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Old lady name help

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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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Rio5555 · 09/04/2020 16:24

Sadie doesn’t feel old lady to me, reminds me of Sadie frost. How about Sylvie/Sylvia?

MikeUniformMike · 09/04/2020 16:35

Bessie.

Spied · 09/04/2020 16:38

Betsy, Martha and Greta are lovely.
I also like Lena and Ruth.

bluebellation · 09/04/2020 16:40

Mildred
Gladys
Doris
Brenda
Ada
Doreen
Phyllis

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 09/04/2020 16:52

It depends what type of old lady names you mean. Cutesy or granny chic.

Granny chic.
Doris
Maude
Mavis
Audrey
Dorothy
Nora
Norma
Flora
Iris
Ida
Teresa

Cutesy
Ivy
Betsy.
Dolly
Annie
Josie
Winnie
Lottie
Peggy(Margaret)
Kitty (Katherine/ Kathleen)

GammaRays · 09/04/2020 16:56

Lost of good ones here but my favourite older name is Evangeline. But then my current top girls name (I only have DS) is Lyra. Good luck OP!

yearinyearout · 09/04/2020 17:34

Isobel
Mary
Edith
Evelyn
Rose
Mabel
Iris
Joy
Elsie
Beryl
Annie
Doris
Ethel
Frances
Freda
Hilda
Ivy
Lillian
Nancy
Olive
Reenie
Violet

pinkpanther84 · 09/04/2020 17:44

Pearl

Elieza · 09/04/2020 17:58

Flower names. Flowers

Lelophants · 09/04/2020 18:00

Dottie
Kit

Lelophants · 09/04/2020 18:01

Mildred
Enid
Emmeline
Rosalie

Lelophants · 09/04/2020 18:01

Beryl

Downton57 · 09/04/2020 18:10

Mamie, Phoebe, Nell

Thornhill58 · 09/04/2020 18:13

Mary
Elaine
Evelyn

Thornhill58 · 09/04/2020 18:15

Recent favourite is Honor.

WillWinterEverEnd · 09/04/2020 18:15

Iris
Ada
Olive
Nora
Dorothy

Love old lady names!

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 09/04/2020 18:18

Millicent
Dorothy
Ida
Ada
Marguerite
Gladys
Sylvia
Betty
Beryl
Enid
Edith
Hermia
Alma
Audrey
Veronica

PolloDePrimavera · 09/04/2020 18:20

Betsy
Dulcie
Bessie
Cecily
Margot
Sadie
I quite like Agnes but suspect I'm alone.

TheReluctantCountess · 09/04/2020 18:21

I love Sylvia. It means ‘from the forest’ and that’s just beautiful. Ds would have been a Sylvia if he had been a girl.

Pinkpepper9 · 09/04/2020 18:23

Josie, Jean, Hetti, Alice, Catherine, Emma, Mary, Lucy, Rose, Betty.

Just names of lovely ladies I know 😁

Sadie is a beautiful name, might be one for me to steal and add to my list!

decisionsdecision · 09/04/2020 18:25

Ava
Ada
Adelaide (Addie)
Lola
Annie

Greenandcabbagelooking · 09/04/2020 19:40

My great Aunt was called Sadie, and born approx 1930. Her sisters were:

Elizabeth
Margret (Peggy)
Susan
Bridget
May

LouisaJenny · 09/04/2020 19:42

Sylvie
Ivy
Iris
Ada
Elsie

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