Clunky vintage, but make it fantasy...

General Name Discussion
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Recently I’ve been obsessed with names that I can only describe as halfway between clunky, dusty vintage, and something out of a fantasy novel.

Here are some examples:

Edeltrude
[name_f]Elfrida[/name_f]
[name_f]Elmira[/name_f]
[name_f]Elva[/name_f]

[name_m]Edric[/name_m]
[name_m]Elvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Elwyn[/name_m]
Emeric

I have 2 questions:

  1. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you like any of these names?
  2. Can you suggest other names that would fit this criteria? (They definitely don’t have to begin with E - I just find myself drawn to E names a lot!)
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Elric - name from Elric of Melnibonea series
[name_f]Cytherea[/name_f]
Kallistrata
[name_f]Alaia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucina[/name_f]
Freydis

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[name_f]Elva[/name_f], [name_f]Elmira[/name_f] and [name_m]Elwyn[/name_m] as great!!

Some others…

[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elvira[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
Ethelberta
[name_f]Vada[/name_f]

[name_m]Everard[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnabas[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Selwyn[/name_m]
[name_m]Corwin[/name_m]
Adalbert

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[name_m]How[/name_m] about:
[name_f]Altalune[/name_f]
Cleotilde
[name_f]Ottoline[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhoswen[/name_f]
[name_m]Alpheus[/name_m]
[name_m]Erastus[/name_m]

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Thanks so much for the suggestions!

I’m definitely intrigued by Elric, Freydis (though I would prefer [name_f]Freyda[/name_f]), Erelina, [name_m]Eldred[/name_m], Adalbert, [name_f]Ottoline[/name_f] (I also just discovered Othilde, which I love!) and [name_m]Alpheus[/name_m].

Keep them coming :slight_smile:

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[name_m]How[/name_m] about:

Everild
[name_f]Clotilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Amarantha[/name_f]
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_f]Elfrida[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelpha[/name_f]
[name_f]Amadea[/name_f]
[name_f]Anthea[/name_f]
[name_m]Theomund[/name_m]
[name_f]Ismene[/name_f]
[name_f]Agathe[/name_f]
[name_f]Thomasina[/name_f]
[name_m]Osbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_f]Demelza[/name_f]
[name_f]Abelia[/name_f]
[name_m]Osric[/name_m]
[name_f]Auriel[/name_f]
[name_m]Virgil[/name_m]
[name_f]Elvina[/name_f]
[name_f]Aminta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ondine[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswin[/name_m]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m]

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Oh, thank you!

I particularly like [name_f]Amarantha[/name_f], [name_m]Theomund[/name_m], [name_m]Oswald[/name_m], [name_m]Osric[/name_m] and [name_m]Oswin[/name_m], [name_u]Oberon[/name_u], [name_m]Elbert[/name_m] and [name_f]Delphine[/name_f]! A few of these were on my long list already :slight_smile:

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Girls:
[name_f]Alaia[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelique[/name_f]
Anitare
Anitas
Aofie
Aubrienne
[name_m]Celadon[/name_m]
[name_f]Clarinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Drusilla[/name_f]
Edithera
[name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
Evanora
[name_f]Florencia[/name_f]
[name_f]Harlow[/name_f]
Harlowen
[name_f]Luciana[/name_f]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f]
[name_f]Saphira[/name_f]
[name_f]Septima[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphine[/name_f]
Vidia
Zeleda

Boys:
Ademar
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
Chiron
Cronos
[name_m]Essex[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregori[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
Hammurabi
[name_u]Kieran[/name_u]
Niklaus
[name_u]Oberon[/name_u]
Octavion
[name_m]Septimus[/name_m]