Loretta, Claudette, Mabel, Lucy, Ruby, Marion, Marjorie, Kathleen are all classic names that may be considered "old"
For boys, there aren't a whole lot that would be considered old but not classic and common. Like most of my anscestors are John, James, William. I do have a Curtis in our history.
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Charlotte Elizabeth - March 15, 2009
Natalie Kate - October 4, 2011
Blighted ovum, d&c at 9w, July 2012
Blighted ovum, d&c at 10w, September 2013
BFP May 28, EDD February 4, 2015
sorry this is so weird - I stole it from nameberry.com. But, anyway, I think my DD's name is classic (and I did mean to spell it the way I did!) and it is too bad that more people don't consider it, but they are right - HRC did take the name off the table. Check out SSA for the sudden fall from Grace after 1993! To be honest, this only made the name more irresistable to me - I detest popular names, but I wanted something that wasn't too far out there either. And the name absolutely fits my DD - she is the most cheerful child ever!
a friend of mine has 3 kids: Henry, ruby and violet. Love it!
"Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies. God damn it, you've got to be kind."
- Kurt Vonnegut
Evelyn and Charlotte, of course. I also love Clara, Greta, Violet, Eleanor, Rosalie, Lucy, Margaret, Lilah, Cora, Millicent, Penelope, Jane, June, and Corinne. For boys, Henry, Isaac, Calvin, Theodore, Benjamin, Oliver, Oscar, and Simon.
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Re: What are your favorite old-fashioned names?
We love old-fashioned names - if we have a boy he'll be Henry
Old fashioned names? Or just classic names (as in, Biblical?)
Old-fashioned:
Margaret, Tess, Amelia
Classic:
Noah, Gabriel, Isaac, Rachel
Old-fashioned/Biblical: Elizabeth, Leah, Rebecca, Abigail, Luke, Noah
Classic: Victoria, Charles, Caroline, Jacqueline, Emma, Katherine (Kate), William, Henry
As a name in and of itself? I'd be surprised. I'd buy that popularity rating for Leonard or Leopold, however.
Elizabeth
In addition to some of the ones already listed...
Genevieve, Estelle, Alma, Rosalind, Beatrice, Miriam, Eleanor, Helen(a)
Elizabeth
andElizabeth and Lila
Boys: Jasper, Lucius, Sebastian, Henry, Linus, William
Girls: Tessa, Alair, Adelle, Stella
Old Fashioned OR Classic.
Thanks - these are great! Keep 'em coming!
Loretta, Claudette, Mabel, Lucy, Ruby, Marion, Marjorie, Kathleen are all classic names that may be considered "old"
For boys, there aren't a whole lot that would be considered old but not classic and common. Like most of my anscestors are John, James, William. I do have a Curtis in our history.
Catherine and Elizabeth. Are those even old fashioned?
I don't think Caroline is old fashioned, but it is my #1 choice for a girl and has been for over 10 years.
I like Elenor and Nina as well as Adele and Nadia.
Issac is a beautiful name. i wish dh was on board with that one. So is Nathaniel.
Evelyn, Georgia (which I LOVE but doesn't work with our last name), Elizabeth, Maeve, Ellen, Elsie, Hazel, Louisa, Margaret (Maggie or Meg)
William, Niles, Miles, Mason, Jack, Finley, Finn, Emerson, Colin, Carter, Bradley
https://www.babynameboutique.com/old_fashioned_names.htm?
Luke
Anna
Lucy, Emma (biased!), Juliet, Gwen, Sarah, Lydia
Henry, Bennett, Will, Samuel, Paul, Miles,
Leo peaked in the early 1900s.
Emma
Evelyn
Annabelle
Katherine
Elizabeth
Jonathan
Andrew
Elijah
Noah
Benjamin
Thought of more:
Joseph. Florence, Clifford, Alice, Elias, Grace (my great-grandma where I got my mn - I'm sad it's become a trendy filler name), Martha, Andrew, Lillian, Lucille, Earl, Lorraine, Bernard, Glenn, Clarabel, Rose, Rodger, Herman, Mildred, Merrill, Mabel
Elizabeth
Mollie
Joshua
Robert
I love the names Fran, Doris, Ingrid, Frank, Lawrence, William
Emily, Charlotte, Henrietta, Josephine, Adele, Clara, Miriam, Stella, Georgia, Sadie, Louisa, Beatrix.
Jonah, Jonas, Noah, Edmund, Henry, Elliot, Samuel, Benjamin, Gabriel.
Natalie Kate - October 4, 2011
Blighted ovum, d&c at 9w, July 2012
Blighted ovum, d&c at 10w, September 2013
BFP May 28, EDD February 4, 2015
Hazel
Alice?
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HILLARY
Gender: F
Origin: Latin from Greek
Meaning: "happy, cheerful"
Popularity in 2007: #960
This is the spelling of the name used by Mrs. Clinton, whose fame has taken this name off the table for babies. A pity, really, as it's got so much going for it: the popular, rhythmic three-syllable structure, the fact that it's strong but light, proper but jaunty, with an irresistible meaning -- having the same root as hilarious. The Italian Ilaria may be one way to make the name fresh. See Hilary for more variations.
sorry this is so weird - I stole it from nameberry.com. But, anyway, I think my DD's name is classic (and I did mean to spell it the way I did!) and it is too bad that more people don't consider it, but they are right - HRC did take the name off the table. Check out SSA for the sudden fall from Grace after 1993! To be honest, this only made the name more irresistable to me - I detest popular names, but I wanted something that wasn't too far out there either. And the name absolutely fits my DD - she is the most cheerful child ever!
If I had my way, our future children would have old people names!
Greta, Mathilde (Ma-teel), Nora (my name!), Hazel, Ruby, Mary, Amelia, Eleanor, Margaret
Oliver, Charles, Henry, Abraham, Miles, Edward, Edmund (though maybe not now, what with Twilight and all), Arthur