Requesting all Southern Belle names please :)

Re: Requesting all Southern Belle names please :)

• magentawarped member

  January 2014

  I'm a bit partial to Scarlett myself, as that's DD's name. I'm drawing a blank on more though...Annabelle? Anything ending in -lynn?

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• klgallup member

  January 2014

  Adelaide is the only one I can think of.

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• bobcee member

  January 2014

  Daisy, Charlotte, Scarlett, Georgia, Savannah

   

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• SaraPEwell member

  January 2014

  Shelby, M'Lynn, or Clairee in an ode to the Southern Belles of Steel Magnolias.

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• mkbland member

  January 2014

  Savannah Rae
  Shelby Kate
  Annabelle
  Scarlett Mae
  Jolene
  Ellie Mae
  Loretta
  Dixie
  
  Double first names with the second name being Lynn, Mae, Rae, or Kate

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• leahmary82 member

  January 2014

  Scarlett, Melanie, Annabelle, Adelaide, Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, Delta

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• Moedowell member

  January 2014

  I've known several moms who've used Georgia Mae recently and I love it! It's too southern for me but very cute!!

  

  
  

  

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• Kfran84 member

  January 2014

  Double names- Betty Linda, Virginia Rae, Mary Kate, and Carrie Beth all come to mind.
  
  Just about all flower names feel southern to me- Violet, Rose, And Daisy especially.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• diamondduck13 member

  January 2014 edited January 2014

  A southener chiming in...
  
  I think of "southern belle" as a bit more sophisticated than the -lynn ending or the double name with Mae. Scarlett is the quintessential example, of ourse
  
  Georgia isn't used much cause for us that's, well, a state!
  
  And I thought it was fascinating the how to name a baby article said that while in the 50s Charlotte was a popular name in southern red states, these days it's very much a blue state name
  
  Besides, for us Charlotte and Savannah are well, cities
  
  Susannah and Annabelle fit, I think.

  

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• bcnoelle member

  January 2014

  Betsy, anything connected with Kate, Louisa, nicknames like Tilly, Tibby, Birdie, Sue Sue, Lulu

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• diamondduck13 member

  January 2014 edited January 2014

  bcnoelle said:

  Betsy, anything connected with Kate, Louisa, nicknames like Tilly, Tibby, Birdie, Sue Sue, Lulu

  This is a good list, I actually know some women who fall into my idea of a "southern belle" with these names or similar to them
  
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• DandelionAZO member

  January 2014

  Elizabeth (nn Betsy, Eliza)

  Susannah

  Clara, Claire

  Margaret (nn Maggie)

  Mary

  Sarah (nn Sadie)

  Anna

  Rose

  
  

  C+C born June 2011

  Surprise! H born Novemeber 2012

  Baby #4 due September 2014

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• SidraJedi member

  January 2014

  Another Southerner with her two cents!
  
  Long, classic FN like Elizabeth, Henrietta, Patricia, Catherine, Susanna, Marianne or French names like Melanie, Sheryl, Clairice, Gemma paired with family and/or unisex MN such as Lee/Leigh or Lynn/Lynne or maiden names as
  MN are the epitome of Southern naming rules where I come from (Tennessee).
  
  But if you just want a southern sounding name or a name that honors the south then names like Tallulah, Loretta and Savanna are the way to
  go! To be fair some of the real southern names and the stereotyped Southern names overlap ie Loretta and Melanie are both French and stereotypical.

  
  

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• mommytoconnor member

  January 2014

  Caroline, Vivian, are some of my top choices.

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• diamondduck13 member

  January 2014

  SidraJedi said:

  Another Southerner with her two cents!
  
  Long, classic FN like Elizabeth, Henrietta, Patricia, Catherine, Susanna, Marianne or French names like Melanie, Sheryl, Clairice, Gemma paired with family and/or unisex MN such as Lee/Leigh or Lynn/Lynne or maiden names as
  MN are the epitome of Southern naming rules where I come from (Tennessee).
  
