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[Opinions] Thoughts on Ethel?
I've started to adore Ethel (not that I need another E name to love). I know it's considered the quintessential "old lady" name, but I think it's a fresh vintage choice. What are your thoughts? Middle name suggestions?Thank you!
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love it!!!!
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I kind of like Ethel in a weird sort of way. I don’t think I have the guts to use it. It’s like Mildred in that regard to me.
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It doesn't appeal to me. I think it's more antique than vintage - the sound is an archaic style that doesn't appeal anymore.
Ethelinda or Ethelind could be fresh antiques, though. Maybe with nn Ethel - only if it suited the particular girl.
I named my stand mixer Ethel. Because she's sturdy, plain, a little bit funny, and hardworking, and she makes amazing baked goods. Great-grandmotherly.

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I don’t think it’s fresh at all. I could never imagine someone under 60 named Ethel - it’s a shriveled-up old name that doesn’t need to be brought back.
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AdoreIt's unassumingly regal and beautiful. I've loved it for a long time.Ethel Annabella
Ethel Amicia
Ethel Arabella
Ethel Augusta
Ethel Aurelia
Ethel Aurora
Ethel Beatrice / Beatrix
Ethel Bryony
Ethel Cecilia
Ethel Constantia
Ethel Cordelia
Ethel Corisande
Ethel Cornelia
Ethel Cosima
Ethel Diana
Ethel Dulcinea
Ethel Eugenia
Ethel Eulalia
Ethel Euphemia
Ethel Eurydice
Ethel Frederica
Ethel Georgiana
Ethel Guinevere
Ethel Honoria
Ethel Hypatia
Ethel Isidora
Ethel Jemima
Ethel Jo(h)anna
Ethel Jocasta
Ethel Jocosa
Ethel Juliana
Ethel Kunigunde
Ethel Magdalena
Ethel Marguerite
Ethel Mariana
Ethel Narcissa
Ethel Natalia
Ethel Nimue
Ethel Octavia / Ottavia
Ethel Ourania / Urania
Ethel Philomena
Ethel Polymnia
Ethel Praskovya
Ethel Rosamund
Ethel Rowena
Ethel Sabina
Ethel Saskia
Ethel Saturnina
Ethel Sieglinde / Ségolène
Ethel Sophonisba
Ethel Susanna
Ethel Tatiana
Ethel Varinia
Ethel Violante
Ethel Viviana
Ethel Winifred
Ethel Zenobia
Ethel Zuleika

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My great grandmothers were Ethel and Esther. I thank God Ethel didn't die right before I was born, because I'd have been stuck with Ethel as a first name if she had. As it is, I'm stuck with Esther (I go by my middle name) which is plenty ugly enough, but even it pales in comparison to Ethel. Ethel has such a heavy, thumping sound to it. It's so drab and dumpy and colorless. It's a sad, threadbare brown cardigan of a name. Edna, however, is even worse, and that's saying something.

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Ethel and Edna belong in the dumpster of names, along with Agatha and Agnes and those kinds of old names... They sound like you’re throwing them up out of your mouth and bring to mind mothballs and cat hair everywhere.
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Yep, I agree! I too love e names and while it is an “old lady” name, that doesn’t bother me at all. It certainly would be a fresh vintage choice, but I don’t see it coming back into use for quite a while. Plenty of names work well with Ethel, just depends what kind of mn you would want.
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I LOVE Ethel! It is so adorable! I really don't understand the hatred people give it.
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Personally, I'm not crazy about it. But if you like it, go for it.Ethel Mae
Ethel Louise
Ethel Beatrice
Ethel Theresa
Ethel Susannah
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Sorry don't like it at all
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Oh gross. It's not fresh at all, it's rotten and it smells to high heaven. It's dead now because it deserved to die. Banish it from your mind forever.
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LOL, I pretty much agree with you. Ethel is right up there with Edna in terms of hideousness. It was also the name of my dh's gm. She was a wonderful, spunky lady who got saddled with a bad, bad name.
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Exactly my feelings as well
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Perfect descriptionI feel the same way towards Ethel despite the fact that it was the name of one of my Great-Grandmothers. I think of Ethel as one of those bluntly dated, most unnatractive names. It's right up there with the likes of Barbara, Gertrude, Bertha, Gladys, Helga, Peggy and such.

This message was edited 8/9/2020, 8:21 PM

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