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Nelly May Lois

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randomimposter · 15/01/2010 22:14

sister of Woody.

Thoughts on combo of Woody and Nelly...?

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thesecondcoming · 15/01/2010 22:18

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randomimposter · 15/01/2010 22:20

well I do live quite close... no just curious on views!

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tispity · 15/01/2010 22:23

as long as she does not hook up with Danny Day Lewis

InStyle · 15/01/2010 23:19

Think 'tis sily.

JamesandHisFlamingSword · 16/01/2010 01:57

Nelly only OK as a nickname (IMO).
I suppose it would then be Fenella - which I don't like either (sorry)

Is Woody a nn ?

I wouldn't honestly go with another "ie" ending, myself

JamesandHisFlamingSword · 16/01/2010 01:57

Like Lois as a first name though!

bellissima · 16/01/2010 08:51

Nelly or Nellie is the traditional Yorkshire nn for Eleanor. I was going to be Eleanor after my grandmother, and she vetoed it on the grounds that she had been 'Nellie' her entire life and hated it! In fact I don't mind it (though I prefer Nell) and named my own DD Eleanor. May is also a family name so I would certainly support Eleanor May - but I'd go for the full Eleanor and give her the choice of nns - 'Nelly' also has that elephant connotation...

belgo · 16/01/2010 09:01

I was just thinking what relatively nice normal names for a a celebrity couple.

Congratulations to them!

no1putsbabyinthecorner · 16/01/2010 09:06

My dog is called Nellie, so I like it.

MrsvWoolf · 16/01/2010 09:14

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piscesmoon · 16/01/2010 09:27

I can't get past 'Nellie the Elephant' or 'Not on your Nellie'.

randomimposter · 16/01/2010 11:51

you see I really like Nell as a name, but not SO keen on Nelly...
but was interested what people thought of Woody and Nelly... as in 2 "ys"...

I have a (William) Billy, and (getting way ahead of myself) really like Rosanna (Rosy or maybe Anny), but wonder if Billy and Rosy/Anny is too much....?

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reikizen · 16/01/2010 12:58

Nelly May and Woody - yeehah! Sounds like a wild west show

MaggieNilAonSneachta · 16/01/2010 17:04

I really like Lois... the other two are a bit blah. I knew that with a brother called Woody though, I wasn't going to say, ahhhh! beautiful!

MaggieNilAonSneachta · 16/01/2010 17:05

jolister, billy and annie or billy and Rosie is lovely.

MaggieNilAonSneachta · 16/01/2010 17:07

Eleanor is much nicer imo

LouMacca · 16/01/2010 17:31

lol @ reikizen.

TBH Nelly is exactly the kind of name I would have expected Zoe to use. Its ok but Nell sounds much better.

weegiemum · 16/01/2010 17:33

I don't know where you are but in Scotland Nell or Nellie is a nn for Helen.

Lois? Too Superman for me!

everlong · 16/01/2010 19:28

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susansharpe · 16/01/2010 20:13

thoughts on combo of woody and nelly ? are you for real ? who cares what they call their kids ? do you think that they care that you care about the 'combo of woody and nelly' ? for goodness' sake, go back to work or get a job or do something sensible.

noddyholder · 16/01/2010 20:15

I think its sweet

randomimposter · 16/01/2010 20:21

oooooo, someone's tired susansharpe

why bother to comment if it's SO beneath you?

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MrsMattie · 16/01/2010 20:39

It's a lovely name. Nell is such a cool name, I wanted it for DD but DH thought I was loony.

susansharpe · 16/01/2010 20:40

tired ?is that the best you can do ? oh please take your passive aggressive insults elsewhere and grow up or think of a better way to slag me off. I am on this site because I have always joked with my friends how daft its members are and give women a bad name, especially mums, and guess what ? you have just proved my point within less than half an hour of me joining!