Girls names, are these a bit too "old lady"?

[Pickledegg]

Florence
Clara
Elsie
Celia / Cecelia
Mabel

This is my shortlist of girls names. I love them (obviously!), but some people have said they're a bit too "old lady".

What do you think?

Any you particularly like /object to?

i like them all except mabel

DD3 is a clara. I don't know any other clara's and everyone loves the name

i particularly like Celia. A lot. I wanted it for my dd in fact.

I like Florence, and Cecelia. Prefer Clare to Clara, Elsa to Elsie and don't like Mabel.

Clemency, anyone?

I absolutely love those names, my faves are Elsie and Florence. Mabel is prob the most old fashioned but its still a lovely name as is Martha.

love them all and also like Betty and Evelyn

love florence

elsie is my nan's name. it would shock me to come across it in rl .

They're all really lovely, except Mabel!

Cecilia is lovely and i think Elsie is really pretty too....

Do you like Estella? Go on, add it to the shortlist. I want someone to use it!

love them
dd2 mn is cecelia and was s trong contender for her first name with cece as a nickname

love beatrice and pearl and isa too!

florence I think would make a lovely baby florrie and clara is pretty too

esme?

Love all the names

I love them all, apart from Elsie and Celia / Cecelia.

What about flora?
Round here there are loads of Florence's and Elsie's, martha's too

I spoke to a Mabel today, she was Spanish, I thought she sounded very glamorous.

Mabel not so good then?

How about Violet?

Old lady names are becoming really popular. But I haven't seen anyone calling their baby Hilda yet - one step too far?

My sis nearly called her DD Mabel but her DH wouldn't allow it!

Ethel?

Blanch?

Clara?
Edie?
Madeline?
Trixie?

Fab names!

Love Mabel and Clara but think Florence and Cecelia are lovely too. Elsie is a bit too 'now' and feels more nicknamey than the others imo.

So I'd choose Mabel, Clara or Florence

lilian