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Old fashioned/ slightly unusual girls names

87 replies

Dalrymps · 11/11/2011 18:36

We've been thinking about names. Seem to be able to think of more boys names than girls.

We already have 2 boys and don't know the sex of the baby I'm carrying yet but want to make a bit of a list of ideas for girls names.

Names for girls I have liked in the past are:
Lilly
Evie
Iris

We tend to like old fashioned or slightly unusual names that aren't too long. Gone off Lilly and Evie a bit as they've become quite popular now. Have a niece called Isla too so not sure if that's too close to Iris...

Our sons are called Dylan and Miles.

Any ideas?

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PercyFilth · 17/11/2011 21:28

Mercy is an old-fashioned 'virtue' name. I'm surprised it hasn't caught on like Grace. Not as 'buttoned-up' sounding as Constance, Prudence etc.

kerala · 17/11/2011 21:01

Please dont pick Eve/Evie it is insanely insanely popular. One third of the girls in DDs class are called Eve or a variant of Eve.

WottingerAndWottingerAreDead · 17/11/2011 20:44

Ah-ha did NOT read post properly did I? Retract Dorothea, unless you would like a sunday name for birth cert

WottingerAndWottingerAreDead · 17/11/2011 20:43

If you don't mind a long name my tuppence worth is Dorothea- Dotty, Dorrie, Dodie or Thea for short- all lovely and none common at min

bambiandthumper · 15/11/2011 14:12

Cleudi (pronounced Cloudy)

reallacecurtains · 15/11/2011 14:05

another vote for Daphne

agreeing with Taffetta

maddiemostmerry · 13/11/2011 20:03

I love Sylvie

Elspeth
Damaris
Hetty
Mary
Viola

justonemorethread · 13/11/2011 19:58

Oh and

Mila
Leah

justonemorethread · 13/11/2011 19:57

Rose
Heather
Beatrice
Sage

I keep posting Beatrice on baby girl names threads in the vain hope that someone will use it.... I'm on a Beatrice campaign! Mainly so I can live vicariously as I wasn't allowed to use that name for mine!

missmakesstuff · 13/11/2011 18:22

Ooh,hope Maggie isn't going to get popular now! Lots of lovely names there, I will be keeping a few in mind for our next, if we ever have one and if it's a girl!

Arwhen · 13/11/2011 15:03

I really like Hester... Bookmarked should we ever have a third (and a girl!).
Edith, Agatha, Iris, Sybil, Ariadne, Mabel??, Elsa, or plain names like Mary, June, Jane, Anna/e...

CupOfBrownJoy · 12/11/2011 17:18

Verity?

GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 12/11/2011 16:13

I have a few slightly old lady names on my list

Esther
Florence
Iris
Maggie

Also like
Frances (my name!)
Effie (my nn)
Ivy
Constance
Beatrice (Bea)
Bethan
Blythe
Elsa

Ratso · 12/11/2011 14:58

ooooh now I like maggie. Was thinking of Nancy or Ada for dd3 if its a girl.

otisreading · 12/11/2011 13:15

Delphine, Angeline.

carben · 12/11/2011 09:01

Muriel
Tansy
Francesca / Fran
Elena
Elinor
Ada
Etta

emmyloo2 · 12/11/2011 07:57

Audrey? May?

mathanxiety · 12/11/2011 02:32

Ruth
Beulah
Dinah
Clara
Lara
Dora
Vera
Delia
Helen
Hazel
Blythe
Millicent
Minerva
Opal
Edith
Esther
Drusilla (Dru for short)
Lucille
Alice
Jane

meditrina · 11/11/2011 22:25

Violet, Constance, Hilda, Rose, Margaret, Helena (Nell), Adelaide, Adele, Edith, Ethel, Beryl, Gloria, Virginia, Queenie, Cynthia, Norma, Eustacia, Augusta, Octavia, Elspeth, Maura?

Takver · 11/11/2011 22:06

Harriet
Sylvia
Josephine
Ivy
Hope

CharlieBoo · 11/11/2011 22:00

Love Dorothy!! My dd is Daisy but she gets called Dotty 90% of the time.

Original poster
Dalrymps · 11/11/2011 21:47

All lovely suggestions, will mull them overSmile

Quite liking Ivy too...

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DesertOrchid · 11/11/2011 21:28

Old lady names that are not on the very popular comeback list...

Vera, Phyllis, Edith, Sybil, Roberta, Sylvia, Marian, Frances, Anthea, Judith, Doreen, Nora, Margaret, Beryl, Jane, Valerie, Dorothy, Dorothea, Celia, Cicely...

missmakesstuff · 11/11/2011 20:19

Frances
Elizabeth - so could be lots of short nicnames like Eliza or lise with an S instead of Z.
Margaret - can be shortened to lots of names, Greta, Peggy, Meg, Pearl? (I have been told??) Margie, and ours is Maggie, I have never met another under 50 at least!
Beatrice

effingwotnots · 11/11/2011 20:06

Audrey