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

Connie

I liked Vera, and Constance.

DD ended up as Verity, still in the old lady ball park

Lots of these names are in use round here! I can think of three pairs of sisters - and I'll mix their names up rather than naming the pairs for the sake of identification -called Agatha, Edith, Betty, Mabel, Hilda and Nellie. All under 8.

My niece is a Doris. I was very sceptical when my sister told me what she was naming her child, but it's grown on me. It's kind of cute.

I think some of these names are already starting to make a comeback: Margaret
Edith
Vera
Dorothy
Eileen

I think that there are several names on this list which I can totally see coming back into popularity:
Ethel
Norah
Rita
and possibly Winifred

Then the others, I just can't see them coming back yet (if at all)
Gladys, Dilys
Patricia
Joan
Mary
Doris
Margery
Doreen, Maureen and Noreen.

Also other names which I think are stuck in the past are:
Ursula
Greta
Beat
Gretchen
Della
Hyacinth
Hilda
Mavis

I know a 3 year old Phyllis. Older sister Camille. Obviously love those double Ls!

I love Agnes and Margaret on a little one! There are also a few baby Dorothy's and Edith's around.
Maureen, Sheila, Noreen, Coleen and Joyce haven't quite made it yet. Anything that is verging on a more 'modern' old lady name. 1950s and 60s names rather than 1930s and 40s. But I'm sure even these will be on their way back soon!

I can't see popular names from the 60's and 70s making a comeback. E.g. Jackie, Tracy, Sharon, Kim, Michelle etc

I am 49 and don't consider Denise to be an old name!

I know a 3 year old Isla, 2 year old Iris and an 18 month Ivy, not all from the same family I hasten to add!

I love the granny names
Loads are really popular here like violet and Florence

I love Margot and Queenie have met a toddler one of each!

My paternal grandmother was Violet, my mom was Joan and my sister is Denise.

I think Joanne has gone out of fashion too. There were three of us in my class at school. Two Claire's, and a Nicola. Don't see the latter around much either.

I'm in Canada now. There are some right bonkers names and random spellings of normal names over here

"I'm in Canada now. There are some right bonkers names and random spellings of normal names over here."

Do share a few, Moose!

See Maud(e) is getting a mention. Desperately wanted to call my dd1 after gm maud but couldn't quite bring myself to do it......dd2 got florence in her name and is permanently disgusted with it and refuses to accept its part of her name - can't win can you?!

Reminds me of when I told a boyfriend how much I loathed the name Martha, and he told me it was his mother's name

Some of those are great names. I love Dorothy! Mary is a classic too. (Maybe biased as my mum was a Mary).

And my mother changed her mother's name to Susanna posthumously, despite her name being Marjory all her life. That was weird...

I know a Sheila (reception age) and a Barbara (baby) and I know 2 Connie's (both aged under 8). Also know in passing a Margaret, Mary, Betty, Linda and Nell

My DD has a more popular old ladies name [wasn't top 100 when we used it] and the name I am in love with at present is Jean.

We have a Cecily which I believe is an 'old lady name'.. we love it though obvs 😊

I love the name Cecily!

I come from a Scottish family. A name that has popped up occasionally on our family tree is Euphemia, shortened to either Effie or Phemie. It's a good strong name which has grown on me.

I know of a 10yo Iris. Fantastic name.

Sylvia is great too.

I've always had a fondness for Lindsay. That's possibly not so much an old lady name as just a bit rare. I don't like Lynsey, for some reason.

Lisa was a massively popular name in the 70s and 80s. I'd be surprised to learn that many people are using it now, but that would be one of my tips for what will be popular in another 20 years as the Lisas become grannies.

As ever, pleased to see my own name here - getting a lot more love than it usually gets! Memories of Mrs T starting to fade?

Maggie is a fab name Gaspode!

Euphemia on the other hand! Well it just reminds me of Mrs Doubtfire. Busty and matronly.

DD2 is 16 and her three best friends are Karen, Margaret and Gwendoline!

squoosh, I don't answer to that! Only the full length version. It was a losing battle at school but I've insisted on it ever since.

You don't often see Meg these days. If there are any, it's more likely to be a shortening of Megan than Margaret. It's the one shortening I might have been able to live with.

I'm surprised Jean hasn't caught on as it's the name of the little girl in To Kill A Mockingbird, which seems to be a massively popular book.
Jean is much nicer name than the ugly Scout and Harper which have got some celeb support.

I love all the old names, both dd and ds have old fashioned names which are more popular now. Expecting dd2 and she is going to be called Vivienne Valerie xx