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Only 4 days left!Please help me choose!!

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Needname4daysleft · 20/01/2012 12:44

DD1 due anytime now..please help me decide from my shortlist

Gertrude
Bertha
Paula/Paulette
Shirley
Gwen

Middle name to be Grace.

ThanksSmile

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CuppaTeaJanice · 20/01/2012 15:10

Gertrude - one of the uglier 'old lady' names. Like Edna.
Bertha - big Bertha. Even if she's medium sized, she'll be called this. It will cause issues.
Paula/Paulette - the bitch from primary school
Shirley - wasn't this Big Daddy's name? Shirley Crabbe or something?
Gwen - this is by far the nicest from your list. But it doesn't go with Grace.

Theas18 · 20/01/2012 15:14

Gwendoline Grace would be a fab name

Bertha I do like but the "big" is a big no no.

Elsjas · 20/01/2012 15:14

Grace is lovely. V sorry but don't like any of the others.

Needname4daysleft · 20/01/2012 15:22

Thankyou for your honest comments and replies.DH has loved some of these names as they're his dm and aunts names.I don't love them at all.Infact I think they're a little ugly!
The only name we can both agree on is Grace(I love Gracie).
I also love Amelia and Belle(adore these)but he is set against them saying they're 'wet' and 'frilly'.
Thinking of showing him this thread.When I told my DM the name Gertrude she laughed-says it all really!

Thanks againSmile

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LaFilleSurLePont · 20/01/2012 17:42

Definitely not Gertrude. It's hideous.

As is Bertha.

Pauline isn't nice.

Shirley is marginally better.

Gwen is best.

LaFilleSurLePont · 20/01/2012 17:42

Definitely not Paula sorry.Not sure where I got Pauline from.

Grace is by far the nicest name.

agora1 · 20/01/2012 17:44

Gwendoline Grace, known as Gwen.

HettyKett · 20/01/2012 18:07

Gertrude, Bertha, Paula/Paulette and Shirley are hideous names. It's a shame you've come to associate Gwen with them because it's an excellent name. Much more in the vane of Grace, Amelia and Belle than the horrors it's been lumped together with in your list.

Gwendolyn Grace known as Gwen or Gwenny. Beautiful.

FetaCheeny · 20/01/2012 20:11

Really don't like these, sorry. If I had to choose it would be Gwen as a nn for Gwendolyn, but that doesn't go particularly well with Grace.

NoFoodwithaFace · 20/01/2012 20:39

Bertha I agree is 'big bertha'.
Paula is old, but not in a daisy/minnie way. In a woman who works in a pub/laundrette way. Prefer Paulette.

Gwen/Gurtrude are a big meh. Doesn't make me think of a clever, pretty girl. More like chubby girl at the back of the class with no friends...

I love Grace, but to pick from your list I think I'd go for Shirley Grace!

marshmallowpies · 20/01/2012 21:13

Bertha and Gertrude - no way no way!

Gwendolen is lovely, and although I quite like Paula/Paulette, I'd probably go for Paulina.

Shirley is not a name I am mad keen on personally, but it could grow on me, I think.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 20/01/2012 21:19

Gwendoline is lovely. The rest are really, really awful. Sorry but they are.

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