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Thefastandthecurious5 · 15/10/2025 00:21

GodSavetheJean · 14/10/2025 20:49

I have had every male teacher with the exception of two, sing this famous hit song with my name as the title within a week or two of class starting, my entire life. I am old.

Cecilia? Delilah?

Tillow4ever · 15/10/2025 00:23

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

I’ve not read anything of the thread yet, but I think we have the same name!

LBFseBrom · 15/10/2025 00:24

Woofie7 · 15/10/2025 00:02

Mine is boys or girls
can be spelt two ways .
very of its time 60s70s
never had another in the classes.

Lesley?

GhostOrchid · 15/10/2025 00:25

DaughterOfSqualor · 14/10/2025 23:50

Hmm. I think outing myself on MN is probably the daftest thing I'll do all week, but who's watching?

Ok. My name is fairly traditional, and wasn't particularly common when I was a child (nor is now). It has several legitimate variant spellings but mine isn't the most common of those spellings. My mother was inspired by a Jane Austen novel she was reading while pregnant (no, not that one!) and the spelling is the same. It's also the name of a medieval French queen but not the right spelling. I'm mostly known by its diminutive though. (oh and the wrong spelling is immortalised in the title of a very well-known song...)

Elinor/Eleanor/Ellie?

or Katharine/Catherine/Kate - but that’s always been popular.

LBFseBrom · 15/10/2025 00:25

Thefastandthecurious5 · 15/10/2025 00:21

Cecilia? Delilah?

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Peggy Sue?

Tillow4ever · 15/10/2025 00:25

Never mind. I see I was wrong. I thought you were another Michelle, which was hugely popular in the 80’s - I knew loads of people with the same name!

LBFseBrom · 15/10/2025 00:28

DaughterOfSqualor · Yesterday 23:50
Hmm. I think outing myself on MN is probably the daftest thing I'll do all week, but who's watching?
Ok. My name is fairly traditional, and wasn't particularly common when I was a child (nor is now). It has several legitimate variant spellings but mine isn't the most common of those spellings. My mother was inspired by a Jane Austen novel she was reading while pregnant (no, not that one!) and the spelling is the same. It's also the name of a medieval French queen but not the right spelling. I'm mostly known by its diminutive though. (oh and the wrong spelling is immortalised in the title of a very well-known song...
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Eleanore - Eleanor of Acquitaine, Eleanor Rigby.

LBFseBrom · 15/10/2025 00:30

WalkingWavy · 14/10/2025 23:30

No one my age has my name. A lot of my friends mums or aunties are called this. It’s French. About 50% of people pronounce it wrongly

Eileen

LeftBoobGoneRogue · 15/10/2025 00:30

wizzler · 14/10/2025 20:35

My name is very short, not much more than an initial really. You never ever meet anyone called this who is younger than 55

Kay

groovergirl · 15/10/2025 00:33

notabletocope · 15/10/2025 00:16

Welsh. Long, shortened a lot, difficult to pronounce if not Welsh speaker

Myfanwy, nn Miffy?

LBFseBrom · 15/10/2025 00:34

GhostOrchid · Yesterday 22:27
Ooh… this is fun.
Don’t think mine has come up.
Uncommon without being unusual. I was the only one at my school (born in the 70s).
Lots of different ways to spell it. Also a boy’s name (now deeply unfashionable).
Think of a scarlet film star. Or a pretty woman.
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Vivien

groovergirl · 15/10/2025 00:42

LBFseBrom · 14/10/2025 23:56

My name has more than one spelling, with 3-5 letters.
It is a man's name in some parts of the UK though rarely used now for boys.
It is frequently lengthened! People wrongly assume it is short for another name.
In the year I was born it was ranked 74th most popular girl's name Only a few boys were given it.
It was an acceptable name.
One of its meanings (in English), is to do with water, eg a stream or pool.

I'm thinking Brook/Brooke, or Lyn/Lynn/Lynne ... am I close?

LBFseBrom · 15/10/2025 00:47

groovergirl · 15/10/2025 00:42

I'm thinking Brook/Brooke, or Lyn/Lynn/Lynne ... am I close?

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Clever you! Not Brooke.

People who don't know me have often called me, 'Linda".

LancashireButterPie · 15/10/2025 00:48

LBFseBrom · 15/10/2025 00:28

DaughterOfSqualor · Yesterday 23:50
Hmm. I think outing myself on MN is probably the daftest thing I'll do all week, but who's watching?
Ok. My name is fairly traditional, and wasn't particularly common when I was a child (nor is now). It has several legitimate variant spellings but mine isn't the most common of those spellings. My mother was inspired by a Jane Austen novel she was reading while pregnant (no, not that one!) and the spelling is the same. It's also the name of a medieval French queen but not the right spelling. I'm mostly known by its diminutive though. (oh and the wrong spelling is immortalised in the title of a very well-known song...
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Eleanore - Eleanor of Acquitaine, Eleanor Rigby.

Marianne/Marian

groovergirl · 15/10/2025 01:09

LBFseBrom · 15/10/2025 00:47

Clever you! Not Brooke.

People who don't know me have often called me, 'Linda".

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Lyn/Lynn/Lynne sound very fresh and elegant now. I'm surprised they're not being used as middle names, when everyone's looking for strong one-syllables.

Olivia Lynne, Sophia Lynne, Emilia Lynne .... it totally works.

Spidey66 · 15/10/2025 01:25

Mine was very popular the decade I was born (60s). It's often popular as a middle name or a hyphenated name. There are two ways of spelling it, with or without a letter....mine has it.

And this clue will make it a giveaway.....a member of the royal Family, known for their love of horses, has it.

MudMyNameIsMud · 15/10/2025 01:35

Spidey66 · 15/10/2025 01:25

Mine was very popular the decade I was born (60s). It's often popular as a middle name or a hyphenated name. There are two ways of spelling it, with or without a letter....mine has it.

And this clue will make it a giveaway.....a member of the royal Family, known for their love of horses, has it.

Anne / Ann

YoureGoingToHaveToTrustMe · 15/10/2025 01:36

crinkletits · 14/10/2025 22:46

My name is the female equivilant of what you’d possibly call a man with a 1” willy.

Haha Justine?

Spidey66 · 15/10/2025 01:38

MudMyNameIsMud · 15/10/2025 01:35

Anne / Ann

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Correct -Anne. I made that easy!!!

YoureGoingToHaveToTrustMe · 15/10/2025 01:39

Userjal · 14/10/2025 22:54

A very famous female singer has my name. She’s the first person you think of when you hear my name. Fairly uncommon. I don’t think there’s ever been a period in time it’s been popular, and I don’t know anyone else with the name

Anastasia?

FunkyFringe · 15/10/2025 01:40

ChestnutHairedSunfish · 14/10/2025 23:20

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

Rhian

FunkyFringe · 15/10/2025 01:46

notabletocope · 15/10/2025 00:16

Welsh. Long, shortened a lot, difficult to pronounce if not Welsh speaker

Angharad - Angie
Gwenllian - Gwen
Myfanwy - Myfi

MudMyNameIsMud · 15/10/2025 01:48

Spidey66 · 15/10/2025 01:38

Correct -Anne. I made that easy!!!

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TBF I would have guessed it from the first paragraph as it’s my middle name.

Albemarle10 · 15/10/2025 02:08

NC for this!
My name is not from Ancient Rome or Greece or the Bible or a saint’s name but it is the name
of a member of a famous acting family.

Orlastuff · 15/10/2025 02:13

Mine’s is part of a title of a book……