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Opinions on these girls names?

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Sophronia · 23/04/2017 21:57

What do you think of these girls names? Ready for a comeback or still too old fashioned?

Rita
Irene
Vera
Hazel
Alma
Nancy
Jean
Peggy
Marion
Sylvia
Audrey
Joan
Freda
June
Ada
Betty
Ida
Dorothy

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Bloosh · 24/04/2017 18:41

Rita - no
Irene - no!
Vera - God, no
Hazel - not great but better than above
Alma - the pasty plump one in Malory Towers or St Clare
Nancy - ok
Jean - so dull
Peggy - ok but very much a nn
Marion - never really liked it but prefer to your others
Sylvia - quite nice
Audrey - quite nice
Joan - awful
Freda - really awful
June - no
Ada - quite nice
Betty - ok but I'd def have Elizabeth on the bc
Ida - ok
Dorothy - never liked this

I don't think we share the same taste. you are probably younger than me!

Puremince · 24/04/2017 18:40

Hazel, Nancy, Dorothy and Audrey are the best on your list.

Pemba · 24/04/2017 17:47

I like Sylvia, Audrey, Ida and Dorothy, and quite like Marion (although not as nice as Marianne).

Some of them are back already aren't they? Like Nancy and Audrey.

AliceKlar · 24/04/2017 16:25

It sounds like the roll call at our WI.

Hazel, Nancy and Dorothy are ok but not mad about the rest. There are nice old lady names but I don't like many on your list.

CoffeeCoffeeAndLotsOfIt · 24/04/2017 15:07

Love Sylvia!

Nancy and Hazel are nice.

Not fussed on the rest....

WowserBowser · 24/04/2017 14:53

It's a nice list.

Audrey is one of my favourite names.

Also like Rita. Jean i think is a great middle name.

MaroonPencil · 24/04/2017 14:50

I love Audrey, it rocks.

I have no problem with most of them but Audrey is the best. Out of all of them the only one i am not that keen on is Irene, unless it's pronounced Eye -Ree-Nee, which nobody would nowadays.

Rednailsandnaeknickers · 24/04/2017 14:49

I think Hazel, Peggy, Sylvia and Audrey are fine. I know a couple of Hazels in their 30/40s. There are 2 Peggy's in DS school (primary). Sylvia and Audrey are both "classic" rather than "old/dated" to me.
The rest, meh.

ShotsFired · 24/04/2017 14:45

Every single person I know/knew with one of those names on the list is at least 60, if not dead.

So they are either old(er) lady names; or ripe for a comeback. I know I wouldn't saddle a child with any of them when there are a lot more timeless names about.

BertrandRussell · 24/04/2017 14:43

How about Margaret, shortened to Peggy, or Anne- "shortened" to Nancy? That gives her lots of options.

And I don't like June, but Jane is lovely.

ColourfulOrangex · 24/04/2017 14:40

I like Rita and Hazel and am using Jean as my daughters middle name when she arrives as it was my nans name but I don't think I could've used it as a first name, not too sure on the others

TempsPerdu · 24/04/2017 14:05

Love Hazel, like Nancy, Sylvia and Freda, although I'm not keen on this spelling - Frida/Frieda are much nicer. June makes a cute middle name but I wouldn't choose it as a first name.

Really dislike Irene, Joan and Ida.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 24/04/2017 09:06

Love Frieda.
I like Rita, Sylvia, Jean, Marion, and Ida.

namechange20050 · 24/04/2017 08:48

I love Nancy, ada & Hazel. Lovely.

CakeRattleandRoll · 24/04/2017 08:42

TBH, I wouldn't be especially surprised to meet a baby called any of these! I really like:
Nancy
Audrey
Sylvia
Peggy (as a nn for Margaret)

JessieDoops · 24/04/2017 00:50

I love Ada, and I know a very cute little Peggy

Theycalledmethewildrose · 24/04/2017 00:45

The only one I'd like to be called myself is Sylvia (nn Sylvie) which I think is very pretty.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 24/04/2017 00:37

Ida and Dorothy were my gran's middle names! She hated them but I really like Dorothy. I think Ida is the only one there that I dislike.

SpreadYourHappiness · 24/04/2017 00:33

I like Hazel, but I think the rest are really old and frumpy.

SuperBeagle · 24/04/2017 00:23

Hazel and Frida (this spelling) are the only two I like. Joan works as a middle name but not as a first.

The rest are so old and grim.

Buntysoven · 24/04/2017 00:20

Whoops! Missed that it's there!

Buntysoven · 24/04/2017 00:19

I love
Nancy (biased)
Hazel
Sylvia
Dorothy
And Frieda with an i.
Lovely list OP. The one name I'd add is Ada.

CrazyPrepared · 23/04/2017 23:18

Love Dorothy but would shorten it to Dotty, I also like Betty but not keen on the others, I can't see them making a comeback anytime soon.

Helloandgoodnight · 23/04/2017 23:10

They're all really bad.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 23/04/2017 23:08

I like.
Irene
Freda (My nans name, pn Free-da)
Rita (Very chic)
Hazel
Dorothy.
I like Sylvie but not Sylvia.
Not keen on the others.

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