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Favourite old fashioned girls names?

109 replies

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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user1492757084 · 27/02/2023 00:56

Maisie
Ida
Lucy
Victoria
Constance
Lausanne
Johanna
Winsome
Clemency
Camilla
Margaret
Philomena
Ellen
Rosemary
Clotilde

Hobbesmanc · 27/02/2023 08:40

I love those Enid Blyton Mallory Towers names. Daphne, Pamela, Belinda, Dinah, Dorothy. They just feel classy

OiFatArse · 27/02/2023 17:11

Ailsa

One of my past residents was called this and I've never heard of it before or since but thought it was a lovely name

RuthW · 27/02/2023 17:23

Brenda
Eileen
Irene
Barbara
Maureen
Pauline
Sheila

Most of the names already mentioned I think of young people's names and not olds ladies.

Aphrathestorm · 27/02/2023 17:43

Estella
Helena
Marina
Alexandra
Victoria
Lorna
Serena

dollypartin · 01/03/2023 23:16

Mabel
Clementine
Judy
Pearl
Rose
Olive

pickledpies · 01/03/2023 23:17

Gladys
Olive
Daphne

Crispymandm · 01/03/2023 23:18

I love the name Mallory

Thighdentitycrisis · 01/03/2023 23:59

Peggy /Peg, Dinah, Valerie, Shirley, Doreen, Maureen, Kitty, Wendy, Stella, Yvonne, Estelle.

Faith, Hope, Charity, Patience, Mercy, Prudence. Constance and Temperance

Margaret, Anne, Katherine, Elizabeth, Mary, Jane,

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methodbehindmymadness · 02/03/2023 00:20

Kathryn or phoebe, Verity

Greeneyegirl · 04/03/2023 19:06

Olive
Margot
Blythe
Violet
Etta
Mallory

Yespresh · 11/03/2023 18:02

Miranda, Matilda, Daphne, Audrey, Dorothy, Margot.

PurpleFlower1983 · 11/03/2023 18:32

I love Audrey.

ICanDoTheSplits · 11/03/2023 18:42

Elsie
Dora
Adelaide
Queenie (my Grandmas name)
May
Reenie
Betty

ICanDoTheSplits · 11/03/2023 18:43

Hettie
Pearl
Josephine

itssquidstella · 11/03/2023 18:48

Vanessa

Restinggoddess · 11/03/2023 18:56

Florence - can be Flo, Florrie, Fossie

Rebelmcstreettuff · 11/03/2023 19:14

Nancy or Sadie.

Racingadmin · 11/03/2023 19:22

Ada
Ava
Mabel
Violet
Polly
Mary
Margaret , Meg , megan
Lucy ,

JustKeepingOn · 11/03/2023 19:29

Alexa51 · 25/02/2023 19:55

Oh, and you can shorten Florence to Florrie which I think is pretty. Have also heard the name Dilly which I think is pretty.

My little girl is a Delilah but goes by Dilly 🙂

MrsRosieBrew · 11/03/2023 19:31

Old fashioned girl names are these best! My favourites are:

Kitty
Tilly
Daisy
Betty

JustKeepingOn · 11/03/2023 19:35

Forgot to add the names 😬
Miriam, Camilla, Victoria, Valerie, Joyce, Winifred, Elsie.

whatthejeffdave · 11/03/2023 19:42

Emily

FlutterbButterfly · 11/03/2023 19:50

Erm the likes of Emily and Lucy aren't old lady names! They are classics and never lost popularity! Yes to Ada, Nora and Iris, but they have had their comebacks.

singingirl · 11/03/2023 19:50

Verity
Adelaide