Jimberly

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Originally going to be called Jim after my granddad, but we've found out we're having a girl. Would this work?

Fionn is an ancient Gaelic name, as in Fionn Mac Cumhaill. Fiona is merely a feminine variant coined by Macpherson.

Una is an Anglicisation of Irish name Oonagh and also a feminisation of Uno Italian, Unus, Latin = one.

Lorna is a feminisation of the Scottish place name Lorne.

Miranda was famously coined by Shakespeare, using the etymological roots - Mir - to wonder/admire + Amanda - lovable to create a name that has meaning in the play.

Stella just means star, coined by Sydney, also refers to Stella Maris - star of the sea which is an epithet for Virgin Mary.

Olivia derives from Oliva, olive, and is a variant on the name Olive. Oliva di Palermo was an early Christian martyr.

All of these names have roots in the language.

In contrast to names these days that literally invented out of thin air with no reference to etymology like Lagreesha or Jimberly etc

Fiona - Wikipedia. There isn't a Wiki for Jimberley yet.

or Jimberly.

From the font of all knowledge Wikipedia

Wendy
In Britain during the English Civil War in the mid-1600s, a male Captain Wendy Oxford was identified by the Leveller John Lilburne as a spy reporting on his activities.[1][2] It was also used as a surname in Britain from at least the 17th century.[3] Its popularity in Britain as a feminine name is owed to the character Wendy Darling from the 1904 play Peter Pan and its 1911 novelisation Peter and Wendy, both by J. M. Barrie.[4][5][6]

So that indicates it was in use long before Peter Pan.

My mum had a very tall, thin, slightly hunched girl in her class at school called Wendy. She was known as Bendy Wendy.

Una is an Anglicisation of Irish name Oonagh and also a feminisation of Uno Italian, Unus, Latin = one.

No, Oonagh is the anglicised spelling@Mirabai.
The Irish spelling is Úna.

You might be thinking of Anwen. Tolkien created multiple languages for his novels. Arwen is Sindarin, an Elvish language which was heavily influenced by real-world Welsh but very much Tolkien’s invention.

Oh, interesting.

Sidney also invented 'Pamela' which isn't a name you hear at all for young girls now. And to think there were three in my class at school...

Reminds me of Kimberley sorry!

Why did I read "Jimobel" as Je m'appelle in a French accent

no Arwen is a Welsh name. When I worked as a carer I looked after a 98yr old and an 80+ year old both called Arwen. Named well before JRR Tolkien named his characters.

I looked after a 105-year old called Gollum and a 97 year old Bilbo, and my dog was named Jimberley in 2009.

Jimanda
Jiminy

It's fabulous for a baby elephant.

Stupid

Jimberly's at university by now! 😄

Oi, stop spreading rumours about my Grandma, will you?!

😅 My apologies.

Saw this on Reddit earlier, assume it was OP’s DH who was posting.

Beautiful girl/boy twins - Jimberley and Jimbledon.

No way why would anyone do that to their kids?
Jimbeldon Common are we

Jimperial

Jimothy.

Haven't rtft but how about Gemma? Could maybe get away with spelling it Jemma.

Jemma is fine - Jemma Redgrave. I also know a Jemma.
It doesn't compare with Jimberley though.