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Vintage or perhaps “quirky” girl names?

166 replies

Changedname81 · 02/02/2020 16:22

Only 6w6d but it’s my first, I’m a geriatric primigravida (will be 39 when baby born) and I’m excited as anything! Grin

The boys name is pretty much sorted ( we have it between two - Theodore nn Ted or Seth)

Girls names I find a lot harder ...

Names I like but can’t use for various reasons -

Ruby
Violet
Ava
Olive / Olivia
Erin
India
Polly

I really like Delilah and Honor also.

Anyone got any corkers to add to the list?

Thanks Grin

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JesmondDene · 02/02/2020 16:41

Sorry cross post (carried away thinking!) with your - 'not 50's/60's vintage'...though retro is definitely back!

ShowOfHands · 02/02/2020 16:43

Esther
Aphra
Mirabel
Annie
Miriam
Hannah
Sabria
Dorothy

JesmondDene · 02/02/2020 16:44

You said you love 'Audrey' - I do too - and Audra.
Audrey could make a come back ( though I would say retro 50's!)

haverhill · 02/02/2020 16:46

Edith
Florence
Juliette
Elizabeth
Celeste
Madeleine
Dorothy

NameChange84 · 02/02/2020 16:46

Just because of India on your list, Saffron nickname Saffy.

Allegra
Edith/Edie
Gwen
Lois
Ingrid
Jessamine (Jessa/Jessie)
Agatha (Aggie)
Winifred/Winnie
Cecily
Calista (Callie)
Octavia
Cecilia
Irene
Renata
Euphemia/Effie
Viola

OakleyStreetisnotinChelsea · 02/02/2020 16:47

As the mother of a Margaret, you really don't get a whole lot of those. Although a have come across a smattering of Margots.

Miriam
Alice
Dorothy
Edith
Edythea
Victoria
Helena
Emma
Jennifer
Eleanor

mrwalkensir · 02/02/2020 16:49

Love Felicity (can be Fizz for short) - also know of a Mirianthe...

DinosaurDreams · 02/02/2020 16:49

Bette
Adelaide
Sadie
Elvira (nn Elvie)
Cora
Etta
Stella
Pearl
Sylvia/Sylvie
Celia
Peggy
Nancy
Lucille
Gwendoline

RoseMartha · 02/02/2020 16:50

Mary
Miriam
Cicely
Elodie
Leticia

JesmondDene · 02/02/2020 16:51

www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/decades/names1900s.html

Anything here?
www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/decades/names1900s.html

Florence
Mildred
Ethel
Enid
Myrtle
Nell
Frieda
Flora
Etta

Neednewwellies · 02/02/2020 16:53

I like,

Audrey
Connie
Daphne

Elouera · 02/02/2020 16:54

Daisy
Pearl/Pearla
Joy/Joyce
Rose/Rosa
Doris (Dotty)
Hazel
Elizabeth
Faye
May
Maisie
Coral/Coralie

HalfBloodPrincess · 02/02/2020 16:58

Cordelia
Clementine
Agatha
Margaret
Adeline

DontCallMeShitley · 02/02/2020 17:00

Irene
Vera
Janette
Ivy
Doris
Maude
Gertrude
Violet
Alice
Annabelle
Susanna
Geraldine
Betty
Ellen
Nellie
Valerie
Patricia
Gwendoline

Lulu1919 · 02/02/2020 17:03

Mabel

jmh740 · 02/02/2020 17:05

I love Cora

RunningOnMusic · 02/02/2020 17:06

Hettie
Ida
Etta
Hope
Audrey
Penelope/Penny
Elizabeth/Beth/Lizzie/Betsy
Charlotte/Lottie
Lynne

DontCallMeShitley · 02/02/2020 17:07

Josephine
Genevieve
Lettuce
Miranda

Dhalandchips · 02/02/2020 17:07

If I were to have another, she'd definitely be Elsie, I love it!! My grandma was Ethel, not so lovelyGrin

yogo · 02/02/2020 17:12

I love Pearl

Ellmau · 02/02/2020 17:16

Priscilla
Adeline
Augusta
Estella
Honoria
Georgiana
Ada
Alexandra
Beatrice
Helena
Alice
Louisa
Evelyn
Prunella
Ethel
Marjorie
Maud/Maude
Mavis
Beryl
Lilian
Vivian

kittykatkitty · 02/02/2020 17:24

Esme
Estelle
Margot
Vivienne

schnubbins · 02/02/2020 17:33

Marlene
Carla
Louisa
Johanna
Frieda

Thefaceofboe · 02/02/2020 17:53

Love Violet & Ruby. My DP hates violet so I know it’s not an option for us Sad

SpeckledyHen · 02/02/2020 17:56

Audrey
Iris
Tess