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Eugenia?

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CruCru · 02/02/2013 10:00

What do you think? A bit too old fashioned?

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GraceSpeaker · 02/02/2013 10:26

It is a bit Victorian, but a nice meaning ('well-born')! She could end up as 'Genie', which wouldn't be too bad.

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Dominodonkey · 02/02/2013 16:57

Awful. Sorry!

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nicelyneurotic · 02/02/2013 17:05

I wouldn't, personally, but think it's nice when people go for unusual names

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CruCru · 02/02/2013 17:05

Oh well. I love it but DH will probably hate it.

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Snusmumriken · 02/02/2013 17:05

It sounds too much like eugenics.

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SPBInDisguise · 02/02/2013 17:06

I'm sorry but absolutely not. Did it used to be a name? too many awful associations

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Snusmumriken · 02/02/2013 17:08

Eugenia

Not to forget this book...

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CruCru · 02/02/2013 17:17

It was the name of one of Victoria and Alberts children. Also, isn't there a Princess Eugenie?

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ImNotaPheasantPlucker · 02/02/2013 17:21

Reminds me of Ugenia Lavender by Geri Halliwell.

Sorry!

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SPBInDisguise · 02/02/2013 17:38

oh yes of course. Eugenie. And strangely I'd never made the connection, yet it was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the thread title
Sorry OP

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 02/02/2013 18:53

Don't like it. Reminds me of eugenics, which is not a good association.

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baskingseals · 02/02/2013 19:53

i was talking about this name today!

i like it, but prefer Eugenie.

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Rhubarbgarden · 02/02/2013 20:41

I met a toddler Eugenia a couple of years ago. I was a bit Shock. Her parents were vair vair posh.

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alexpolismum · 02/02/2013 20:54

In Greece it's pronounced Evgenia, which I like much better

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SoggySummer · 02/02/2013 21:14

I really like it.

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JazzAnnNonMouse · 02/02/2013 22:39

Makes me think of eugenics immediately - sorry!

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MidnightMasquerader · 03/02/2013 03:57

May I suggest Bonnie as a prettier alternative? Wink

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BananaHammocks · 03/02/2013 14:30

I love it! Can be shortened to Gene or Genie, it is quite geeky but I like that! Whether a teenage Eugenia would feel the same is another thing entirely!

But I have a similar middle name and I have come to love it!

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CruCru · 03/02/2013 14:42

Thanks for the suggestion but I don't like Bonnie.

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MidnightMasquerader · 03/02/2013 16:35

Sorry, that was a Gone With The Wind reference. :)

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MerlotAndMe · 03/02/2013 16:36

I like it.

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CruCru · 03/02/2013 17:19

Ah. Thanks Midnight, I haven't read it.

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BuntyPenfold · 03/02/2013 17:27

I love Eugenie. Pretty and sophisticated.

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Teapot13 · 03/02/2013 20:42

The Russians pronounce it Yevgenia, with Zhenya as a nickname. It's pretty mainstream there.

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