Wanted: girls name. Must be fabulous.

[MaureenMacnally]

Why am I pregnant again ffs? Stupid Catholic upbringing. My body will an unsalvageable wreck and we will be living in penury for the next two decades.

Anyway. Need a girls name. I am utterly devoid of inspiration, being interested only in grab bags of Skips and having naps.

Already have an Agnes and an Enid. Surname Stephens.

Dislike: frilliness; 'ah' endings; 'classic' names.

Like: fabulous names. I was keen on Ramona the last go-round, but think I might have lost my love for it.

Any suggestions?

Wanted to suggest Vita and Damaris but already done, boo hoo. Vita is a superb name.

June
Leigh

Elfreda

Alethea

Getting my second wind.

On a book theme

Karen
Rowan
Lawrence \Lawrie
Lois

Tess (ok too many Ss)
Marty/Martine

Charlotte

Rumer
Loveday
Marjorie
Adrienne
Jacqueline
Morgan
Muriel
Marni
Lilian/Lilias
Fran

On a vowel theme,
Imogen
Then you would need Ophelia and Ursula to complete

Surely Tess is as NorthLondon as anything.

Frances?

I'm just going to throw randoms at you now:
Fenella
Grisabelle
Gabrielle
Taryn
Penelope
Daphne
Genevieve
Annie
Roberta

On a vowel theme - Inez.

Zero, let's not forget that Enid created one of the Bills along with Darrell and co!

Thora?

Sorry if already said, no time to RTFT

I know a little girl named Dido - now that is surely fabulous!

I hadn't Gasp0 but I also hadn't thought of EB's Bill for a hundred years. The description above made her sound very much like a younger Chalet School Bill.

Can't believe people are still throwing in names that were thrown out days ago.

Agapanthus!!!!!!

Doris ... The OP already has an Agnes, so it obviously wouldn't work.

There's a baby name website I like, where you type in a name and it gives suggestions along the same lines. So I tried Vera.

Most of them have been mentioned already, but it did throw out two unique options:

Mafalda
Luba

I don't know if these are too North London, I'm Australian, I don't even know what that means!

I love the name:

Vada (pronounced (Vay-da not Var-da)

Hattie is a gorgeous name too (in it's own right not just as nn for Harriet)

Wilhelmina
Maureen
Mauda
Morgan / Morgana
Hilary

Luba ...

I presume that is the diminutive form?

Luba!!!!

If only it could be twins: Lesbia and Luba.

Prue.

You say that one of your DDs is 'Enid' - so, following the Enid Bagnold theme (rather than Blyton), what about Velvet?

Off the point, rather, but how do you pronounce your DD's name? Years ago, I encountered an Enid from Wales who was 'Enn-idd' not 'Eee-nid'.

Zero I had to go back and check, apparently it's a variant of Lyuba.

Skoda, that could be a good first name, middle name combo? Lesbia Luba Stephens? LL Stephens!

So Vada as in Darth Anneofclevage?

Minna
Cecily
Wilma
Lois
Bette
Shirley
Romina
Adele
Golda
Joy
Carmel
Lorna

Yes, Dido is fabulous. But I'm trying to work out whether it's North, East or West London. East?

This thread has been an eye-opener. Not only have I learned that people are calling their DDs names like Marion and Maxine, but I now realise that my own Dch's names are defo South London

Adair

Adair is a boy's name, surely? Well, it is traditionally so in Scotland.
Means 'grove of oak trees' - a sacred place for druids and suchlike (if Roman writers are to be belived).

Tiarna
Elsa
Jacqueline
Irene
Annie
Liza
Emma