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Ethel is quite good but I prefer Edith for its sound.
I dislike all the other names.

It's a pretty and nice-sounding old fashioned name!

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Audrey, Martha, Bianca, Phoebe, Natalia, Jacqueline, Lorraine, Suzanne, Apolonia, Cecilia, Nancy, Olimpia, Elyse

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Anthony, Sergio, Dominic, Vincent, Matthew, Christopher, Russell, Randall, Nicholas, Bogdan, Israel, Linus, Sebastian

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For some reason I kind of like it but I'm not sure I would actually use it.

Welp, I think Ethel is ugly. But it's starting to seem not just ugly, but charming-ugly, like Gretchen and Bridget. And there's Ethel Mertz. I'd like it to come back.

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Love Thomasina. Hate Olive and Beatrice.

This message was edited 6/15/2017, 7:57 AM

Ethel is cute; I like it. I also like all of the other names you mentioned except Thomasina (silly awkward feminization, in my opinion) and Meredith (drab).

I personally wouldn't use Ethel but I'd like to see it used.

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I like Enid, Thomasina and Beatrice. Florence is nice too, but it's so popular.

I adore Ethel, as well as Enid, Thomasina, and Beatrice.

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Olive and Florence are nice, but I wouldn't consider them underused.

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Meredith definitely does not have the same patina of time-honored charm as the other names.

it's "underused" for a very good reason; the reason is that it's uglier than homemade sin. That isn't just my opinion; it's the opinion of the masses both here and in the UK, evidently.
Effie for Ethel doesn't really work unless you're a little kid who pronounces Ethel as Effle. Because that's really what is sounds like.
Florence is kind of pretty but the others suck.

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Meredith is not terrible but it definitely doesn't have the same old-lady vibe as the other names. It's very much a 1980's prep school cheerleader type name.

If I were to use Ethel, I would use the version Ethelinda. This way, the child might have variance on whether to pronounce the second letter "e"--even varying her pronunciation upon various occasions; actually, she might even use a long E sound to begin the name--allowing the second "e" to remain silent like the famous river Lethe--I really like this!

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Then she could always be Ethel for short; still she would always have a unique, yet quite traditional name - as an Anglo-Saxon twist upon an ancient name / theme. Sorry if I "got carried away"...

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I think Olive is my favorite among the list; but I should give further consideration to Thomasina, which I've only first learned somewhat recently.

This message was edited 6/15/2017, 3:36 AM