Stacey/Bronwen/Gretel

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I'd be interested to hear any thoughts on;

Stacey

Bronwen

Gretel

Stacey - Slater.

Bronwen - angry faced librarian who wears tweed and sensible shoes.

Gretel - should never have listened to Hansel.

@ squoosh

Stacey makes me think of Stacey slater too. I thought she was great. Bronwen is nice and you don't hear it often. How about bronagh? It's similar but softer.

How about Greta instead of Gretel?

Stacey - bit chavvy for me

Bronwen - love it, but know lots, being of the Welsh persuasion myself.

Gretel - bit foreign (unless you're "foreign")

Stacey - not keen, maybe because I knew of one who was a bit of a nightmare!

Bronwen - really like this!

Gretel - not keen, too fairystory. Greta is better.

Stacey - don't like at all
Bronwen - not what I would choose but okay
Gretel - love it. Was on my shortlist had DS been a girl

What squoosh said.

Stacey is a great name we're not all chavvy. :)

I do like Bronwen though

Greta is nicer than Gretel.

Stacey is a bit dated, popular in the 80s/early 90s? If you like names of that style I prefer Macey or Lacey.

Bronwen - sounds like a nice middle aged lady to me!

I prefer Anwen to Bronwen.

Stacey, er no.

Bronwen is quite nice.

Gretel in my mind is hefty and wears lederhosen.

I like Gretel. You probably know this already, but it's a version of Greta (the -l ending in "Hansl and Gretl" is a regional German diminutive - high German equivalent would be Gretchen) - so you could always use Greta/Margreta and have Gretel for short if you liked.

Bronwen is nice. Greta is a nicer alternative to Gretel. Not keen on Stacey at all.

Stacey - I hate this name, knew an awful one rough and tough so that's now how I think of the name.

Bronwyn - always think it sounds more like a colour than a girls name. There is just nothing pretty about it.

Gretel - not keen. What about Gretchen?

Well you can't say there's nothing pretty about Bronwyn then go on to suggest Gretchen. Retching Gretchen.

Stacey does seem very Essex girl, and dated with it. Bronwyn/Bronwen is ok but think I actually prefer Gwyneth or Gwen which is, to me, of the same ilk.