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Old lady names

107 replies

Namesheardinthewild · 28/10/2025 21:35

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

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JustMyView13 · 28/10/2025 21:36

Marjorie
Making a comeback thanks to Taylor Swift!

24Dogcuddler · 28/10/2025 21:47

Still waiting for
Doris, Ethel & Gladys!

TheAutumnCrow · 28/10/2025 21:49

Beryl
Mildred
Millicent
Ada
Elspeth
Dorcas

Littletreefrog · 28/10/2025 21:51

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

Maneattraction · 28/10/2025 21:52

Edna
Nora
Elsie
Gwendoline
Florence
Josephine

JulianClarysDog · 28/10/2025 21:53

Edith
Wilma
Ivy

80smonster · 28/10/2025 21:54

Maeve
Kitty
Beatrice
Martha
Iris

Tralalalama · 28/10/2025 21:55

Susan, Shirley, Diane, Janet, Dawn, Denise

Namesheardinthewild · 28/10/2025 22:20

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

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saywhatdidhesay · 28/10/2025 22:21

Phyllis and Sylvia

ResusciAnnie · 28/10/2025 22:23

Old ladies nowadays are more like:

Susan
Marie
Barbara
Patricia
Sandra
Judith
Pamela
Caroline

Rainbow1235 · 28/10/2025 22:23

Eddie and Mabel

AluckyEllie · 28/10/2025 22:24

Iris
Evelyn
Ada
Hazel
Katherine
Anne
Georgina

Rainbow1235 · 28/10/2025 22:24

Meant Edie x

Needspaceforlego · 28/10/2025 22:26

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

Firebird83 · 28/10/2025 22:31

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

SemmaLina · 28/10/2025 22:33

Gloria

MrsSkylerWhite · 28/10/2025 22:34

Maud (just, don’t!)

HappydaysArehere · 28/10/2025 22:37

Florence (my grandmothers name).
Olivia
Margaret

Catwalking · 28/10/2025 22:37

Lillian
Joyce

ChaChaChaChanges · 28/10/2025 22:39

Sally.

Due a comeback.

tourdefrance · 28/10/2025 22:40

Peggy
Margaret
Edith

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

Lunde · 28/10/2025 22:41

24Dogcuddler · 28/10/2025 21:47

Still waiting for
Doris, Ethel & Gladys!

I know a 6 year old Doris

DorisTheFinkasaurus · 28/10/2025 22:44

Agnes
Sybil
Dorothy
Irene
Norma
Pamela
Barbara
Merle
Nancy

Lunde · 28/10/2025 22:45

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