Jane

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Timeless or boring?

Has anyone any ideas of other timeless classics?

I would agree that Jane is ready to come around again.
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Love Jane. I like Anne more though.

Emily is lovely and still very popular.

Elaine is similar sounding (quite dated I suppose)
Charlotte
Eleanor

My DD who is 6 is called Mary Jayne.
I absolutely love it! She gets lots of compliments on her name!

Emily is much less boring

What would Jane (Austen) do?
Jane
Elizabeth
Mary
Catherine (Kitty)
Lydia
Elinor (though I prefer the Eleanor spelling in modern times)
Marianne
Ann
Charlotte
Caroline
Frances
Georgiana
Louisa
Emma
Harriet

I really like it and consider it a classic

I would however avoid it if you have a very common surname (Smith, Jones, Brown etc)

Never put a y in Jane.
No need. Just no need.

I think it’s a bit dull - plain Jane springs to mind.

I really love Janey though, which is so similar!

I do like Janey, I was just worried it wasn’t a serious enough name.

I would spell it Jane rather than Jayne.

Jane is DH number one choice, not mine. However, this is DC3 and I’ve ran out of ideas or suggestions (and I’m struggling with the idea of DC3 anyway!)
I have a boys name thankfully it’s just a girl I am clueless about. I seem to like almost nothing.

Other DC are Matthew and Elizabeth.

So far I like Clara and Anna, any other names along those lines would be great!!

One of my best friends is called Jane - she is far from plain! I really like it.

I like it. I think of either Lady Jane Grey or my lovely friend Sarah-Jane

I also love June but agree it would feel wrong for a winter baby.

I love it, but it was my Gma's name (born 1908). I suspect it was daringly modern and unusual at the time.

I also have a good friend Jane, born in the 60s.

I definitely think it's due a come back.

Although I know a 27yr old Jane and she is the loveliest person so I think it’s a great name thanks to her.

I also know a 27 year old Jane, wonder if it's the same one @JuneWind 🤣

I am 61 and I was at school with a few girls called Jayne. To me that is the dated name here. Jane is a true classic. Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, Jane Goodall, (Miss) Jane Marple. No problems with spelling, no problems with pronunciation. Lovely.

See also: Mary. Thread running on that here as well.

Or: Anne/Ann.

I do hope you're right!

You know what Mary Jane is done you lol

Lauren is absolutely not a timeless classic. Almost unknown as a girl's name before Betty Joan Perske took the pseudonym of Lauren Bacall.

I really like it. I also love Jean but I think Jane works better as a set with Matthew and Elizabeth.

Other ideas along the same theme:
Frances
Ruth
Catherine
Helena
Laura
Sarah
Rebecca
Susannah
Mary
Anna
Diana

Has anyone let the French know they are chavvy with their penchant for double barrel names? 🤔

I think Emily is a lot more boring than Jane.

Joan otoh is a name with a lot of moxie and imo more appealing than either Jane or Emily. Mind you, I also like Vera so I may not be heading in the same direction as you.

Janet, Jeanette, Jean, Joan, Jocelyn, Josephine, Jillian, Jennifer?
(I'm not a fan of Jane but that is by association with people I've known with the name).

I really like it - it will be back soon with other mid century names. You can be in the vanguard.

Or maybe

Marianne
Caroline
Frances
Mary
Juliet
Jocelyn
Lois
Honor
Cassia
Francesca
Adela
Louisa
Susannah
Diana
Serena
Jean
June

but I’d go for Jane

I really like it.

Well… France is a different country and culture so.. it’s got nothing to do with it.

Quite

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