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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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LesbianNana · 14/10/2025 22:03

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:03

Jeremy?

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Yes 😁

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:03

Lelumpolelum · 14/10/2025 22:02

Tilda?

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Nope

whengodwasarabbit1 · 14/10/2025 22:04

I'm a fish, a seafood seller and a drug and I've been popular since the 90's.

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 14/10/2025 22:04

CherrieTomaties · 14/10/2025 22:03

4 syllables.
Lots of nickname variations.
Has a female and male variant.
Greek origin.

Alexandra?

Westfacing · 14/10/2025 22:04

measureofmydreams · 14/10/2025 22:02

Mine was very popular in Irish Catholic families until the 1960's but is very rare to hear a child called it now.

Bernadette?

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BatsatHalloween · 14/10/2025 22:04

Notashamed13 · 14/10/2025 21:37

My shortened version could be set into a ring. However growing up in the 80s it was a very popular dog name.......

Gemma!

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CharliesAngles · 14/10/2025 22:04

CherrieTomaties · 14/10/2025 22:03

4 syllables.
Lots of nickname variations.
Has a female and male variant.
Greek origin.

Olivia?

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:04

I’ve never met another one, but there is a famous singer with my name.

There’s also a song where my name is spelled out.

CherrieTomaties · 14/10/2025 22:04

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 14/10/2025 22:04

Alexandra?

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It is! Very easy clues 😂

neilyoungismyhero · 14/10/2025 22:05

thisfilmisboring123 · 14/10/2025 19:36

People always spell it starting with a J
Phonetically it should be but mine is spelt with a G

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Gillian

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 22:05

Lorddenning1 · 14/10/2025 22:03

My name is Russian, and a shortened version is what a man sometimes has.

”The rest is still unwritten”

Natasha

CherrieTomaties · 14/10/2025 22:05

Lorddenning1 · 14/10/2025 22:03

My name is Russian, and a shortened version is what a man sometimes has.

”The rest is still unwritten”

Natasha!

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:05

whengodwasarabbit1 · 14/10/2025 22:04

I'm a fish, a seafood seller and a drug and I've been popular since the 90's.

Molly

LesbianNana · 14/10/2025 22:05

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 22:02

Jeremy?!

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Yes! That was quick lol

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 22:05

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:04

I’ve never met another one, but there is a famous singer with my name.

There’s also a song where my name is spelled out.

Mia?

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 22:06

Glowingup · 14/10/2025 22:03

Hmmm. Something like Bathsheba?

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No, although DH has reminded me that it’s actually in two songs, not one (I had successfully erased the other from memory). Both by very famous musicians.

ImplodingLoading · 14/10/2025 22:06

Gillian?

LesbianNana · 14/10/2025 22:06

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:04

I’ve never met another one, but there is a famous singer with my name.

There’s also a song where my name is spelled out.

Lola?

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BatsatHalloween · 14/10/2025 22:06

measureofmydreams · 14/10/2025 22:02

Mine was very popular in Irish Catholic families until the 1960's but is very rare to hear a child called it now.

Mary

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Glowingup · 14/10/2025 22:06

IDontLikeSpam · 14/10/2025 21:59

Nope.

Quite a few fictional characters have either this name or the longer version. There is endless potential for mickey taking, but mostly from mine or an older generation; not much from younger generations.

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Or Clementine (which is a song)? Although Clemmie seems to be a pretty common name so maybe not.

Notashamed13 · 14/10/2025 22:06

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.

Valerie? Val?

LesbianNana · 14/10/2025 22:07

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:04

I’ve never met another one, but there is a famous singer with my name.

There’s also a song where my name is spelled out.

Mud? 😁

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:07

Alexandrine · 14/10/2025 22:05

Mia?

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No. But the names have something in common.

MudMyNameIsMud · 14/10/2025 22:07

LesbianNana · 14/10/2025 22:07

Mud? 😁

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Glorious!

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BatsatHalloween · 14/10/2025 22:08

Lorddenning1 · 14/10/2025 22:03

My name is Russian, and a shortened version is what a man sometimes has.

”The rest is still unwritten”

Natasha

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