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"Granny" girl's name list!

147 replies

DefinitelyMaybeBaby · 10/01/2021 14:39

Baby girl due in a few weeks and we are getting closer to a name but not there yet! I did post a shortlist a couple of months ago and feedback was helpful so thank you.

(I will caveat this by saying our taste is very much old fashioned names which we know won't be for everyone!)

Middle name will be Juniper with all the first name options.

Norah
Nancy
Mavis
Dorothy (Dot/Dottie)
Winnifred

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AndThenTheDayBecomesTheNight · 10/01/2021 16:48

Lilian (definitely spelt with one L) is well overdue a comeback. It's lovely. I also think Daphne will have a revival, but if you use it now you'll be ahead of the curve.

Flippy87 · 10/01/2021 16:50

Mabel
Ethel
Ada
Freida
Virginia

Scarby9 · 10/01/2021 16:53

My grandmas and aunts were
Barbara
Lilian
Ethel
Edna
Hylda
Winifred
Beatrice (Beattie)
Minnie

Karmatime · 10/01/2021 17:02

My grandmother was one of 6 girls:
May, Emily, Edith, Violet, Iris, Myrtle
They would be great (some great great) grandmothers by now if still alive, all born between 1900 and 1910.
I like all those names except Myrtle.

DuzzyFuck · 10/01/2021 17:03

I love both Elsie and Mabel at the moment

LadySlipper · 10/01/2021 17:06

I like Nancy.

MoreMorelos · 10/01/2021 17:07

I like Nancy, plus it reminds me of The Craft film

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 10/01/2021 17:22

Jennifer, surely?

DotDotDotDotDot · 10/01/2021 17:23

Nancy Juniper would be lovely. Not keen on your others sorry. I like the other suggestions of Daphne and Sylvie though. Good luck choosing.

FawnDrench · 10/01/2021 17:25

Ena
Cecily
Gladys
Gretchen
Elspeth
Connie
Monica
Rowena
Lavinia
Dorothy

grandmasterstitch · 10/01/2021 17:27

Thanks for this OP! We have Winifred, Gwendolyn and Hester on our list but really need more inspiration

MavisMonkey · 10/01/2021 17:33

I one Norah and Dorothy the best.
Prefer Maeve to Mavis.

Also like:
Edith / Edie
Agnes
Kitty
Esme
Cora

Deadringer · 10/01/2021 17:36

I don't really like old fashioned names, but one of my great aunts was Hanorah which i think is quite nice.

EdgeOfACoin · 10/01/2021 17:41

Gladys
Marjorie
Ethel
Lettice
Mildred
Millicent
Dolores
Olive
Hilda

dancingindungarees · 10/01/2021 17:42

Annie or Martha

funtimefrank · 10/01/2021 17:52

I saw this in active threads and thought I'd be nosy!

My 'granny' generation of granny and aunt had:

Kathleen
Audrey
Christabel
Nina
Edith
Coralie
Marigold
Lillian
Olive
Veronica
Patricia
Alice

jessieb90 · 10/01/2021 17:57

Not sure if this has already been mentioned, by my great nan was called Evelyn. You could also call her Evie for short which is super cute!

Trauchled · 10/01/2021 17:59

Martha
Enid
Eunice
Margot
Aileen
Helen
Mary
Rosemary
Isabel
Elizabeth
Elinor

SlopesOff · 10/01/2021 18:07

Gertrude
Janette
Maude
Isobel
Margerie
Margaret
Ellen
Jane
Agatha
Gladys

Theforest · 10/01/2021 18:08

Violet
Edith
Margaret
Josephine
Lilian

GlitterSandcastle · 10/01/2021 18:11

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Happenchance · 10/01/2021 18:45

Susan
Gwen
Hattie
Agnes
Thora
Constance
Valorie
Dorian
Diedre

Whatsyourflava · 10/01/2021 19:21

Love Dorothy

How about Margaret

Twelve8Ts · 10/01/2021 20:30

Tilly
Margot
Connie
Penny
Cordelia
Coral
Hazel

Twelve8Ts · 10/01/2021 20:36

Blythe
Nell
Betsy
Minnie

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