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The Name Elimination Game

593 replies

Lilka · 29/09/2010 19:08

This is quite an interesting game to play - try it!!

You get a list of one name for each letter of the alphabet. Can be either boy or girl names.

The next person to post eliminates the name they like the least, and states why they eliminated it (please no nasty insults here e.g. that name is disgusting). Copy the modified list under you eliminated name so the next poster can follow on.

This then continues until there is only one name left, whuch is the winning name.

Then you can start a new list off with completely different names. Hopefully may give people some new name ideas. After a couple of rounds we may have to eliminate certain letters of the alphabet that are hard to find names for :)

Here is the list:

Adam
Brandon
Caden
Darrell
Elijah
Faith
Genevieve
Harriet
Isla
Jasmine
Katie
Lily
Marcus
Natasha
Oliver
Persephone
Queenie
Rosa
Samuel
Tristan
Ursula
Vanessa
Wendy
Xavier
Yarjelis
Zara

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sarahtigh · 07/10/2010 21:52

Adam

Jasmine
Lily
Rosa
Samuel

out with genevieve too hard to keep spelling out and too old fashioned would hate it as a name

Lilka · 07/10/2010 22:01

lol sarahtigh, think you might have slightly read thread wrong Grin

seriously lazycow, I rmember the words to nearly all assembly songs!! Still like to sing shalom though... its seriusly beautiful

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SevenAgainstThebes · 07/10/2010 23:06

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lazycow007 · 08/10/2010 10:43

Lilka - Shalom is such a beautiful song you are so right. Will prob have it in my head for the day now. Grin

Ishouldhavechosenagoldfish · 08/10/2010 11:09

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Kieran

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I'm taking Delphine off the list. Love French names, but not that one for some reason.

Bronwen
Constantine

Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley

Philippa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Vanessa
Winona
Yolanda

I think Kieran is a bit chavvy.

Love the Zaccheus song, reminds me of my nephew who always pronounced it Sack Ears. Grin

Ishouldhavechosenagoldfish · 08/10/2010 11:10

Wtf? Sorry!

SevenAgainstThebes · 08/10/2010 11:14

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Namechangingwuss · 08/10/2010 11:27

I'm taking Vanessa off because I know one and shes an evil bitch!

Bronwen
Constantine
Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley
Phillipa
Questa
Syrita
Ulysses
Winona
Yolanda

nickelbabe · 08/10/2010 11:37

Blimey, Goldfish! Grin

yes, lazycow, I know the song. :)
don't know Shalom, though...

Bronwen
Constantine
Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley
Phillipa
Syrita
Ulysses
Winona
Yolanda

Questa's gone. It's weird. and sound like a quiz rather than a name.

SulisMum · 08/10/2010 12:20

Bronwen
Constantine
Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley
Phillipa
Ulysses
Winona
Yolanda

Syrita for the random reason that it sounds like Ryvita

Lonnie · 08/10/2010 13:34

Bronwen
Constantine
Evelyn
Georgina
Hayley
Phillipa
Ulysses
Winona

Yolanda has to go as ohh it makes me think of throw up (you know head in the toilet bowl and ....)

tammytoby · 08/10/2010 13:34

Hayley has to go - it is too common/chavvy:

Bronwen
Constantine
Evelyn
Georgina
Phillipa
Ulysses
Winona
Yolan

MuffinMouse · 08/10/2010 13:50

Yolan has to go - "Yo Lan!"

Bronwen
Constantine
Evelyn
Georgina
Phillipa
Ulysses
Winona

nickelbabe · 08/10/2010 13:59

Muffin go again - Yolan wasn't there, it was Tammy copy+pasting wrongly - it shoudl have been Yolabda, and Lonnie had already eilinated it.

You can have another turn Grin

nickelbabe · 08/10/2010 14:00

eliminated

mydadsdaughter · 08/10/2010 14:07

bronwen
constantine
evelyn
georgina
philiipa
ulysses

i have eliminated winona, just doesn't tickle my fancy!

MardyBra · 08/10/2010 15:52

bronwen
constantine
evelyn
georgina
philiipa

Ulysses - I'm sorry I just wouldn't give that name to a kid

mamaloco · 08/10/2010 18:19

constantine I can't believe it is still there (so many of them here and it is spelt constantin) oups may be you thought of a girl's name??? Confused
but then philiipa is not a name... Confused again!

I give constantine the benefit of the doubt (it might exist)

bronwen
constantine
evelyn
georgina

lazycow007 · 08/10/2010 19:32

Constantine is a real name, i know a Greek guy with that name also the TV star Constantine Maroulis (who was on Pop Idol). I agree about philiipa tho i suspect it was a mis-spelling Grin

BakewellTarts · 08/10/2010 20:09

Bye bye Bronwen too Celtic for me.

evelyn
georgina

(Can't believe DD1s name is in the final 2!)

Starberries · 08/10/2010 22:33

Getting ride of ... erm ...

Georgina

Making Evelyn the winner!

mamaloco · 09/10/2010 09:00

Constantine It is spelt "Constantin" though over here Confused. Otherwise would be pronounce Constanteenay.
Very very popular

mamaloco · 09/10/2010 09:06

Amandine
Bertha
Caroline
Derek
Emily
Finbar
Gertrude
Henry
Iphigenie
Jack
Kari
Lawrence
Martin
Nassim
Octave
Pascal
Qualeb
Richard
Signe
Tatiana
Uma
Veronique
Walter
Xaviere (girl, boak)
Yvonne
Zulma

ballstoit · 09/10/2010 09:15

Amandine
Bertha
Caroline

Emily
Finbar
Gertrude
Henry
Iphigenie
Jack
Kari
Lawrence
Martin
Nassim
Octave
Pascal
Qualeb
Richard
Signe
Tatiana
Uma
Veronique
Walter
Xaviere (girl, boak)
Yvonne
Zulma

I am removing Derek because it's a whingy, complainers name

MardyBra · 09/10/2010 10:37

Amandine
Bertha
Caroline

Emily
Finbar
Gertrude
Henry
Iphigenie
Jack
Kari
Lawrence
Nassim
Octave
Pascal
Qualeb
Richard
Signe
Tatiana
Uma
Veronique
Walter
Xaviere (girl, boak)
Yvonne
Zulma

Interesting list - liking the French feel to many of the names. Martin has gone because it's a middle-aged man nursing a pint of real ale in the corner of the pub on a weekday night sort of name.

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