Old lady names that haven't had a comeback

[GirlcalledJames]

Wondering if any of these will trend:

Eileen, Doreen, Noreen, Maureen
Margery
Dorothy
Doris
Vera
Rita
Norah
Winifred
Mary
Joan
Margaret
Patricia
Ethel
Gladys, Dilys
Edith

Has Maud been mentioned yet?

Donna

Dorothy is creeping back in.
Mavis
Agnes
Janet
Patricia
Winifred (Heard plenty of little Fredas whilst out and about, though)
Mary
Marie
Edna

I've met a little Donna.

Gwendoline
Myra
Maude
Joy
Joyce
Dorothy
Gertrude
Millicent
Shirley

Gloria. has anyone met one?

Victoria Coren Mitchell has a little baby Barbara. It hasn't become cute to me yet.

I know a 5 year old Sue - not short for Susan, just Sue.

I love Ethel!

Yes, I know a Gloria.

Hilda might be due a comeback, especially with the Last Kingdom TV series predominant - the character Hild - and all those other Anglo-Saxony names, like Aethel - Ethel.

Beryl is a gemstone, so no different in type to names like Ruby. I think it's quite nice.

I wouldn't class a lot of these names as "old lady names".

Ethel, Hilda, Phyllis are old lady names to me
The likes of Janet, Barbara, Patricia are more middle-aged lady names.

My Mum was Doris - she always hated it - used to say she didn't know what her mother was thinking of to call her that name!

She was always Dot or Dottie.

29Palms - I was inclined to agree with you and then realised that actually time is moving on and the Janet, Barbara and Patricias I know are in their 70s.

Middle-aged names are now those of my peers (I'm 50) so those are the Sharon, Shirley, Sandra & Gillians.

My Mum's generation which is those in their 80s are the Henrietta, Philomena, Adas etc.

My local paper recently had a bonny baby photo competition.

The write up of all the entrant names looked like the register of an old folk's home!

(Both my grandmothers names [DOBs in the 1920s] are on your OP @GirlcalledJames - I can't say I could ever see them working for a baby today)

I've not met any little Sybils, Berthas or Hildas yet.

I really like Maud, Constance and Edith, but don't see the appeal of Ethel, Olive or Ivy.

I can't see Fanny making a comeback.

Fanny is unlikely! But Frances, the name it's short for, is possible, just like Francesca is now.

Hildegard, Gertrude, Wilhelmina, Virginia, Berenice, Bernadette, Patrice.

I personally also love Marise, Peggy and Gloria. Imo they haven't made a comeback (yet?)

I had an Aunt Fanny, it wasn't short for anything! I do love Francesca!

Oooh getting some good ideas from this board. I'm loving:

Rita
Vera
Audrey
Norah

I also like Nina, is it short for something or just nina? Stella is also an option. I am not pregnant

I had a great auntie named Blanche always thought it was the worst name in the world. Poor old Blanche.

Adding Sybil and Virginia to the list!

I had an Aunty Bunty - think that was short for Elizabeth..

Brenda is one of my 'worsts' , not helped by having a PITA aunt of that name, well into 80s now.
My granny was lovely but she gave all her kids (to me) ghastly names. Winifred was another - no doubt fashionable at the time, though. Can't imagine anyone now calling a poor innocent little baby Winifred.

Don't know who said Mary, but I don't see that as old-lady, just classic and overdue for a comeback. I gather it was one of the most popular for hundreds of years.

I know toddlers Dorothy, Ivy, Elsie, Mabel.
I really like Barbara .

I know a 10 year old Peggy (I think Margaret on the BC but known as Peggy all the time)

I expect all the old lady named babies will have children called Tracey, Patricia and Sharon