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what is the most underated name in your opinion

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mumofeightplusfour · 18/05/2010 13:02

to balance a previous thread what names do you think are less popular than they should be
imho gladys and tudor are great names and should be more popular

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pantaloons · 19/05/2010 20:12

Just to redress the balance.....Archie!

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mumofeightplusfour · 19/05/2010 22:22

mabel
rosalind

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LowLevelWhinging · 19/05/2010 22:25

Definitely Jemima!
Hamble?

Sally
Jane
Emma

hmmm...70's gal alert

jeananddolly · 19/05/2010 22:29

Jean
Dolly

Hedwig3 · 20/05/2010 12:33

Sally
Anna

I agree with these too.

ChickensNeedOpposableThumb · 20/05/2010 12:39

Laura
Jane
Eleanor
Ophelia
Conor
Daragh
Ciaran
Nathan

specialmagiclady · 20/05/2010 12:42

Katy. I would have called DS2 that in a jif if he'd been a girl....

drivingmissdaisy · 20/05/2010 12:44

Bruce

jenduff · 20/05/2010 12:46

Anna; Elizabeth; Catherine - all lovely timeless classic names with lots of derivatives to find a nickname to suit anyone.

CrankyTwanky · 20/05/2010 12:55

Yes, CitH, it is a good name, isn't it?

catinthehat2 · 20/05/2010 13:00

YOu sound as if you have a conflict of interst

Hedwig3 · 20/05/2010 16:23

I do like this thread, it is positive even though there are many different tastes in names.

Fourleaf · 20/05/2010 18:30

Second vote for John.

orienteerer · 20/05/2010 18:30

3rd vote for John

ShadeofViolet · 20/05/2010 18:35

Arthur
Rose (as in its always the bridesmaid, hardly ever the bride)

EvaBrick · 21/05/2010 06:26

Lara

Sakura · 21/05/2010 06:42

Rachel
It means beautiful apparently, and everyone I've ever known with that name was beautiful

WhatsAllThisThen · 21/05/2010 07:12

agree with Lara. Pretty but not too frilly. Really lovely name.

MamaLazarou · 21/05/2010 08:10

Kenneth

infinityandbeyond · 21/05/2010 08:13

Walter
Geoffrey

Kathyjelly · 21/05/2010 08:15

Theo

PuppyMonkey · 21/05/2010 08:19

DD2 (aged three) has a little mate called... Richard. That's a brill name.

MegSophandEmma · 21/05/2010 08:23

Douglas and Elizabeth

DuelingFanjo · 21/05/2010 08:32

Ruth
Joan

LaRagazzaInglese · 21/05/2010 10:18

Jane
Cleo
Evette