What are your favorite feminine, classical names?
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Francesca
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Hattie[/name_f]
[name_f]Emily[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Lenora[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_u]Augustine[/name_u]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Colleen[/name_f]
[name_f]Collette[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Lauren[/name_f]
[name_f]Loretta[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorraine[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Birdie[/name_f]
[name_f]Goldie[/name_f]
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Charlotte!
I love loads but here are some I love 
Some floral classics that I love 
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] and all her variants but special shout out too [name_f]Rosa[/name_f], [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] & [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] and the variant [name_f]Lilia[/name_f]
The little ‘I’ botanical classics [name_f]Iris[/name_f] & [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
Moving away from the florals…
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] & [name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f] & [name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Eve[/name_f] & [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Ann[/name_f]
I took some time thinking on this one. A lot of names I like are very old but not necessarily classic, so I hade to narrow it down but looking at names with elative consistency in the charts or in the case of names that haven’t charted go anecdotally off of how familiar they seem.
Alice
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f] (has remained well within the top 1000 for over a century, but has never cracked the top 50 so it’s never had that major popularity spike that can cause names to become dated)
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and nearly all of it’s variations
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
[name_f]Marjorie[/name_f] (did drop off the charts for awhile in the mid 90s through early aughts but it has a very slow up and down trend curve)
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f] (might be more vintage then classic, but like [name_f]Marjorie[/name_f] has a very slow up and down curve which tends to be more true of names with classic appeal) also most other forms of [name_u]Anne[/name_u]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Enid[/name_f] (fell out of the top 1000 ages ago but was very consistently in the bottom half of the charts so trend wise it seems timeless and familiar albeit not especially popular)
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f] (doesn’t seem to have ever charted in the US but we’re all familiar with this one I think it counts)
[name_f]Cornelia[/name_f] (another that’s never been very popular here but has stayed consistently familiar)
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] (it does seem to be peaking right now though, I suspect it will begin slowly dropping a bit in the next few years)
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Deirdre[/name_f] (somewhat less true in the US where it didn’t first chart until the mid 1940s, and has stayed outside of the top 1000 since 1990, but I have a hard time not seeing this as a classic name)
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f] (has rolled up and down the charts a few times but has oretty much never left and is still well within the top 500)
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloisa[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_u]Maria[/name_u] (Prn like [name_f]Mariah[/name_f])
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
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[name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
Chloe
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]/ [name_f]Elisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]/ [name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Leanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
Sophie/ Sophia
Rosalind
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaux[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
I adore [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Emily[/name_f], [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Maggie[/name_f], and [name_f]Marianna[/name_f].
My definition of a classic(al) name seems to be much more stringent than most, but I would probably say these:
Isobel
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f] (is this classic? This just feels like a [name_u]French[/name_u] name to me, lol, but I feel like others would list it)
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
Oh, and [name_f]Eva[/name_f]! 1000 times [name_f]Eva[/name_f].
Basically all girl names I like:
Isabella
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Viviana[/name_f]
Anne
[name_u]Louise[/name_u] / [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_u]Marie[/name_u] / [name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Johanna[/name_f]
Mine are:
Elizabeth
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_u]Anne[/name_u]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]/Catherine
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_u]Joan[/name_u]
[name_f]Theresa[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
Francesca
[name_f]Tomasina[/name_f]
Emila
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]
[name_f]Lauretta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
[name_f]Jasmine[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelani[/name_f]