carni 10,094 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 You are correct about the estimated age of the ladies names in your list benjamin. I worked in a Hospice before I retired and one morning in one of the offices there were six of us ladies, all with the same Christian name one of which is in your list and we were all within 2/3 years of the same age. Edit. Sorry five of the six. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,162 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Had a Doorman work for me a few years ago,........right good looking,6ft 3in,muscular build and a bit of a rebel called himself Rio,and everyone thought that was his name,..........i knew his real name,and one night he was giving it 'Large' to all-un-sundry,and i shouted over to him.......'Aubrey' have you got a minute'..he behaved after that, lol.........in fact he was aa very good Doorman,..... 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 #24. My mam was a Elsie, we didn't like it so called her "old woman" instead. Much better !! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 #27 I really like the name Aubrey 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 It's funny how people always manage to alter your name, I answer to Chrissie, Chris, Christine, Crispy, Christabelle, Oye You! One of my favorites was "Chrissile the guided missile", I earned that, when I won a Darts match with double top, on a friendly day out in Shropshire. My real favorite is Chrissie, as hubbs calls me. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I hate my name Brenda! It puts in mind a big buxom barmaid. Mum wanted to call me Wendy but dad said everyone would call me Windy so Brenda it was. My husband calls me Ci ( pronounced chee). Or baby! Italian names have their maculine and feminine versions with some exceptions. Some of them translated are very old names. A neice called her son Iacopo and everyone said ugh or words to that effect but as he grew we couldnt see him with another name. I like the name Anjelica but cant say its my favourate and I dont really have a hate name apart from my own. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 My mum said I was Eve when I was born, then became Vivienne shortly after. She changed it again when the doctor visited and said "I've always liked the name Margaret". I've been Margie, Margaret or Marg at various times in my life, but never Maggie... Our eldest son was named after my cousin's Alsatian (Gary). The next one was called Craig after one of The Champions (can you remember that TV series?) and our daughter is Diane because Paul didn't liked Dinah, which is what I wanted. Of course before the days of ultrasound scans, we had to choose a boy's and a girl's name before they were born, so Gary might have been Anita, Craig was going to be Katie, and Diane might have been Steven 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted February 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 This thread's going well. Just over four hours and 32 posts. Looking at some of the feminine names I like Daisy and Dinah. Melissa, you'll have my sister to reckon with in not liking Ian. Brenda the big buxom barmaid - rolls off the tongue nicely Funny enough, I always think that the name Brenda sounds Italian. Maybe there is a similar word in that language. I see Elsie as a char-lady in a turban and overall. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 My mam had decided on the name Alan as she was sure she was having a boy,until the midwife announced ,you have a daughter,so I am Joan(glad they didn't call me Alan,would have looked a bit daft at school) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Mrs Catfan's middle name is Margeret, Margie, What about middle names too, I'll kick off with mine which is .......................Kevin ! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I hate to hear of anyone called Harvey! Bad enough having it as a piggin surname! Shane is a pet hate for me too, its just not masculine. Or should I say it sounds too feminine! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Well my second name is Edward. Which is OK but I really dislike it abbreviated in any way especially when it gets down to Ted! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 My middle name is Jade.. not a huge fan of that either! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Mum said they chose the name Shirley because they liked it and they thought it would not get shortened. I like their choice and it does get shortened to Shirl but I am happy with that amongst friends. My mum hated her name so when we chose names for our son we decided that he should have choice when he got older. He has three first names and each one can be shortened. When we registered him and they issued a medical card they would not all fit! He has stuck to using the first of his names and its shortened version. On my family tree there are some very pretty names that I love: Ellen, Louisa and Nora. Also there are unusual ones: Gorbutt and Obadiah. I believe that Gorbutt was given his mother's family name. Obadiah is Biblical. I have often heard people comment on the very trendy modern names saying that people would be stuck with them when they go to draw their pension. By the time that the Chardonnays are old enough to retire I wonder if there will be a state pension and I doubt that the Post Office will exist, replaced by full electronic payments. There are no names that I actually dislike. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 All of my 5 siblings were given middle names. Except me. WHY. What did I do wrong? Perhaps thi dint wont mi? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,162 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Brenda don't sound Italian Chulla.......................imagine Brenda and Umberto........just dont sit right................ and Catfan..................Kevin hey...........ah,ah,ah,ah,ah,ah,ah,ah,...........sorry Kev nice name.........ah,ah,ah,ah,ah,ah, 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Me mam's name was Mildred. Seems very dated, not a name I liked much. (I did like me mam though) First wife's name was Janet Maureen. I always liked both. She didn't like Maureen. She said folks pronounce it Maaawwrreeen. She said that sounds like a gormless girl. Second wife also Janet. So that's easy for me to remember. Doubt that I'll ever get to Janet the 8th though. Me: David Richard. Happy enough with those. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 When I was in labour the midwife asked me what names we'd chosen. I said Ian (sorry Melissa!) for a boy, Nicola for a girl. She said thank God it's not Jason, if I deliver another Jason I'll scream. Jason was the 'in' name in 1972. As it turns out, every Jason I met later through playgroup and school, was the devil incarnate. Glad we hadn't picked it. We chose Ian because it can't be shortened or nicknamed. We did think of Nicholas but decided he we would get called knickerless at school. Before we moved down south, I had to register him in school down there, rang them up and said his name is Ian Scott James, she said what a nice name, it sounds like an author! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,469 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 One which hasn't been mentioned yet - my grandma was named Ida. Not many of them around now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I quite like the name Wendy. If I were a girl, that'd suit me. LOL 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 My mother was Joan. You don't hear that one now. Personally I don't like it but I do like the Irish derivative - Siobhan 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Had an aunt named Ida. You are right though, Cliff. Not many of 'em around. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Wendy fly !!!???? More like a shenezza Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Don't know if it true, but J.M.Barrie invented the name Wendy when writing Peter Pan. Got it from saying my friendy-wendy. Most likely wrong, I have been known once or twice to be wrong, LOL. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I have heard that story before. Its always Windy Wendy to me and why has this box that I am typing in changed the colour of its border from grey to a mildew greeny colour? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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