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Traditional but not common

59 replies

LuckyMum3 · 24/08/2021 22:26

Hi I’m looking for traditional names, or names that are heard of and not uncommon.. but hopefully the only one in the class or year group. An example of what we like..

Violet nn Lettie/Lottie
Matilda nn Tilly
Alice nn Lissie
Madeline we dislike Maddie
Annie
Felicity

Isaac
Jasper
Joseph
Benjamin

I love traditional names that have a cute nickname.. aware some of the above are popular but don’t seem to be in my area.

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Darthwader · 24/08/2021 23:54

Kerry

Kite22 · 24/08/2021 23:36

Violet nn Lettie/Lottie I don't think you'd get 'Lottie' from Violet - you'd get 'Vie'

Alice nn Lissie - again, you'd not get Lissie from Alice.
If you like Lissie, what about Elizabeth / Lizzie ?

or Caroline / Carrie
Christine or Christina / Chrissie
Josephine / Josie

Madeline we dislike Maddie - I wouldn't use Madeline then, as even if you can control it when she is a baby, she WILL be called Maddie at school / hobbies etc.

Jonah
Jonathan
Robert / Robbie
Nathaniel / Nate

Elouera · 24/08/2021 23:25

Why do you need a nickname? Why not just use their actual name?

I agree with another poster that your choices are fairly common, and not specifically uncommon or traditional!

Some other, possibly less common, traditional names:
Iris
Fay/Faye
Joy/Joyce
Doris
Rose
Elma

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 24/08/2021 23:25

All "traditional", outside the top 100 and a similar style to your choices imo:

Hugh
Owen
Peter
Robert
John/Jonathan
Joel
Saul
Nathaniel

Josephine
Juliet (nn Letty?)
Antonia (nn Annie?)
Verity
Rosalie
Lilian
Celia
Adeline

lavenderlove · 24/08/2021 23:17

Isadora (Izzy, Dora)
Evanna (Evie, Anna)
Penelope (penny, poppy, Nellie/Nell)
Rosanna (Rosie, Zanna)
Imogen (immy, nim)

katielou987 · 24/08/2021 23:09

I love
Alice & Violet for girls
Joseph and Benjamin for boys
Congratulations x

minipie · 24/08/2021 22:50

Elizabeth
Catherine
Cecily
Eleanor/Helena
Penelope
Rosalind/Rosamund
Bethany
Bryony

FatAnkles · 24/08/2021 22:41

Asa
Clement
Edmund
Garrett
Randall/Ranald
Harold/Harry
Alfred

Payton
Edwina
Ellery
Bedelia (means strength)
Sheridan
Holly

Ikeameatballs · 24/08/2021 22:28

I think all of your choices are actually quite popular.

Have you looked at the ONS website for popularity information or darker green?

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