Guessing Game

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Thought this would make a fun thread and maybe also provide names for people that are choosing that they wouldn't have thought of otherwise.

Think of a name (your child's or any name really) and provide 3 clues.

Other posters have to guess the name and once someone gets it right, it's their turn!

I'll start:

2 syllables

Very definitely a boys name but there is a feminine version

2 very common abbreviations/nicknames

I think you've got it @applesandpears56!

If it is I’m still not sure on the 3rd bit of the clue :-)

Was guessing on the composer of sabre dance, grandson of Noah and biblical place!

Aram is the third day of the month in the Armenian calendar

Ooo fingers crossed!

God how have I spent my evening studying ancient biblical maps?! This game is definitely addictive

@applesandpears56 has it

As you have correctly deduced: the third day of the month in the Armenian calendar is Aram. Aram Khachaturian was the Soviet Armenian composer of the Sabre Dance. Finally, Noah had 16 grandsons, one of whom was called Aram.

The biblical place Aram is now Syria.

You're up apples!

great clues!

Right well my brain is hurting a bit after that so this is a nice easy one -

This boys name might surprise you with a body part

Oleg?

Nope

Anthony?

And well done @applesandpears56 :) I don't know how I missed it,after all my research I now know,Noah has 3 son's(ham the odd one out) 16 grandsons.....etc!

Oliver

Well done duggee - back to you!

I'm actually disappointed it wasn't Oleg because it made me laugh (I might be a tad sleep deprived) but it was a fun clue

Right-o then:

This gallic confectioners child hid in a cranny without losing any of her natural grace

Anouk?

Ann?

Still cross with myself for completely misunderstanding the “dancing sabres at dawn” clue. Thought it meant an anagram (as in the letters were dancing) and spent the best part of an hour trying to make a name from ‘sabres at dawn’. Gah!!

@joinourclub has it

Anouk is the daughter of Viane from Chocolat. Her name means grace. The other bit was a nook and a cranny.

Sorry about the clue finty - I hadn't thought of dancing in relation to anagrams but will tuck that idea away for future reference

She lives high in the hills and says hello to the campers.

Well done Joinourclub!

I found Ann in the crANNy, and it also means ‘grace’; but I’ve not read Chocolat (too afraid of triggering a fridge raid! 😄) so I missed that part. I need to read the clues more closely - that was a good one.

My excuse is that I was too frazzled from playing along with Only Connect...😁

Heidi?

Yes Finty

Great, thank you 😊

This is the best I can manage, inspired by my current in-car listening:

He was the first third son.
He has a musician namesake who sounds like he lives by the water.
You'll find him if you start to mix these clues around.

Sonny?

Or Phoenix?