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Old fashioned girls names

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McShakey · 13/07/2019 12:08

We want our little girl to have an old fashioned name that isn’t popular. Our favourite bake for a while was Elsie but then we realised how popular it was and changed our mind. Any ideas?

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Dontfuckingsaycheese · 13/07/2019 12:58

I heard a mum calling 'Winnie' yesterday. Lovely 🙂 I have an auntie Winnie. She's nearly 100.

BangingOn · 13/07/2019 12:57

Old fashioned names that were on our list are:

Esme
Ivy
Margot
Winifred
Violet
Mabel
Beatrice
Matilda

anothernotherone · 13/07/2019 12:56

Elisabeth.

Elsie ist a diminutive of Elisabeth so you could still use Elsie, or Betty, or Lizzy, or Beth, depending upon what develops naturally or what turns out to be popular or unusual locally.

PuppyMonkey · 13/07/2019 12:56

Tbf OP, open and honest discussions on names is part of the charm of this section - you can’t stop people commenting.Grin

I like Rita, Betty, Annie and Dorothy if that helps at all!

blahblahblabblahblah100 · 13/07/2019 12:55

Emily (that's me 😊)
Iris
Peggy
Effy
Dotty
Betty
Winnie
Beatrice

Quintella · 13/07/2019 12:55

Granny Edna sounds like she was a sensible woman, Rayna!

SleepingStandingUp · 13/07/2019 12:53

Martha. I said to DH last night I don't understand how it never made a comeback alongside the Elsie's etc. It's a beautiful name

Rayna37 · 13/07/2019 12:52

This just brought to mind the story my Mum tells about my Grandmother. She ran into some relatives while out with her new baby (my Mum) who said "here she is, well we know what you have called her" and my Gran said, really, have you heard? They said well of course she's Nellie after your late Mum. My Gran responded with I have NOT, I got saddled with Edna and I'm not doing that to this one, I've called her Susan because I like it! It was 1946, peak Susan.

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McShakey · 13/07/2019 12:51

As I have said, if you have no suggestions then please stop commenting. We both have different taste and that’s fine, I wouldn’t insult your name choices so don’t insult mine.

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userabcname · 13/07/2019 12:50

I really like Etta and Olive

sleepismysuperpower1 · 13/07/2019 12:50

Exactly. Please be kind to your child. Calling her Enid would be a particularly unkind thing to do.

I don't think so. It's no different than calling your child something very unusual, like Snowflake (and yes, I do know a child with that name). If you don't want to suggest a name then please don't comment, its OP's choice what she calls her child.

Quintella · 13/07/2019 12:48

Exactly. Please be kind to your child. Calling her Enid would be a particularly unkind thing to do.

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McShakey · 13/07/2019 12:45

@Quintella if you have no suggestions then please don’t comment. If you don’t like the names that’s fair enough, but I do and this is my child.

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LadyGAgain · 13/07/2019 12:44

Mary is beautiful. Strong and soft at the same time. Timeless.

Quintella · 13/07/2019 12:43

Indeed they do. Give her the middle names of Bertha and Gladys while you're at it. Just to reinforce that 'ugly names that should have been left in the 1930s' vibe.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 13/07/2019 12:38

Was there an Enid in the Worst Witch books? And Edna reminds me of the television in Willo the Wisp.

Dorothy, Ida, Aveline, Jean, Henrietta, Marion, Marina, Millicent, Renee, Cynthia, Angela

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McShakey · 13/07/2019 12:36

Quintella Everyone has different taste

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Quintella · 13/07/2019 12:34

For the love of God, do not call your daughter Enid. It is absolutely hideous.

ChikiTIKI · 13/07/2019 12:33

Enid
Jean
Margot

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McShakey · 13/07/2019 12:31

I do like Flora and Olive

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McShakey · 13/07/2019 12:31

I’ve got a long list now

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McShakey · 13/07/2019 12:30

I like Enid, Edith and Annie

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Tweetingmagpie · 13/07/2019 12:30

Oh and flora and olive are lovely too.

Tweetingmagpie · 13/07/2019 12:29

I have a Tabitha, a Posy and a Mabel.

I also like Ethel and Dorothy, but they are definitely not to everyone taste

mum2jakie · 13/07/2019 12:26

Edith

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