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Old fashioned boys and girls names

42 replies

WAC1 · 30/09/2023 07:24

We are expecting a baby and still can't find a name we love.pat names we like are quite 'old fashioned'. Can anyone suggest any others?!

Boys:
Edgar
Rupert
Bernard (Bernie)
Herbert

Girls:
Edith
Beatrice
Nora

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RuthW · 03/10/2023 17:59

Most of the names suggested are not old fashioned.

RuthW · 03/10/2023 17:59

Brenda
Barbara
Gladys
Susan
Jacqueline

Graham
Mark
Nigel
Stuart
Geoffrey

lolomoon · 03/10/2023 12:05

Moira
&
Daphne
My two favourite girls names!

Theoldwoman · 03/10/2023 00:22

Francis
Wyndham
Edward
Peter

Frances
Edwina
Lillian
Freda

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 02/10/2023 23:25

Clarence
Rex
Malcom
Derek

Gladys
Angela
Sheila
Jennifer

GuardiansPlayList · 02/10/2023 22:53

Elspeth
Olive
Isolde
Peggy
Verity
Honor
Dorothy
Hazel
Otillie
Ena
Lillian

Monty
John
Michael
Geoff
Stanley
Isaac/Ike
Zebulon
Horace
Jaego

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WAC1 · 02/10/2023 21:24

There are some excellent names here! I love the girls names Nora, Sylvie, Winnifred and sybil thank you!

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Ilovemydoggie · 02/10/2023 16:36

Reginald (Reggie)
Thomas
Rufus
Edmund
Richard
Percy

Edwina
Matilda
Eleanor
Isolde
Phylis
Lydia

mathanxiety · 02/10/2023 16:26

Timeless -
Mary
Nancy
Dinah
Vera
Bridget
Barbara
Joan

30s to 70s -
Annette
Bernadette
Colette
Anne-Marie
Lucille
Dymphna
Kay
Rita
Shirley

Grandad -
Stanislas
Piers
Clive
Eugene
Jerome
Roy
Denis
Edmund
Richard

Jux · 02/10/2023 15:42

Boy: Harbottle
Girl: Oubliette/Oublietta

UsernameIsHarderThanBabyName · 02/10/2023 14:40

Boys:
Ray
Arthur
Frank
Stanley
George
Joseph
Roy
Victor
Ronnie
Vinnie/Vincent
Sid/Sidney
Alf
Tom
Erik
Ned
Abel
Jim
Gus
Amos
Abe/Abraham
Ernest/Ernie
Len/Lenny

Girls:
Vera
Joanie/Joni
Nora
Alma
Stella
Mabel
Vivienne/ Viv
Pam
Maeve
Enid
Sylvia/Sylvie
Agnes
Agatha
Mary
Delilah
Winnie
Esther
Norma
Mavis
Sadie
Joy
Ruth
Sybil
Cassie
Ada
Ethel
Elva
Goldie
Audrey

Justagoose · 01/10/2023 18:32

I love old fashioned names.
We have an Edith and a Bertram (Bertie).
Have a Google for top 100 names then a year e.g. 1910, that's a great way to find old names x

user1492757084 · 01/10/2023 11:14

Lexton
Denham
Keith
Desmond
Lorna
Jean
Millicent
Henrietta

SmokedCheese · 01/10/2023 09:09

Esther
martha

QueeniePlumtree · 30/09/2023 20:19

Gabriel
Seth
Harold
Leonard
Cyril
Eric

Mabel
Hilda
Glynis
Pearl
Cora
Esme

heartofglass23 · 30/09/2023 14:55

Bruce
Bernard
Humphrey
Geoffrey
Jeremy
Keith
Nairn
Laurence
Clark
Howard
Percy
Cedric
Cecil
Winston
Walter
Stanley
Fabian
Horace
Ewan
Ian
Robert
Lance
Peter
Terrance
Ivor
Raymond
Charles

TheMurderousGoose · 30/09/2023 14:54

No teenage boy will want to be called Herbert. I'd scratch that one.

heartofglass23 · 30/09/2023 14:52

Gertrude
Henrietta
Harriet
Helen
Miriam
Jemima
Janet
Alexandra
Victoria
Bernadette
Nanette
Jean
Joan
Winifred
Paula
Genevieve
Thomasina
Donalda
Veronica
Hyacinth
Olympia
Yvonne
Yvette
Francesca
Frances
Teresa
Antonia
Martina
Mona
Minnie
Millicent
Sylvia
Gillian
Ffion
Petula

KirstenBlest · 30/09/2023 13:40

Victor
John
Robert

KirstenBlest · 30/09/2023 13:40

Bernard gets a thumbs up from me.

Arnold
Norman
Graham
Winston
Gerald
Harold
Leonard
Brian
Alan
Nigel
Anthony
Edgar
Michael

Mary
Dorothy
Margaret
Hilda
Doris
Nancy
Barbara
Susan
Jane
Jean
Joan
Janet
Eileen
Maureen

embramum · 30/09/2023 12:56

EscapetotheShatto · 30/09/2023 12:27

Alfred

Herbert - just no.

I like Alfred too

EscapetotheShatto · 30/09/2023 12:27

Alfred

Herbert - just no.

embramum · 30/09/2023 12:24

theduchessofspork · 30/09/2023 12:01

No, they just like names, like people on S&B like trousers.

Don’t be bitchy dear

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Dear - Now that is an old fashioned name

PerspiringElizabeth · 30/09/2023 12:03

I’d say your girl names in particular are fashionable - I know multiples of each. Old fashioned nowadays would be things like Pamela, Barbara etc. (incidentally both celeb baby names - Lampards and Coren-Mitchells respectively).

Likewise your boy names are quite trendy at the mo although admittedly I only know Ruperts from your list.

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