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Favourite old fashioned girls names?

109 replies

ChloeN · 25/02/2023 19:00

We’re not finding out the gender of our first baby, we have a boy name picked but struggling for a girl! My partner likes Florence which I do really like but I don’t have my heart set on it! I really like old fashioned names, does anyone have any suggestions?☺️

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Thighdentitycrisis · 01/03/2023 23:59

Peggy /Peg, Dinah, Valerie, Shirley, Doreen, Maureen, Kitty, Wendy, Stella, Yvonne, Estelle.

Faith, Hope, Charity, Patience, Mercy, Prudence. Constance and Temperance

Margaret, Anne, Katherine, Elizabeth, Mary, Jane,

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Crispymandm · 01/03/2023 23:18

I love the name Mallory

pickledpies · 01/03/2023 23:17

Gladys
Olive
Daphne

dollypartin · 01/03/2023 23:16

Mabel
Clementine
Judy
Pearl
Rose
Olive

Aphrathestorm · 27/02/2023 17:43

Estella
Helena
Marina
Alexandra
Victoria
Lorna
Serena

RuthW · 27/02/2023 17:23

Brenda
Eileen
Irene
Barbara
Maureen
Pauline
Sheila

Most of the names already mentioned I think of young people's names and not olds ladies.

OiFatArse · 27/02/2023 17:11

Ailsa

One of my past residents was called this and I've never heard of it before or since but thought it was a lovely name

Hobbesmanc · 27/02/2023 08:40

I love those Enid Blyton Mallory Towers names. Daphne, Pamela, Belinda, Dinah, Dorothy. They just feel classy

user1492757084 · 27/02/2023 00:56

Maisie
Ida
Lucy
Victoria
Constance
Lausanne
Johanna
Winsome
Clemency
Camilla
Margaret
Philomena
Ellen
Rosemary
Clotilde

Crunchymum · 26/02/2023 18:15

Love and old fashioned name:

Pearl
Jean
Olive
Mabel
Martha
Alice
Beatrice
Florence
Bessie
Edith
Enid
Winifred
Ivy

maeveiscurious · 26/02/2023 16:53

Susannah

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 26/02/2023 11:21

Mabel. Sybil. Betsy. Patsy. Maude. Enid. Martha. Pearl.

Sarain · 26/02/2023 06:54

Frances
Helen
Elaine
Edith
Maeve
Mabel
Melanie

stardust40 · 26/02/2023 01:53

Felicity

holierthanthou73 · 26/02/2023 01:34

Martha

MusicWithRocksIn · 26/02/2023 01:11

Valerie
Vivienne
Veronica
Violet
Lucinda
Tabitha
Frances
Harriet
Juliet
Pippa

Luredbyapomegranate · 26/02/2023 00:58

Meredith is a great less popular alternative to Edith

Merryn
Marianne
Jocelyn
Ethelyn
Thora
Ida
Flora

ShillyShallySherbet · 26/02/2023 00:20

Lillian
Bridget
Margot
Audrey

ourflagmeansdeath · 26/02/2023 00:19

Bernadette
Josephine
Mabel
Enid

Theoldwoman · 26/02/2023 00:11

Frances
Millicent
Lillian
Freda
Olive
Victoria

Enko · 25/02/2023 23:51

Here are some of my favourite

Marguritte
Maureen
Joan
Jean
Audrey
Brenda
Patricia
Dorothy
Philomena
Wilhelmena

NosieRosie · 25/02/2023 23:14

Martha
Elizabeth
Violet

Im not a fan of old fashioned names really but those ^^ I’d take over Amelia, Agatha, Dorothy, Margaret, Winnie, Marigold…

In fact I’d prefer Hepzibah to the names above

HammerToFall · 25/02/2023 23:11

My niece is Edith it really suits her. We've just had a boy but iif he was a girl it was Norah. Also had some family connections to the name.

TwilightSilhouette · 25/02/2023 23:02

Peggy
Queenie
Hazel
Olive
Violet
June
Lottie
Mercy
Lillian
Rose
Ethel
Elspeth

Mumofgirls2017 · 25/02/2023 23:00

Love Florence. Also-

ivy
matilda
olive
clara
iris
eliza
daisy
betsy
mabel
eva
dorothy
emmeline
penelope
daphne
hazel
nancy
jemima
tabitha
edith
martha
enid
esther
pearl