Help me find a retro-ish name!

[BunnyLebowski]

Not Jean

I'm 6 weeks pregnant with DC2. Just playing around with names

If baby is a boy he will most likely be Frank after my granda.

A girl is more difficult! DD is Cassie and we love her name. Not on the dreaded top 40 list but wacky not wacky either.

I like straightforward, pretty but non-flowery names with a retro feel.

I love Betty (and Betsy) but stupidly named the dog that not anticipating any more babies!

What do we think of my current favourite, Cherry? Not to everyone's taste I know but I'm in love with it right now .

I also like Dulcie, Violet, Maggie (my father would disown me for Thatcher) and Ivy and I like Dahlia but DP doesn't.

Any ideas?

[miffybun73]

Felicity
Celia
Belinda
Penelope
Daphne

[BeigeBuffet]

I love some of your names, Marnie, Mable, Kitty and Penny are all fab.

How about Minnie?

[BillyBanter]

Emerald.

[MsIngaFewmarbles]

Gloria
Doris
Vivienne

[fluffaduck]

Lucille
Ginger
Cary
Cyd
Loretta
Elsa
Dana
Ruth
Greta
Hattie
Carmen
Madeleine
Elenor

[kiki88]

love betsy, mia, marnie, marcie, pearl, eimear, aoife (eefa), caoimhe (keeva). adore arthur but oh half and mil hate it. also like patrick

[kiki88]

also Edna

[janey68]

Dora
Hetty
Romy
Lila
Lulu
Lola
Zosie
Emmie (Emmeline)
Ruby
Tess
Stella
Lorna
April
Vida
Mirabel

... Not sure they all fit the retro bill, but these sprung to mind

[telsa]

Gilda

[JustAnotherChristmasBauble]

I adore Dulcie! And (in my mind) goes quite well with Cassie

[JimmieBimmie]

Maimie
Bibi
Dusty

[haveyourselfashandy]

Love Cherry,also like Annie,Winnie and Peggy.

[haveyourselfashandy]

I also love the name Cookie too.

[Applefallingfromthetree2]

40's/50'sinspired
Wendy
Linda
Susie
Arline
Mary
Carol
Dottie/Dorothy
Barbara
Joan
Christine/Chrissie
Pauline
Teresa
Joy
Patricia/Patti
Jane/Janie
June
Elaine

[freerangeeggs]

Ooh I like your list. Cassie is gorgeous too - Cassie and Frank are great together!

Perla
Polly
Sylvie
Biba
Jeannie
Nellie
Bess/Bessy

[squoosh]

Lucille (Cece)
Judy
Candy
Hedy
Dorothy (Dottie)
Loretta
Harlow
Bebe
Billie
Sally
Cleo

[squoosh]

I've just noticed that some of mine are repeats! Don't be cross.

[Skrifa]

Out of Cherry, Dulcie and Marnie, I would go for Cherry. I think it ages best and is more beautiful- cherry blossom etc;

[beckylouise91]

I have a short list of names which I love some of them are quite modern but I must admit the more olde worldy names I am slightly more in favour of ....

Thoughts on Elsie for a girl?
And Freddy for a boy?

Find out what I'm having hopefully Jan 17th and I feel once I know B/G I'll have more of an intuition towards a definite name as it's all a bit up in the air atm!!

Some people wait to see they're baby before naming it but I personally think one name suits all, your baby makes the name it's own it's the one who has to live with it for the rest of their life!!

[TheLittleFriend]

I know a Lorelie ('ee' sound at the end), slightly different to Lorelai so maybe dp would prefer? Her nn is Laurie

[BunnyLebowski]

Ooooh loads more posts! Thank you all!

I'm still in love with Cherry. I like your cherry blossom comment Skifra Its my favourite plant. The house I grew up in had a huge one right outside the living room window and I have a big cherry blossom print my my bedroom wall.

Dulcie is still up there too. Have gone right off Marnie though.

Of all the new suggestions I like Minnie (but that damn mouse!), Kitty (which is a no go as Cassie is named after a Catherine), Dottie, Cleo and Pearl.

Billy I think Emerald is pretty fabulous actually but DP snorted his tea when I mentioned it [anger] .

I just know that now with all these beautiful girl's names in my arsenal it's going to be a boy .

[BunnyLebowski]

I had a dream last night that I gave birth to a baby girl and called her Cherry Frances (my mum is Frances).

[Nataleejah]

My MIL is Iris

[BunnyLebowski]

I don't like Iris but thank you Nata .

Now that I think about it, I don't really like names that begin with vowels or overly vowel-y names.