Vintage baby girl names

[Cluelessmamma]

Hi, this is my first MN post
I would love some advice/ ideas for name of dd2 due next year. Hubby has basically removed himself from the equation as we could literally not agree on one name for our first daughter which caused so much stress that he has now said whatever I want he will go along with (hence I need someone else to bounce ideas off!). I love vintage/old lady names and especially ones that have been in my family.. so this is my list.. and our first daughter is called Beatrice (Bea) so I would obvs like it to 'go' together..

Stella Violet (which would give her same initials as me)
Iris Cecily
Mable Florence
Violet Hope
Cecily Hope
Cosima Iris

Any other ideas? thoughts?
Thanks

Such nice names! I really really like Stella Violet particularly!

We really loved older traditional names. Hence our dd is Martha (turns out this is actually an old family name)

Evelyn
Betty
Dotty
Edie
Elsie
Hatty

I love Florence and Martha.

I like Eliza too. That was my Great Nans name.

Martha
Eliza
Ginny
Nancy
Dotty

Emily
Juliana
Isabella
Daisy
Norah
Lydia
Jennifer
Polly
Naomi
Millicent
Clarissa
Greta
May
Angelica
Louisa
Bess
Olivia
Nina
Elsie
Evelyn
Theodora
Lucy
Lily

Violet is my favourite by a mile from your list. Beautiful, graceful, vintage feeling (while not overly trying to sound so vintage its old lady!) while still punchy.

I love Violet and Mabel but really don't like Stella. I've known several dogs called Stella-that's probably why!!

I have an adored aunt Cecily who is called Cec by everyone who knows her.

I have a Constance (tho called Connie) Iris so we must have similar taste. Just outed myself? The names I also love are Nancy, Maeve, Peggy and Maggie.

Love Florence!

I like Maragret as well.

*Margaret

Stella and Mabel are lovely !
I like ;
Maude
Frede
Blanche
Etta
Hester

Freda !

I love ethel but my dp vetoed it.

My favourite older names are;
Lucy
Florence
Emily
Maisie

Also like Stella from your list.

A girl I know has a Stella and she's a wee beauty. I think it's a great name. I second Ivy!

I think of the cool girl from 902010 rather than the blue rinse! But I get vetoed in real life.

Bea is lovely too!

Cecily is beautiful.
Also Esme?
Heather?
Caroline?
Genevieve?

If I ever had another dd it would be Araminta nn Minty I love it!
Violet and Beatrice were my two gma's so big fan of that combo!
How about
Sadie
Pearl
Maggie
Lou
Peggy
Marnie

Stella Violet is gorgeous!

I love Stella but it's an absolute no from OH! I love the name Beatrice and I think Stella goes well. Also loving Etta and Esme from the suggestions.

I think Beatrice goes best with Cosima.

Cecily is a really beautiful name.

I also like Stella and Violet.

Throwing in an additional thought about finding a name that goes well with Beatrice ... this is hard to articulate without sounding kind of sexist, so please bear with me!

The vast majority of girls' names end with what some argue is a "feminizing" sound, either a soft "ah" or a diminutive long "eee" sound. (How many boys' names [excluding nicknames] end in those sounds?) Many girls' names are in fact simply "feminized" or nicknamey versions of boys' names. This isn't a bad thing! It's just the way our language seems to work; softer-sounding names seem more associated with girls.

You've give your first daughter a lovely name that strays from the "ah" and "eee" tradition, and quite a few of the names on your possibles list are similarly "strong." (Note, I'm using "strong" to refer just to the sound itself, not to imply any sort of masculinity in the names!) I love that the name "Beatrice" also gives the option of both the strong sound and the softer sound by way of the nickname "Bea."

In your shoes, I might at least toss around the idea of giving a similarly "strong"-ending name to daughter the second.

Then again, I've collected non-"ah/eee" girls' names for years, and have one myself, so I'm a bit partial that way.

Just something to think about!

Our niece has just been named Primrose and it's just lovely. Classic, vintage but not too out there!