approval whenever it is suggested.

I have heard some real-life children called it recently. It was quite unusual when I was growing up so I always jump and look round when I hear it.

FuckOffDailyMail · 27/08/2009 22:13

I was referring to a thread from a while ago NotAnOtter where we were winding Cod up that her name was Brenda
I thought you'd been on that thread, but maybe not.

MrsVik · 27/08/2009 21:36

I've not been reading the forum long, but I've not seen my name mentioned so far (see my user-name for a clue! lol).

Even if it got slated I wouldn't care though, I've grown to really love it.

NotanOtter · 27/08/2009 21:02

noooo fodailymail!!! no no no

she has a lovely glamourous name

TheBolter · 27/08/2009 20:25

Mine was on once and everyone said really nice things about it.

I didn't like my name much as I was growing up as it was neither a fashionable nor a particularly young girl's name so reading the thread made me very happy, and so pleased my parents had chosen my name.

HecatesTwopenceworth · 27/08/2009 20:21

dizzy. If you're very curious, you can email me and I'll tell you mud24 at hotmail dot co dot uk

FuckOffDailyMail · 27/08/2009 09:24

would that be Cod, NotAnOtter?

wilbur · 27/08/2009 08:36

rofl greyskull
Of course now I am very interested to know what your name actually is. You'll have to slip it into one of the baby name threads and see what reaction it gets.