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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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theduchessofspork · 30/09/2023 12:01

embramum · 30/09/2023 11:45

Are posts like this AI generated or do people have more time on their hands than I think?

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

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theduchessofspork · 30/09/2023 12:00

Ernest
Arnold
Edgar
Laurence
Diggory
Ivor
Hector
Victor
Barnabas / Barnaby

Stella
Constance
Ida
Flora
Honor
Oona
Frances
Enid
Jocelyn
Thora
Laurel
Winifred
Adelaide
Marion

I love Edith but it’s way overused

embramum · 30/09/2023 11:45

Mumofgirls2017 · 30/09/2023 08:32

Like them! I’d pick Rupert and edith

edmund
ernest
wilfred
frederick
frank
francis
walter
victor
vincent
lawrence
leonard
sidney
lionel
stanley
douglas
roland
ivor
ralph
spencer
orson
silas
reginald
bertram
albert
wilbur

esther
florence
dorothy
martha
enid
meredith
june
hazel
bridget
frida
olive
clara
evelyn
lilian
patricia
winifred
ida
margaret
mabel
iris
ada
minnie
josephine
tabitha
elsie
betty
nancy
penelope
betst
peggy
pearl
sadie
beatrix
violet
vivienne
dora
margot
rosemary
cora
nellie
diana
polly
emmeline
angela

Are posts like this AI generated or do people have more time on their hands than I think?

JustMaggie · 30/09/2023 10:00

I really like Bernard, it's a classic 🙂

peaceinourtime · 30/09/2023 09:10

Anthea and Mirabel

Autumnwreaths23 · 30/09/2023 09:05

Henrietta/ Hettie/ Etta
Tabitha
Clarissa
Rosina
Cicely
Clementine
Cordelia
Guinevere
Esther
Emmeline
Adelaide
Ada
Ida
Theodora
Dora
Selina
Susannah
Miriam
Betsy

Reggie
Percy
Elijah
Ernest
Tobias

Misspotterscat · 30/09/2023 08:44

Mary for a girl, Sidney for a boy

Mumofgirls2017 · 30/09/2023 08:32

Like them! I’d pick Rupert and edith

edmund
ernest
wilfred
frederick
frank
francis
walter
victor
vincent
lawrence
leonard
sidney
lionel
stanley
douglas
roland
ivor
ralph
spencer
orson
silas
reginald
bertram
albert
wilbur

Temporaryname158 · 30/09/2023 08:24

You might like them but there’s a reason Bernard hasn’t returned to popularity. Please think of your child being lumbered with some of the names you have chosen

MrsMoastyToasty · 30/09/2023 08:24

For boys I like names such as the saints names.
Simon
David
George
Andrew
Michael

And clan names
Ross
Fraser
Murray

For girls I like
Jane
Susan/Susanna
Jennifer

sunglassesonthetable · 30/09/2023 08:17

Arthur
Walter
Frank
Albert
Cecil

Nancy
Harriet
Violet
Peggy
Mabel
Maud
Agnes

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 30/09/2023 08:13

For a boy.
Wilbur. Cedric. Maurice. Horace. Stanley. Vincent. Richard. Cecil. Herbert. Gilbert. Raymond. Ralph. Patrick. Winston.

For a girl.
Martha. Virginia. Pearl. Etta. Gwendolyn. Dorothy. Cynthia. Bridget. Miranda. Genevieve. Miriam. Linda. Mabel. Rosa. Maude. Sybil.

2reefsin30knots · 30/09/2023 07:40

So many Ediths about now, I wouldn't say that is old fashioned any more.

Edwin
Oswin

Henrietta (Hetty)
Mriel

PixiePirate · 30/09/2023 07:34

Lilian
Violet
Ada
Betty
Viola
Rose
Iris
Joyce
Gillian

Fred
Roy
Bert
Stanley
Alf
Bob

HuntingoftheSnark · 30/09/2023 07:31

I like Horace and Byron. Nancy for a girl?

DsTTy · 30/09/2023 07:27

I saw this name recently and loved it - Jessica Robin

I’d avoid Elsie as this is incredibly popular at the minute

PerfectMatch · 30/09/2023 07:25

I like Ernest for a boy and Margaret for a girl.

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