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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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Lexijayde44 · 09/04/2020 19:43

Whinnie
Norah
Elsie is lovely
Dollie
Rubie
Martha
Emilie
Evelyn
Eve
Dotty

Myohmy123 · 09/04/2020 19:46

Valerie
Felicity
Martha
Georgette
Brigitte
Pearl

NewName54321 · 09/04/2020 20:12

Beatrice
Blossom
Cecilia
Denise
Estelle
Florence
Janice
Maisie
Therese

babynamelover · 09/04/2020 20:27

Using the 100 year old rule these are from 1924 top names england and Wales this will keep you ahead of the curve 😊.

Joan *
Joyce *
Irene *
Betty
Vera
Audrey
Edith
Florence
Lilian
Alma
Dora
Hannah
Annie *
Iris
Evelyn
Gwemdoline *
Sylvia
Constance *
Frances
Freda *
Nancy
Beatrice
Mabel
Lucy
Rosemary
Amy
Eva
Jessie
Nellie
Hazel
Daphne *
Ada
Enid *
June *
Stella
Mavis
Bridget
Daisy
Eleanor

  • My picks
BellaVida · 09/04/2020 20:36

Some of the older generation names in my family:
Gwenneth- Gwen
Felicity
Ella
Maude
Dorothy
Ida
Elsie
Betty

OhTheRoses · 09/04/2020 20:37

My mother's on that list. Her friends were: Sylvia, Patricia, Marion and Barbara.

My grandma and her sister were Alice Marina and Evelyn Helena. Their mother Eleanor Mary.

Neighneigh · 09/04/2020 20:38

I know a skateboarding ten year old called Peggy, she is really quite awesome

123Dancewithme · 09/04/2020 23:34

Alma
Peggy
Irene
Vera
Joan
Rita
Thelma
Jean
Dorothy
Audrey
Gwen
Sylvia
Daphne
Frida
Gloria
Marian
Winnie
June
Dinah
Mary

Fanciedachange1 · 09/04/2020 23:36

I quite like Evie

Ellmau · 09/04/2020 23:37

Edith
Eileen
Joyce
Lilian
Pamela
Myra
Elsie
Constance
Mary
Marion
Marcia
Vera
Ena
Doris
Dorothy
Thelma

RaspberryBubblegum · 09/04/2020 23:40

Evie
Lottie
Anna

Marcipex · 09/04/2020 23:41

Bridget
Alma
Mabel
Mona
Nellie
Are all babies/toddlers I know. I can’t believe the utter dreariness(sorry) of these names or that young people are choosing them.
Actual old ladies in my family are Caroline, Rose, Kitty, Gwen.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 09/04/2020 23:43

Martha
Mabel
Madeleine
Beatrice
Janet
Janet
Linda

OhNoNoNoNotThatOne · 09/04/2020 23:44

Bernadette
Winifred
Ethel
Nancy
Irene

ButterfliesandMoths · 09/04/2020 23:46

I love the names Ethel & Hilda

redastherose · 10/04/2020 00:04

One grandma was a Jane and the other was called May, both are nice names I think.

Greenmarmalade · 10/04/2020 00:11

Don’t rush, though. You have 6 weeks to name her! Just make your register office appt. in advance and take your time. I took ages to name my babies!

Rosa
Rosalind
Rosamund
Pearl
Edie
Iris
Doreen
Molly
Florence
Ivy
Dahlia

Petiolaris · 10/04/2020 00:14

I was desperate to call my baby Ada but he turned out to be a boy. My gran’s sister was called Mariah but she went by Riah and I thought that was nice too.

Boswello · 10/04/2020 00:17

Lena

TenShortStories · 10/04/2020 00:18

Joyce
Queenie
Tess
Winn/Winifred

Rayagoldensun · 10/04/2020 00:24

Liberty
Honor
Faith
Hope
Constance
Harriet (Harry/Hatty)
Lucy
Annie/Anna
Rose
Florence
Miriam
Henrietta (hetty)
Emeline
Mary
Agnes
Agatha
Angela

Bouncingbelle · 10/04/2020 03:09

Love love love Sadie and Elsie is nice too. Or...
Nell (short for Helena)
Susanna
Marnie
Nancy
Hope
Rose
Lucy
Lydia

mathanxiety · 10/04/2020 04:17

Winona
Lara
Clara
Greta
Oonagh or Una
Kathleen
Noelle
Lucille
Marian
Kay
Marjorie
Rosanna
Cicely
Celia
Cecelia
Rosina

KeeefBurtain · 10/04/2020 06:50

My grandmothers are Alice Margaret and Gwendolyn Amelia.

My DDs are called Amelia and Elspeth, other names on my list both times

Nancy
Anna/bel
Rosemary
Victoria
Enid
Meredith
Opal

Although dd2 was almost an Ebony as she was born with the most amazing mop of jet black hair!

I've always loved older names - there is 16 years between dd1 and dd2 and my lists were almost identical.

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