Ethel

[Moonbea]

What do you think of the name Ethel?

Is it too old fashioned?

What middle name would go with it?

Opinions and ideas please.

Meet Ethel....not the sharpest knive in the drawer!

No. That was my Granny's name and she hated it with a passion. Always asked to be called Mrs rather than her first name, even by her friends.

Ethel and Gladys are old names that should never be revived.

If you want to have a 80 year old baby sure :)

I like it but wouldn’t want to be called it.
What about Esther ? Similar vibe but a little less of a challenge?

Ethel? Horrible!

Are you kidding? This would not even be a good name for a dog.

It's a marmite name, my grandmothers name too - and honestly I think it's awful. Don't forget st school she'll be called Effel by those who pronounce th as an f

Ethel to me is the ultimate old biddy name. But like pp said def a marmite name. Personally, I can't hear it without thinking of Ethel from Eastenders.

I love old fashioned names I have 2 DDs myself with old ladies names but I'm just not sure about this one.
I think it's the sound F-all
I think there are better names out there

My Grandmother was called Ethel and hated it.

It's just as frumpy as Edith was not so long ago.

I really don't think it's any harsher-sounding than any other girls name that contains a 'th' or endin 'el'

Thanks for all of your opinions, I have showed the other half who was insisting on the use of this name.

Now he's not so sure, so hopefully he will drop that suggestion!

I think it’s a beautiful name, but that’s only because the Ethel I know is lovely

I know an Ethelia. She gets called Ethel sometimes and Ettie. Shes 14 and she loves her name :)

I like Ettie as a nickname for Henrietta, Ethelia is a good name too - softer than Ethel.

I prefer Edith (or even Enid!)

Elsie is similar.

Ethel is the ugliest name of all time.

Gertrude is worse imo but it does have the cuter nicknames Gertie and Trudie.

Too try hard/hipster type name that is really, really terrible.
Would you want to be called Ethel?

I always think of ethyl alcohol.
Doesn’t sound nice to me and what if she has a lisp?

One of them old fashioned names that has not aged well.

I had an old next door neighbour called Ethel and she was the most miserable woman to walk the earth.

I’m not keen on Ethel

Prefer Edith personally

Dreadful your dd - it reminds me of miserable cantankerous old ladies

I’m not young and so a lot of these ‘comeback’ names bring up an image of someone I know
Ethel, to me, is a woman in a pinny and turban, smoking and drinking in the local pub on a Saturday night
Not really a name I would use for a baby