Advice: what would Giles' mother be named?

[dragonyphoenix]

Anyone have a good name for Giles' mother. I have Faith's PoV and she thinks of Giles as, well, Giles. It's sort of odd, in that context, referring to his mother as Mrs. Giles.

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[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Given the English class system, I'm not sure Nelly sounds highfalutin enough. I do mean for her to be fairly nice though.

[gillo]

Nelly would definitely have been a working class man then. Unless it was an affectionate diminutive for Helen or Eleanor.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[devo79.livejournal.com]

Euphemia

I can see Faith rolling her eyes at a name like that :)

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

You didn't just make that up? That's a real name?

[devo79.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah :)

http://nameberry.com/babyname/Euphemia


She was a Christian martyr:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemia

[devo79.livejournal.com]

Faith could shorten it to Effie.
Giles would hate that.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

That is too delightful. And it's worse than either of the aunts name, which is wonderful.