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

Yep!

FWIW, I think Karen is a lovely name and all the Karens I've known / know, have been/are beautiful inside and out.
@BatsatHalloween this is a fantastic thread, but it's stopping me from doing anything 🤣

My name is in a poem by Tennyson and a fairly obscure Abba song 🎵

Michelle. Also a Beatles song.

Maude?

Madonna?

No.

A short and sophisticated palindromic name
Some say simple, some say plain
In Italy and Sweden, they spell it just the same
But I lose a letter (usually) when travelling in Spain.

Elaine!

Anna?

Ana in Spain?

Bingo!

I was kinda hoping for Chiquitita though 😅

Whoops sorry, wrong person! I was referring to the Abba song one.

I liked your poem 🙂

Jaime

Spot on. I think it was easier going through life as Elaine rather than Chiquitta!

I used to be able to (and probably still could if I really concentrated!) the whole of The Lady of Shalott.
I love it, and all the associated paintings of it (mostly Pre-Raphaelite) - a shout out to my English teacher back in the 80s 🙂
It's a lovely name.

I admire the work you put in there!

TV show - Hello, hello

Yvette?
Which is very lovely

Not quite, main character, male

Thank you. And so ìs Charlotte.

Renée. A lovely name.

Renee!

@Violinist64 and @Albemarle10 , correct and thank you. I spell it differently, but love my name.

PS - apologies for lack of accent!