What are your favourite “ugly”, super clunky, true old lady names that other people see as completely unusable?
Some I love and would love to see used:
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Gretchen[/name_f]
[name_f]Madge[/name_f]
[name_f]Midge[/name_f]
Gretel/Greta
[name_u]Greer[/name_u]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Eglantine[/name_f]! Tbh true clunky old ladies names usually arent my thing but theres something about [name_f]Eglantine[/name_f].
I absolutely adore your list. 
I love fussy vintage names like these! I’d add to the list…
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f], [name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Thelma[/name_f]
[name_u]Joyce[/name_u], [name_f]Joycie[/name_f]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_f]Beulah[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Peggy[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f]
[name_f]Mamie[/name_f]
[name_f]Liesl[/name_f]
[name_f]Trudy[/name_f]
[name_u]Joan[/name_u]
[name_u]Kitty[/name_u]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_u]Anne[/name_u], [name_f]Nan[/name_f]
[name_f]Enid[/name_f]
[name_f]Maud[/name_f]
[name_f]Prudence[/name_f]
[name_f]Sally[/name_f]
[name_f]Marnie[/name_f]
I’m sure I’m forgetting buckets of them, but these are definitely some I think are beautiful.
From your list, I love [name_f]Gretchen[/name_f], [name_f]Gretel[/name_f], [name_f]Greta[/name_f], [name_f]Constance[/name_f] and [name_f]Bernadette[/name_f].
Others:
[name_f]Doris[/name_f]
[name_f]Maureen[/name_f]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvonne[/name_f]
[name_f]Gail[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Prudence[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f]
[name_u]Laurel[/name_u]
[name_f]Bernice[/name_f]
[name_f]Wanda[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvette[/name_f]
[name_f]Joanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Paulina[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Keziah[/name_f]
[name_f]Philomena[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_u]Jean[/name_u]
[name_f]Sandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Concetta[/name_f]. It is considered a clunky, old lady, maybe too religious and unappealing name in my country but if you ignore the meaning of the name it has a wonderful sound! I like it as a guilty pleasure.
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Kathleen[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Paulette[/name_f]
[name_f]Pauline[/name_f]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f]
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f] is fun (nn [name_f]Trudy[/name_f] and [name_f]Gertie[/name_f] 
)
[name_f]Gretel[/name_f] and [name_f]Constance[/name_f] are great too!
Some of mine:
[name_f]Hildegard[/name_f] / [name_f]Hilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Honoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
[name_f]Milicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Doris[/name_f] / [name_f]Dora[/name_f]
[name_f]Thelma[/name_f]
[name_u]Marion[/name_u]
[name_u]Shirley[/name_u]
[name_f]Myrtle[/name_f]
[name_f]Doreen[/name_f]
[name_f]Muriel[/name_f]
One I haven’t seen mentioned is [name_f]Geraldine[/name_f]! I can’t help but love it.
Also seconding [name_f]Frances[/name_f] (on my list!), [name_f]Helen[/name_f], [name_f]Enid[/name_f], [name_f]Philomena[/name_f], and [name_f]Muriel[/name_f]! Meeting small children with these names would make me so happy! I’ve known a little [name_f]Helen[/name_f] and a little [name_f]Frances[/name_f] and it never gets old. 
The way [name_f]Eunice[/name_f] sounds has always made my skin crawl the same way Puce does.
[name_f]Myrtle[/name_f]
[name_f]Undine[/name_f]
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Drusilla[/name_f]
Clementhea
[name_u]Greer[/name_u] is one? Definitely my favorite then!!
Others are:
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Myrtle[/name_f]
[name_u]Blanche[/name_u]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Enid[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
I know I’m forgetting a bunch, there are so so many!
[name_f]Bernice[/name_f]
[name_f]Bessie[/name_f]
[name_f]Betty[/name_f]
[name_u]Connie[/name_u]
[name_f]Diane[/name_f]
[name_f]Dora[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Eileen[/name_f]
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Karine[/name_f]
[name_f]Luella[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Margery[/name_f]
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Marilyn[/name_f]
[name_u]Marion[/name_u]
[name_f]Maude[/name_f]
[name_f]Maybelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadeen[/name_f]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_f]Sallie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Trudy[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Hortense[/name_f]
[name_f]Gladys[/name_f]
[name_f]Petunia[/name_f]
[name_u]Blanche[/name_u]
[name_f]Fanny[/name_f]
[name_u]Frannie[/name_u]
[name_f]Muriel[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Mildred[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f].
I don’t view [name_u]Greer[/name_u] or [name_f]Gretchen[/name_f] that way and love both.
Some I do view the way you describe and like are:
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Madge[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
and [name_f]Virginia[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Claudia[/name_f], [name_f]Agatha[/name_f], [name_f]Maureen[/name_f], [name_u]Cleo[/name_u], [name_f]Drusilla[/name_f], [name_f]Frederica[/name_f], [name_f]Esther[/name_f], [name_f]Alberta[/name_f]
Some I would actually consider-
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f], [name_f]Margery[/name_f], [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f], [name_f]Maud[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Paulina[/name_f], [name_f]Contessa[/name_f], [name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
Some I haven’t warmed up to yet (through decades of collecting names)
[name_f]Mildred[/name_f], [name_f]Agnes[/name_f], [name_f]Harriet[/name_f], [name_f]Patricia[/name_f], [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f], [name_f]Leona[/name_f], [name_f]Thomasina[/name_f] (though [name_f]Thomasine[/name_f] is really growing on me), [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f], [name_f]Theodora[/name_f], [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f], [name_f]Hortense[/name_f], [name_f]Doris[/name_f], [name_f]Mabel[/name_f], [name_f]Ruth[/name_f], [name_f]Nell[/name_f], [name_f]Martha[/name_f], [name_f]Barbara[/name_f], [name_f]Opal[/name_f], Thedosia
Some that aren’t my style, but I like to see on children:
[name_f]Helen[/name_f], [name_f]Frances[/name_f], [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], [name_f]Pauline[/name_f], [name_f]Hester[/name_f], [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f], [name_f]Judith[/name_f], [name_u]Louise[/name_u], [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
It’s my name crush (without the E at the front because I’m weird like that.
I LOVE the name [name_f]Edith[/name_f]. It makes me think of my family. I have two great-great-grandmothers named [name_f]Edith[/name_f] who were both extraordinary women. That’s how I got the middle name [name_f]Edith[/name_f].
I actually love the name Eunice and I would love to meet a girl or a young woman with that name. Unfortunately, I can’t name my daughter Eunice because my mother thinks it is so incredibly ugly. I have an ancestor named Eunice who lived in colonial Massachusetts, by the way. I also think puce is a beautiful color palette.
I love love love clunky old lady names!
[name_f]Frances[/name_f] bas been one of my all time favourites in the last few years. Here are some other favs!
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] (I love the nn [name_m]Freddie[/name_m] for a little girl)
Agnes/Agatha
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Laurel[/name_f]
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Zenaida[/name_f]
[name_f]Euphrosyne[/name_f]
[name_f]Philomena[/name_f]
[name_f]Doreen[/name_f] deserves more love 