Anne

[LuciaRose]

What do you think of Anne? Is it due for a comeback? I've always thought it was too plain and boring, but I have started to find it quite refreshing to see simple, traditional names like Jane, Mary and Anne, in this world of such fancy, try-hard, made-up sounding names. One thing's for sure, your daughter would be the only Anne - I have never heard of anyone using this as a first name in at least the last ten years!

So,would you use Anne?

I'm an Anne and yes, am fantastic, fiesty and great.

nah seriously, I like it - very few people are called it and when pronounced by an italian, french or spanish accent sounds so sexy and cool

I call myself Anne and Annie alternately, my family and closest friends call me Annie and I like them both

however I have never quite forgiven my sisters for talking my mother out of calling me Esther, indeed for years I hated Anne because it wasn't Esther

got my own back by calling DD2 Esther - my sisters didn't know where to put themselves as I announced it gleefully (see, us Annes - we're mischievous too!!!)

As an Ann "without an e", I would definitely choose a 2 syllable name - I HATE my name - it's so boring, dull and plain, and as I was very shy when I was younger, no-one ever heard me, so I have insisted that our children all have a minimum of two syllable names. (I hated being called Annie growing up (little orphan Annie) but I always wanted to be Anastasia, Cordelia, Sophia - anything other than boring old Ann!