Unique, Old Fashioned Girls name

coleman7

Today is my due date, I am Team Green and finally giving up on Harper after the Beckhams. I knew it was trendy before, but now it is going to be way too trendy. Not to mention it will make me crazy having everyone ask if I named her after Posh Spice's kid since they are being born within days of eachother.

Anyways. If it is a girl, what are thoughts on Adeline or Hazel ?

Any ideas on something along these lines? My husband loves Pearl and I love Sloane - trying to come to a happy medium.

anna7602

I wouldn't toss Harper just because of the Beckhams unless you had other reservations about it before. You might feel differently tomorrow or next week.

Nonetheless, Adeline is lovely. I like Pearl, too. Sloane and Hazel are NMS. Nothing wrong with them, but they just don't do it for me.

Zaphina

i really like adeline. my friend's daughter's middle name is hazel, after her MIL. both are nice, but i like adeline better. good luck!

HannahO28

Adeline, Hazel and Pearl are all on my own list. I love them! Personally, I would love to see a baby Pearl be born. I've seen plenty of Adelines and I think Hazel is growing in popularity. But I have never seen/heard of a baby Pearl and I think it is just lovely.

Here are some other names from my list that you might be interested in: 

Audrey, Cora, Mabel, Beatrice, Cordelia, Ramona, Caroline, Elsa, Georgia, Vivian, Leona, Matilda, Susannah, Betty, June, Edith

 

MamaWino

I love Sloane and would be using it but it doesn't go with our last name at all.  I also like Adeline. 

sept9107bride

I wouldn't totally discount Harper either.  A popular name never bothered me..and mine was a very popular one growing up.  It's not that big of a deal.

You could try Harlowe...similar sounding to Harper.  It think it's a beautiful name.

Also maybe Audrey, love Cora and Caroline as well!

BethPSU

I love Hazel. What about Beatrice, Sylvia, Matilda, Vera, Isla, or Cecilia.

lauranicole91

I really like the name Hazel and I think Hazel Pearl would be cute.

femmepink

I don't like Adeline. Hazel is different. It would work for some girls, for others it probably wouldn't too flattering.

I love Pearl and Sloane is okay.

Again though, those are definitely names that would work well on some girls, on others they could really be a disaster.

Rach21

Unique, Old-fashioned girls names: Amaris, Bridget, Cecilia, Drusilla (nn Dru), Edith, Fiona, Genevieve, Helena, Ivy, Judith, Kimberly, Laurel, Meredith, Naomi, Olive, Prudence, Rachel, Susannah, Tabitha, Ursula, Vivian, Wendy, Zinnia

coleman7

Thanks ladies! I feel a lot better and armed with some great choices. Pearl I was really thinking was too "granny" but maybe not... Hazel is really growing on me and I LOVE Harlowe. Let's just hope we have a moment of clarity when the baby comes (or that its a boy and this will all be a moot point haha.)

Good point too about it working well on some girls and not others though. I was a big Clementine fan - mostly because I loved the idea of Tiny for a nickname, but my husband pointed out how mortifying that could be for a girl that was not, in fact, tiny.

I suppose this is a really silly thing to be stressed about at the last possible minute.  

Keri Marie

Adeline - LOVE but I think this name is about to get popular too.

Hazel - LOVE, Beautiful name

Pearl - very underused, like it.

Sloane - very Ferris Bueller

Others: Delores, Rosaleen, Vella, Frieda, Eola, Arden, Shirley, Dori

MKBannon1

Love Sloane, Harper and Harlowe.

I agree that Pearl is kinda granny sounding.  It's a nice name.. but I just can't see it on a little girl.

 

mlf625

I LOVE Hazel.  What about Alice, Cora, Nora, or Vivian?

And fwiw, I'd ditch Harper, too.  

capulet

I like Adeline, Hazel, and Pearl.  All of them are lovely old-fashioned names that would work well for a baby girl.

I do like Harper - one of the few surname-y first names I like - but I guess I would also hesitate to use it right now (not that I give a snark what celebrities do, but I'd hate for other people to think I did).  Sloane does not sound feminine to me at all, nor does it sound old-fashioned - it strikes me rather as trendy in the unisex random-surname-as-first-name sense.  But maybe I am missing all the 90-year-old grannies named Sloane.

lelekay

LOVE Hazel!  I like Adeline, but it is to close to Madeline/Madelyn/Addelyn/Addison for my taste.  Pearl is nice, but I don't like Sloane at all.  Hazel Pearl is lovely!

niki731

Don't like Hazel at all. 

