Old lady names

[Namesheardinthewild]

Not pregnant, just wanting to expand horizons. I love ‘old lady’ names and wondered if anyone had any to add? So far I love:

Agatha
Enid
Violet
Mabel
Elizabeth (although I think this is more classic than old lady)
Joyce
Jane

Marjorie
Making a comeback thanks to Taylor Swift!

Still waiting for
Doris, Ethel & Gladys!

Beryl
Mildred
Millicent
Ada
Elspeth
Dorcas

Glenda
Brenda
Barbara
Pauline
Vera
Elsie
Dorothy
Doris
Sandra
Hilda
Margaret
Maureen
Valerie
Freda
Gertrude
Cynthia

Edna
Nora
Elsie
Gwendoline
Florence
Josephine

Edith
Wilma
Ivy

Maeve
Kitty
Beatrice
Martha
Iris

Susan, Shirley, Diane, Janet, Dawn, Denise

Dawn, Elspeth, Vera and Kitty are going on the list.
Also just remembered Verity ❤️

Phyllis and Sylvia

Old ladies nowadays are more like:

Susan
Marie
Barbara
Patricia
Sandra
Judith
Pamela
Caroline

Eddie and Mabel

Iris
Evelyn
Ada
Hazel
Katherine
Anne
Georgina

Meant Edie x

Agnes
Mary
Peggy
Daisy
Rose
Janette
Betty
Helen / Ellen
Nell / Nelly

I think these will be next to make a comeback:

Hilda
Gloria
Freda / Frida
Vera
Joan / Joanie / Joni
Enid
Jean / Jeanie
Irene
Gwen
Peggy
Mavis
June / Junie
Dorothy / Dora

Gloria

Maud (just, don’t!)

Florence (my grandmothers name).
Olivia
Margaret

Lillian
Joyce

Sally.

Due a comeback.

Peggy
Margaret
Edith

Some of the names above eg Barbara and June are names from the 60s so still working today!

I know a 6 year old Doris

Agnes
Sybil
Dorothy
Irene
Norma
Pamela
Barbara
Merle
Nancy

My grandmothers/great aunts born late 1800s/early 1900s were
Agnes
Lily
Annie
Florence
Elsie
Enid
Trudie (Gertrude)