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Hit me with the most 'old lady' name you can think of please!

666 replies

ImAChChChChihuahua · 11/06/2023 18:05

For my new puppy.
I like Mabel and Ethel so far!

OP posts:
NormalForNuneaton · 11/06/2023 20:13

Lettice
Myrtle
Gertrude/Gert/Gertie

MeinKraft · 11/06/2023 20:14

Hester

Sixgeese · 11/06/2023 20:15

My Great Aunts were Adelaide, Alice and Mabel

Violinist64 · 11/06/2023 20:15

Bertha, Avril, Ethel.

MeinKraft · 11/06/2023 20:15

Oh and Margaret

pussycatinfluffyslippers · 11/06/2023 20:16

Gertrude.

MeinKraft · 11/06/2023 20:16

Although I think she looks like a Penelope

chloworm · 11/06/2023 20:17

Dulcie, Evelyn, Dorcas, Florrie

RosesAndHellebores · 11/06/2023 20:17

Moira
Nora
Delia
Martha
Clarys
Ena
Winnie
Dolly
Ruby

violetcuriosity · 11/06/2023 20:18

Pamela, Sheila, Sylvia, Maud, Mildred, Ethel, Pauline, Dorothy

Davros · 11/06/2023 20:18

Mabel is quite fashionable, not an old lady's name any more

Coffeeandcake12 · 11/06/2023 20:18

Bridget
Agatha
Hilda
Myra (although I do think of Myra Hindley so maybe not!)
Noreen
Ada
June

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 11/06/2023 20:18

Dorothy

ChrisPPancake · 11/06/2023 20:19

Oh Gladys!! That's what I'd go for.

Davros · 11/06/2023 20:19

Maud, Martha, Ruby and Nora also quite fashionable

Sunshineishere1988 · 11/06/2023 20:20

Olive
Petunia
Freda
Mavis
Mary
Eileen

ssd · 11/06/2023 20:23

Isa

Fisharejumping · 11/06/2023 20:23

At the risk of showing my age I think You name her after one of the old characters from vintage Coronation street

Hilda Ogden
Minnie Caldwell
Vera Duckworth
Ena Sharples
Martha Longhurst
Albert Tatlock (if you fancy going non binary)

queenatom · 11/06/2023 20:23

Doreen

Sunshineishere1988 · 11/06/2023 20:23

Davros · 11/06/2023 20:19

Maud, Martha, Ruby and Nora also quite fashionable

I was just thinking that! Even just reading a few replies and I can spot several names from our school 😀

Tanktanktank · 11/06/2023 20:23

Bertha, Violet, Kathleen, Molly, Florence, June, Gladys, iris,

RoseMarigoldViolet · 11/06/2023 20:25

Myrtle
Laurel
Edith
Enid
Joan

WhatADrabCarpet · 11/06/2023 20:25

Renee ( short for Irene, I think)
Elspeth
Murgatroyd
Vera
Ivy
Iris
Gladys
Florence

MirandaBlu · 11/06/2023 20:26

Brangwine
Dodie
Flossie
Irmgard
Leticia
Magdalen
Mitzi
Nixie
Simone
Tiphaine

indecisivewoman81 · 11/06/2023 20:26

Peggy
Alma
Maude
Mavis