Sheila, Lorraine or Glinda?

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I know these names are unconventional but I was thinking they might be nice. I was originally going to go for Sheila or Lorraine (Lorrie for short) but after watching Wicked I’m thinking maybe Glinda would be fun!

Maybe regional? I’m 46 and knew plenty Lorraine’s during my school years

Agreed 🙏🏼 OP if you're open to suggestions, what about Lorena? Similar but a bit less dated?

The Irish name Síle (anglicised Sheila) is derived from the name Cecilia /Caecelia, brought to Ireland by the Anglo Normans.
Basically, Síle is the Irish form of Cecilia.

Good to know, thank you!

Oops! Whooshed right over my head!

Naming a cat is "fun". A child requires more thought or should do.

Love Lorraine but that’s because of my Auntie Rainbow

Lorena is a lovely suggestion IMO - and no offence OP but you need all the help you can get.

Sheila is probably the best or your (awful) suggestions as the majority are either dead or heading that way if you want to continue the trend of reviving old names.

Names typically go in 100 year trends. Those coming into the charts in 1934 (not in the top 100 of 1924) were:

Angela
Cynthia
Diana
Gillian
Gloria
Heather
Jacqueline
Jennifer
Jill
Joy
Judith
Marian
Marina
Marlene
Molly
Norma
Shirley
Teresa
Valerie
Veronica
Wendy
Yvonne

Glinda is awful sorry!
Sheila and Lorraine are ok but not my taste personally, Sheila is slightly nicer I think.

What about Linda as an alternative? Kind of a mix of the three but is a prettier name.

And from your update Alison and Greta are MUCH better! Alice is lovely too

None of them. Glinda if I had to pick one. I've never met a nice Lorraine and Sheila is two generations ago, apart from being misogynistic if you're in Australia.

Lorrie is nice otherwise I’m not keen

I like the Rainy suggestion, that’s a cute one if you really want one of those. Are they family names your using?
Any possibility of a Rosie or Katie I’ve heard a few Iris, Isla, Mavis, Margot names lately all of which are cute and respectable.
I think maybe you’re suggested names may not have aged very well and above comment about Gilinda being like Cinderella or tinker bell is right unfortunately. However it is not our choice if it’s something you want you are aloud to choose for yourself.

None.

This is so well timed! I read yesterday that Sile is heading to be really popular this year.

Síle (pronounced "shee-la") is a traditional Irish girl's name, the Gaelic form of Sheila, meaning "heaven" or "sky,"

Do you not like your baby OP?

It may be fun to you but this is a person who has to live with this name forever.

If you like old fashioned names I always think Fiona is underrated

Elaine is a better Lorraine and more of a never in never out name.

Sheila is an Aussie female but there were a few cool people named Sheila in the past.

Glinda, I kinda like it but I'm not sure

They are all absolutely awful and it would be a mean thing to do to a child.

Bill Nighy in Love Actually introducing his latest girlfriend "This one's Greta"

yep, this totally sums it up. Just no.

lmao

Are you naming chickens or babies? Chickens - yes
babies - no

my sil is Glinda. She is in her sixties. It was an unusual name but I suspect not now.

Lorraine has given me an earworm of the Bad Manners song. A South African friend is Lori nn from Lorette, and I love it.