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Clara or Mabel?

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Flowerface · 10/04/2014 11:33

Siblings are Elsa and Arthur.

Quite like that Mabel doesn't end in 'a' as the others do (or sound as if they do), but it's a bit Marmitey, isn't it? Or too trendy .... We are not trendy...

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JanePurdy · 10/04/2014 12:44

Merran? Merle?

Hilda. I love Hilda.

Greta.

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Flowerface · 10/04/2014 12:46

My Mum LOVES Hilda but DH thought - and then wished - that she was joking, so it's safe to say that he would exercise his veto rights there!

I did think about Greta before and have slightly gone off it, though not sure why. Gretel? Too Hansel and...?

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soontobeslendergirl · 10/04/2014 12:54

I would say Mabel is very much of my Mums generation, Other names around of her friends anf family are:

Henrietta
Norma
Margaret (Rita)
Elizabeth (Bunty)
Lillian
Lily
Alison
Beth
Mary
?? shortened to Ena

soontobeslendergirl · 10/04/2014 12:58

?? shortened to Ria
Elspeth (Ella)
Philomena
Helen (Nell)
Irene (Rene)
June
Christina (Tina)

ABWACADABWA · 10/04/2014 12:59

Myrtle?

Or you could combine Mabel and Clara to Cable.

soontobeslendergirl · 10/04/2014 12:59

May
Doris
Daphne
Edna
Euphemia (Effie)

soontobeslendergirl · 10/04/2014 13:00

or Clarabel?

soontobeslendergirl · 10/04/2014 13:03

Maybelle

ThefutureMrsTatum · 10/04/2014 13:05

Iris?

Driveway · 10/04/2014 13:08

Clover.

ThefutureMrsTatum · 10/04/2014 13:08

Norah?

Sleepy678 · 10/04/2014 13:09

I like Mabel ! Also Nell, Martha, lottie & betsy. These names might go ?

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Flowerface · 10/04/2014 13:10

ABWACADABWA, ha!

Clarabel is one of Thomas's carriages. Maybelle just seems like an elaborate Mabel.

Hm. I might have gone too far down the old lady road if Euphemia and Doris seem like the logical next step! Smile

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VerucaInTheNutRoom · 10/04/2014 13:12

Maude is lovely, also Maeve is quite popular here in Ireland.

squoosh · 10/04/2014 13:20

I think you're going for a 1940's vibe?

Frances
Betty
Evelyn
Nancy
Lucille
Vivian
Sylvia
Audrey
Lillian
Violet
Honor
Jean
Polly

But please, no more Mabel/Mavis/Phyllis/Hilda scares.

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Flowerface · 10/04/2014 13:22

Some good ones, squoosh, thanks. Some sadly impossible due to surname/friends...

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gertiegusset · 10/04/2014 13:24

Who the fuck said Doris???

That was our female equivalent of a Wally, another one with a cross over pinnie and enormous boobs.
And Hilda.
There is a reason these names became extinct! Grin

gertiegusset · 10/04/2014 13:25

What about Brenda or Barbara? Wink

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Flowerface · 10/04/2014 13:30

... I am clearly giving off some weird vibes... Brenda!! Smile

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squoosh · 10/04/2014 13:34

Elsa is such a beautiful name. You don't want to create sisterly resentment.

soontobeslendergirl · 10/04/2014 13:40

Ha ha - I didn't suggest that they would be good, I just listed names that were in my Mums generation :)

Megrim · 10/04/2014 13:44

Constance
Meredith
Matilda
Naomi
Audrey
Celia
Sylvie
Imogen

Clarabumps · 10/04/2014 13:45

I like Clara (obviously) and Mabel. Both are lovely! Clara is slightly less traditional. I have a Martha. Which I LOVE!

mrsbug · 10/04/2014 13:45

Prefer Clara to mabel but if you want to avoid three names ending with an a sound how about

miriam
mary
merryn

JanePurdy · 10/04/2014 13:46

Go back to Greta!

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