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Favourite old fashioned girls names?

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ChloeN · 25/02/2023 19:00

We’re not finding out the gender of our first baby, we have a boy name picked but struggling for a girl! My partner likes Florence which I do really like but I don’t have my heart set on it! I really like old fashioned names, does anyone have any suggestions?☺️

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CryptoFascistMadameCholet · 25/02/2023 21:29

Freda
Joyce
Peggy
Gladys
Dilys
Evelyn
Clementine

DESGUSTING · 25/02/2023 21:30

Love Florence

Ellen
Connie
Sadie
Dorris

Undertheoldlindentree · 25/02/2023 21:40

Cicely
Jemima
Clara(bel)
Polly
Hannah
Elizabeth
Flora
Alice
Cressida
Eliza

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ChloeN · 25/02/2023 21:41

@Bensmum1988 thank you! I knew I wanted old fashioned but I couldn’t think of what year range it would be🤣 Benjamin is going to be the middle name if babies a boy 🥰

@17caterpillars1mouse Enids sweet hadn’t thought of that one!

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RosesAndHellebores · 25/02/2023 21:42

Eunice
Ursula
Moira

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ChloeN · 25/02/2023 21:43

@bellswithwhistles lol I still have the flo app on my phone so that’s slightly off putting 🤣🤣 my niece is a Martha so can’t have that one but Maggies really cute!

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DrHousecuredme · 25/02/2023 22:09

Eliza
Alice
Emily
Martha

PleaseYourselfandEatTheCrusts · 25/02/2023 22:20

Connie
Amy
Jean
Jane
Joan
Joy
Dorothy
Gwendoline

MerryMarigold · 25/02/2023 22:26

Agatha
Elsie (we have 2/40 kids where I work)
Mary
Edith
Sybil
Nora

Mumofgirls2017 · 25/02/2023 23:00

Love Florence. Also-

ivy
matilda
olive
clara
iris
eliza
daisy
betsy
mabel
eva
dorothy
emmeline
penelope
daphne
hazel
nancy
jemima
tabitha
edith
martha
enid
esther
pearl

TwilightSilhouette · 25/02/2023 23:02

Peggy
Queenie
Hazel
Olive
Violet
June
Lottie
Mercy
Lillian
Rose
Ethel
Elspeth

HammerToFall · 25/02/2023 23:11

My niece is Edith it really suits her. We've just had a boy but iif he was a girl it was Norah. Also had some family connections to the name.

NosieRosie · 25/02/2023 23:14

Martha
Elizabeth
Violet

Im not a fan of old fashioned names really but those ^^ I’d take over Amelia, Agatha, Dorothy, Margaret, Winnie, Marigold…

In fact I’d prefer Hepzibah to the names above

Enko · 25/02/2023 23:51

Here are some of my favourite

Marguritte
Maureen
Joan
Jean
Audrey
Brenda
Patricia
Dorothy
Philomena
Wilhelmena

Theoldwoman · 26/02/2023 00:11

Frances
Millicent
Lillian
Freda
Olive
Victoria

ourflagmeansdeath · 26/02/2023 00:19

Bernadette
Josephine
Mabel
Enid

ShillyShallySherbet · 26/02/2023 00:20

Lillian
Bridget
Margot
Audrey

Luredbyapomegranate · 26/02/2023 00:58

Meredith is a great less popular alternative to Edith

Merryn
Marianne
Jocelyn
Ethelyn
Thora
Ida
Flora

MusicWithRocksIn · 26/02/2023 01:11

Valerie
Vivienne
Veronica
Violet
Lucinda
Tabitha
Frances
Harriet
Juliet
Pippa

holierthanthou73 · 26/02/2023 01:34

Martha

stardust40 · 26/02/2023 01:53

Felicity

Sarain · 26/02/2023 06:54

Frances
Helen
Elaine
Edith
Maeve
Mabel
Melanie

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 26/02/2023 11:21

Mabel. Sybil. Betsy. Patsy. Maude. Enid. Martha. Pearl.

maeveiscurious · 26/02/2023 16:53

Susannah

Crunchymum · 26/02/2023 18:15

Love and old fashioned name:

Pearl
Jean
Olive
Mabel
Martha
Alice
Beatrice
Florence
Bessie
Edith
Enid
Winifred
Ivy