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Sweet Old Fashioned Girls Names

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Yellowcar107 · 23/08/2018 14:24

Hi,

Does anyone have any suggestions for any sweet old fashioned name for a little girl?

We are trying to get some ideas for names for our baby girl due late November.

Thanks! 🤩❤️

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Sungura · 19/09/2018 02:36

@AlReef Glad this made you laugh! 😂😅😆 Tempest is a name that came into use in the middle 1800s and was popular until the 1920s. I try to list names to suit many tastes. This one makes me thinks of Shakespeare's play, as it may other name lovers.

MariaMadita · 18/09/2018 23:46

Jennet looks weird to me personally. I prefer Jannet(te). Or Jane :)
Jane is adorable and underused imo...

PurpleAndTurquoise · 18/09/2018 22:49

Olive
Hazel
Isolde
Honor
Enela
Verity
Penelope
Maude

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 18/09/2018 18:34

Me too @Skyejuly.🙀

AlReef · 18/09/2018 16:31

@Sungura Tempest 😂😂😂

Skyejuly · 18/09/2018 12:50

Jennet reminds me of the girl whose evidence got some women in trouble in Pendle hill.

:-)

Jitters22 · 18/09/2018 11:07

A lovely old name I've come across in my family tree is Jennet.

It's 'Old English' and later mutated into Janet, Jane and Jennie - but Jennet itself was a fairly widely used name up until the 1800s and means 'God is Gracious'.

It is pronounced as written - 'Jen - net' not like Jeannette which has a different linguistic root (French / Scottish) - Jean is the Scottish form of Jane.

MadMaryBoddington · 18/09/2018 10:59

Yes you’re probably thinking of Audrey. I have a little Audrey as it happens 😊

Shadow1234 · 18/09/2018 10:58

Madmaryboddington: oops, didnt realise! Thanks for that.
Perhaps i should have said Audrey?? Cant recall spelling.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 18/09/2018 10:24

Josephine (Posy).

MadMaryBoddington · 18/09/2018 09:39

Aubrey is an old fashioned man’s name, Shadow. Using it for females is a very modern American trend.

Shadow1234 · 17/09/2018 23:33

Matilda
Martha
Aubrey
Briony

TheHalfBloodPrincess · 15/09/2018 21:47

I know it probably doesn’t sound ‘old fashioned’ as much as ‘70s/80s’ but I’ve always found the name Lindsey to be really pretty

Gobletoffire · 15/09/2018 14:37

Betty
Betsy
Nancy
Maggie
Flora
May
Violet
Ivy
Edith
Polly
Annie
June
Mabel
Etty/Etta

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 15/09/2018 08:14

Edie or Suki.

Shadow1234 · 14/09/2018 22:40

Another Elsie fan here!!

Clara
Evelyn
Beryl
Lottie
Florence (nn florrie or flo)
Whinnie
Betsy
Connie
Dorothy (dotty)
Eileen
Violet
Vera
Jemimah
Frances
Louisa
Hilda
Henrietta/ harriett
Ivy

savingthepennies · 14/09/2018 18:29

Heidi
Clara
Esther
Etta

Donnyduds · 14/09/2018 18:29

I adore the name Grace.

tigercub50 · 14/09/2018 18:28

Lydia

Disfordarkchocolate · 14/09/2018 18:27

Clarissa, Elsie, Maura, Dorothy, Maud and Evangeline.

mycatplotsdeath · 14/09/2018 18:22

Rose
Cecelia
Francesca
Penelope
Primrose
Anna
Heather
Harriet
Georgina
Faye
Avril
May
Joss

Knittedfairies · 14/09/2018 18:10

Elspeth

Skyejuly · 14/09/2018 18:09

Florrie
Primrose

Skyejuly · 14/09/2018 18:06

Pansy

SmilingButClueless · 14/09/2018 17:56

Mabel, Alice or Jessie

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