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Janet?

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indiechick · 04/09/2009 10:28

Love it or hate it?

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MrsBadger · 06/09/2009 16:58

No

I do like Jeanette though, also Jane and Susan

what is her middle name?

Remotew · 06/09/2009 16:46

I know someone very close to me called Janet.

My DD has said she will inflict it on her DD as a middle name. It does date one, I'm 48 and was one of many at school. Reading down the thread has actually endeared me to it a little.

queenofeyes · 06/09/2009 16:38

I think it's quite cool - redolent of the middle ages rather than the middle aged or middle England. It's a bit medieval-witchy - neighbour Janet who was accused of enchanting a young man from the next village. I like it, in case that's not clear!

chubbychipmonk · 06/09/2009 14:52

Jane maybe?

diddl · 06/09/2009 13:37

I would say middle name if it´s to "honour" a relative!

weegiemum · 06/09/2009 12:09

My dd2's middle name is Jessie, after my Gran.

Discovered after we used it that it can be a nn for Janet, which is my other Grandma's name, which made me glad I had chosen it.

dogofpoints · 06/09/2009 12:07

don't like it all

GnocchiGnocchiWhosThere · 06/09/2009 12:04

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simplesusan · 06/09/2009 12:03

Not something I would choose. Prefer jane or julia.

Firawla · 06/09/2009 11:45

dont like it, Jane is much prettier or Juliet

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indiechick · 05/09/2009 19:26

Think you've all confirmed what I thought, it's after my grandmother, although I'm tempted to ask her to chose a name as her's isn't that great, would that be a bit insulting?!

Showofhands, get lost!

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tootyflooty · 05/09/2009 14:28

not one I would use, my niece has a middle name of joan, after a grandmother which is another old name, and does sound odd with her modern ist name, if you have family reasons for wanting to use it then add it as a middle name. I don't think she would be teased but it is old fashoned and not a name that has kept popularity.

prettybird · 05/09/2009 14:11

mawbroon. My sentiments exactly!

BerylCole · 04/09/2009 21:54

...and John.

Such an enormous NO.

mawbroon · 04/09/2009 21:54

hey prettybird! Never thought of you as a Janet I must say.

Whatever a Janet is

sarahsyrup · 04/09/2009 21:54

Makes me think of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, sorry.

rocketupbum · 04/09/2009 21:53

My Granny was Janet and always called Netta, which I quite like. On another note i have a few friends who refer to their fanjos as their janets. Not sure if that will have helped on balance!

angrypixie · 04/09/2009 21:50

Dammit Janet

Rosebud05 · 04/09/2009 21:44

I'm a Janet and wouldn't particularly wish it on anyone. Dowdy, middle-England and plain dull. Many nicer names beginning with J that pps have mentioned. Would use it as a middle name if it was in the family (ie would be pleased if my dcs used it as a middle name for their dds in years to come!).

kando · 04/09/2009 12:01

My dd is Olivia Janet (never use her middle names though!). Quite like the name but couldn't quite bring myself to use it as a first name. [She is named after my Granny Janet]

WreckOfTheHesperus · 04/09/2009 11:57

How about the more glamourous version, Jeanette?

MaggieVirgo · 04/09/2009 11:55

PS< Juliet is gorgeous. Pick that instead of dowdy Janet.

MaggieVirgo · 04/09/2009 11:54

No. Tak a t off and make it Jane.

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prettybird · 04/09/2009 11:31

I am a Janet but "changed" my name when I went to Uni to Jan, as I felt that "Janet" was too "Doctor Finlay's casebook"

Although I wasn't born Scottish (born in South Africa), by chance we ended up moving to Scotland when I was 3, so as far as I am concerned I am Scottish.