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Ralph and Fenella
What do you think of these two names?I used to think Ralph was ugly and a grandpa name, but recently I started to like it. Fenella is quite interesting, and the nn Fenny is lovely. Opinions? Edited for spelling.
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I *love* the name Ralph. I used to hate it, I thought it was for an old man and kind of ugly. Then I watched the original Lord of the Flies (it's black and white, we had to read the book for English class) and liked the character. I named one of my cats Ralph, and since then, I've loved it.I've never heard of Fenella before, but I like it. I probably wouldn't use Fenny as a nn, I'd use Nell or Ella / Elle / Ellie, etc.
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I like Fenella, hate Ralph. Sorry.
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I really like the name Ralph, but I think Fenella is not at all pretty, and it reminds me of fennel.
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I like Ralph, but the kid would be made fun of and compared to Ralph Wiggum on The Simpsons, who is very "special".
I love Fenella and Fenny is very sweet.
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I don't care for Ralph (sounds like a puking sound imo, and was the name of my annoying uncle). I do really like Fenella quite a bit though. Or maybe Finella, nn Fin or Finn but not Fenny.
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