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Only old and codgerly suggestions wanted thank you.

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MrsPScholfield · 05/06/2008 13:02

The suggestions are to go with (already we have) The dds first and subsequent names.

Dora
Eliza
Henrietta
Mary
Iris
Anne

Boys on the list are Henry and Arthur but no ideas for girls.

I have a theory that one day dd's names will be in vogue and people will like them

Feel free to say they are hideous, I care not. (skin like a rhino) but I will hunt you down etc...

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Cecy · 14/06/2008 20:49

Enid?

Maude isn't trendy - it's way out in the 1000s in terms of popularity stats, a long way off being trendy.

I love Mildred from the pps' suggestions,Hilda has potential too.

Peapodlovescuddles · 14/06/2008 12:50

Old female relatives in our family are Murray, Jamesina, Edie, Ivy, Isabella, Christina, Morven, Marsaili, Hannah and Elizabeth! I adore slightly quirky old fashioned names, I think they're so much prettier than more modern ones (not that there's anything wrong with modern names!)

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escape · 10/06/2008 05:10

My nanna's are;
NanCy and Doreen
love the former - really unsure about the latter

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SmugColditz · 10/06/2008 01:12

Christiana
Evangelina
Laura
Lilian
Marjory
Margeret
Violet
Elizabeth
Victoria
Dora
Joan
M arian
Elsie
Stella

PurplePoppy · 10/06/2008 00:50

Gladys!

conniedom · 09/06/2008 00:24

dorcas
desdemona - mona
dorothy - dorty
miriam - midge

JacobsPrincess · 09/06/2008 00:16

I love Edith, shortened poss to Edie.
But DH won't hear of it and so fantasy DD is already named Maggie Cornelia June after a great grandmother, a great great aunt and another great grandmother respectively!

devonsmummy · 08/06/2008 21:27

haven't read whole thread so may have been said already

Mildred

Comerscroft · 08/06/2008 20:06

My niece is called Felicity which means 'happiness'.

bikerunski · 08/06/2008 19:38

Sheila
Angela
Marie
Phoebe
Evelyn
Muriel
Miriam

These are my actual great aunts and grannies

CoolYourJets · 08/06/2008 19:09

Meredith.

MsDemeanor · 08/06/2008 18:55

How many daughters do you have MrsP?
I love Polly (not Pollyanna - too twee). As in Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf. Wonderful books.
Maude or Maud is very pretty but quite trendy.

BubbleEyeFish · 08/06/2008 18:43

My twin girls are Blythe and Elsie. Hardly anyone's called Blythe anymore, yet it means to be happy.

MonkeyMargot · 07/06/2008 20:04

Cecily
Cordelia
Mabel

Weegiemum · 07/06/2008 08:35

Just noticed that near the bottom my name is mentioned in this thread. I am officially old and codgerly!

So is my Gran's (and dd2's middle - same) names.

laidbackinengland · 07/06/2008 08:11

I love your names.

Have you thought about Thora or Edna. Great robust and rather lovely grandma names.

serin · 06/06/2008 21:45

Ursula
Vivienne
Elsie
Marianne
Maggie..(sweet)
Catherine
Teresa

ivykaty44 · 06/06/2008 16:17

Percy
Walter
Reginald - Reg, or reggie
Harold
Edgar
Hedley
Sydney

Minnie
Jessie
Blanche
Ethel
Lilian
Gladys
Clara
Effi e

lou031205 · 06/06/2008 15:22

Millicent

struwellpeter · 06/06/2008 14:47

I know you have your shortlist and I love them all. Just had to add Peternell from our family tree in the 1700s. Suppose it was a different form of Petronella.

BlueBumedFly · 06/06/2008 14:21

I love the fact you shortlisted Clementine.

We have a Clementine who is now 13 months. She was named after Clementine Churchill who was one of our strongest ladies in history. Behind every great man there is an even greater women!

lilibet · 06/06/2008 12:31

Miriam

Absolutley lovely, and I don't know of one

Can't think of many boys names that aren't coming back

Laurence
Dennis
Roderick
Eric
Ralph
Victor

ivykaty44 · 06/06/2008 12:01

Bertha
Bessie
Ronald
Donald
Job

I think Winnifred is such a wonderful versitile name - Winnie, fred, freddie and no one else will have the same name in class

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