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Fedora?

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Kwini · 16/01/2009 18:20

for a girl...

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Kwini · 23/01/2009 15:06

As far as I can tell, lots of popular names will get commented on - Scarlett will always be Scarlett O'Hara or Johansen; Allegra will always be the pill; Oscar will always be the Grouch, etc. - and as computer operating systems don't really register on our radar, we're not too bothered about that particular connotation!

Just wanted to know if others liked the sound of it in its own right - and am relieved to know that, judging by the responses here, there won't be five of them in kindergarten!

Would she thank us for it? Well, like I said, I love my name...and I reckon Fedora is stylish enough to work for a future actress or barrister (whatever she chooses to be). On the other hand, I doubt she'd thank us for choosing something terribly trendy - Ruby, Esme, Freya, etc. - or, horror of horrors, dull (I've not met a single Anne, Sarah or Jane who doesn't wish she'd been named something else)...

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Kwini · 23/01/2009 15:07

No, Silas

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Horton · 23/01/2009 15:07

Oh no, please don't. It's really really mad. Particularly if you are called Trilby.

2pt4kids · 23/01/2009 15:09

Would be ok if you werent called Trilby too.
People will think you are a mad hatter fetish type

Kwini · 23/01/2009 15:14

That last was to wastingmyeducashun...

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Tanee58 · 23/01/2009 15:20

As in Marner? Does your family have a taste for Victorian literature?

Horton · 23/01/2009 15:20

There must be a slightly less barking middle ground between Ann and Freya. Surely there must.

beforesunrise · 23/01/2009 15:26

you'd be guaranteeing her a life in standup comedy and a permanent spot on the shrink's couch...

wastingmyeducation · 23/01/2009 15:36

Silas is a lovely name, not sure it goes with Fedora though. Sorry.

Kwini · 23/01/2009 15:39

No need to apologise! Am interested to know what people think, even if at the end of the day we don't base our decision on MN

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jenster1976 · 23/01/2009 20:29

Sorry this thread has really made me laugh out loud, I think it'll be a taste of things to come! What about Federica, if you like the fed thing?

Horton · 24/01/2009 17:24

Federica is lovely.

ToAMountainDAISYcal · 24/01/2009 17:37

the meaning, god's gift, is lovely, but with you a trilby and her a fedora, she will be subject to a lifetime of teasing imvho.

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