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?

Hmmm, you see Mitzi puts me in mind of a Yorkshire Terrier.

What about Sylvie which I also suggested up thread?

Cassie and Sylvie sound good together.

Alice

I don't think I'd use Mitzi. I just like it's retro feel.

Don't like Sylvie.

Oscar, Millie and Tilly are all dog names to me! Westie names!

Ada

Don't like Alice. Too English.

Gawd I'm fussy .

I knew a cute Westie called Alfie (RIP Alfie).

You need to rename your dog Cherry and the baby Betty/Betsy. It's a win-win.

Gloria/Sylvia. Perfect 40s/50s glamorous names which aren't toooo common....I think Darcy is probably getting a bit popular thanks to that ballerina woman.

I don't like full on lady names Pain. I need a wee bit of cuteness thrown in. Gloria and Sylvia are too mature.

OP doesn't like Sylvie so prob wouldn't like Sylvia.

What about Peggy?
Or Meg?

Right then, I really really think you should go with Dulcie or Dolly.
(just don't let Dolly become a dancer!)

Trixie?

Stella
Robyn
Phoebe
Willow
Fern
Juno
Pippa

Queenie
Marcy
Heidi
Greta

What about Bunny?

Or Maisie if you like Maggie?

Or Greta (ala Garbo)

Ida
Iris
Agnes, or the old form Annis (which would give you Annie as a nn)
Edna
Coco

I like the style of Queenie (similar to Dulcie) but as ardent anti-royalists it's a no .

Maisie is another doggie name to me and too cutesy.

Don't like Greta. It sounds harsh to me.

Trixie might be veering into stripper territory .

I have a relative who is known as Dolly, nothing like her actual name, but a childhood nickname that stuck. She is late 20's now, I never use her real name, she is just Dolly!

Bunny is great
Which reminds me of Queenie which is awesome

My nans nn was Binty

Nah, you want Patricia for the stripper .

Actually, what about Pattie/Patty?!

Queenie - was she not Bert Baxter's gf in Adrian Mole? Definitely an old lady name.

Joanne
Ellen
Ivy
Lorna

Bunny makes me think of The Secret History. It's a bit rich lady on the upper west side. I couldn't use it in real life.

Patty is a no. Makes me think of Patty in The Simpsons .

Right, last try - Lana? (Turner)

Gretal
Delphine
Thalia
Iris
Dora
Alma
Juliet
Cora
Violet
Martie ( had a great aunt Martie)
Etta
Georgia
Lena

I mentioned Lana upthread somewhere! I like it but DP doesn't.

I feel pretty confident I'll choose one of the names from this thread if baby does turn out to be a girl!

Tentative shortlist:

Cherry
Dulcie
Dolly
Marnie
Violet
Annie
Frankie

Thanks everyone .

Taffy- I know it's normally a girls name but it's cutesy