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

[BatsatHalloween]

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

Nope

Mine is a character from Peep Show :) and also a Roald Dahl character.
Born in the early 80's, I was the only one with this name at school, now I think there are hundreds!

Pauline/Paula

I am female but not actually a lesbian nor a nana. 😂I name changed to it because of a thread and never got around to changing it to something else.

Yes!

Agh this is going to bug me! Valerie? Although I think that’s a lovely name personally.

Yes!

Pauline/Paula

Matilda?

When I was born in 82 I was the first girl to be born with that name in the hospital for 25 years, but these days it’s a very popular name.

i could be a princess or a spider.

No, that’s probably one of the names I’d prefer my own to. @Glowingup has probable come the closest to it with one of her guesses.

I can think of a terribly well spoken actress and a cartoon character from the 80s with the longer version, and a singer’s wife and a character in a sitcom with my version.

Charlotte 🙂

Popular in the 80s/90s. A popular sitcom character had the same name

Charlotte?

Sophie

Unisex name
Brand of jeans!

Deirdre

Lee?

Lee!

Sam
Samantha
Mamfa

Penny/Penelope? They’re both very pretty names though.

Charlotte?

Yes!

I'm the Queen of Hearts, but I never got to be Queen!

Camellia? Clover?