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

Paulette ?

@LiquoriceAllsorts2 @Waitingfordoggo - Not honey (thankfully 😬)

Rachel?

Rachel?

Yes @MusicalAnarchy! Well done 🙂

Melissa?

And @EducatingArti

Not marigold, primrose or dulcie. Clue it begins with a c

Mignonette
Dahlia
Viola
Buttercup
Primrose
Amaryllis
Iris, Jasmine, Marguerite, Calla, Erica (I’ve known people called these names, but only one of each name)
Lavender
Veronica (I’ve known 2 people called this)
Lillian
Marigold
Myrtle (a beloved MN poster)

Very popular in the early seventies, I’m the half of Birds of a Feather that hasn’t appeared yet. I hate it!!!

Is it Chrysanthemum @Bambi3919?

Caroline!

Candy/Candace?

@MamaBoboYou’re Sharon!

Sharon

I love the name Danielle.

I was Henry’s rose without a thorn

Sharon - also a flower

edit: I’m late with this, because I had to go up the thread to see which name had already appeared

It’s been around for at least three hundred years, it comes and goes in the list of popular names. There is only one spelling of the name.

Louise

Going from experience (!!) you could be either Becky or Rachel?

This is a brilliant thread concept but completely batshit to follow and work out which replies are to which posts 🤣

Nobody guessed mine yet

Diedre

No none of these. It begins with a C

Tansy?

Bluebell?

Hyacinth?