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Help[Opinions] Re: Monthly Alphabet Soup List
in reply to a message by namesarecool285
Here comes the soup ... I'll keep yours if I like them, and add mine.
Alice, Anne, Annabel
Beatrice, Belinda, Bryony, Barbara
Cecily, Clare, Caroline
Dorothy, Daisy, Deborah, Dinah
Elizabeth, Evelyn, Esme, Eloise, Emily
Florence, Fiona, Felicity
Genevieve, Gwyneth, Gillian
Heather, Helen, Harriet; Hilary?
Imogen, Isobel
Jennifer, Judith, Jane, Joy, Jean, Joanna, Jocelyn
Karen, Katharine
Lyndall, Laura, Lucy
Margaret, Mary, Marianne, Marjorie, Miranda
Nancy, Nina
Olivia
Penelope, Philippa, Pamela, Polly
Ruth, Rosamond, Rosemary, Rebecca, Rachael
Sally, Suzanne, Susannah
Talitha, Tessa, Topsy
Vanessa, Vickie
Winona
Adrian, Alaric, Alan, Alastair
Bernard, Brian, Benjamin, Brendan
Conrad, Charles, Cedric
David, Derek, Douglas, Daniel
Edward, Edwin
Francis, Frederick, Fraser, Fergus
Gareth, Gavin, Gregor and Gregory, Graham
Hugh, Hugo, Hilton
Ian, Ivor
John, nn Jack, Joseph, James
Keith, Kenneth
Laurence, Lewis
Michael, Max, Martin
Noel, Nigel
Oswald, Oliver
Peter, Patrick, Paul
Quentin
Robin, Roy, Richard
Stephen
Trevor, Timothy, Thomas
Victor, Vernon, Vincent
William, Walter
Alice, Anne, Annabel
Beatrice, Belinda, Bryony, Barbara
Cecily, Clare, Caroline
Dorothy, Daisy, Deborah, Dinah
Elizabeth, Evelyn, Esme, Eloise, Emily
Florence, Fiona, Felicity
Genevieve, Gwyneth, Gillian
Heather, Helen, Harriet; Hilary?
Imogen, Isobel
Jennifer, Judith, Jane, Joy, Jean, Joanna, Jocelyn
Karen, Katharine
Lyndall, Laura, Lucy
Margaret, Mary, Marianne, Marjorie, Miranda
Nancy, Nina
Olivia
Penelope, Philippa, Pamela, Polly
Ruth, Rosamond, Rosemary, Rebecca, Rachael
Sally, Suzanne, Susannah
Talitha, Tessa, Topsy
Vanessa, Vickie
Winona
Adrian, Alaric, Alan, Alastair
Bernard, Brian, Benjamin, Brendan
Conrad, Charles, Cedric
David, Derek, Douglas, Daniel
Edward, Edwin
Francis, Frederick, Fraser, Fergus
Gareth, Gavin, Gregor and Gregory, Graham
Hugh, Hugo, Hilton
Ian, Ivor
John, nn Jack, Joseph, James
Keith, Kenneth
Laurence, Lewis
Michael, Max, Martin
Noel, Nigel
Oswald, Oliver
Peter, Patrick, Paul
Quentin
Robin, Roy, Richard
Stephen
Trevor, Timothy, Thomas
Victor, Vernon, Vincent
William, Walter
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Out of your female list, I'm loving the names Alice, Anne, Annabel, Beatrice, Belinda, Bryony, Barbara, Cecily, Clare, Caroline, Dorothy, Daisy, Deborah, Elizabeth, Evelyn, Esme, Emily, Florence, Fiona, Felicity, Genevieve, Gwyneth, Gillian (I have a preference for the soft g pronunciation, personally. I do prefer the Jillian spelling, but Gillian is also gorgeous!), Heather, Helen, Harriet, Hilary, Imogen, Jennifer, Judith, Jane, Jean, Joanna, Jocelyn, Karen, Lyndall, Laura, Lucy, Margaret, Mary, Marianne, Marjorie, Miranda, Nancy, Nina, Pamela, Polly, Ruth, Rosemary, Rebecca, Sally, Suzanne, Susannah, Talitha, Tessa, and Vanessa!
Responding is a pleasure. And it's also good to know another William: my late and distant cousin was named William "because" his father was Robert. That was the pattern, for generations - Robert has a son William who has a son Robert ... ad infinitum, except my cuz and his wife never had children. He fought in the Royal Engineers throughout the Second World War, and nearly missed the last boat at Dunkirk. He and his mates were only 20 years old, and their highly responsible job was to go ahead of the army and check that bridges, railways, whatever were safe and in good working order, and to fix them if they weren't. Their informal motto was First In, Last Out because when the troops were in retreat they had to sabotage all the bridges, railways etc to slow the enemy down, and quite close to Dunkirk they just had to take a rest. And fell fast asleep, but luckily woke up just in time to run to the harbour. If I'd had a second son, one of his names would have been William.