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

Yes!

Nicki/NIcola ?

Adele

Marie or Louise?

Yes! 👏👏

Gladys
winifred
Irma
Joan

Been popular for centuries, at least 3 others in my year at school in the early 80s. The original spelling has two 'a's and a Greek meaning.

Catharine?

PEOPLE!!!! Do you not know this is how scammers operate. You give your first name away here, elsewhere you give a clue to your age and before you know it they've got enough to steal your identity. THIS ISNT FUN THIS IS A SCAMMER

or my other clue was going to be lived at Sunnybtook farm

Selena?

Jean (Gene)?

I know just one in RL 🙂

Gillian?

Correct, albeit with a 'K'

Amanda?

Hannah

Greek weaver = me

I've got a Welsh name - my parents had a name they wanted to call me but didn't want everyone to think they'd named me after a Fleetwood Mac song so they shortened it

Louise 😂

Rhianne?

Im skint, Ive nothing to lose.

Same as me, Ms P

Michelle

Mines French
can be spelt 3/4 different ways the way I spell it is 9 letters long.
can start with two different letters and the end has several ways of spelling it
it was popular in my year at school we had 5 of us in the 2005/2006 primary school year.