ToBeMrsC6907

Of course I love Hazel (see sig)!

I don't like Adeline, how about Adelaide?

anne.ortego

I don't know how you feel about this, but Sloan is the name of a toilet manufacturing company.  Granted, you'd spell it with an "e" though. 

alohamora

I really like Pearl!

britab

I love Hazel; my grandma was named Hattie.

Smootchy

I like Adeline or Hazel better thenn Harper anyway!

I vote Hazel

ljtibbets

ToBeMrsC6907:

Of course I love Hazel (see sig)!

I don't like Adeline, how about Adelaide?

Same here lol I love the name Evelyn too. Call her Evie when she is little and it will be so cute.

Fancy3Face

I love Hazel.  Sloane was on our list too.  As was Campbell.  One of my new faves is Eloise.  

Good luck and congrats! 

BrittKav

I have the 3rd baby Hazel on this thread! That obviously gets my vote, but I love Pearl too.

BakerMommy

Love both!

JuneBug1234

I named my baby girl June, which is pretty old-fashioned and now we're thinking Hazel for our next girl...if we should have one  

ellewoodsSC

I love this thread!  I'm really stuck on old fashioned names, but I have a hard time getting the hubby onboard.  The funny thing is had this been a boy, we would have agreen on a name almost instantly.

I'd stay away from Harper.

My favorites:  Evelyn, Madeleine, Vivian, Lillian, Laurel, Grace. 

 

 

mrsjenniferg2010

I don't think you should give up on Harper just because the Beckham's used it. I do like Pearl the best of your list. It's not hardly used anymore and I think it would be a cute name on a little girl. It also ages well.

LovestruckAJ

HannahO28:

Adeline, Hazel and Pearl are all on my own list. I love them! Personally, I would love to see a baby Pearl be born. I've seen plenty of Adelines and I think Hazel is growing in popularity. But I have never seen/heard of a baby Pearl and I think it is just lovely.

 

 

BFab11

Adeline is pretty, and I actually like Pearl. DH's great grandma was named Hazel, so it's VERY old lady-ish to me (she died at 103)

austenreader85

I'm going to be honest, I'm glad to see Harper go, I am not a fan of that name!

My vote goes for Hazel.  Adeline will likely be shortened to Addie which is so close to Addison, which I dislike.  Hazel is a hidden gem imo.

alf005

I usually lurk here instead of post, but might I suggest Perla?  A customer of mine at work is named that and I think it's pretty.  It might be another option like Pearl for you.

tct1219

I love Hazel! Please use that one. Adeline is ok but all of the Ad- and -line/ -lyn names are overdone IMO.

clarks415

I like both Adeline and Hazel. 

I love Elizabeth, Ruby, Violet and Lillianne  

stahlop

I have a friend named Pearl, in her 30's, so I see it as a young name (I've known her for a while).  I really like Pearl.  What about Pearl Sloan?  Then you and your DH get to use both names.  I'm not a huge fan of Hazel.  Other good old fashioned names are Ruby, Violet, Vivian, Charlotte, Amelia and Eleanor.

keeshondowner

Rach21:

Unique, Old-fashioned girls names: Amaris, Bridget, Cecilia, Drusilla (nn Dru), Edith, Fiona, Genevieve, Helena, Ivy, Judith, Kimberly, Laurel, Meredith, Naomi, Olive, Prudence, Rachel, Susannah, Tabitha, Ursula, Vivian, Wendy, Zinnia

I didn't realize my name was considered "old fashioned"!  I know I was born in the seventies, but dang! 

Quizzle

I know a baby Pearl!

I like Adeline, Hazel and Pearl. I very much dislike Sloane.

Other names that are more unique: Dorothea/Dorothy, Edith, Esther, Viola, Harriett, Matilda, Ruby, Iris, Astrid, Vivian (obviously, we're a fan), Eleanor, Helena, Clara, Leonie, Lora, Johannah, Agnes, Elspeth, Florence, Martha, Rosalie

ablou

I love Julia Roberts' kids names and SJP's daugthers. 

starsjaime

Really love Adeline and Pearl. 

Sloane and Hazel - Thumbs down.  Just not my style.  Same goes for Harper

dangerkitty102

I love Adeline. Hazel is NMS.

Some other names that are old fashioned and also unique in that they haven't had a huge popularity resurgence... 

Arden

Althea

Clementine

Dorothy

Iris 

Opal

Ruby 

Stella

Vera