Old lady names.......

[Babylove502]

I really like old lady type names.

My favourite is Elsie (I'm thinking Elsie May)

Also on the list is

Olive (olly for nn)
Ethel
Mabel
Iris
Millicent
Bessie.

Other names I like are

Delilah or Lila (Rose as a mn)
Cedar
Willow
Alyssa (Lissy for nn)
Orli
Phoebe

Let me know what you think?Are they all silly or do you like any of them.I quite like the idea a name that can be shortened or have a good nn!

Thanks

Lettuce

Love Bessie!

Florrie

It's Lettice.

Alyssa is nice, not keen on old lady names but Evelyn is OK.

Might be teased about Aunt Bessie's dumplings at school, though...
Phoebe is nice, and Millicent, although she would probably be shortened to Milly and there are a million Millys around at the moment!
What about Maeve?

I love, love, love Lila but it doesn't go with our surname! Also like Alyssa. Other than that, I'm not really an old lady name type of girl!

I love Delilah and i will consider it if i have ever have a DD.

Mu first choice for a DD has always been Phoebe.

at Lettuce.

May is one of the most popular second names, it really adds nothing to name name Elsie.

What about
Maisie
Molly
Edith

I also love the old lady name thing.

DD due any day now. DH and I at war over names.

You might like to add Edith (Edie) to your granny list! Tis one of my current faves.

Also:

Martha
Florence
Agnes

DH likes Zoe. We will never agree!

I like Olive, Iris and (strangely) Millicent. Bessie is short for Elizabeth and I prefer Elizabeth (also shortens to Eliza, Beth, Betty etc).

Not keen on the other list, especially Alyssa, but that's because I lived in the US in the 80s where every other girl was an -Issa.

I LOVE olive

May and Rose VERY popular missle names (i have both )

Pearl

I was goping to say Elsie - I think it's lovely.

I like Edith (Edie)

Pearl I like but not one of my favourites.

Martha and Florence are very popular, there are loads at school round here.

I like millicent because it reminds me of my favourite book when I was younger. Milly-Molly-Mandy (short for Millicent Margeret Amanda). But there are so many millys.

I like maisie but that is my nn and would kind of feel like Im naming the child after me which I don't really want.

Ethel is dreadful. All the others on your list are nice though.

Other old lady names you might like:

Hilda
Margaret
Mildred
Enid
Irene
Vera
Maud
Winifred
Queenie

Also like maude and mildred (but again that will get shortened to millie).

Im sure Elsie is my favourite out of the lot, the more I say it the more it grows on me.

Doe Elsie Mabel flow? Im not sure it does, cos I like May for the middle name but its very popular. Sure name Begins with M and 2 syllables!

I like Vera (maybe for a Middle name) it was my much loved grandmothers name. Think it would make my mum cry everytime she heard it so not sure about using for a first name!

How about Euphemia? Effie for short. I could never convince DH on it, so someone else might as well get it.

Just found some more:

Nellie
Alma
Marian
Gladys
Dorothy
Pearl