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Tell me what your name is without telling me what your name is

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BatsatHalloween · 14/10/2025 17:20

My name has a male and female variant
It was number 36 the year I was given it
It was acceptable in the 80s
It's a bit French
It's also a little bit Essex
Most people shorten it

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Notashamed13 · 14/10/2025 21:47

fraggiequeen · 14/10/2025 21:44

Gem/Gemma?

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😁😃

maras2 · 14/10/2025 21:48

Glowingup · 14/10/2025 21:24

Sarah?

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Yep. No aitch though.

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 14/10/2025 21:48

SmolkedSamon · 14/10/2025 21:23

No. There is potentially someone on the thread with the same name. The clue is a little easier though than mine so won’t say it just yet. I always go by a shortened version these days. There was never anyone in my school in 90s with this name

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Cecelia?

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 21:49

Mine is one of those names that is considered classic and timeless - but only with the “a” ending or “et” ending. I have the “a” ending version and it’s more popular internationally that it has ever been in the UK (where it has never reached the Top 50).

However in the “e” ending variation WAS uber popular in the UK during the 50’s-70’s - but particularly in the swinging 60’s due to a certain glamorous, fashionable actress.

My “a” variation is very literary -it’s mentioned in the Bible, and used by Shakespeare, the Brontes, Austen, Dickens… but Shakespeare was the one who made the “et” ending variation very famous.

bluedelphiniums · 14/10/2025 21:49

Whowahway123 · 14/10/2025 19:33

I went to Manderley

Rebecca!

QuickPeachPoet · 14/10/2025 21:49

Spookyspaghetti · 14/10/2025 21:36

Lindsey

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Correct! And correct spelling too!

Violinist64 · 14/10/2025 21:50

SeptemberOctober25 · 14/10/2025 19:34

Feels like it's the name of all the girls born in 1987 1988.

Gemma?

Bloatstoat · 14/10/2025 21:50

Very popular in school - 3 in my class in the late 80s/early 90s, but still used now, there's one in my DD's class. It's the name of a tv character writer turned detective, and the shortened version drives around with Postman Pat.

OhFeyreDarling · 14/10/2025 21:50

Mine started a war in ancient Greek mythology

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 21:50

Bloatstoat · 14/10/2025 21:50

Very popular in school - 3 in my class in the late 80s/early 90s, but still used now, there's one in my DD's class. It's the name of a tv character writer turned detective, and the shortened version drives around with Postman Pat.

Jessica?

YourPeppyAmberTraybake · 14/10/2025 21:50

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 21:49

Mine is one of those names that is considered classic and timeless - but only with the “a” ending or “et” ending. I have the “a” ending version and it’s more popular internationally that it has ever been in the UK (where it has never reached the Top 50).

However in the “e” ending variation WAS uber popular in the UK during the 50’s-70’s - but particularly in the swinging 60’s due to a certain glamorous, fashionable actress.

My “a” variation is very literary -it’s mentioned in the Bible, and used by Shakespeare, the Brontes, Austen, Dickens… but Shakespeare was the one who made the “et” ending variation very famous.

Julia

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 21:51

OhFeyreDarling · 14/10/2025 21:50

Mine started a war in ancient Greek mythology

Helen?

Glowingup · 14/10/2025 21:51

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 21:47

I was born in the 70s and have never met anyone else ( even younger or older) with this name, even though it’s a very old name you’d think of as being very British.

It’s in a song.

You can shorten it and I have the shortened version. Very few people believe that the shortened version is an actual name and assume that my name is the longer version. I have had people actually argue with me about what my name is and what’s written on my birth certificate. (Not because it’s that unusual but because they are stupid and don’t understand that the shortened version is actually a name too).

I googled a list of famous people with my name and recognised only one person with my shortened version. A couple more with the longer version, but still not loads.

I don’t mind it now, but I hated it as a child. I would advise any parent wanting to call their child this name to think again.

Winnifred?

FeatheryFlorence · 14/10/2025 21:51

Bambi3919 · 14/10/2025 20:13

Yes you got it, it’s Camelia.

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Are you Romanian? It’s quite a common name there. I have two friends with your name, both shortened to Cami.

Holluschickie · 14/10/2025 21:51

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 21:49

Mine is one of those names that is considered classic and timeless - but only with the “a” ending or “et” ending. I have the “a” ending version and it’s more popular internationally that it has ever been in the UK (where it has never reached the Top 50).

However in the “e” ending variation WAS uber popular in the UK during the 50’s-70’s - but particularly in the swinging 60’s due to a certain glamorous, fashionable actress.

My “a” variation is very literary -it’s mentioned in the Bible, and used by Shakespeare, the Brontes, Austen, Dickens… but Shakespeare was the one who made the “et” ending variation very famous.

Juliet

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 21:51

YourPeppyAmberTraybake · 14/10/2025 21:50

Julia

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Got in in one 👍

bluedelphiniums · 14/10/2025 21:51

KalimeraMatera · 14/10/2025 21:35

Haven't seen my name yet.... it went right out of fashion shortly after I was given it due to an affair between the Secretary of State for War and a good time girl.

Christine?

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 14/10/2025 21:52

QuickPeachPoet · 14/10/2025 21:31

This is fun.
Mine has a lot of different spellings and people usually get them wrong.
It's not spelled like the Freaky Friday girl (but I do look a bit like her haha)
A certain actor called Robert had it as his surname (again spelled differently to mine)

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A spelling of Lindsay

SeaAndStars · 14/10/2025 21:52

@IDontLikeSpam are you Britannia?

FeatheryFlorence · 14/10/2025 21:53

My name is Russian. I have only met one other person who spells in the same way as me, and she was French. The diminutive is more common.

OhFeyreDarling · 14/10/2025 21:53

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 21:51

Helen?

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It is, she made quite the stir

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 21:53

Glowingup · 14/10/2025 21:51

Winnifred?

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😂 No, but I would have preferred that.

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 21:54

SeaAndStars · 14/10/2025 21:52

@IDontLikeSpam are you Britannia?

No, I would have loved that!

Bloatstoat · 14/10/2025 21:54

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 21:50

Jessica?

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Yes!

Glowingup · 14/10/2025 21:55

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 21:53

😂 No, but I would have preferred that.

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Maggie?

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