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Names like Rita and Stella

36 replies

Janie8 · 11/11/2023 18:17

I love names like Rita, Stella, Peggy, Polly, Cilla.

But these are all either taken by people we know or my husband hates them! Any suggestions of similar?

Also boy names in the name world would be good.

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MissHavershamReturns · 11/11/2023 18:19

Dolly, Cora, Mavis

MissHavershamReturns · 11/11/2023 18:19

Ernie, Ronnie, Stan

christinarossetti19 · 11/11/2023 18:22

Sadie
Doris
Barbara
Cleo

BestIsWest · 11/11/2023 18:22

Vida, Vera, Beryl

TeaKitten · 11/11/2023 18:23

Penny

wited · 11/11/2023 18:24

Dulcie Beattie Maggie

Vinnie Reggie Harold

ChocoChocoLatte · 11/11/2023 18:24

Beryl
Nora
Margot
Cynthia
Cecile

Stanley
Vince
Herb
Walter
Frank
Neil

Trictoria · 11/11/2023 18:27

Nelly
Kelly
Carla
Sally
Milla (camilla)
Talia
Charlie

sipsqueak · 11/11/2023 18:28

Nina
Mimi
Cleo

Boyd
Jimmy
Lorn

Trictoria · 11/11/2023 18:28

Love Margot

MissyB1 · 11/11/2023 18:28

Erica
Nina
Celia
Phillipa
Sally
Terri
Mary

Eric
Frank
Billy
Conrad

FloofCloud · 11/11/2023 18:30

Sadie
Connie
Hattie
Hatice
Bonnie
Suky (probably my favourite, along with Sadie)

theduchessofspork · 11/11/2023 18:31

Ida, Thora, Josie, Etta, Betsy, Zelda, Nancy, Margot, Pamela, Barbara, Patricia June, Jean, Pearl, Susan, Jocelyn, Deborah, Unity, Marjorie, Margaret, Jennifer, Cynthia, Cora, Lois

Austin, Arnold, Ernest, Stanley, Sidney, Victor, Vincent, Graeme, Malcolm, Douglas, Peter, Norman, Frank, Julian, Ronald, Robert, Charles, Desmond, Denis, Reginald, Philip, Terence, Trevor, John

commonground · 11/11/2023 18:37

Betty, Sylvie (a), Iris, Violet, Celia, Ethel, Evelyn (Boy or girl), Enid, Hazel, Dorothy, Clara, Olive....

mehtivation · 11/11/2023 18:49

Judy, Daphne, Tricia

Ernie, Stan, Ron

KirstenBlest · 11/11/2023 19:39

Greta

Daisybuttercup12345 · 11/11/2023 20:55

Susan
June
Maureen
Margaret
Barbara
Joan
Pamela
Felicity
Pauline
Betty
Joyce
Marilyn
Margery
Diane
Veronica
Winifred
Olive
Marian
Gillian
Patricia Grace
Kathleen
Sadie
Sandra
Jennifer
Deborah
Yvonne
Carole
Hilary
Rosemary
Frances
Josephine
Angela
Heather
Hazel
Jane
Nora
Belinda
Lydia
Lynette
Tracey
Marlene
Irene
Eileen
Deborah
Georgina
Iris
Justice
Sally
Janet

Daisybuttercup12345 · 11/11/2023 21:01

Boys
Raymond
Desmond
Martin
Clive
Colin
Bernard
Gregory
Nigel
Richard
Roy
Rodney
David
John
Jack
Ian
Adrian
Robert
William
Eric
Derek
Keith
Kevin
Terry
Michael
Christopher
Trevor
Timothy
Leslie
Peter
Philip
Alan
Julian
Edward
Ronnie
Frank
Jeffrey
Clifford
Duncan
Douglas
Ralph
Gary

HangTheJib · 11/11/2023 21:16

Gloria was the first name that came to mind.

HangTheJib · 11/11/2023 21:17

And Ray/mond or Victor for a boy.

AudiobookListener · 11/11/2023 21:18

Vera
Frida/Freda/Frieda
Sylvia
Constance n.n Connie

KeeefBurtain · 11/11/2023 21:20

Love Gloria as PP suggested!

Ailsa
Muriel
Beverley
Kathleen
Pamela (love this too!)
Rosemary
Marcia
Vera
Barbara

AuntieStella · 11/11/2023 21:25

Rita is one of the great Corrie names so:

Mavis, Vera, Ivy, Audrey, Bet, Deirdre, Gail, Ena, Hilda, Blanche

Stella is a lager so:

Tia, Margarita,

UsernameIsHarderThanBabyName · 11/11/2023 21:51

Vera
Joanie/Joni
Nora
Alma
Mabel
Vivienne/ Viv
Pam
Maeve
Enid
Sylvia/Sylvie
Agnes/Agatha
Mary
Delilah
Winnie
Esther
Norma
Mavis
Sadie
Joy
Ruth
Sybil
Cassie
Ada
Ethel
Stevie
Elva
Goldie
Audrey

Ray
Arthur
Frank
Stanley
George
Joseph
Roy
Victor
Ronnie
Herbie
Vinnie/Vincent
Sid/Sidney
Alf
Tom
Erik
Ned
Abel
Jim
Gus
Amos
Abe/Abraham
Ernest/Ernie
Len/Lenny

MirandaBlu · 11/11/2023 22:10

Annette
Bernice
Brenda
Chloris
Georgette
Gladys
Ida
Lillian
Lorna
Loretta
Lorraine
Lucille
Marie
Maxine
Patricia/Tricia
Phyllis
Rhoda
Rhonda
Ruby
Shirley
Thelma
Virginia
Wanda
Willa
Wilma