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In school what was the girl with in the - your mind - prettiest name

266 replies

Enko · 14/02/2024 07:08

This is somewhat inspired by the resurrected prettiest girls name you know thread.

I wondered when you went to school what was the girl with the name you likes the most called?

I didnt grow up in the UK but for me her name was Karina. I thought her name was so pretty and unusual (it's a fairly normalish name for my generation in Denmark think top 50-100) but oh I had name.envy. grew out of it and Karina never even entered the consideration for my own children.😁

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Flensburg · 14/02/2024 08:22

I also thought of Fleur. But then remembered that was the local carpenter's dog.

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 14/02/2024 08:23

Frances
Lottie
Abigail

PickledScrump · 14/02/2024 08:24

Faye and Florence/Flo, pretty unusual then. We had Faye on our list for DD, no longer like Florence though

Cotswoldmama · 14/02/2024 08:25

Sashi, beautiful name and she was a sweet pretty girl.

Sunshineofyourlove · 14/02/2024 08:25

Sorrel

Always loved it

itsgettingweird · 14/02/2024 08:26

Karenza.

Everyone else was called Laura, Sarah, Lucy etc.

So this was completely out there and was a lovely name and she was a lovely girl.

Her brother had a very typical name of the time 😂🤷‍♀️

butthanksthough · 14/02/2024 08:26

themusingsofaninsomniac · 14/02/2024 08:07

Cara

Same for me and I’ll admit I did use it for DD 😂

Thehamsterthatcametotea · 14/02/2024 08:28

Katie. I really wanted to be like her because she always had nice hair bobbles and a Michael Jackson pencil case with a watermelon rubber.

I went to her house once and that made my awe stronger but also confirmed just how different we were.

thatone · 14/02/2024 08:30

Nina

FreyafromLondon · 14/02/2024 08:31

Yasmin. She had really dark (near black) hair and the bluest eyes I've ever seen. She was always smiling as well

DiscoBeat · 14/02/2024 08:33

Samantha

timtam23 · 14/02/2024 08:34

Joelle and Julianna

GreenMarigold · 14/02/2024 08:38

Diana. She was so graceful and had the most beautiful shiny long straight hair. She really suited her name.

Pickles2023 · 14/02/2024 08:38

Daisy, even the teacher said she had such a pretty name that she could choose to use her first or middle 😂 the jealousy among us littlins to choose.

And a Franchesca.

seeotter · 14/02/2024 08:40

Imogen and Felicity

Brumchum · 14/02/2024 08:43

Rosamund and Juliet were the two names I would have preferred for myself. They were the most beautiful and brightest girls I knew.

porridgeisbae · 14/02/2024 08:43

I know an Erica and that's kind of cute

Brokengutter · 14/02/2024 08:43

Zoe! Thought her name was so cool and she was lucky to have it.

JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 14/02/2024 08:44

Serina

schnubbins · 14/02/2024 08:44

Wendy, with long browny blond streaked hair and piercing blue eyes. She was so pretty.

Elvanseshortage · 14/02/2024 08:44

r0ck · 14/02/2024 07:14

Thea

Me too! The girl called Thea at my school was very cool, which made the name seem special. I wonder if we are remembering the same person!

Theresplendentemmaforbes · 14/02/2024 08:45

Nyssa at school
Jaymini at uni

ScottyDoesntKnow · 14/02/2024 08:46

Tiffany. Always loved the name, and the owner of the name was gorgeous, cool AND lovely. With perfect hair.

Pushkinini · 14/02/2024 08:48

Anastasia who had beautiful long blonde hair and Viva who was very quiet and had a troubled home life.

Moonlaserbearwolf · 14/02/2024 08:51

Florence - an unusual name in those days!