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Wanda is cool. I see a Wanda as being tall and blonde and kind of Hitchcock-glam. The only one I know pronounces it Vanda, which is good too, but I think I like the wander pronunciation a little better.

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Gladys and Gwendolen are seriously unpopular in Wales these days, but Gladys seems to have taken off with African parents in the UK: over 100 of them were born in the UK between 1984 and 2004, and they nearly all have African surnames. There are some fun combos, like Gladys Morenike and Gladys Omolola. (African parents choosing British names seem to like our funkier old-lady names: I've got a teenage Ghanaian neighbour called Eunice.)

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Combos:
Wanda Gwendolen Gladys ftw!
Wanda Blanche
Wanda Marion
Wanda Jean / Wanda June (like the Vonnegut play)
Wanda Juanita
Gladys Verona
Gladys Olwen (Olwen is quite oldladyish, too)
Gladys Lucille
Gladys Honoria
Gladys Fern
Gwendolen Berenice
Gwendolen Alys
Gwendolen Kitty
Gwendolen Miriam
Gwendolen Sybilla

This message was edited 2/26/2010, 7:49 AM