Is this an 'old lady' name?

[rockinmum]

Lorna Margaret......just found out we are having a girl and this is the name we like, but I've just ben told it is an old lady name!

I like it, lovely- not an old lady name. I know a girl in her 20's called Lorna. Some people will always make comments no matter what, as long as you like it.

A little but I don't think there is anything wrong with that... better than being very "now"
I think it sounds pretty.

I think it is lovely

No no no to old lady's name. It's lovely (she says, rethinking her own choice!) No really, I won't poach it, but I do love it.

Don't listen to other people rockinmum, I thoroughly regret doing that and wish I'd called DC4 what I wanted to call her , and although she's only 5 she wishes I had too...it was another "old lady name" apparently, am now seriously considering deed poll!!Lorna Margaret is a lovely name

It's a shame you have to listen to DH/DP isn't it? Loads of my lovely names are beeing vetoed!

Lovely and not at all old-lady.

I think both names are lovely.

I think both names are lovely.

I think both names are lovely.

Ooops. Clearly I think they're very lovely names.

To me margaret sounds more 'old lady' than Lorna.

Lots of the current very popular names sound old lady to my ear. It's amazing how quickly associations change though. A few years ago I'd have though lily/lilly really old fashioned, but now it sounds quite modern.

Go with what you like!

not old lady at all - don't be telling people your name choices before baby as everyone will have some form of opinion on it. wait till after then they have to put up or shut up

congrats on your pink bundle and good luck with rest of pg

I think that it is lovely. Margaret isn't fashionable at the moment but it is a classic and Lorna can't be pigeon holed by date. It is the old lady names like Hilda, Ruby, Ethel, Elsie and Winifred that dated last time around, that will date quickly again IMO.

There was a girl in my class called Lorna and I didn't much like her and, therefore, the name.

But now I've read this, I think it's lovely

Rubbish it's lovely...like the heroine of the RD Blackmore novel Lorna Doone - a beautiful novel. Just becuase it's old, doesn't make it 'old lady'

I love the name Lorna and it was on my list for dd2 (22). Seeing it again makes me a bit broody

Not old lady name at all. Do you live in Scotland? You get a few young Lornas about.

Really like both. I've never understood an aversion to a name because it might be old ladyish anyway. Aren't our girls all going to be old ladies eventually? Think Princess Tiiamii will still be loving her name at 88?

I know a very pretty, feminine, not at all old lady like 27 year old Lorna. I think its a lovely name.

Lorna sounds pretty timeless to me
agree with mybabys....
Grandma Britney
Grandma Kylie

Lorna is a name I love - I know a really lovely Lorna who is about 35. One of my best friends is Margaret, and she hates it - wants to change her name legally to Maggie, but then you are using it as a middle name so that's fine.