Suffragette names

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Uhohmummy · 29/01/2018 10:34

ELCS for my baby girl is scheduled for 6 February - which is the centenary of the Representation of the People Act.
Any nice Suffragette names out there we could use? So far I have:
Emmeline (I love but DH not keen)
Christabel (quite like but again DH doesn’t)
Sylvia (not sure about)

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BitOutOfPractice · 31/01/2018 15:03

Millicent doesn’t go very well with our last name.

What a shame as it seemed to be written in the stars what with the statue and all.

user1485182339 · 31/01/2018 15:11

I agree about it being a shame about Millicent. Can you not put Millicent down on the BC but call her Milli or Milly or Millie from the get-go. So that that's the 'name' that always gets said with your surname?

WhiteHairReally · 31/01/2018 20:00

Mary ( Wollstonecraft)
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson ( Millicent Fawcett’s sister +++)
Annie (Besant and Kenney)
Ethel (Smyth)
Charlotte Despard
Constance ( Lytton)
Adela (Pankhurst) the Pankhurst that got sent to Australia by the rest of the family, although you might want to check out her political ‘journey’.

marthastew · 31/01/2018 20:05

What a wonderful thing for your daughter to be able say inspired her name!

Buxbaum · 06/02/2018 13:39

Emerald or Violet for the colours of the suffragette sash.

Mrsknackered · 06/02/2018 14:20

Hope your CS went well OP.

What have you decided on

Pemba · 06/02/2018 19:21

People saying Sylvia is ugly are just brainwashed by the fact that it is was a very popular name for women that are now mostly over 65. I know one in her twenties though. It is a lovely name.

I have seen the name Sylvie drooled over here though, (it's also lovely). But in France it's apparently considered a middle aged name. So that shows it's just a question of perception, rise above it.

Sylvia was a popular name used in 17th and 18th century poetry I believe, and of course there's Sylvia Plath. Nice meaning too.

Pemba · 06/02/2018 19:22

And Sylvia Pankhurst of course!

Estellanpip · 06/02/2018 19:27

There was a well-known suffragette named Violet.

CandyYumYum · 06/02/2018 19:28

Sylvia is a really lovely name and no doubt it will be very much back in vogue twenty years from now.

CandyYumYum · 06/02/2018 19:29

Millicent on the other hand, now that's an absolute stinker of a name.

Kokeshi123 · 07/02/2018 08:09

Surprised nobody has mentioned Adela--a nice name.

AnElderlyLadyOfMediumHeight · 07/02/2018 08:19

Sylvia is lovely, and I'm not keen on Silvia!

Millicent is a fantastic name - are you sure it really doesn't go with your surname? Lydia and Lilian (which I think is due a revival more generally) are great too.

user1485182339 · 07/02/2018 20:34

FYI
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-42789939
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-42789939