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Which Name Would You Choose?

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FannyCornforth Mon 18-Jan-21 09:36:47

For Yourself, I mean?

(Hello by the way smile)

A bit of light relief on a Monday morning.

What name would you choose for yourself - first, middle, surname, whatever?

One thing that I miss about MN are the baby name threads, I love thinking about names, I think that lots of women do, whether it's from a baby point of view or due an interest in words.

I suppose it depends upon what 'suits' you aswell...

And has anyone ever called you something else for a prolonged amount of time?
When I did voluntary work at a museum, another volunteer was of the firmly held belief that my name was Heather (it isn't).

I'm undecided at present what name I'd choose, but I will mull it over while you post yours (please!)

Thank you x

Bazza Tue 19-Jan-21 07:59:35

I always fancied being a Francesca, or possibly Saskia. Loathe the Christian name my sainted mother chose for me.

Calendargirl Tue 19-Jan-21 08:01:35

lemongrove

FarNorth

39SJV07 the mean girls I remember were Mabel and Veronica from the Bunty - I heartily disliked their hairstyles, too, especially the way the hair was shaped around their ears.

Goodness me, what a memory you have!
There seemed to be a lot of Mary’s in girls comics but I can’t remember any other ones.I read Girls Crystal and Bunty and can’t remember a thing about them now.

It was The Four Mary’s in Bunty.

Mary Simpson, Radleigh, Cotter and Field.

Mary S was the clever one, Mary R was an Earl’s daughter, Mary C had plaits, Mary F was good at sports.

Then there was Miss Creef, form teacher, and Doctor Gull, head.

Mabel and Veronica were nasty, always got their comeuppance eventually. Used the phrase ‘Utterly, utterly’ a lot.

As you can tell, I was a huge Bunty fan, wished I could attend St Elmo’s School For Girls.......

Must stop now.....

FannyCornforth Tue 19-Jan-21 08:06:42

Witzend yes, regarding revival of names...
I don't think that it will be long before we hear of names that were popular during the 40s and 50s.
Pamela, Patricia, Susan etc.
I think that Margaret could have the potential to be very popular.
Any thoughts anyone, on the next big thing girls' names wise?

Grandma70s Tue 19-Jan-21 08:15:30

My names are all right, classic and unembarrassing, but I’d have liked something a bit more exotic. I am always called by my middle name, which does cause problems, but I answer to either name.

As a child I passionately wanted to be called Beryl. I don’t know why I picked on that, but there were a couple of ballet dancers I admired, Beryl Grey and Beryl Goldwyn, so I suppose that’s where I found it.

My surname before I married was very unusual and hard to pronounce and spell. I rather reluctantly took my husband’s name, and found it a relief at first not to have to spell it every time. Now, though, I wish I hadn’t. I miss my interesting surname.

I have two friends with relatively unusual first names. One liked the fact that she was always the only one with that name at school, the other hated her name for the same reason! I’m with the one who liked standing out..

Kenver60 Tue 19-Jan-21 08:25:10

I had a very unusual name, people use to asked me if my parents had made my name up . I pretended my name was Wendy as a child. As an adult I am happy to be different.

Witzend Tue 19-Jan-21 08:25:11

I often wonder when the classics John and Mary - the most popular by far for centuries - will make a comeback.

Dd said she’d have liked John for Gds - uncommon but classic - but it didn’t work well at all with his surname.

My paternal GM was Rose, which IMO is lovely and never really dated. I’d have used it as a middle name for a dd but my DM never really liked her MiL so she’d have been very put out!

Dd used it as a middle for Gdd1, though.

Witzend Tue 19-Jan-21 08:31:18

The name I remember most from comics is Lettice Leefe - the loveable duffer!
I think she was in the SchoolFriend - I’m sure someone else will remember.

Talking of which, I was once delighted to find in a 2nd hand bookshop, the exact same SchoolFriend Pets Annual I had for Christmas in 1958! I adored that book.
I still have the ‘find’.

FannyCornforth Tue 19-Jan-21 08:33:40

Kenver when I was a very little girl, my name was very unusual; lots of people thought that it was made up; and it seemed that noone could spell it.

Then 15 - 20 years down the line it became ridiculously popular - common as muck even!

When I was a mature student a few years back it seemed that half the much younger women were called it.
I'm 49 (today actually! smile) can anyone guess what my name is?

FannyCornforth Tue 19-Jan-21 08:35:39

One of my friends is named Stella.
Her mom said it was after a story in one of the girls' magazines - 'Stella by Starlight'.

Calendargirl Tue 19-Jan-21 08:39:45

? FannyCornforth.

Will try and guess your name.

Witzend Tue 19-Jan-21 08:41:54

A name I’ve never heard of anywhere else is Wilmet - but that was in a novel by Barbara Pym.

The character says she was named after a character in a novel by Charlotte M. Yonge, her mother’s favourite reads.
I’ve never read any of those but presumably BP didn’t make that up.

Mollygo Tue 19-Jan-21 08:43:58

Happy Birthday FC.???

Calendargirl Tue 19-Jan-21 08:44:01

Chloe FannyCornforth?

Witzend Tue 19-Jan-21 08:44:07

@Fanny Cornforth, Olivia?

Mollygo Tue 19-Jan-21 08:46:01

FC, guessing your name wouldn’t be as dangerous as Rumpelstiltskin but probably as tricky!

LauraNorder Tue 19-Jan-21 08:56:15

Very happy birthday ??FannyC ??

FannyCornforth Tue 19-Jan-21 09:07:50

Ah! Thank you everyone! You are very, very kind! thanks

Casdon Tue 19-Jan-21 09:17:09

FannyCornforth is it Louise? My sister is Louise and had exactly those problems as a child, but then the name boomed.

FannyCornforth Tue 19-Jan-21 09:26:11

Nope! Not Chloe, Olivia or Louise.
Molly - love the Rumpelstiltskin reference smile

Marmight Tue 19-Jan-21 09:26:53

Witzend. One of my GS is named John after my late DH (who wasn’t late at the time!) I was surprised but it really suits him and of course now its lovely to have the continuity of the name in the family.
Happy Birthday Fanny

Marmight Tue 19-Jan-21 09:35:02

We considered Isabelle for our first DD but every time it was mentioned my Mum would add ‘necessary on a bicycle’ which was a bit off putting ?. Same with Flora, which I loved. So many people said ‘Flora?! You can’t name a baby after a margarine’. We kept very quiet after that on names for the next 2DDs.

Callistemon Tue 19-Jan-21 09:48:06

Annabelle was my suggestion for one DD.
"It sounds like a boat" said DH. I've come across some lovely Annabelles but none of them were boats.

Happy birthday FannyCornforth
Are you a Jessica?

Callistemon Tue 19-Jan-21 09:49:39

Gemma?

Calendargirl Tue 19-Jan-21 09:50:21

Zoe, FannyCornforth?

Grandma70s Tue 19-Jan-21 09:51:03

My son and DIL rejected Flora for the same reason, Marmight. I agree it is a lovely name