  But if you just want a southern sounding name or a name that honors the south then names like Tallulah, Loretta and Savanna are the way to
  go! To be fair some of the real southern names and the stereotyped Southern names overlap ie Loretta and Melanie are both French and stereotypical.

  This is so true. One of the most sophisticatedly southern women I know is Elizabeth. No NN, Elizabeth. As I think more on it the "southern belles" I know have either cute funny NNs (like Tillie), classic full names (like Elizabeth) or double names with the second name being a family surname or a classic name like Jane (per my above post, not the more country sounding second name of something like Mae)

  

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• MAdams728 member

  January 2014

  I gave my DD two family names, Lily Faye, and I hear on the regular that it's very Southern.

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• EllaJax member

  January 2014

  Not exactly sure what you're looking for.  We're from Georgia.  My kids are all named after someone.

  Ella Rae Aubrie

  Jackson Harold

  Lillia Josephine

   

  Pregnant with the 4th right now.  Middle name will be Lee after my grandfather regardless of sex.  Don't have a girls first name yet, but a boy would be Crawford which is my husband's grandmother's maiden name.

   

  Goodluck!

  

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• TexasTwinMom member

  January 2014

  What about Savannah? That's sorta southern in my book.

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• Mydela member

  January 2014

  Estelle.

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• divinemsbee member

  January 2014

  I'm going to agree with PP that there's a big difference between Southern Belle and country southern. Country is more -lynn, double first names using Rae/Ray or Mae. Country names also tend to be a bit more trendy. Southern Belle, to me (from MS) is more really traditional, sometimes using mom's last name as a middle, I see that a lot. Lots of Elizabeths and Catherines. Maybe Evangeline closer to Louisiana. Priscilla, Eleanor, Lucinda, Caroline, Margaret, Patricia, Vivian(ne). Maybe something like Melanie. I have met several Junior League Mary Catherines, or other Mary-double names. June, Faye, Rose and Grace for middle names. Something a bit refined, not bumpkin-y.

  
  

  

  
  
  

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• katietclintt member

  January 2014

  Magnolia, Savannah, Katherine, Elizabeth, Betty, Eleanor, Georgia, Belle, Caroline/Carolina, Charlotte, Clementine, Josephine, Lydia, Daisy, Cordelia, Alice, Emma, Virginia, Sarah, Anne/Anna, Willa, Della, Augusta, Clara, Claire, Rose, Annabelle, Bonnie, Susannah, Sadie, Dolly, June, Scarlett, Evangeline, Violet, Estelle, Rosemary, Jocelyn, Joycelyn, Carolyn, Dana, Connie, Mary, Susie, Belinda.

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• shutaff member

  January 2014 edited January 2014

  We're from the South and our girl name is Charlotte Catherine, nicknames Charli and CC. Our boy name is William Rhett... the fifth! My husband is the fourth To me, these are the epitome of Southern.

  
  

  Edit (to add a few more): I also like Caroline, Savannah, Susannah, Amelia, and Adelaide, and the middle name Grace.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• BlueRidge8 member

  January 2014

  divinemsbee said:

  I'm going to agree with PP that there's a big difference between Southern Belle and country southern. Country is more -lynn, double first names using Rae/Ray or Mae. Country names also tend to be a bit more trendy. Southern Belle, to me (from MS) is more really traditional, sometimes using mom's last name as a middle, I see that a lot. Lots of Elizabeths and Catherines. Maybe Evangeline closer to Louisiana. Priscilla, Eleanor, Lucinda, Caroline, Margaret, Patricia, Vivian(ne). Maybe something like Melanie. I have met several Junior League Mary Catherines, or other Mary-double names. June, Faye, Rose and Grace for middle names. Something a bit refined, not bumpkin-y.

  This. I'm in NC.
  
  Southern sophisticates love nicknames for formal, usually family, names.
  
  Dixie, Rae, Daisy and Savannah are not "Southern Belle" names to me.
  

  
  
  
  
  

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