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Old lady name help

95 replies

User1704 · 09/04/2020 13:58

I have about 1 week left now and no names at all. Nothing feels right.
I like old lady type names. Quite like Sadie and Elise but can’t imagine using either! Any suggestions?
I also like annabelle but again I’m just not sold

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User1704 · 09/04/2020 13:59

Sorry that should say Elsie

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thesunwillout · 09/04/2020 14:01

Sylvie/Sylvia
Anna
Winnie
Susanna
Leonora
Edie
Edith
Frances
Bethany

Ilariayaya · 09/04/2020 14:03

Shame you corrected it as I was going to say Elise is lovely!

Norah
Anna
Thea
June
Josephine
Emilia
Rose/Rosie

vampirethriller · 09/04/2020 14:04

Lilian
Frances
Enid
Maude
Dorothy
Dulcie
Marian

swampytiggaa · 09/04/2020 14:04

My mom is Thelma. She’s 91 so that qualifies as an old lady name 😂😂

My favourite auntie was called Ivy 💕

CadburysTastesVileNow · 09/04/2020 14:04

Mamie

Dora

Lynda07 · 09/04/2020 14:06

I quite like Dora, it's pretty. Is it short for Theodora?

theclockticksslowly · 09/04/2020 14:06

Audrey or Aubrey

paradisefalls · 09/04/2020 14:07

Love Elsie and Sadie also like
Maggie
Dora
Josephine
Vera
Lydia

Standrewsschool · 09/04/2020 14:09

Jean
Enid
Adelaide
Maisie
Constance
Lillian
Mabel
Edith
Viola
Winifred

Callybrid · 09/04/2020 14:10

Second the comment re Elise - I considered and sometimes wish I’d called my dd Elise.

Be careful with old lady names - I chose one that sounded hip and cute in the place I was living at the time, where there were heaps of baby Agathas, Mabels, Hettys, Betsys etc. but then I moved to an entirely different part of the country and found there were a whole load of 50/60 yr olds with the name up here and it felt all different. I still like the name but sometimes have a pang of regret I didn’t go for something ‘prettier’ or more classic.

WhoIsBUhere · 09/04/2020 14:11

Maude
Mabel
Betsy
Betty
Peggy
Polly
Dorothy
Cora
Hetty
Iris
Josie

Off the top of my head

StormCiara · 09/04/2020 14:13

Verity
Eleanor nn Nell
Clarice
Matilda
June
Bess/Bessie

SallyWD · 09/04/2020 14:13

Some of my favourites:
Lilian
Violet
Iris
Rose
Penny
Ida
Edith (Edie)
Mary
Anne
Jane
Nora

DifficultPifcultLemonDifficult · 09/04/2020 14:13

Nellie is my favourite old lady name.

Callybrid · 09/04/2020 14:14

Other ideas

Annalise as an alternative to Annabelle?

Eliza - old fashioned but classic

Elspeth as a long form for Elsie?

Umnoway · 09/04/2020 14:24

Elspeth is nice, Elsie for short.
Edith with Edie for short.
Violet and Ivy are fairly popular nowadays but both beautiful.
Beatrix/Beatrice both gorgeous
I like Mabel and Martha too.

Snaga · 09/04/2020 14:24

Mabel
Iris
Elizabeth (Betty)
Joan
Jean
Phyllis
Rose

Iamtryingtobenicehere · 09/04/2020 14:32

Lydia
Elizabeth
Grace
Lucy
Mabel
Victoria
Daisy
Isobel
Charlotte
Bertha
Poppy
Ingrid
Hannah
Doris

BaroleCaskin · 09/04/2020 14:37

Cassie / Cassandra
Josephine
Heather
Beatrix
Heidi
Jemima
Tabitha
Matilda
Agnus
Claudia
Wendy
Elspeth
Esther
Theodora
Jane
Colette
Agatha / Aggie
Beatrice
Bryony

LavenderLilacTree · 09/04/2020 14:39

Olive
June
Tulah
Isolde
Enela
Hazel
Peggy
Dorothy (Dot)
Honor
Verity
Clementine
May

mogtheexcellent · 09/04/2020 14:41

Edie
Dulcie
Ottilie

Although me daughter is named after a lovely old lady I once cared for. So she is an Emma.Smile

mogtheexcellent · 09/04/2020 14:43

*my not me

Damn cockney autocorrect Grin

madminimoomin · 09/04/2020 14:52

I met a baby Sybil - loved it

Whatsyourflava · 09/04/2020 14:54

Delilah
Clementine (Clemmie)
Martha
Pearl
Jemima
Margaret /Maggie
Edith /Edie
Peggy
Mabel

By the way I love Sadie Elsie and Annabelle and hope you stick with one of them!