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Ethel?

38 replies

courgettetrees · 14/12/2018 17:09

Good Saxon name

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n0ne · 15/12/2018 21:39

Love it

Wooooooooaaaaaaaahhhhhhh · 15/12/2018 21:49

Awful.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 15/12/2018 22:07

Dreadful, ugly name.

DramaAlpaca · 15/12/2018 23:05

Hideous, just awful.

YK84 · 16/12/2018 20:55

I dislike it so much I had to express this again in a second comment Sad

rosydreams · 16/12/2018 21:10

makes me think of alice coopers song cold ethel =/

AdultHumanFemale · 16/12/2018 21:18

Do it!
Such a pretty name. Makes me wonder what names the nay-sayers like? To me, Ethel is quirky and feminine, fresh and a pleasure to say.

Joinourclub · 16/12/2018 21:25

It’s so very much Eastenders for me, but I still like it, I just couldn’t bring myself to use it!

GoodHeavensNoImAChicken · 17/12/2018 00:51

Please don’t.

stellarfox · 18/12/2018 09:44

Reminds me of the show the worst witch. What about Greta?

LordPickle · 18/12/2018 09:48

I just can't imagine a little baby Ethel Confused

Wooooooooaaaaaaaahhhhhhh · 18/12/2018 10:45

Makes me wonder what names the nay-sayers like? To me, Ethel is quirky and feminine, fresh and a pleasure to say.

If Ethel was a colour it would be brown. It’s drab. There is nothing nice or pretty about it. It’s on a level with Vera or Maud or Doreen or Barbara. Names that make me think ‘poor child’ when I hear them.

I’m not a fan of vintage names. It’s like a competition to find the worse name possible and name your child it.

Thesnobbymiddleclassone · 18/12/2018 10:49

It's a lovely name. Pretty, sensible, feminine. Love it.

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