Board 8 > I need to know the most boring and unimposing female names.

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Anagram
04/21/23 1:57:02 AM
#1:


So far, I have Jane, Ann, and Linda, but I need more.

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KamikazePotato
04/21/23 2:02:34 AM
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Beth

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KCF0107
04/21/23 2:03:13 AM
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Sarah

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04/21/23 2:04:51 AM
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Heather
Jill
Lisa
Megan
Melisa
Nancy

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Kenri
04/21/23 2:23:02 AM
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These are two very different qualities in a name. I agree with Sarah and Jane for boring, but unimposing is more like e.g. Sunshine, Princess, basically anything that works better as a pet name than a birth name or is embarrassing/childish.

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mnk
04/21/23 2:23:45 AM
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Ann and Beth for sure.

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junk_funk
04/21/23 6:07:35 AM
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Um.

Nancy is the correct answer.

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masterplum
04/21/23 6:14:25 AM
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Ruth

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04/21/23 6:20:31 AM
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Hannah

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Leonhart4
04/21/23 6:37:26 AM
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Lynn

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cyko
04/21/23 7:45:39 AM
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Kate


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HanOfTheNekos
04/21/23 7:49:17 AM
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Egg

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paperwarior
04/21/23 7:59:18 AM
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Kenri posted...
These are two very different qualities in a name. I agree with Sarah and Jane for boring, but unimposing is more like e.g. Sunshine, Princess, basically anything that works better as a pet name than a birth name or is embarrassing/childish.
I'd expect those characters to have something to prove.

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bryans7
04/21/23 8:05:19 AM
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Claire.

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Jukkie
04/21/23 8:07:48 AM
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Her?

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azuarc
04/21/23 8:20:48 AM
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Leonhart4 posted...
Lynn

Came in to post this.

Unimposing names need soft sounds. Kate, for instance, is the exact opposite of unimposing and is used for a number of heroine characters in novels. But it also needs to be something that doesn't stand out as remarkable, like, say, Robin, which makes you think of the bird. And, of course, anything not super common is going to stand out as well.

If you're just looking for someone to blend into the background, a name like Jennifer can work.

Looking at a name frequency chart, some other ideas:

Mary
Susan (but not Mary Sue, lol)
Betty
Helen
Donna
Sharon
Deborah
Melissa
Brenda
Amy
Martha

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Mega_Mana
04/21/23 8:55:44 AM
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Jess
Linda
Ann
Megan
Hannah
Tina
Madison

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masterplum
04/21/23 9:20:29 AM
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Mildly unrelated, but is Shiv the most imposing female name possible.

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Raka_Putra
04/21/23 9:22:41 AM
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Yunalesca

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Lil_Bit83
04/21/23 10:15:51 AM
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Sarah
Maria
Paula
Barbara
Jenny
Linda
Jessica

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Kenri
04/21/23 10:21:55 AM
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paperwarior posted...
I'd expect those characters to have something to prove.
All women have something to prove.

But yeah I do see your point.

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ChaosTonyV4
04/21/23 10:25:45 AM
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Its Susan.

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HanOfTheNekos
04/21/23 10:32:50 AM
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I hope this wasn't too pressing of a need of Anagram - he hasn't responded since starting the topic, so I fear we may have failed him.

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foolm0r0n
04/21/23 10:47:32 AM
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Emily by far

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dilateDChemist
04/21/23 10:51:13 AM
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Kim
Karen


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Isquen
04/21/23 11:07:51 AM
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Faith

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azuarc
04/21/23 1:09:09 PM
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HanOfTheNekos posted...
I hope this wasn't too pressing of a need of Anagram - he hasn't responded since starting the topic, so I fear we may have failed him.

Sounds like this was for a story and he needed multiple names, so I imagine it would have kept until morning. Curious to know what got used, though.

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Pako_Pako
04/21/23 1:20:31 PM
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Surprised I didn't see a Cindy or Velma or Eustace or Daisy or Hortense.

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Crescent-Moon
04/21/23 3:41:03 PM
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Imposingness

I think my name is cute, not imposing <3

Only once have I ever shared it on this board though.

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Anagram
04/21/23 7:21:42 PM
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HanOfTheNekos posted...
I hope this wasn't too pressing of a need of Anagram - he hasn't responded since starting the topic, so I fear we may have failed him.
No, no.

azuarc posted...
Sounds like this was for a story and he needed multiple names, so I imagine it would have kept until morning. Curious to know what got used, though.
You're right. I'm reading all of the answers and considering them. Right now, I'm torn between Ann, Jill, Emily, and Susan.

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Alanna82
04/22/23 11:49:09 AM
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Susan isn't a boring name. I've known lots of people named that and most of them were pretty outgoing. (Also, Susan Ivanova from Babylon 5 is very imposing)

Mary is pretty boring. (unless its with a second part like MaryAnn)

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NFUN
04/22/23 11:53:10 AM
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Alanna82 posted...
Mary is pretty boring. (unless its with a second part like MaryAnn)
I think that makes it even less imposing

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Aecioo
04/22/23 11:54:43 AM
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When I see "Anagrams sister" I know it's going to be boring, so maybe that name

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azuarc
04/23/23 9:25:07 AM
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Alanna82 posted...
Susan isn't a boring name. I've known lots of people named that and most of them were pretty outgoing. (Also, Susan Ivanova from Babylon 5 is very imposing)

Mary is pretty boring. (unless its with a second part like MaryAnn)

My sister's name was Mary Susan, and she was anything but boring. That doesn't mean the name wouldn't be. (Also, Ivanova is more imposing because of her last name, which everyone calls her.)

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plasmabeam
04/23/23 11:14:31 AM
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Lauren

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GuessMyUserName
04/23/23 11:23:46 AM
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Mary

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Underleveled
04/23/23 11:34:43 AM
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Definite first thought was Jane

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RikkuAlmighty
04/23/23 12:17:01 PM
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HanOfTheNekos posted...
I hope this wasn't too pressing of a need of Anagram - he hasn't responded since starting the topic, so I fear we may have failed him.
I chuckled

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GavsEvans123
04/23/23 12:31:43 PM
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Catherine

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guffguy89
04/23/23 12:55:55 PM
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Emily

It is the least imposing out of all the generic (boring) names, mostly because its popularity is still recentish, meaning most of the Emilys are still in their 30s or younger.

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Underleveled
04/23/23 3:13:24 PM
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guffguy89 posted...
Emily

It is the least imposing out of all the generic (boring) names, mostly because its popularity is still recentish, meaning most of the Emilys are still in their 30s or younger.
My great aunt Emily would be like 120.

I guess it's one of those that went out and then came back in.

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guffguy89
04/24/23 4:05:18 AM
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oh yeah, that name has been around for a while. The poet Emily Dickinson from the 1800s comes to mind. But as you mentioned, it kind of went out and then came back in with a vengeance. It's actually going back out at the moment. Thus the cycle of names.


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