Classical names not in vogue

[fluffymouse]

Currently expecting a dd

I hate the idea of dd being one of many with her name, so any names in the top 100 are out.

I'm looking for classical names that are not currently in vogue.

Examples of names I like (but dh doesn't) are:

Dorothy
Beatrice
Rebecca

Any suggestions?

I'd like to hear more Susan, Diana (which is a gorgeous name, really, but I understand why UK people avoid it), Mary, Jane (except for kind of not because I want to use it and I don't want it to be popular), Laura, Helen, Lavinia (not sure if it's a real classic), Rebecca, Wilhelmina, Winifred.

Rachel
Nicola
Caroline
Catherine
Angela
Vivienne
Michelle
Louisa
Louise
Lucinda

Jean
Paula
Pauline
Martina
Marcella
Alison
Abigail

Ellen, Louisa, Genevieve are all classic names that aren't too popular.

Agnes
Anita
Aria
Alfrida
Bettina
Benedicta
Clementine
Constanta
Edith
Evelyn
Emmeline
Delphine
Danae
Felicity
Fiona
Flynn
Gertrud
Glory
Hebe
Honor
Hildagard
Holly
Ludmilla
Lydia
Lyra
Manissa
Melissa
Marianne
Marissa
Nancy
Noor
Penelope
Phillipa
Octavia
Olivia
Queenie
Rosamund
Rosalind
Stephanie
Suzannah
Tabitha
Tamzin
Tazmin
Toby
Ursula
Vladimira
Xanthe
Yoko
Zephyr

Rhoda
Patience
Adelaide

Jeanne, Joyce, Monica, Lydia, Iris, Norah?

Henrietta
Claudia
Gabrielle
Francesca
Roasalind
Rosemary
Chloe
Lucinda
Stephanie
Christina
Penelope
Juliette
Nicola
Natalie

Elspbeth
Ingrid
Joanne/a
Suzanne/a
Helen
Mary
Ruth
Mildred
Ethel
Dorotka
Frances
Berta
Gertrude
Lucille
Lettice
Virginia
Pauline
Alma
Blanche
Phyllis
Marion
Doris
Maude
Hilda
Estelle
Loretta
Barbara
Norma
Winifred
Mavis
Irene
Patricia

I love Valerie. (Suspect am the only person who does, but I really love it.)

Helen
Louise
Claire
Rosemary
Elizabeth
Florence
Frances

Sylvia nn Sylvie?

I love Rebekah, I have a friend with the name spelt this way. I was tempted to use it for dd but really not keen on the nn Beckie so didn't in the end.

I know lots of Carolines in their 30s but agree it is due a revival, think it is a great name.

Lucinda, Arabella, Francesca, Florence, Anabelle, Madeleine are all lovely names which aren't too popular.

Anna, Mary, Grace and Imogen

MrsPatMustard DD's middle name is Valerie

Laura might not be fashionable at the moment, but it is so so common, where I am anyway! (Bane of my life!)

Forgot to say Jennifer (Jenny)

Keepon

I love Alice, was my Grandmother's name and a very good school friend and is classic without being dated IMO. I would have used it as a middle name except my daughters' initials would have been S.A.D or L.A.D, not great.

I know far too many people in their 30s/40s called Claire but ti may be due a revival.

I prefer Mary to Maria having lived in Spain where Maria is extremely common.

Elizabeth is lovely with lots of potential nicknames.

Thank you for all the suggestions. There are lots that I like in there, but dh doesn't like any, apart from one name that is far too phonetically similar to dd1's name. So still stuck.

The only name we are left with is Florence, which is lovely, but too in vogue I think.