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Girls names, are these a bit too "old lady"?

142 replies

Pickledegg · 20/03/2008 22:11

Florence
Clara
Elsie
Celia / Cecelia
Mabel

This is my shortlist of girls names. I love them (obviously!), but some people have said they're a bit too "old lady".

What do you think?

Any you particularly like /object to?

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mybrainaches · 20/03/2008 22:18

How about Violet?

PeppermintPatty · 20/03/2008 22:18

Mabel not so good then?

Carmenere · 20/03/2008 22:18

I spoke to a Mabel today, she was Spanish, I thought she sounded very glamorous.

kittywise · 20/03/2008 22:17

What about flora?
Round here there are loads of Florence's and Elsie's, martha's too

Taweret · 20/03/2008 22:17

I love them all, apart from Elsie and Celia / Cecelia.

Beauregard · 20/03/2008 22:17

Love all the names

dizzychixies · 20/03/2008 22:17

esme?

dizzychixies · 20/03/2008 22:16

love them
dd2 mn is cecelia and was s trong contender for her first name with cece as a nickname

love beatrice and pearl and isa too!

florence I think would make a lovely baby florrie and clara is pretty too

HonoriaGlossop · 20/03/2008 22:16

They're all really lovely, except Mabel!

Cecilia is lovely and i think Elsie is really pretty too....

Do you like Estella? Go on, add it to the shortlist. I want someone to use it!

southeastastra · 20/03/2008 22:15

elsie is my nan's name. it would shock me to come across it in rl .

beautifuldays · 20/03/2008 22:15

love florence

yogabird · 20/03/2008 22:15

love them all and also like Betty and Evelyn

TreeHuggerMum1 · 20/03/2008 22:14

I absolutely love those names, my faves are Elsie and Florence. Mabel is prob the most old fashioned but its still a lovely name as is Martha.

seeker · 20/03/2008 22:14

I like Florence, and Cecelia. Prefer Clare to Clara, Elsa to Elsie and don't like Mabel.

Clemency, anyone?

GrinningSoul · 20/03/2008 22:13

i particularly like Celia. A lot. I wanted it for my dd in fact.

kittywise · 20/03/2008 22:13

DD3 is a clara. I don't know any other clara's and everyone loves the name

MissyTheFlouncer · 20/03/2008 22:12

i like them all except mabel