Agnes- too old ladyish?

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DH and I tend to go for more old fashioned names, others we're considering are
Martha
June
Ivy
Nancy

DH has suggested Agnes because it was the name of a relative who was very dear to him and I'd like to honour that but wondering if it's just too old fashioned?

I bloody love it OP! Agnes Ida

I like Agnes. Probably because I know a wonderful Agnes. I don't generally like old lady names. I only like Nancy on your list.

I love Agnes. Agnes is the pig-witch in Terry Pratchetts Discworld. Doesn't sound very cool, but she is 😀

I find the sound of Agnes a bit harsh and prefer the French pronunciation (ahn-yes). I wish that was an accepted alternative in the UK.

Other have mentioned Annis and Ines/Inez as variations. There's also the southern French Anaïs (pronounced Ana-eese). I was told by a French speaker that it was a version of Agnes, although I've just checked and the top two results on google seem to think it's a version of Anna.

Aye, Senga. Martha is lovely.

Don't like it at all. It's worse than Agatha, which is the name I wanted to use for an English bulldog for a long time, which about sums up my feelings on the usability of the name.

I love Agnes! I think it’s a really sweet name. There’s an Agnes in the Despicable Me franchises.

I like Agnes but Nancy is the perfect name, in my view, I just love it.

Love the name Agnes!

Oh god I usually say nothing on these threads but Agnes is the worst name ever in my opinion. It's jaggy and harsh and conjures up old moany women in hair curlers

Really not keen on Agnes but I like the rest of your list, especially Ivy.

I know a 30ish Agnes and she is cool as, and very very lovely. Do it.

I like Agnes. Makes me think of Agnes Deyn (who’s real name was something boring like Laura) and Agnes from the Despicable Me movies who was cute.

I love June!!

Agnes is a bit harsh for calling across a playground etc. I know an agnesa which is cute.

Love it.

Ivy is so popular it’s a bit ‘done’ to me.

Love Agnes - and I’ve got a Nancy! If I had another DC then Agnes would be right at the top of the list.

It was my grandma's name so I'm biased.
I was going to use it for dd1 as a middle name until my ex fil stuck his oar in.

I like the French Agnès with a soft g, but not the English version.

Much much prefer Nancy.

Lovely in French, bloody awful in English. I love Martha and Nancy off your lost. You trip over ivys in the street here, every third family seems to have one.

It was my DMs name, she hated it.

I do think it depends what you associate it with so despicable me Agnes is much cuter.

It was on our shortlist, and DD is very glad we didn't use it. But the old lady chic is more of a thing now than it was when we were naming DD, so I'd say yes.

Agree about Ivy suddenly being super popular, there are two at toddler group - Beyonce effect maybe?