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Girls name, after someone who is admired or did something special/memorable IYSWIM

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mollysawally · 10/06/2008 17:08

Planning 2nd child. First DD has a family name.

If we have another girl I would like her to be named after someone who did something special or someone who who is admired for her achievements.

Any ideas?

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Alderney · 10/06/2008 17:25

Is thre a particular area of achievement that you and your family would be interested in..

Sport, Music, Health, Religion, Politics, Social Reform...??

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Tortington · 10/06/2008 17:27

florence
emmaline

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themildmanneredjanitor · 10/06/2008 17:29

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Tortington · 10/06/2008 17:29

dorothy
eleanor

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mollysawally · 10/06/2008 17:29

I guess there's no actual area but I guess I would like the woman to be strong and independent. Maybe politics and social reform if I had to narrow it down. Someone who was admired and looked up to for her achievements.

Am I rambling now?

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Tortington · 10/06/2008 17:30

Louisa May
amelia

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Tortington · 10/06/2008 17:30

ella
indira

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SquiffyHock · 10/06/2008 17:31

try here

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themildmanneredjanitor · 10/06/2008 17:31

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Tortington · 10/06/2008 17:31

rosa
joan

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LadyThompson · 10/06/2008 17:31

Doris
Nancy
Sylvia

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Tortington · 10/06/2008 17:32

rosa
rosa
rosa

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McDreamy · 10/06/2008 17:32

I was going to say Florence!

Delia
Elizabeth
Amelia
Marie
Beatrix
Anne
Rosa
Eva
Theresa
Victoria

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MaryAnnSingleton · 10/06/2008 17:32

Jane, as in Austen
Marie

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cece · 10/06/2008 17:33

Golda

Marie

Mary

Florence

Elizabeth

Joan

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cece · 10/06/2008 17:34

Boudicca

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ButterflyMcQueen · 10/06/2008 17:34

i heart Boudica

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Tortington · 10/06/2008 17:36

Sappho - poet
Hildegard
Jiang

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ButterflyMcQueen · 10/06/2008 17:38

cece - x threads!!!!

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mollysawally · 10/06/2008 17:38

Thank you for all the suggestion, everyones so quick!

I'm loving that link squiffy, now I can look them all up, some of them I know, others I'm hearing for the first time

Keep them coming!

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cece · 10/06/2008 17:38

LOL but whihc spelling do you prefer?

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jura · 10/06/2008 17:39

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ButterflyMcQueen · 10/06/2008 17:55

i actually prefer Boadicea but that is asking to be mis pronounced

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DrNortherner · 10/06/2008 17:56

Margaret [snurk]
Elizabeth
Mary
Cleopatra

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cece · 10/06/2008 17:58

How about

Bodeicka?

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