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Girls' names donation

12 replies

WhiteHairReally · 06/04/2017 20:01

I was in an archive today, failing to find a girl in a series of school photos dates 1904-6. However, I did find several names that I haven't seen on here, and I donate them to whoever might be charmed by them.

Phaemie ( Scottish perhaps)
Eirene ( Greek apparently)
Wilmet ( this one stumped Google)

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 06/04/2017 20:11

Never heard of any of those names before.
Another old one, is Thisbe !

Sophronia · 06/04/2017 20:13

I think Wilmot used to be a common name in Cornwall, centuries ago.

Wolfiefan · 06/04/2017 20:14

If you have a Thisbe you MUST have a Pyramus. Grin

Rubyslippers7780 · 06/04/2017 20:15

I know a Phaemie...short for Euphemia.

BlueChampagne · 07/04/2017 11:34

I suspect Eirene is another spelling/transliteration of Irini (Greek).

greeeen · 07/04/2017 12:01

I know a Phaemie she is Nigerian/British, not sure that had any influence on her name though.

BreconBeBuggered · 07/04/2017 12:06

When I was pregnant with DC2, DS1 would go through a baby names book with me and was enchanted with the idea of calling a baby girl Orabel (you can guess how he pronounced it). Luckily baby was another DS.

chipbeanhoratio · 07/04/2017 14:51

Eirene sounds like it maybe a version of Irene.

I could donate Aquilina, A great-great(?)aunt of mine was named Aquilina.

I met a woman called Ermioni a few weeks ago. Apparently the modern Greek version of Hermione? I thought it was lovely.

Cinderpi · 07/04/2017 15:39

We had a Bluebell and a Tzarina at the beginning of the last century... You're welcome!

WhiteHairReally · 08/04/2017 11:57

I know a Ferlina. It's been a family name for hundreds of years and someone in each generation gets it. It was her turn. I like it because I like her.

Another 'family name' I've come across and like is Undine, pronounced 'Undeen'.
I've remembered that I have actually met an Eirene too. Pronounced 'eye re an'.

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chipbeanhoratio · 08/04/2017 12:26

Fiorella is a family name. There usually seems to have been a mother (or aunt, grandmother etc) called Flora and then a baby girl named Fiorella. (both names are currently still in use...)

I also had a great-great aunt called Olympia. There was also a Diodora, an Andreana (I've only ever heard Adriana) and a Filumena (probably a version of Philomena?).

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 08/04/2017 17:00

Izetta (Zettie).
Anazella.

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