Favorite Grandma Chic name?

[name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], and [name_u]June[/name_u].

not sure if this counts as granny but my all time favorite “old lady” name is [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] (though i can’t get behind [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] for some reason). i also love [name_f]Elaine[/name_f] (my grandmas name), [name_f]Louisa[/name_f], and [name_f]Estelle[/name_f]

[name_f]Faye[/name_f], [name_f]Maxine[/name_f], [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_f]Mae[/name_f], and [name_f]Lillian[/name_f]. I love love love old lady names.

[name_f]Florence[/name_f] by far, as it’s been my favourite since I was about 15 or so? But really, I love so many!!

[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f]
[name_f]Doris[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Betsy[/name_f]/[name_f]Betty[/name_f]/[name_f]Bessie[/name_f] (love all three, really)
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] ([name_u]LOVE[/name_u] this lately)
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Minnie[/name_f]

I know there’s more that I’ve forgotten, but it’s 11:30pm, so my brain is trying to tell me to go to sleep right now, haha!

I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] and [name_f]Hattie[/name_f]

[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Maude[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]

A huge percent of my favorite female names fall into this category and I cannot stand the modern choices that are mostly vowels - [name_u]Eliya[/name_u], [name_f]Alisha[/name_f], etc.

[name_f]Marjorie[/name_f], [name_f]Martha[/name_f], [name_f]Mabel[/name_f], [name_u]Marion[/name_u], [name_f]Marcella[/name_f], [name_f]Millie[/name_f], [name_f]Peg[/name_f], [name_f]Ada[/name_f], [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Marvel[/name_f], [name_f]Birdie[/name_f] – my female ancestors’ names I love.

[name_f]Virginia[/name_f], [name_f]Ida[/name_f], [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f], [name_f]Thora[/name_f], [name_f]Meg[/name_f], [name_f]Carol[/name_f], [name_f]Sandra[/name_f], [name_f]Gladys[/name_f], [name_f]Shirley[/name_f] too.

[name_f]Enid[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Dot[/name_f], [name_f]Beverly[/name_f], [name_u]June[/name_u], [name_f]Donna[/name_f], [name_f]Norma[/name_f].

I’m no help at all! :slight_smile:

What about [name_f]Etoile[/name_f]? Same meaning, fresher sound.

[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Thelma[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Maxine[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Susan[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Violette[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f]

[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]

Hubby doesn’t care for this category of names and I like plenty of his girl names so I sometimes forget how much I love these - [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] especially.

[name_f]Heloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Hildegard[/name_f]
[name_f]Betty[/name_f]
[name_f]Annie[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_f]Brunhilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Bea[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Alberta[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Blossom[/name_f]

:slight_smile:

[name_f]Flossie[/name_f], [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f], [name_f]Leticia[/name_f].

[name_f]Susan[/name_f]

[name_f]Bernice[/name_f]
[name_f]Glenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Alida[/name_f]
[name_f]Thomasina[/name_f]

[name_f]Amabel[/name_f], [name_f]Agatha[/name_f], [name_f]Agnes[/name_f], [name_f]Anita[/name_f]
[name_f]Beulah[/name_f] (I’m alone in this, I know, haha), [name_f]Berenice[/name_f]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f], [name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Francine[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f], [name_f]Gloria[/name_f], [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f], [name_f]Gretchen[/name_f]
[name_f]Helga[/name_f], [name_f]Hilde[/name_f], [name_f]Heloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f], [name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_u]Joan[/name_u], [name_f]Janet[/name_f]
[name_f]Laetitia[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]

I love love love [name_f]Esther[/name_f] at the moment :slight_smile: I also really like [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f] and [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]

[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]

I like so many. Here’s a few of the ones I like:
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Marta[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Leona[/name_f]
[name_f]Hattie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]/[name_f]Elsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f]
[name_f]Margo[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Susan[/name_f]
[name_u]Joan[/name_u]
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]

[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]! It’s my favorite girl’s name right now, but I can’t get hubby on board.

When I read the title, the first name that came to my mind was [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]. However, I (now) love [name_f]Grace[/name_f]…it was my great grandmothers name (“Grandma [name_f]Grace[/name_f]”), but when I was much younger, I did not like it because it sounded “like an old name”. I also like my paternal grandmothers name, [name_f]Marjorie[/name_f], but don’t think I’ve ever use it…and if I did (this is only name I’ve ever considered a nickname for) I’d call her [name_f]Maggie[/name_f].