It's my grandmother's name. I've never liked it. She's never liked it. My grandpa never liked it and always called her by her first and middle (
Edna Jean) to sort of feminize it...or something. The only reason she has that name is because her parents had no sons to name after her father (
Edward James).
My grandma is one of the most important people in my life, and I would like to name a daughter for her someday, but I wouldn't use
Edna or
Jean to do it. (I've never cared for
Jean either, AND it's the middle name of my mother and a cousin, and I don't want it to look like it's for anyone other than my grandmother), so I plan on using
Edith Jane, assuming I can get my still hypothetical future SO to agree!
At any rate, I have trouble seeing it as spunky and cute, and I really hate
Eddie.