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Ethel
What are your opinions on Ethel? I love an old-fashioned underused name (22 Ethel's born in England and Wales in 2015). I really like it. Possibly with nn Effie. Also can I have opinions on some other favourites with a similar feel...Enid
Olive
Florence
Thomasina
Beatrice
Meredith~ Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry ~
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Hi !!!Ethel is quite good but I prefer Edith for its sound.
I dislike all the other names.
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For some reason I kind of like it but I'm not sure I would actually use it.
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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.Love Thomasina. Hate Olive and Beatrice.

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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).
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I personally wouldn't use Ethel but I'd like to see it used.I like Enid, Thomasina and Beatrice. Florence is nice too, but it's so popular.
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I adore Ethel, as well as Enid, Thomasina, and Beatrice.Olive and Florence are nice, but I wouldn't consider them underused. Meredith definitely does not have the same patina of time-honored charm as the other names.
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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.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.
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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! 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"...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.

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