In search of your favorite vintage girls name. What do you absolutely love and why?
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In search of your favorite vintage girls name. What do you absolutely love and why?
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[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]. I feel it’s both vintage and spunky, and the literary character, [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] Chiltern, is just that. She’s a spunky, Victorian maiden with a quick wit. Plus, it has such a lovely sound.
lf it’s vintage, changes are I love it!
For you, I love:
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] and [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] and [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] and [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] and [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] and [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] and [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] and [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] and [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] and [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] and [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] and [name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] and [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] and [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] and [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] and [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
Mine is [name_f]Cora[/name_f]! To me it’s perfect, sweet and spunky (The [name_u]Legend[/name_u] of [name_f]Kora[/name_f] gives it a kick-ass attitude), known but not too common (at least where I am). And it sounds lovely. I also love [name_f]Alice[/name_f]!
I love [name_f]Poppy[/name_f]. It’s floral giving it that old-fashioned feeling but also feels fresh and spunky. I don’t think enough people will use it for it to become trendy later.
I just discovered [name_f]Annora[/name_f] in my family tree and I think it’s lovely.
My list is comprised mostly of vintage names, and my favorite varies all the time. Right now it’s a tie between [name_f]Agnes[/name_f], [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f], and [name_f]Sybil[/name_f] (though something about [name_u]November[/name_u] makes me think of [name_f]Sybil[/name_f].)
These are all beautiful choices. I would love to hear more!
My favourites are:
[name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_f]Thora[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
I don’t know if these technically fits in the mix, but I love [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] and [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f].
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] and [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] ([name_f]Sylvie[/name_f], [name_u]Josie[/name_u] and [name_f]Lola[/name_f] (or [name_f]Lulu[/name_f]))
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] and [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] ([name_f]Sylvie[/name_f], [name_u]Josie[/name_u] and [name_f]Rosa[/name_f]/[name_f]Rose[/name_f])
(Nice that all share the “s” sound)
Again these are all beautiful. Any more?
[name_f]Beverly[/name_f] nn [name_f]Bev[/name_f] or [name_f]Bevvy[/name_f] is a crush of mine. I also kind of love [name_f]Velma[/name_f].
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] (pr. ‘ever-lyn’), [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] and [name_f]Margot[/name_f]. I just adore them!