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Old lady names

4N6s4N6s member
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I'm expecting another girl and have a Leona already. I'm into the old fashion names but can't find one I love. 

Anything similar to Clara, Sally, Sloane, Ida, etc? 
Not Interested Audrey, pearl, Mabel, Josephine, Penelope, Willa, Gladys, violet, etc. 

We might end up with Clara, but would people automatically nickname her Claire? Is sloane with or without the e? 
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    joforyogajoforyoga member
    I much prefer Claire but I don't think people would nn her Claire if her name was clara. I see them as 2 different stand alone names.
    I love Sloane but it doesn't sound old fashioned to me at all. I think it is spelled with an e on the end.

    Suggesting
    Caroline
    Eden (nn Edi)
    Edna
    Ivy
    Ingrid
    Patsy
    Beatrice
    Anne
    Harriett
    Della
    Frida
    Tilda (Nn Tilly)



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    BringmemylongswordhoBringmemylongswordho member
    Loooooove Leona. High five for being awesome.

    Other names you might like.

    Sybil
    Rosalind
    Edith
    Florence
    Zelda
    Diana
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    mrs_tacosmrs_tacos member
    Edith
    Louisa
    Ramona
    Matilda
    Ada
    Helena
    Martha
    Esther
    Etta
    Alice
    Gloria
    Miriam
    Tabitha

    I like Clara a lot, and don't think it would automatically be shortened to Claire. 


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    4N6s4N6s member
    edited April 2017
    @Bringmemylongswordho thank you :) I'm obsessed with Leona!
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    mb0112mb0112 member
    I love Clara, and it wouldn't get nicknamed Claire.  Sloane should have the e but I do not like that half as much and it seems rhymey with Leona.  I think these would be great with Leona

    Alice
    Helen
    Beatrice
    Ruth
    Florence
    Ruby 
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    holli0801holli0801 member
     Vivian, Maxine, Iris, Eloise, Lydia.. like suggestions of Matilda, Ruby and Caroline. I do like Clara!! 
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    leighryleighry member
    hollieileen said:
     Vivian, Maxine, Iris, Eloise, Lydia.. like suggestions of Matilda, Ruby and Caroline. I do like Clara!! 
    I have a Maxine who was almost a Lydia. Love those suggestions! I guess since my Maxine is 2 I didn't process it as old ladyish. 
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    FakeFinnFakeFinn member
    I don't think Clara would be nicknamed Claire and I spell Sloane with an -e. 

    Agnes
    Wilhelmina (nn Mina)
    Helena
    Alida
    Theodora
    Isadora
    Margot
    Ruth
    Giselle
    Estelle
    Hazel
    Jane
    Rosalind
    Hyacinth
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    OliveOyl2014OliveOyl2014 member
    Suggesting Bernadette. 
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    brookeelyse527brookeelyse527 member
    I love Caroline. 
    And I picked Claire for my baby's middle name. 
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    cantrelljacantrellja member
    I really, really like the suggestion of Rosalind (l like that they are different but are both old fashioned and have the long O sound in them). Eloise is too close to Leona. How about:

    Aster
    Martha
    Cornelia
    Hazel
    Alma
    Opal
    Imogen
    Adela
    Olive



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    MrsCFBMrsCFB member
    Frances

    Sloane
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    flowerintherainflowerintherain member
    Rosalie
    Lillian
    Agnes
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    JoelandmissyJoelandmissy member
    Opal
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    JoelandmissyJoelandmissy member
    Dorothy
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    HoosOnFirstHoosOnFirst member
    Vera
    Evelyn
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    momma2charmomma2char member
    We're naming our little one due in 8 weeks Daisy Frances, if any of those are of your taste. Other names on our list were:

    Evangeline
    Ruby
    Jane
    Greta
    Rosa
    Josephine
    Matilda
    Freya
    Flora
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    FelicitousJinxFelicitousJinx member
    Clara is beautiful, and I agree with others who don't think it would be shortened to Claire.

    I'd like to throw the following into the mix: 

    Calla
    Cora
    Annora 
    Araminta
    Astra
    Avery
    Hazel
    Hadley
    Harlow
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