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to ask if you like your name (and if so, what is it?)

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redredholly · 03/02/2015 14:51

We're trying to think of a name for our new daughter and I want to find one that is actually fun/useful to have rather than one that we like but is horrible to actually be called.

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redredholly · 03/02/2015 19:09

I liked Scheherezade too (when I was younger)! It always seemed so pretty, but is impossible to spell, and I know my DH would just laugh x

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KindleFancy · 03/02/2015 19:10

Melanie.

I've always liked it. Mel to my friends, Melanie to my mum when I'm about to get an ear bashing for something.

Shockers · 03/02/2015 19:11

My name is the same as Prince William's SIL. I've always really liked it.

kittentwo · 03/02/2015 19:13

Not my name but favourite names daphne florence bridget Edith Ethel Agatha

WyrdByrd · 03/02/2015 19:17

Caroline

Classic but not too old-fashioned, not freakishly unusual but I don't mean very many others, and probably due a renaissance I think Grin .

WyrdByrd · 03/02/2015 19:18

don't meet many others.

Am 40 this year & can only think of four in my lifetime off the top of my head.

HoundoftheBaskervilles · 03/02/2015 19:20

My name is Abigail, I've always been very fond of it. I absolutely HATE any derivations of shortened versions and woe betide the poor fool who tries to call me Abi, I have a special look for those who attempt such a maneuver.

I didn't know any others growing up but it has become more popular in the last few years, they do tend to be Abi's rather than Abigails though. Interestingly, as adult I have two friends of a similar age who are also called Abigail. It feels unusual enough not feel saddled with an over-used moniker but not so unusual as to raise eyebrows. It's strong I think, feminine but not girly, it suits me well.

One of my sisters is called Bronwen (outs self completely) which is also a great name and well worth considering (although my sister's best chum at school was also called Bronwen which was somewhat unusual in Yorkshire in the 1970s - and if you do recognise me from this post - please PM me & say hi, I have NOTHING to hide ).

KindleFancy · 03/02/2015 19:20

I always loved the name Cassandra growing up, with Cass/Cassie for short.

I begged my mum to call my youngest sister it when I was 13 but she was having none of it.

HoundoftheBaskervilles · 03/02/2015 19:23

I know two Laylas Darlingfascist (that feels wrong to type), one has a Turkish father, the other I have never asked, I think it's a beautiful name.

WhoAmI2001 · 03/02/2015 19:24

NC for this, somewhat ironically. Grin

My first name is Dawn and I love it. It's pretty rare for people my age, and I like that it doesn't need to be shortened. I like that it's a name with and obvious and beautiful meaning. When I was a kid I always got a thrill out of poetry that mentioned "the dawn"!

Though I did get the inevitable rhyming Dawn / porn jokes when my male peers were about 12. And a couple of fairly awful "crack of..." jokes.

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redredholly · 03/02/2015 19:24

Hm Abigail we do quite like and have been considering. I've never met anyone called it and did wonder if it would be a fun name to have.

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Mammanat222 · 03/02/2015 19:26

Another Natalie here, have no strong feelings about my name to be honest.

Don't hate it, think it looks nice written down and it sounds OK if pronounced correctly (no glottal stop!!!!)

It's just not really "en vogue" and it's certainly not classic. It's kind of one of those 80's names you don't hear?? I know of no children called Natalie - in my whole life I've only met namesakes of a similar age!

fluffyraggies · 03/02/2015 19:31

Cassandra is a lovely exotic sounding name - (poster up-thread wanted it for her younger sister) and i loved it when i was young too.

... but now i just always think of Fools and Horses when i hear that name Grin

(sorry to any Cassandras reading)

HoundoftheBaskervilles · 03/02/2015 19:32

It's a great name to have Red and the other two adult Abigails I know are very strong and accomplished women. It also means Father's joy, which I think is rather lovely.

Always happy to welcome another one to the fold.

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redredholly · 03/02/2015 19:34

I think we were wondering if it would make sense in other countries Hound. You haven't been called anything ridiculous while abroad I assume?

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Billabong21 · 03/02/2015 19:35

Kittentwo, my name is on your list. I don't think anyone has EVER told me they like it, so thankyou. I too went for classical rather than trendy of the time. If my son married a Princess, his name would be READY!!

dougierose · 03/02/2015 19:38

My DD was at school with a Holly. Holly Wood.

True story

HoundoftheBaskervilles · 03/02/2015 19:38

Not at all, we lived it the States when I was a child and there were no problems there, it's originally a Hebrew name so wherever I've been in Europe people seem to have no difficulty.

In the Bible she is described as intelligent and beautiful (this is obviously the case for us all).

Maybe don't move to the Middle East though...

Tinks42 · 03/02/2015 19:45

Yes, I like my name, very "regal" so it is

My two sisters are all called a name that begins with "C"

Caroline, Catherine and Christine

My dad used to call us the three "C"s Grin

Im the middle one... Catherine. Don't mind it being shortened to Cath but don't like Cathy (sounds wishy washy and shite). I always wished it began with a K so I could shorten it to Kate.... and no I wouldn't shorten it to Cate (far to pretentious)

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redredholly · 03/02/2015 19:52

I like Harriet too. Good to know you do like it.

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Greaterthanthesumoftheparts · 03/02/2015 19:53

My name is Tara and I like that it doesn't get shortened. I was always the only one in my class. Weirdly my mum gave me and my sister names which were not at all popular (in fact very rare in the case of my sister) and then my brother ended up with the most popular boys name for his birth year.

CremeEggThief · 03/02/2015 19:55

I love my name. It is an old name, but hardly used in the UK between the 1940s and 1990s, when it started to become popular again. I believe it is a top twenty name now. It is a long name with several different diminutives,! one of which I was known as until my late teens. I don't like being mistakenly called a very similar name, also popular, that doesn't end in 'a'.

I bet you can guess what it isSmile .

HoundoftheBaskervilles · 03/02/2015 19:59

Is it Isabella Creme?

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redredholly · 03/02/2015 20:00

Is it Amelia creme egg? I'm crap at this!! Eva?

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