need "old lady" or biblical name ideas

bawags

thinking about a 2nd baby and what we would name him/her. dd is miriam. i chose it because i like the biblical connection but most people seem to just comment on how it is a great "old lady" name. i'm not sure if i want to go with another biblical name or more of an old timey name for the next baby.

boy and girl ideas are welcome!

theholmanherd

I am in love with Esther and will probably use it if I have a daughter. I also like Hannah, Ruth, and Mary. Eve has a bad Biblical association so I wouldn't use it, no matter how cute it may be.

Good luck!

studentnurse2011

I love biblical names! Eden, Sarah, Ruth, and Elizabeth are some of my faves!

harveys10

Rachel or Veronica.

foodieforlife

Bethany although I love the name and don't consider it old lady. it is biblical though!

Becwalker27

Some biblical names:

Deborah
Priscilla / Prisca
Abigail
Mary
Martha
Hephzibah (spelling?)
Beulah
Junia
Lydia
Talitha
Phoebe
Rachel
Leah
Rebecca
Sarah
Elizabeth
Hannah
Ruth
Naomi
Esther
Haddasah
Tabitha
Dorcas
Anna
Gabriel(le)
Joanna
Susanna

Mrs.Leah.Maria

Dang, I was really hoping I'd hop in here and find some treasure I love . . . but alas, not so much.

We're sticking with Biblical/Hebrew names, just like my parents did with my siblings [Philip, Leah & Levi].

Our children are Isaac Levi, Ezra John and Miriam Joy.

We won't find out for another month yet what we're having, but I love so many more boy names than girl.

Boys: Amos, Joel, Titus, Ezekiel, Boaz, Gabriel, Abel, Gideon, Silas, Jude and Micah
Girls: Naomi, Elise (from Elizabeth), Amira, Aida, Esther and Zion

Elise and Naomi were our distant runners up. I hate the name Ruth and wish I had $5 for every time someone suggests it like it's a rare name that I would surely love!

brownmouse

LOVE all the replies so far. Old lady names are some of my favorites!

RaeJ004

I am loving all of these names!

Mrs.Leah.Maria

Expanding from Biblical names, I just rediscovered my love for Laurel, Mildred (nn Milly, she was my Grandma's best friend), and Felicity.

pdh2008

Agnes

12bailey18

I just found out Phoebe is a Bible name and it made me love it even more.

oliversbear

My grandmother's name was Henrietta and I always associated it with an old-lady name, probably because she was nearly 70 years older than me so she was an old-lady as long as I knew her.  her sisters were Louise, Mathilde, Mildred, and Antoinette.

My great-grandmother's name was Viola, and her sisters were Ruby, Ruth, Thelma, and Martha.

Frankly, with the exception of Mathilde, they all scream old-lady to me, but that's my association with them.

Skeemer

theholmanherd said:

I am in love with Esther and will probably use it if I have a daughter. I also like Hannah, Ruth, and Mary. Eve has a bad Biblical association so I wouldn't use it, no matter how cute it may be.

Good luck!

There are many names in the Bible that can & do have a negative association with them. Because people aren't perfect. The negative association with Eve is from Genesis 3:6. She ate the apple that God commanded her & Adam not to eat. She gave some to Adam...who was standing right beside her & he ate it too. So, if Eve has a bad association then so does Adam.

Noah - built the ark & got naked & drunk after.
Jonah - disobeyed God & was swallowed by a great fish for 3 days.
David - committed adultery with another man's wife then had him killed in battle.

I'm not pointing this out to harp on anyone's name choices at all. I love all the names I just listed. To blindly say that one Biblical name has a bad association so don't use it is pretty closed minded.

ETA: spelling & sticking keyboard keys do not mix.

Skeemer

**stuck in the box**

@bromios

I feel your love & I never want to loose it.   :P

BLPL101

Ruth is a family name and my DD's middle name.

bumpuser10194737

Love, love, love Esther and Ruth.  My great grandmother was Ruth, and we had an elderly woman in our church who recently passed away named Esther.  She was the sweetest, most wonderful woman.  The Biblical accounts of both of those woman are amazing too.  I like Rachel a lot too, although it's not as "old lady" sounding to me.