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?

Not a bad bunch of names there, really like Mabel in a wierd way. I wanted Cicely for the baby I'm expecting now but other half has vetoed it, I'm gutted.

Love them all, also as mentioned Violet and Betty/Bette. Clara is my fave, it's beautiful.

I am biased on old lady names though - think we've settled on Pearl for new dd

What about Lois?

Dh wanted to call ds Hilda if he was a dd - i like it!

Love Clara, Florence and Mabel too

Kittywise - where do you live. I've not heard of any baby Florences or Elsies round here.

I like Emse too, dizzy!

Not too sure about Estella, it sounds too much like Stella (a pint of...!), to me ~(daft I know).

Mmmm not sure about Lois. Don't know why! Oh I know - Superman!

Lilian would be shortened to Lily and I know quite a few baby Lily's already, including my friend's DD.

Aw, it's nice to know there's one person who likes the name, Tummy. My great-aunt Hilda died on Sunday and I was kind of musing that it might be quite a while before I come across any new Hildas.

There's an awful Lois in a book I loved as a child - it's tainted the name for me for ever.

Please not Hilda - I have a friend called Hilda and she ahs ALWAYS hated it!

Esme is lovely

Aurelia?

Ruby?

Ethel?

Evangeline?

Oh, and if you're going for Betty, then have Elizabeth-to-be-known-as Betty. It's give her so many options!

I like Florence and Celia/Cecelia - not keen on the others. Mabel in particular I think is too twee.

Edam - i am fighting for a dc5 at the mo - if it is a dd there will be a Hilda - we cant have the name teetering on the edge of extinction like this. It is a mighty fine name!
Little baby Hildy - bless!
But then i like the stodgy old names - all my kids have the names of bearded old men (and bearded old crones for that matter ), Bring out the Hildas, the Gerties andthe Enids i say!

So what would a Florence be called for short - Flo, Florrie? I don't really like Flo, but Florrie ok.

I think my favourites are Clara, and Elsie. Would Elsie be better as Elizabeth / Elspeth?

They're nice old lady names. My great aunt Elsie just died on Monday - go on, have an Elsie, the world needs another one now.

I love Clara (it was on my list, as was Claudia and Elizabeth) but I'm not as keen on the others.

I LOVE them all, absolutely LOVE them. In fact I wanted Florence but dh didn't like it

I think Elsie is a real great aunt name (I had 2) and never liked them-it is like Ethel, Freda and Doris. Similarly dislike Mabel. Clara and Florence are quite pretty.Prefer Cecilia to Celia.I know a 40 year old Hilda and the name seems odd on her-can't imagine it on a baby!

No, they are not old lady enough.

my favorites on op are
Florence
Elsie
Mabel

im not so keen on
Clara
Celia / Cecelia

Flossie?

Ok - I have recently been doing a lot of family history research. Here are all the female names from my grandparents' generation (I am quite old at 46, and my parents were old at 41/42 when I was born, so we are talking people born in the 1890s mostly)

Nana, Gertrude, Margaret Melita, Gladys, Hilda, Edith, Mabel, Dorothy, Kate, Lily, Alice, Emily, Gwendoline, Elsie.

Others, more distantly related, born at the same time were:-
Elizabeth, Olive, Elsie, Constance, Jessie, Louisa, Valeria, Rose, Eleanor.

I like Celia/Cecelia.

Don't dislike Florence, but it makes me think of magic roundabout.

Like Florence
Love Elsie and Mabel

Not keen on the others

Pick what you love!

All beautiful!

Prefer Elsa to Elsie.

Like Ella too.

I prefer Cecily to Celia. With Amelia and Olivia I feel that I'm too familiar with Cecilia, even though I don't know any, so Cecily seems fresher.

I love Flora, but I know of two and they aren't babies either, they can read and write! so not too old lady at all imo.

I really like Mabel, Ethel and Freda. DOris is never coming back.

I love Elsa. Could Elsa be short for Elisabeth?