whatever happened to Linda?

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I think it is rather pretty - think Linda Evangalista..

Is it due a revival - does anyone know a Linda and would you consider it for your DDs?

She ran off with my EX

Looking for Linda when Linda found me!!!! (song just after I had suspiciously split from the love of my life!) he went with a lady called Linda, although he never married her! Was absolutely heart broken and i really mean heart broken. Even when I see him now, he makes me shake, cant get a word out correctly. Still sends shivers up my spine and I have been married with DH for 16 yrs and together for 20 yrs

Although I cant still help wondering!

BRenda is the woman in a HAndful of Dust

Isn't Brenda the woman that Bridie married they were all so horrible about in Brideshead?

As a matter of interest, momto2latinoboys, why don't you like family names? Is it a general dislike, or just your family? I really like using names that go back through the generations.

I thought that Stella McCartney would call her daughter Belinda. It would have been so much cooler than Bailey which is dated and woof woof.

There is a Brenda in an Evelyn Waugh novel. She's got a son and a lover called John. She was horrible. What was the name of that book?

What would you think of a little girl called Susie? Weird? Or refreshing?

oh dear!. i am neither large breasted nor work in hospital admin. i wasnt born in the 60's and hope i'm not a busybody!!

off to investigate deed poll options....

Zelda and Belinda are really cool. Sandra and Brenda and Linda are not coming back.....

A Handful of Dust.

also none of these:
Ralph
Trevor
Donald

Lorna
Tracey
Margaret

yes, Brenda Last

I don't know - maybe the association with Linda Lovelace did for it?

You never meet little Traceys these days, either, do you?

Difference between Susan and Tracey is though that Tracey became tarnished and associated with slappery and being a bit downmarketness.

A little Lindy or Susie would be sweet Ithink. A little Tracey? That would seem cruel. But think about it, Gracie is the number 2 name!

I knew a Joyce at school

I know a Joyce on mumsnet...

Joy is lovely. Joyce is a sur name. IMO.

yes, Joy is nice

don't suppose Gay is very popular

zelda is a fab name

ds had a teacher (in her twenties) called Zena

and i have a soft spot for xanthe
watch out if i ever had another daughter

Or is it Vile Bodies? (Evelyn Waugh novel)

No it's a handful of Dust. I read it but couldn't remember, but when somebody else reminded me I remembered..;-?

Xanthe is lovely.... Do you have to be quite dark to be a xanthe though? When you have mouse brown hair, freckles and blue eyes can you be a Xanthe??? Just wondering. It's a gorgeous nam.e

no, i think it goes with freckles + blue eyes as well

I used to love the name Lindy. Does anybody remember Lindy English being in the news though? ? ?