"Granny" girl's name list!

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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

Margaret
Lydia
Lavinia
Clara
Edna
Enid
Else
Bonnie
Joyce

Mary
Eileen
Anne
Barbara
Margaret
Marilyn
Pamela
Gillian

Those are names of women of grandma age I know

When we were expecting our DD we were torn between Ada and Norah. We adored both but chose Ada in the end as that was the one we fell in love with first. I also like Elsie

I like Winifred.
Cynthia
Audrey
Jean
Esther
Ethel
Vera

Mabel
Martha
Dora
Joyce

The only one I don't like on your list is Nancy (though I know two under 1 so it is loved by many)

Norah - beautiful and a name we considered. I had a university lecturer called Nora and she was such a strong lady, slightly quirky. She made me love the name more

Mavis - love this but I couldn't get it past dh.

Dorothy (Dot/Dottie) - dd1s middle name. Love it and love Dot but not as keen on Dottie

Winnifred - love it though spelt Winifred but couldn't get it past dh either.

I think from your list I'd go with Mavis or Dorothy

We also considered Enid, Ethel and Sibyl too if you want anymore options haha

Patsy
Effie

I like Dorothy (or Dorothea).

For vintage names, I would also suggest Rosemary, Rosalind, Sylvia (love this), Pamela, Barbara, Audrey. Jean is nice for a middle name.

Winifred is definitely your worst choice, very frumpy. Not sure why - maybe because it has 'fred' in it. But 'winnie' is also an unattractive sound. Pretty sure it only has one 'n' BTW.

A pp mentioned Queen Victoria's daughters' names. They were actually surprisingly modern:

Victoria

Alice

Helena (not pronounced the English way as in Helena Bonham Carter, I presume, as her family nickname was 'Lenchen'.)

Louise (not Louisa, which we think of as more Victorian. I think this is due to Q Vic's European connections. She basically was not that English!)

Beatrice

Alice
Edna
Peggy
Nancy
Mary

Nancy juniper

Enid
Edith
Ethel
Pearl
Margaret/Peggy
Mavis
Avis (I think this is so cool!)
Lilian
Vivian (love this a lot)
Sylvie or Sylvia (love this one)
Joan/Joanie
Jean/Jeannie

Old names in my family include:-
Eliza
Elizabeth
Myra
Ethel
Freda
Mary
Ada
Sarah
Laura
Blanche
Gertrude
Isobel

I vote Mavis!!! It was my grannies name, I think it's so cute, I couldn't get it past OH. We all called my granny Mave.

Loved reading through this thread!! Adore old names so much ❤️

Violet
Elsie
Edith
Lily
Betty
Florence
Joan
Audrey
Margaret
Dorothy

Dorothy

I love Nancy, Norah, and Winifred (one N, not two).

Suggestions:
Elfrieda
Laurie
Cecelia
Delia
Blythe
Vita
Fenella
Phoebe
Lydia
Winona
Della
Lorna
Mary
Rosina
Hermione
Tallulah
Greer
Frances
Leonie
Lucy

And Valerie.

So many great names on this thread.
A few suggestions.

Joy
Lilian
Helen
Winifred
Dorothy

Maude is one of my favourite names. I usually dislike superfluous e’s etc, but like the e on Maude.

Theadora/ Theodora is gorgeous