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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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MerryMarigold · 25/02/2023 22:26

Agatha
Elsie (we have 2/40 kids where I work)
Mary
Edith
Sybil
Nora

PleaseYourselfandEatTheCrusts · 25/02/2023 22:20

Connie
Amy
Jean
Jane
Joan
Joy
Dorothy
Gwendoline

DrHousecuredme · 25/02/2023 22:09

Eliza
Alice
Emily
Martha

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ChloeN · 25/02/2023 21:43

@bellswithwhistles lol I still have the flo app on my phone so that’s slightly off putting 🤣🤣 my niece is a Martha so can’t have that one but Maggies really cute!

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RosesAndHellebores · 25/02/2023 21:42

Eunice
Ursula
Moira

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ChloeN · 25/02/2023 21:41

@Bensmum1988 thank you! I knew I wanted old fashioned but I couldn’t think of what year range it would be🤣 Benjamin is going to be the middle name if babies a boy 🥰

@17caterpillars1mouse Enids sweet hadn’t thought of that one!

OP posts:
Undertheoldlindentree · 25/02/2023 21:40

Cicely
Jemima
Clara(bel)
Polly
Hannah
Elizabeth
Flora
Alice
Cressida
Eliza

DESGUSTING · 25/02/2023 21:30

Love Florence

Ellen
Connie
Sadie
Dorris

CryptoFascistMadameCholet · 25/02/2023 21:29

Freda
Joyce
Peggy
Gladys
Dilys
Evelyn
Clementine

FrownPrincess · 25/02/2023 21:27

Millicent
Cecily
Susan
Audrey
Gloria

Withnailandeye · 25/02/2023 21:25

Myrtle
Tabitha

Somanycats · 25/02/2023 21:24

Edith, Emmeline, Mary, Joyce,

GobbieMaggie · 25/02/2023 21:21

Margaret
Edith
Marigold
Queenie
Maude
Mavis
Blanche

GiltEdges · 25/02/2023 21:20

Beatrice
Jean/Jeanie

soundsystem · 25/02/2023 21:18

BabyGirlMama22 · 25/02/2023 20:18

My little girl is Eloise which I hadn't heard of in years and still haven't heard of any since her birth. Her middle name is lily which seems to be more familiar these days

Eloise is such a lovely name! Hadn't heard of one for ages and now my youngest has two in her pre-school class!

ElizaSkye · 25/02/2023 21:17

Hazel
Maud
Margo/t
Celeste
Cecily
Nora
Viola
Honor

17caterpillars1mouse · 25/02/2023 21:10

I love Enid and Henrietta. Do you like either of those?

RichTea63 · 25/02/2023 21:06

I love Agatha, Olive and Rebecca. Congratulations OP!

cravingtoblerone · 25/02/2023 21:04

Violet
Annie
Mary
Celia
Dora
Iris
Irene
Adelaide
Beatrice
Rosamund
Martha
Evelyn

LondonerWith2 · 25/02/2023 20:59

I loved Florence and Matilda Penelope and Delilah

Lulu1919 · 25/02/2023 20:56

Winfred ( Winnie )
Maud
Polly
Dora
Enid
Rose
Dulcie
Lottie

sibbys · 25/02/2023 20:54

Martha Daffodil

bellswithwhistles · 25/02/2023 20:53

Ivy is really common now - i would steer clear of that one.

Florence - gets shorted to Flo ( reminds me of periods!)

I love Mirabel, Maude, Charlotte, Sarah, Martha and Maggie ( just realised how many M's!)

Bensmum1988 · 25/02/2023 20:52

By the way, have you tried Googling the top 100 or so names from, say, 1900 and other dates to see a really wide selection? Here they are from 1900:

www.babycenter.com/baby-names/most-popular/top-baby-names-1900

jumperoozles · 25/02/2023 20:52

Cora
Elsie
Hettie
Sybil
Annie