I need a name for my LO.........

[UCM]

I was stuck on Pippa for yonks but have gone off it. Then latched on to Harriet but we live in Essex so poor child will be called 'Arriet'. Then liked Verity but Soapstar Superstar arrived on our screens.

I don't want anything in the Govt top 100 but want an old fashioned name, not made up...thats really unusual

see top 100 here

My surname is similar to Gilbert.

Can anyone help????

Patience

Could be a bit cruel though!

Evangeline, Celestria (really like that), Idorea, Prudence, Keziah

Evangeline, Celestria (really like that), Idorea, Prudence, Keziah

ada

ava

alice

bessie

cordelia

dinah

emmeline

esme (love this one)

eva/evie

greta

hattie (another fave)

irene

ivy (and this)

lena

mabel

maggie

may (this too)

april

june

tulip

meredith

myrtle

nell/nellie

olive

winifred

I was trying to think of Patience - twas stuck at the back of my mind.

I like Bessie - reminds me of the Faraway Tree books.

doris

kathleen/kathy

jean

christine

susan

sally

jackie/jacqueline

Madeleine
Beatrice

(I'm with nappyaddict on those, though I prefer the French - or as I like to say 'correct' - spelling of Madeleine/Madeline!)

'Jewel' names are becoming more popular, I think: names like Ruby, Pearl and so on.

I also like:

Briony
Meriel (Merry for short)
Ellen
Grace (too popular, possibly)
Heloise (or Eloise)
Fulvia
Nerissa (Portia's sidekick in The Merchant of Venice, so has links to both Portia and Venetia... )
Cara

Where do you stand on Celtic names? I like some Cornish names, like:

Morwenna
Demelza (too 'Poldark'?)
Morvah

Good luck!

UCM - anything pop out at you yet?

Ooh, we're definitely on the same wavelength, nappyaddict. I also like Esme and I particularly like Cordelia.

Wish something bloody would, feel like I am sitting on a basketball

If it does, you will have to wait & see. You did give me one idea though.

henrietta - netty, hettie

adelaide

dolores

have a look here old names

Serafina, sooooo pretty, means 'angel' or something like that.

Ellen Gilbert

Yes, I like Martha too .

This thread is making me want to have another couple of baby girls at least so I can use some of these names !

PMSL @ Cordless. Cordelia is one of those names that I like in theory, but am not sure would work in real life.

Also, one would want to avoid it being shortened to Delia!

Demelza is entirely Poldark, ellbell - it was a place before that!

Thomasina (otherwise Tamsin)

Pamela - very unusual these days

Ottilie

Claudia

Celia/Cecilia/Cecily

Dorcas

Emmeline

Hortense

Iolanthe [double]

Jerusha (the girl in Daddy-Long-Legs)

Kerrenhappuch (Poldark again)

Lydia

Laura

Rowena

Seraphine (one of the ponies in the Jill books )

Viola

Yolanda

Talitha, Elspeth, Celeste, Cora, Perdita

Oh jewels...

Opal!
Beryl!
Amethyst!

Anne

Rosalie