granny name chic

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So what other names are going to be a bit more popular

Thora
Gladys
Doris
Joan
Joyce?

So what do we reckon?
Quite like Thora.

Love Thora

Ada
Ivy
Frances

My grandmothers would be amused that their names are seen as "cool" again now - Nora & Elsie .

Margot

Valerie

Audrey

Gayle

Devora

Is Kay really a "granny" name? The only one I know is in her 20s ..... I don't associate it with any generation in particular, don't think it's ever been especially popular?

DD2 is Shirley.

Do I win £5?

My name's on here and i'm 34. Not a granny but too old for a granny name to be back in fashion :(

Friend recently called her new dd Nora.

Loving this thread. MsGee unless your DD is Maud (fab name) I know babies with all the other names in your list -including two Elsies, two Bettys and two Nells!

There is a place in NE Scotland called Maud. The locals pronounce it something like Mad. I can't see it making a comeback here!

Neither will Pearl which is pronounced Peril in doric.

My niece is on her way right now and she is going to be Elsie.

My DD is called Ada, after my great-great-grandmother (b.1886), just ADORE the name, and we've always had a family naming tradition :)

I know a couple of little Adas. I think it's up on the up.

I agree with you - it's a great name.

Granny names are definitely making a comeback. I like them, they are warm, easily pronounced and unpretentious.

I've referred to a trend for Granny names in Ds's nursery as "Coronation Street" names. We know an Alma, Elsie, Frieda, Vera and, for grandad names, a Stanley. I love Vera, because my favourite author is Vera Brittain.

I LOVE Thora so much I actually wish it was my name - however didn't name DD that because we had something lined up that we both loved.

What about Myrtle, Wilhelmina and Queenie? I love Queenie.

Oh and Audrey is also lovely.

Oh dear, my granny's name was Hilda. Pity the poor child who gets that...

What about

Muriel

Yvonne

Barbara

do you think any of these granny names will make a comeback?

I think many of the names on this thread are not "granny-chic" but maid names. Granny-chic would be Frederica, Vera, Violet.

My dd has Winifred as a middle name after her great granny. I love it!

I agree with Bonsoir

I am 34 and I went to school with Yvonnes, Barbaras (the youngest one I know is 23!), Maureens, Gwens, Geraldines, Hazels (2 in my year), Susans, Janets, Janices, Brendas, Lilians, Sheila, Audrey, Lornas, Edwinas (2 in my year), Patricias, Teresas, Kathleens, Sandras and Ellens.

Obviously very different in Ireland!

Also, loads of Elaines, Carols and Carolines, a few Rosaliands and Denises, and a June!