Ethel

[tummytickler]

What do you think of Ethel?
I am loving it more and more at the moment - dh is besotted by it (and Morag!). Would love some opinions, as we will not be talking to people in rl about our name making choices!
I am loving Ettie as a nn (and Raggy for Morag!). We would probably use Ethel most of the time and not a nn though.
Middle names will be two from Denise, Violet, Mary, Jean, Eileen, Angela (all family).
Is it going to become huge like Edith/Elsie/Esme?
This is dc5, and my 2dd's have old names and ds's Hebrew (so very old!)

Thanks

My Mum's name is Ethel - she's 80 and hates it. My name is one of your ideas for a middle name - and I hate it!! be amazed if any of them make a come back! Sorry.

A member of my extended family is called Ethel, and changed it as soon as she could. She always hated it.

I really don't think it's a name that will become huge, but if you love it, go for it.

just no

I think Ethel as a name would really grow on me, although it's not an immediate favourite. I prefer it to Morag. (BTW my name is one of your possible middle names and I like it!)

Will always remind me of Ethel in Eastenders, and I'm not even that old.

Sorry... out of all the old names, it's one I really don't like. I'd be more likely to call DD Mavis.

Is Edith that popular now? I much prefer Edith to Ethel.

Don't like it, I'm afraid. But then I don't like any of the old lady names doing the rounds at the moment.

And I can speak, as I have an old lady name (which is now very popular) myself.

If you like it, go for it though.

I really don't like it at all.

Ada
Agnes
Betsy
Clarice
Clarissa
Charity
Delilah
Demelza
Dorothy
Evadne
Esther
Freda
Georgiana
Harriet
Ida
Imelda
Jocasta
Juniper
Jean, love this for a first name!
Keziah
Lucille
Monica
Nell
Nanette
Odette
Penelope
Persephone
Petra
Priya
Rosina
R uth
Sadie
Therese
Uma
Una
Virginia nn Ginny
Wilma
Yolande

It seems like you've been pregnantg forever, tummytickler. I've been on or read loads of name threads for this baby so I really want to find out what you call her in the end!

My nana's name is Ethel.

Have to say that I am not keen on the name at all.

I love Edith

And Enid

sorry, its not very helpful but it made me think of that old lady on the advert who gets led away from the table like a naughty childs after saying '...anyway hes not your dad'. no one said her name was ethel but that the image that came into her head. Honestly if you really like it you should call her it. by the time she is 16 the old lady names will be the names of the 60 sharon, michelle, tracy etc.

It's sound as if your trying too hard to get an old lady name that's not in the Top 100.

It's sound nice at all.

Sorry - it doesn't sound.

Why not go with Ettie/Etta?

LaDiDaDi - had a couple of mc's along the way . This baby is taking longer than we thought it would - last mc was 3 weeks ago, so we are trying again now - talk about names a lot as it takes our mind off it!
I like a lot of your names though and Juniper Jean is on our list as a combo!

oldenglish - noooo I don't want a Tracy!

boys - I love Enid too!

I am trying to draw myself away form the old lady names as I dont want dc's to have dated names, but it seems i rather like them - I still worry Iris, Pearl, Eli and Amos will date and sound crap in a few years! (I have too much time on my hands

Sorry not nice at all.

Juniper Jean is the most fantastic name

No, No and NO! I had a great aunt Ethel, always known as Eth, and thought it dreadful!

No. I can only think of Ethel Austin when I hear the name Ethel.
Sorry.

No,sorry.

I thought I liked all the old lady names, but you've just reminded me that there's at least one which I don't! Edith is so much nicer.

"I thought I liked all the old lady names"

that quote alone would put you off the name, surely?

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No
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I had an auntie Edna; that was bad enough.

Enid makes me shudder. Ethel is OK but surely there are lots of more beautiful names? As for old lady names, I like Mavis!

I would only do it if you think that your DD will be a very sociable, popular confident DC-she will need to be to carry it off. Some old lady names have made a come back (I dislike most of them) but I can't see the ugly ones like Ethel, Muriel, Mildred, Freda, Gertrude, Doris etc ever making it.