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[Opinions] Re: I have asked around the internet what female names people most associate with horror and the horror genre. These are the results!

by erb816

12/6/2023, 7:57 AM

in reply to a message by CherylTunt

There are some cool names here! Some of my favorite names are Esther, Alice, Lenore, Fay (also Faye), Eve, Veronica, Sabrina (my favorite), Juno, and Ursula.

I also like:

Carrie
Clarice
Wilhelmina "Mina"
Rhoda
Barbara
Tabitha
Marceline
Blanche (pronounced the French way)
Daphne
Tiffany
Heather
Abigail
Rebecca
Justine
Winona
Drusilla
Circe
Rhiannon
Thomasin
Jezebel (the ultimate GP)
Zelda
Delilah
Raven
Lisa
Claire
Fiona
Candace

Jennet almost looks like a futuristic variant of Jeanette - like when Silent Generation names become en vogue, but simplified in a sci-fi manner. I was surprised when I clicked on it and discovered a completely independent Turkic name (Cennet in Turkish)!

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Please rate my personal name lists:

www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/117507
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/109399
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/132018

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- CherylTunt

12/6/2023, 3:45 PM

I was unfamiliar with both the names Jennet and Linnet when I came across them, in Susan Hill's The Woman in Black and Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile, respectively, and figured they were just different spellings of Jeanette and Lynette as well! However, it turns out they're pronounced similarly to Janet, "JENN-it" and "LIN-it". I wish I had more context for both of them. The user submission for "Jennet" is the name I mean. The main antagonist/villain of The Woman in Black is a ghost/entity of dead Welsh woman named Jennet Humfrye.

This message was edited 12/6/2023, 3:48 PM

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