Which Barbara Pym Names Do You Like?

See the results of this poll: Favorite Barbara Pym Girls’ Names

Respondents: 29 (This poll is closed)

  • Ianthe : 11 (12%)
  • Belinda : 4 (4%)
  • Harriet : 10 (11%)
  • Catherine : 13 (14%)
  • Esther : 7 (8%)
  • Mildred : 1 (1%)
  • Prudence : 9 (10%)
  • Agatha : 8 (9%)
  • Laurel : 14 (16%)
  • Primrose: 13 (14%)

Oh my gosh, i love [name_f]Barbara[/name_f] Pym! I’m so pleased to see this post! Its a great list of names- i went for [name_f]Ianthe[/name_f] which i’d be most likely to use, but i love [name_f]Prudence[/name_f] and [name_f]Primrose[/name_f] too. Thanks for posting :slight_smile:

It is a thrill to find another Pym-lover, is it not?

I hope to attend the annual [name_f]Barbara[/name_f] Pym conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts one of these springs.

And yes, I agree, [name_f]Ianthe[/name_f], [name_f]Prudence[/name_f], and [name_f]Primrose[/name_f] are wonderfully Pymmy. :slight_smile:

For anyone new to Pym, I would recommend her first novel, written at 25, Some Tame [name_f]Gazelle[/name_f], which is about two middle-aged women ([name_f]Belinda[/name_f] and [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_m]Bede[/name_m]) who live a full and wonderful life in spite of (or because of?) their “spinster” status.

Perhaps the word dred in [name_f]Mildred[/name_f]?

Does [name_f]Millicent[/name_f] fare better?

Or is it mildew associations?

And [name_f]Agatha[/name_f] - not so much [name_f]Agatha[/name_f] [name_u]Christie[/name_u], as the “ag” sound a la hag?

I do oddly enough enough love both names.

I only like [name_f]Prudence[/name_f] and [name_f]Primrose[/name_f] out of those. I like the nicknames [name_f]Prue[/name_f] and Prim, or [name_f]Posy[/name_f].

I’ll post the only one I [name_m]DON[/name_m]'T like: [name_f]Mildred[/name_f]. My faves are [name_f]Belinda[/name_f], [name_f]Harriet[/name_f], [name_f]Agatha[/name_f], [name_f]Primrose[/name_f] and [name_f]Prudence[/name_f].

You’ve got me thinking of [name_f]Barbara[/name_f] Pym combos now…

[name_f]Belinda[/name_f] [name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f] [name_f]Prudence[/name_f]