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Old lady name help

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User1704 · 09/04/2020 13:58

I have about 1 week left now and no names at all. Nothing feels right.
I like old lady type names. Quite like Sadie and Elise but can’t imagine using either! Any suggestions?
I also like annabelle but again I’m just not sold

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Jadegkeaney · 15/04/2020 10:09

I like most of the names suggested but there will probably be loads of the same or similar names in her class.. it's a bit over done really.

My grandmothers name was Thomasina which is pretty old name and much more unique. I'm kinda thinking of using it myself if I have a girl but oh isnt sure Hmm

Buttercup54321 · 12/04/2020 01:31

Susan
June
Jean
Maureen
Brenda
Beverley
Vera
Edna
Alice
Matilda
Isobel
Dorothy
Margaret
Thelma
Ellen
Jennifer
Sandra
Pamela
Joy
Elaine
Kathleen
Betty
Patricia
Millicent
Edith
Muriel
Ivy
Violet
Marilyn
Marion
Gillian
Deborah
Sheila
Janet
Jane
Angela
Celia

YinMnBlue · 11/04/2020 11:09

If I was having a girl now I would consider
Nancy
Edie
Nelly
Hettie
Hepzibah (nn Epzi)

notthemum · 11/04/2020 11:02

Nancy
Clara
Kathleen
Maureen
Lily
Doreen
Betty
Rita
Blanche
Jill
Sanda
Mary
May

Buttybach · 11/04/2020 10:50

Lura

Lelophants · 11/04/2020 10:10

Verity

Let us know what you choose op :)

mathanxiety · 11/04/2020 02:51

Sally
Judith
Eula
Leona
Lula
Marilla
Della
Pauline
Imogene
Myrna
Lorna
Marilyn
Vivian
Vita
Vida
Zita
Irma
Beverley
Bonnie
Lela
Loretta
Eulalie
Beulah
Lois
Charlene

Bouncingbelle · 11/04/2020 01:12

Juliette
Alkelda
Jennifer
Frances

midsomermurderess · 10/04/2020 23:57

Winnifred, Winnie. Or Gertrude, Gerty.

Buttybach · 10/04/2020 23:50

I know an Annabell and she is constantly reminded about the horror movie

Buttybach · 10/04/2020 23:48

Lavinia
Adelaide
Blanche
Constance
Winifred
Jemima
Polly
Georgiana
Evelyn
Cecilia
Augusta
Petra
Kezia (pronounced the welsh way - rhyme the zia with Fire)
Cicely
Effie
Cordelia
Evangeline
Lettice
Edony
Bethina
Zephora
Zilpha
Tabitha
Clemence
Gwendoline
Esther
Hattie
Kitty
Temperance
Glory

Jools67 · 10/04/2020 23:47

Rosie, my mum’s name 🙂

Buttybach · 10/04/2020 23:38

I also love Minerva

Buttybach · 10/04/2020 23:38

@User1704
My daughter has Minnie in her name
other names from my family tree were
Betsy-Ellen
Doreen
Brenda
Roseanna
Hannah
Jennett
Selina
Margaretta
Annie-Sophia
Mair
Elizabeth
Florence
Lena
Verity
Araminta
Alice
Viola
Gladys
Martha
Jenney
Ada
Hilda
Lillie
Frances
Elsie
Bertha

My Grandmother had a friend called Lera and I have never heard anyone else using that name it was pronounced I wish we had used it for my daughter.
Le (rhyming with there)
Ra (as in the noise a tiger makes)

I also know a lady called Verily which is very unusual

OffThePlanet · 10/04/2020 23:04

Muriel
Dulcie
Hazel
Edith
Beatrice
Elsie
Gwen
Dorothy
Sybil
Mildred
Esther
Martha
Bernice
Thelma
Miriam
Marion

17caterpillars1mouse · 10/04/2020 20:39

Enid was our back up girl name for dd2

Also loved Sybil

A few others:

Alma
Edna
Iris
Claudia
Esther
Mavis
Dorothy
Olive

Evennow · 10/04/2020 08:14

Doris
Ena
Enid
Dorcas
Ethel
Effie
Euphemia
Sissy
Marjorie
Susan
Helen
Mary
Nina
Phyllis
Cora

yellowbluebell · 10/04/2020 07:56

Alice
Nancy
Peggy
Edna
Mary

elizabell · 10/04/2020 07:21

Ellen - nn Nellie
Hannah
Edith - Edie
Mabel
Florence - Flossie
Audrey

ReginaGeorgeIsAFuglySlut · 10/04/2020 07:13

I really like Elsie but also,
Maggie
Molly
Iris
Coral
Nellie
Hazel
Dawn

givemeacall · 10/04/2020 06:53

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KeeefBurtain · 10/04/2020 06:50

My grandmothers are Alice Margaret and Gwendolyn Amelia.

My DDs are called Amelia and Elspeth, other names on my list both times

Nancy
Anna/bel
Rosemary
Victoria
Enid
Meredith
Opal

Although dd2 was almost an Ebony as she was born with the most amazing mop of jet black hair!

I've always loved older names - there is 16 years between dd1 and dd2 and my lists were almost identical.

mathanxiety · 10/04/2020 04:17

Winona
Lara
Clara
Greta
Oonagh or Una
Kathleen
Noelle
Lucille
Marian
Kay
Marjorie
Rosanna
Cicely
Celia
Cecelia
Rosina

Bouncingbelle · 10/04/2020 03:09

Love love love Sadie and Elsie is nice too. Or...
Nell (short for Helena)
Susanna
Marnie
Nancy
Hope
Rose
Lucy
Lydia

Rayagoldensun · 10/04/2020 00:24

Liberty
Honor
Faith
Hope
Constance
Harriet (Harry/Hatty)
Lucy
Annie/Anna
Rose
Florence
Miriam
Henrietta (hetty)
Emeline
Mary
Agnes
Agatha
Angela