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Phaedra...

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FriggFRIGG · 11/11/2012 16:36

Thoughts?

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GlaikitFizzog · 11/11/2012 17:03

Won't laugh at all. Considering ds share a name with a former prime minister, I'm in no place to judge!

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FriggFRIGG · 11/11/2012 17:06

Pip
Ginevra (NN's Jinny or Juno)
Luna
Ofelia
Azalea 
Bonnie
Ezma
Scout
Rudi
Bertie
Beatrice
Oisin
Ariella
Margo
Nancy
Elsie
Sylvie
Ottilie / Ottoline
Coralie/cora
Sadie
Mable
Ayla
Della
Genevieve
Farrah
Myrtle
Mildred
Fern
Clara
Clementine 
Lavinia
Phyllis (NN filly)
Beulah
Emmeline
Vita
Betsy
Jude
Nell
Inigo
Mara
Eliza
Ptolemy (NN tolly)
Hera 
Artie
Etta
Jago
Sukie
Odette (NN Dot)
Nancy
Rupert
Tabitha
Phaedra -NN phay/phee
Io
Able
Albie
Breac
Broc
Farlan/farlane
Errol
Innes
Iver
Torrin
Fie
Ivo
Idriss
Loki
Juniper
Humphrey
Lyra
Lowen
Roan
Rufus
Ernest
Corrine
Tierney
Albert
Alfred
Mabel
Merryn
Asa
Serephena
Esma
Elvira (NN Elvie)
Esau (pron EE-sah)
Agatha
Norah (NN Noor)
Auden
Nefeli
Hera
Adela
Tanith
Lyulf
Euenia
Ezra
Doris (NN Doll)
Nancy
Esther
Audrey
Enid
Wilbur
Agnes
Mildred
Thora
Maud
Aurelian 
Etamin/ Eltannin
Pasha
.................(NN Saffie)
Amity




DP wants Phaedra vita...

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FriggFRIGG · 11/11/2012 17:06

I said it was a long list Blush

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FriggFRIGG · 11/11/2012 17:08


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Phacelia · 11/11/2012 17:10

Love it, it's perfect.

Can I also suggest you add 'Phacelia' to your list? Grin Not really a name but ever since I chose it here I keep thinking what a great girl's name it would make. (It's a really pretty purple flower beloved by bees. Don't be put off by the fact that it's other name is scorpion weed or that it's grown as green manure)

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MirandaGoshawk · 11/11/2012 17:11

Phaedra is gorgeous. It was an album by Tangerine Dream in the 70s IIRC. (Hippy prog rock stuff - I loved them!) Ariadne & Artemis are my faves though.

How can you have Loki and Humphrey on the same list? Shock It's like saying that your fave foods are spam sandwiches and beluga caviar. Which is fine, except you have to choose just one of them when it comes to names!

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FriggFRIGG · 11/11/2012 17:12

I have....er...eclectic taste...

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FeckOffWithYourXmasBollocks · 11/11/2012 17:14

Christ! That's a long in! I read Ezma as Eczema! Confused
I can honestly say, with the exception of Nell and Nancy, I don't like any of them!

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FriggFRIGG · 11/11/2012 17:14

How is Ariadne pronounced?

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FriggFRIGG · 11/11/2012 17:15

Fair enough,
I loooove Nell and Nancy but I don't think DP will...

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GlaikitFizzog · 11/11/2012 17:15

Ok just had a quick squizz!

Mara is my all time favourite girls name! Dh has vetoed it though :( Mara means ocean in Gaelic, but death in many other cultures. That's what put him off.

Like della, Luna, fern (also on my list), merryn (mirren is on my list), torrin is pretty, but I know a boy torrin.

Actually, are we looking for both boy and girl names?

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Phacelia · 11/11/2012 17:15

Ar-ee-ad-knee

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GlaikitFizzog · 11/11/2012 17:16

Ah-ree-ad-nay

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FriggFRIGG · 11/11/2012 17:16

Also...just to clarrify,my list is a mixed list,boys and girls names all mixed up.

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GlaikitFizzog · 11/11/2012 17:17

I did wonder about wilbur .......

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FriggFRIGG · 11/11/2012 17:18

Oooh

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amarylisnightandday · 11/11/2012 17:18

I like Luna it's gorgeous. Jago is a bit cliche now.

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FriggFRIGG · 11/11/2012 17:18
Grin
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amarylisnightandday · 11/11/2012 17:18

Awwww Wilbur - Charlotte's Web!

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picnicbasketcase · 11/11/2012 17:18

Never heard Breac or Broc before. Interesting.

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GlaikitFizzog · 11/11/2012 17:19

Yay

Pick Mara for me.

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FairPhyllis · 11/11/2012 17:25

Phaedra??? Holy crap no. The only association anyone will have will be the mythological one. (It's fee-dra btw)

I like Maud.

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BonzoDooDah · 11/11/2012 17:30

I know a Phaedra - lovely name! Difficult to pronounce if you've never seen it but hey - people get over it.

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amarylisnightandday · 11/11/2012 17:31

cheers with Pom Poms Phaedra!!!!!!

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amarylisnightandday · 11/11/2012 17:32

Anyways the janners down 'ere manage to pronounce Phaedra with no problems Grin

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