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Original poster

Only old and codgerly suggestions wanted thank you.

128 replies

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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pointydog · 05/06/2008 18:08

Louisa

LadyThompson · 05/06/2008 18:05

LOVING Daphne. I'm expecting a girl but my DP would never stand for Daphne. Same as he won't go for Daffodil either...

CountessDracula · 05/06/2008 17:53

Daphne!

ButterflyMcQueen · 05/06/2008 17:45

Dulcie >

pagwatch · 05/06/2008 17:39

Clementine

I wish I had pushed harder for that. I love Clemmie.

CountessDracula · 05/06/2008 17:38

Reba
Mona
Rita

CountessDracula · 05/06/2008 17:38

Mahalia (my great grandmother!)
Patience
Dulcie

ButterflyMcQueen · 05/06/2008 17:31

omg peanutbutterkid - no one EVER says blanche - great minds!

ButterflyMcQueen · 05/06/2008 17:30

Marjory is adorabliss

Mabel
Rene
Kathleen
Blanche
Maggie
Bridget
Mahaileth (she was known as Mae)

peanutbutterkid · 05/06/2008 17:27

Hazel, Fern, Myrtle, Eugenie, Winnifred, Adaline, Annabel, Blanche, Rachel, Diana, Gladys, Ruth.

For your boy's list: Raymond.

LadyThompson · 05/06/2008 17:25

Hilary is a name you never hear much nowadays.

NoNickname · 05/06/2008 17:16

Here are some from my family tree - all relatives/peers of my great grandmothers, so born about 1850-1900:

Mabel
Eliza
Harriet
Dorothy
Agnes
Louisa
Maud
Gertrude
Florence
Ethel
Ada
A melia
Lilian
Amy
Jane
Mary
Ellen
Sarah
Esther
Julia
Elizabeth
Margaret
Isabella
Hilda
D ora

Pinkchampagne · 05/06/2008 17:15

I know a gorgeous little girl called Eileen

hatrick · 05/06/2008 17:15

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SummatAndNowt · 05/06/2008 17:14

Irene

Knew a little girl called Irenie, loved it!

littlelapin · 05/06/2008 17:13

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Pinkchampagne · 05/06/2008 17:12

Jean, Mary, Maisie, Bella, Martha, Ivy, Kathleen, Matilda, Constance, Elsie, Florence, Nancy

Gipfeli · 05/06/2008 17:08

Emily

mankymummy · 05/06/2008 17:02

Maisie
Vera
Nora
Barbara
Roberta

TwoFirTreesToday · 05/06/2008 16:59

Harriet
Dolcie
Jemima
Delila
Aelfwine

Buda · 05/06/2008 16:17

MrsBadger! I am NOT old and codgerly thank you very much!!!!!

LadyThompson · 05/06/2008 16:13

Dorothea? Then she could be Dottie or Thea - really cute. Man, I love these old names.

vicsta · 05/06/2008 16:11

Queenie, Maisie, Flora, Blythe.
Love them all.
DP hates them all.
Love your girls names though, definitely my cup of tea.

RubySlippers · 05/06/2008 16:03

have we had Agnes yet?

Or, Pamela? Is that a name that is sometimes shortened to Patsy?

Swedes · 05/06/2008 15:50

Martha
Prudence
Constance
Flora
Astrid