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Another girls shortlist, with heavy emphasis on Audrey

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Tortoiseonthehalfshell · 01/06/2011 06:33

Right, so, Audrey? We don't have Coronation Street over in Australia, so my associations are Hepburn and Tatou. And it's not as common here as in the US, but not nearly as unusual as DD1. Are there a lot of little English Audreys running about?

Surname 4 syllable, starts with A. DD1 Edith Clare.

This is current shortlist. I can't have Constance as a first name otherwise it'd be frontrunner, probably.

Audrey Constance
Audrey Isolde
Audrey Helena
Felicity Isolde
Isolde Constance

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randomimposter · 01/06/2011 08:53

I only know one Audrey - a feisty woman in her 40s.
Goes well with Edith I think.

Audrey Constance is the best I think.

My only reservation is there seems no NN potential, do you always call DD1 Edith or is she ever Edie. If she gets shortened not sure what Audrey could be shortened to.

MelinaM · 01/06/2011 10:23

Love AudreySmile

Audrey Constance is my favourite too.

meditrina · 01/06/2011 10:28

There aren't many British little Audreys running around precisely because of the Corrie association it immediately provokes here. The UK will never be a good comparator for this name, nor are there likely to be many until some years after the character leaves the soap.

That said, I do know one (prob about 18mth old, parents here for a while during international careers). People do like the name, but struggle to disassociate the soap. Really wouldn't work here - probably fine elsewhere.

Lancelottie · 01/06/2011 10:41

I too know a 40-ish Audrey, usually known as Aude. Lovely woman, so I tend to think it's a lovely name.

Lancelottie · 01/06/2011 10:42

Audrey Constance is the best combo of that lot, I'd say.

VeraNofftopic · 01/06/2011 10:43

It's great, like Audrey Constance & Audrey Helena

FriggFRIGG · 01/06/2011 10:52

I LOVE IT!

BTW i have never seen 'corrie' and i have no idea who the character is Confused
so my associations are the same as yours really,ive never thought of the name before though.i really want to use it !!

...now all i need is a baby Grin

i like audrey constance..but how do you pron' Isolde?

cumbria81 · 01/06/2011 11:30

It's dire.

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Tortoiseonthehalfshell · 01/06/2011 12:38

I wouldn't have known about the Corrie thing if I hadn't searched Baby Names before posting, tbh.

Isolde - pretty much phonetically: "I sold 'er". Can also be spelt Isolda.

Audrey Constance is the frontrunner, so glad you all agree with that. I preferred Audrey Violet but that got vetoed as "too many granny names in one place", which, fair enough.

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pilates · 01/06/2011 20:28

Audrey is awful, much prefer Constance.

Why can't you have this name?

no1childminder · 01/06/2011 20:43

My gran is Audrey and her sister is Constance. I love them both!

LemoryMane · 01/06/2011 20:45

Lovely names.

Audrey Constance is probably my favourite, but they are honestly all utterly lovely, and I don't say that lightly as I am usually a sniping witch on Baby Names Grin

mathanxiety · 01/06/2011 20:50

Audrey Constance is lovely, and Edith and Audrey is a nice combination.

squeak2392 · 01/06/2011 21:05

I don't know any Audrey's.
I think Audrey Constance is lovely - Constance is my own first choice for a middle name, and Audrey's really grown on me recently.

Audrey or Felicity with Helena or Constance.

mrswoodentop · 01/06/2011 21:09

I know an Audrey who has just turned one ,I would choose Helena as a second name

5DollarShake · 02/06/2011 02:19

I think Audrey is on the up - get in quick before it becomes very popular!

People associate it with Corrie, but the others Audreys, i.e. the ones you mention in your OP, are so elegant and chic. Beautiful name. :)

5DollarShake · 02/06/2011 02:21

I also totally think of Audrey as a brunette's name, because of those associations.

nooka · 02/06/2011 04:00

dd has a friend called Audrey (she's 10) and dh has a cousin called that too (she's in her 40s). I think the only downside is that "Aud" is a likely and not very nice nn.

saffronwblue · 02/06/2011 05:15

I'm sure here in Australia she will be called Aud. Lovely name but I am still voting for felicity Isolde per your previous thread!

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GwendolineMaryLacey · 02/06/2011 06:34

I know an Audrey in her 30's and it's a rotten middle aged name on her so goodness knows how bad it would be on a child. Helena is utterly beautiful though.

IvyAndGold · 02/06/2011 07:17

i LOVE audrey. wanted it for DD as a middle name as it's my DGM's name, who i'm very close to. but DP said no no no the only other i have ever heard of is audrey hepburn, who was beautiful!

saltyseadog · 02/06/2011 07:34

It's my grAndmothers name. Her middle name is Iris. Lovely.

YouremindmeoftheBFP · 02/06/2011 09:33

Mixed bag of responses here. It seems a bit marmite-y. Fwiw, I LOVE it. Audrey Imogen? Or Audrey Helena.

It will probably get shortened to Auds or Aud though, neither of which are particularly pretty.

Cattleprod · 02/06/2011 09:35

I don't watch Corrie, so the name doesn't have that association for me. However, I also don't think of the more glamorous Hepburn and Tautou. To me, Audrey is a 50 year old farmers wife from the 1930s, stout with a ruddy complexion, in a long gingham dress with a pinny and bonnet, hand feeding chickens with grain from a basket.