Girls names that won't date?

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Just that really. Doesn't matter if popular. Ideas please. X

Have a look at names outside of the top 100 or even top 250 - they're unlikely to be very 'fashionable' and therefore dateable.

The classics:

Catherine
Victoria
Elizabeth

If you want a name that won't date then it's best to avoid the popular/fashionable ones that have risen up the charts as these, by definition, will start to fall out of favour as people get bored of them.

Helen(a)
Elizabeth
Catherine
Grace
Rose
Sarah

Elizabeth (will probs go up in popularity this year, but my very favourite, and yes, the name of my DD)

Catherine
Mary
Victoria

All queens or future queens! Can't go wrong with royalty

Olivia

Thankyou but apart from Olivia, I think those are dated. Arr can't win.

Charlotte
Katharine
Anna
Elizabeth
Lucy
Hannah
Alexandra
Emma

Ok thankyou. Back to the drawing board. Maybe I need a name that will date if that's the case

Eleanor?

My aunt was called Olivia 70 years ago. It was so outlandish then that she used to tell people she was called Olive to spare herself the embarrassment of her "strange name"...

Can you suggest a few names you like then maybe we can suggest similar ones?

I do like Olivia and eleanor. I do like really popular names to be honest like lily and Ellie and Eva etc but really do not want a Chantelle type name in years to come iykwim. No offence to anybody. Just not my taste. I suppose if I love something now I still will in years to come? Even if ut goes out if fashion do u think? I know I'm hard work

Lily, Ellie and Eva are popular names so they might go out of fashion. But they are popular because they are nice names (not to my taste but certainly not awful). You can't predict the future so you are best off to pick a name you like and hope for the best.

Well, you can never predict if a name is about to explode in popularity, but using an older name with strong associations that's never dropped entirely out of use might minimise the chances of it becoming too associated with a generation.

For inspiration: how about Shakespeare - Juliet, Rosalind, Celia, Jessica, Cordelia,

Or the myths: Diana, Penelope, Ariadne, Melissa, Maia, Gaia, Thalia

Or Royalty: Elizabeth, Matilda, Maud, Mary, Victoria, Louise, Isabella, Adelaide, Alice, Eugenie, Alexandra, Anne, Margaret, Catherine, Jane

Or Biblical/Saints: Helen, Agnes, Tabitha, Theresa, Talullah, Naomi, Agatha, Juliana, Apollonia, Petronilla, Marina, Felicity, Theodora, Christina, Euphemia, Pelagia, Cecilia

Lilian
Matilda
Alice
Felicity
Ophelia
Cecelia
Evelyn
Catherine
Elizabeth
Beatrice
Florence
Anabel
Agnes
Harriet
Josephine
Edith

This names are all classic victorian/edwardian names - they will not date, this is shown by the fact some are born with such names every single year - you can also shorten this names to things like lily, tilly, evie, eliza, bella, posy, josie etc that are very on trend.

Thankyou sugar I love Harriet and Florence. Very pretty.

You need a name that has either always been popular like Elizabeth or Sarah or Catherine or that has never been popular and isn't increasing in popularity.

You need a name that has either always been popular like Elizabeth or Sarah or Catherine or that has never been popular and isn't increasing in popularity.

agree with Sarah, Elizabeth, Charlotte and Alice. cos they're my favourites but most of the ones on this thread are beautiful.

According to the baby name wizard (blogger) who did some number crunching with popularity/variability over the years, the most timeless girls' name is Antonia.

What about Amy or Anna?

Phoebe, Florence, Freya? All have nice meanings as well.

I would go for Anna, which won't date, because she can call herself Anne, Anna, Annie, etc, depending on the current fashion.

If you really want to not date, I think you have three main options:

1. The timeless classics -- for example, Catherine, Victoria, Elizabeth or Anna

1. The completely-out-of-left-field -- for example, Sacagawea, Persephone or Corisande

1. Names which already seem dated to us but will probably be popular in our grandchildren's generation -- for example, Susan, Doris, Valerie or Elaine. These aren't exactly "won't date" names, but they won't date your DDs to their actual birth decade.

But it sounds as though what you want to do is to pick up on current naming trends (because you're no more immume to those than anyone else) but avoid the top few names that those trends catapault into ubiquity.

What about Phoebe?

Emma
Lucy

Just trying to think of girls' names from my era (born in 60's) and my childrens' schoolmates - those are the only 2 I can come up with at the moment