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Barbara

Andie

Mom: Susan
MIL: Kathleen nn Kathy

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Perfect examples of the decades they were born in

Diane

Loretta "Darlene"

Deborah

My grandmother was Florence Beatrice, and my mother was Beatrice.

Regan.

Suzanne

Karita

Camilla.

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Grand mothers: Siw & Britt

Sylvia

My mom is Terri. Not short for anything (teachers often called her Theresa), and she says her name was misspelled all the time growing up (usually as Terry, but occasionally as Teri), so she has never really liked it. Though, apparently, Sheila was also considered, and of the two she's glad her parents chose Terri. :-P

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Edit: if we're doing middle names, she's Terri Lynne.

This message was edited 5/12/2025, 7:09 AM

My mom was Amy Drew.

Tove.

Bertha :)

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She was born to Pennsylvania Dutch parents for context. I really like her name, sometimes I think I wouldn’t have minded being named after her but I probably wouldn’t have liked it when I was younger haha.

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And I adore the name Polly btw!

Isabel. Growing up, I so rarely encountered anybody with this name, it was almost a celebration if we found it. Now in the last decade, they've been popping up like daisies and suddenly kid shows are featuring characters with some variant of this name.

Zhanna :)

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Woman figure who take care of me now is called Cheslava
It is very Western Ukrainian name.

This message was edited 5/11/2025, 7:19 PM

Nicole

I really like the name Polly. It's so cheerful!

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My mother's name is Lori.

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My mother-in-law is Rosa Maria.

Emma!

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When she was born in 1952 and when she was growing up, my mom thought Emma was such a weird name and she never encountered anyone with it. Nowadays she meets little ones named Emma everywhere she goes!

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Mom's first and middle named are Emma Jean, and that's what my grandma called her - lots of people thought she was Imogene when she was little.

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Once a waitress asked if Emma was short for Emerald, because the waitress had a niece named Emerald that they called Emma - my mom told her that no one would have been named Emerald in 1952. (It was honestly kind of rude the way my mom said it, but I kind of thought she had a point lol.)

Heidi

Eustolia "Toya"

Sylvia

My mother's name is Lorraine. Some call her Lori, some call her Rainey. Her middle name is Leanne.

Magdalena.