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Penelope or Olive??

39 replies

Freezers109 · 02/02/2017 23:05

Thankyou x

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FromDistantOphir · 03/02/2017 16:42

Olive

No one under the age of 50 I reckon knows about On the Buses

septembersunshine · 03/02/2017 16:48

Olive sounds quite ugly. Quite heavy. Penelope is gorgous and penny very cute.

PontypandyPioneer · 03/02/2017 16:56

I love Olive - that was the name we picked had DS been a girl! It was also my Nanna's name who was a lovely lovely person so it only has good memories & meaning for me.

Mol1628 · 03/02/2017 16:57

Penelope. I really don't like Olive. Just sounds a bit.... ugly. Sorry.

Masterclef · 03/02/2017 17:32

Penelope nn Nell

NotSoEagerBeaver · 03/02/2017 17:35

If I'd had a girl I would have had an Olive, I LOVE that name Smile

However, I keep producing boys...

MollyHuaCha · 03/02/2017 17:41

Penelope. We wd have chosen this gorgeous name, but coupled with our surname, it sounded like Penelope Pitstop, so we had to let the name go.

catwoman0815 · 03/02/2017 19:28

olive!

Murine · 03/02/2017 21:46

I prefer Penelope

daisydaisychain · 04/02/2017 07:42

Penelope is lovely!

Cosleepdependent · 04/02/2017 08:01

Olive is beautiful.
She may sometimes need to explain pronunciation of penelopEE. (I thought the written name was penny-lope' for yearsBlush.)
Penny would be easier to deal with but it's less pretty than Olive, or even Liv, which she might also get.

MrsPringles · 04/02/2017 08:02

Penelope - I love it

londonfeather · 04/02/2017 08:03

I love Olive, I think it is cute. It reminds me of the girl in little miss sunshine

namesstress2323 · 04/02/2017 13:55

Penelope i wouldn't want to be called olive as it is a food

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