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.

Girl I believe every generation must have Esther's and Iris' I truly LOVE both names, especially Iris.

I meant does have

we have both!

I couldn't even imagine Linda (my dear friend's name, she's now 61 and a grandma) for a baby girl being so popular right now.

worldcitizen I LOVE LOVE LOVE Iris - DH decided it was too old lady (then suggested Martha )

Girl that's hilarious

he's a numpty....I do have a twinge of regret though, DD would have made an awesome Iris (and I do prefer it to Maggie, though I love Maggie and she really suits it, if I'd been a single parent she would have been Iris...)

Awww, my husband also decided on our daughter's name if that is of any help

I know a three year old Esme and a two year old Myrtle (she is nn Tilly).

Daphne
Margot
Merriel
Una
Olive
Hilda
Gilda
Emmeline

If i'd been lucky ebough to have a DD, her name would have been chosen from some combination of:

Rosalind
Venetia
Cecily
Maeve
Elizabeth
Francesca
Virginia
Georgiana
Harriet
Gloria
Pamela
Amaryllis
Gabriella
Lydia

Unfashionable and nowadays utterly obscure but Lush names (continued):

Caroline
Clarissa
Lisa
Sheila
Vera
Wendy
Margaret
Ruth
Oonagh
Miriam
Denise
Deborah/Debora/Debra
Hilary
Doreen
Kimberley
Annis/Annie/Anne/Ann
Jennifer
Georgina
Sandra
Rosalie
Karen
Louise/Louisa
Jane
Mary/Maria
Anthea
Julie/Juliet
Sarah/Sara
Sally
May
April
June
Janine
Elspeth
Linda
Stephanie
Deana
Harmony
Paula
Cheryl
Rosemary
Dawn
Tracy
Donna
Sharon
Diane/Diana
Michelle
Melody
Moira
Marian/Mariana
Jocelyn
Barbara
Helen/Helena
Judith
Minella
Priscilla
Philippa
Cordelia
Annaliece
Leonora
Drusilla
Rosetta
Demelza
Kerensa
Chantelle

They are all my best mates BTW.

And my SILs.

And MILs.

Sara/h is back in the top ten names fir girls born after 2008 in Germany, Denmark, Sweden. and Norway

But I agree with
Cheryl,
Tracy
Dawn
Linda
Deana
Sharon
Donna
Karen
Doreen
Hilary
Debra/Deborah
Sandra

I would assume they are between 40 and 60 mostly, of course there are exceptions to the rule and rather be the grandma's or aunts of today's babies and younger children.
I have friends who have their FB friends page full with these names

Gertrude -> gertie
Cordelia -> cordy
Meriel
Patricia -> patti
Sylvia -> sylvie
Nancy