Looking for old-timey girl's names

katmac17

We just found out, to our delight, that we are having a girl.  We had our boy name pretty well decided, but much less so with girl's names.  I have wanted to name a girl Adelaide (family name) for years, but don't like the name to be common, and I feel like there are a lot of names that shorten to Addie these days, so sadly I think we will have to abandon Adelaide.  

In general I love classic old-fashioned names.  Other contenders we have considered are Cora and Hazel.  Would love other suggestions for names that were popular 100 years ago or so.  We have a common one syllable last name, so something with more than one syllable is ideal.

blueturkey12

Margaret

Elizabeth

Virginia

Clara

Mabel

 

orangehills

Clara

Maryanne

Rosemary

Diana

Jane

Anne

Camille

Charlotte

Blythe

Victoria

I could go on and on.. just not sure what your style totally is!

rlyttle

My mother's name is Ada.

Rachel

Edith

Margaret

Francis

Mildrid

Florence

Eleanor  

Genevieve  

MissHoppy

Flora 

Olive

June

Alice

Rose

Edith

Elsie

Ada

Mae

Sadie

Della

Caroline

Irene

Georgia

Viola

Evelyn

Josephine

Stella

Vivian

Marguerite

Susannah

Tessa

Willa

Audrey

Ceciliy

Eliza 

MrMrsandBaby

I think PP's generally gave you some good ideas, I just wanted to say I'm impressed/surprised you were able to find out at 13 weeks! Wow!

ETA: I can spell....

sara1817

Cordelia

Nora

Alice

Margaret

Carol

Gloria

 

katmac17

Thanks for the suggestions! 

We found out at 13 weeks because of the new genetic testing blood work.

Some of these suggestions are great.  I love Frances, Rosemary, and Elsie, but my husband has rejected these.  My best friend has a daughter named Alice, and I have nieces who are Ellen and Elizabeth (goes by Eliza), so those are all out.   

salt78

I love Cora and Hazel. Like you, I'm big on old-timey names!

My faves:

Dorothy

Imogen

Doris

Esther

Agnes

Cordelia

Josephine

Estelle

Alice

And Betty of course.

 

banannapeach85

Harriet

Hester

Jane

Victoria

Louise

mommytoconnor

Not a fan of Hazel , Cora is okay, old timey names that I think are beautiful are Vivian, Lilian, Evelyn, Eleanor.

rlyttle

I just thought of a couple more. My friend & her sister both have girls-

Scarlet & Stella 

orangehills

Oh Jocelyn is cute too, not sure if that was anywhere.

fish000

Margaret (Maggie)

Evelyn (Evie)

Ruby

Violet

Rose

Grace

Matilda

 

BLPL101

DD's middle name is Ruth. I think it's a lovely old name!

blu-eyedwife

I love Hazel and Cora (I wanted to use it as a nickname for Cordelia)

Other names I like that are similar style:

Pearl

Harriet

Daisy

Henrietta

Millicent

Amelia

 

IndiHippie

Olivia
Grace
Sophia
Sarah
Justine
Jenna

leahmary82

Lenore
Lenora
Geraldine
Isabel
Irene
Yvonne
Marcella
Patricia
Mary
Annabelle
Charlotte
Catherine
Clarissa
Cordelia
Daphne
Deborah
Dinah
Adele
Hyacinth
Jeanette
Lorena
Marjorie
Nora
Ophelia
Twila
Vivian

Banana_Pancakes09

Lots of great suggestions! What was the boy name you had picked out?

mrs mosby

DD2 is Hazel and my best friends daughter is Cora. So I like your choices. DD1 is Eloise.

Butterbean412

Louisa.  (nn: Lulu).  This name is a frontrunner for us if we have a girl.  

oliversbear

Henrietta

Catherine

Mildred

Thelma

Dolley

Ann/e

Norma

Mamie