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Vintage baby girl names

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millzcrawf · 07/10/2021 23:33

Please leave vintage baby girl names below!

Me and DH have come to the conclusion our favourite style name for a girl is a pretty and vintage. So far on our list we have..

Daphne (probably our favourite so far)
Penelope
Cecilia/ Cecily
Dollie
Beatrice
Aubree

any opinions on these names would be much appreciated & any name suggestions you think we might like!

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Marcipex · 15/10/2021 13:08

Alma
Mona
Doris

kegel · 15/10/2021 12:09

Daisy
Delilah
Betty
Connie

TheVanguardSix · 15/10/2021 11:59

Molly
Euphemia/Effie
Myrtle
Norma
Maude
Bernice
Nancy
Rebecca
Samantha
Penelope
Ramona
Frances
Blanche
Joan
June
Jean
Jeanne

alpinerain · 15/10/2021 11:49

I love Audrey and Penelope!

Sylvia or Sylvie
Rosemary
Esther
Olive
Valeria or Valerie
Ruth
Kay
Lula

Spidey66 · 15/10/2021 01:11

I like Beatrice from your list, not keen on the others.

Other names I like of the same vein....
Eleanor (my favourite)
Constance
Felicity
Edith
Charlotte
Elsie

Buttercup54321 · 15/10/2021 01:02

Beatrice
Alice
Florence
Emily
Vera
Elaine
Margaret
Thelma
Edith
Delores
Deborah
Edna
Elizabeth
Eliza
Jean
Maureen
Joy
Christina
Jennifer
Susan
Geraldine
Mabel
Madge
Rosemary
Talitha
Ivy
Violet
Harriet
Ann
Pamela
Audrey
Beverley
Patricia
Sylvis
Cynthea
Bertha
Gwendoline
Rosina
Augustine
Mary
Martha
Hilary
Barbara
Florence
Sarah
Millicent

Hobbesmanc · 13/10/2021 14:13

Dorothy is a wonderful feminine name- or Dorothea if you wanted something more classical

Audrey and Daphne remind me of vintage flappers. Lovely pretty names

Also love variants' on Cecelia, Celia, Cecile, Cecily, Celeste. Or Delia/Della

Stella and Sylvia maybe? Although I think the French version Sylvie is prettier.

Constance (Connie) is a little bit in vogue already as is Beatrice but they are lovely if no longer rare. Margot? Maude? Alys? Adela, Marguerite? Viola?

Dirtystreetpie · 12/10/2021 16:37

Doris FTW

MackemLass79 · 12/10/2021 15:32

My dd middle names are Eleanor and Isabella which I feel are,quite classic particularly Eleanor

Blackberrybunnet · 12/10/2021 15:15

Ethel
Mabel
Jessie
Jean
Jeanette
Janet
Linda
Hilda
Freda
Winifred
Ruby
Harriet
Agnes
Cynthia
Celia
Florence
Elspeth

35andThriving · 12/10/2021 13:05

Lorna?

Dirtystreetpie · 11/10/2021 22:00

Vespa
Agatha

FawnDrench · 11/10/2021 17:03

Elspeth
Estelle
Esther
Rowena
Eunice
Letitia
Eithne
Norma

ChristmasJumpers · 11/10/2021 14:46

My goddaughter is Hattie and it is growing with her beautifully! She's nearly 10 and it never occurred to me that it's a "cutesie" name. She's never met another Hattie so far either

UmmH · 10/10/2021 22:51

Daphne is my favourite from your list. I also like Delphine.

Katyppp · 10/10/2021 22:35

There's nothing wrong with 'vintage' names. My daughter's name has been mentioned here a few times.
It's the twee storybook names like Betsy, Tilly, Hattie, Teddy etc. The kind of names you call your toddler.
I think they will date terribly.

Tigerwhocameforsupper · 10/10/2021 21:31

I always loved Harriet (but didn’t go with my sons name), Elizabeth, Tessa and Henrietta (nn Etta).

Tigerwhocameforsupper · 10/10/2021 21:30

I have an Iris. To me it’s old, pretty but strong and not cutesy. We get lots of compliments on it.

Dirtystreetpie · 10/10/2021 21:24

Etta
Marnie
Hillotte

TopCatsTopHat · 10/10/2021 21:16

Veronica

shawnaander · 10/10/2021 21:15

Phoebe, Iris, Felicity, Simone, Adelaide, Juliet, Zara, Gemma, Luna, Claire, Lorelei, Eloise, Athena, Naomi, Dahlia, Isla, Rosalie, Maren, Evangeline, Clara, Audrey, Thea, Evie, Vera, Jane, Elise, Celia, Noelle, Sophie, Maeve, Paloma, Celeste, Camille, Sylvie, Giselle, Adele, Miriam, Estelle, Heidi.

Fivebeanchilli · 10/10/2021 17:12

I live Kitty. It's much more grown up sounding to me than Katie or Annie (not that I especially dislike those but they just seem girlie to me whereas Kitty seems mature and dignified, possibly because I knew some elderly ones when I was a child).

thruthe · 10/10/2021 15:58

Winifred
Barbara
Clare
Edith
Vera
Valerie
Doreen
Doris
Edna
Queenie
Alice
Olive

MumofSpud · 10/10/2021 15:56

I have an Esme Violet and a Betsy (cat!)

Other names I like:
Vivienne
Tess (but don't like Tess Daley and have bad memories of Tess of the D'Urbervilles at school!)
Iris
Estee
Iona

Katyppp · 10/10/2021 15:41

@Standrewsschool I agree and can remember when names such as Jack and Alfie were very unusual and usually babies with these names were usually reluctantly named after relatives or given 'family' names.
I am well aware that I am not the arbiter of taste by the way and realise people can call their babies what they like🙄
It just doesn't sit well with me that on one hand, we want our daughters to be strong, independent women yet on the other hand we give them such silly, babyish names.

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