… are the names that intrigue me most lately.
Examples:
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f], [name_f]Antonia[/name_f], [name_f]Augusta[/name_f], [name_f]Benedicta[/name_f], [name_f]Bernardine[/name_f], [name_f]Cornelia[/name_f], [name_f]Edwina[/name_f], [name_f]Georgina[/name_f], [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Philomena[/name_f], [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f], [name_f]Thomasina[/name_f], [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f], [name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
Could you help me think of more as heavy or heavier than these?
My grandmother and her mother both had heavy names to me: [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f] and [name_f]Octavia[/name_f].
[name_f]Clotilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f]
[name_f]Maud[/name_f]/[name_f]Maude[/name_f]
From my own list, [name_f]Ursula[/name_f], [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], [name_f]Isolde[/name_f], and [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] probably fit the bill.
[name_f]Varvara[/name_f]
[name_f]Hortensia[/name_f]
[name_f]Honoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorcas[/name_f]
[name_f]Geraldine[/name_f]
[name_f]Fortunata[/name_f]
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f]
[name_f]Petronella[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f]
[name_f]Roberta[/name_f]
[name_f]Beryl[/name_f]
[name_f]Frida[/name_f]
[name_f]Frederica[/name_f]
[name_f]Gretel[/name_f]
[name_f]Magda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottoline[/name_f]
Sigberta
[name_f]Mehitabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Harmonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Enid[/name_f]
[name_f]Signy[/name_f]
Ermentrude
[name_f]Malgosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olga[/name_f]
Roswitha
[name_f]Varinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Drusilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Horatia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Antoinette[/name_f]
[name_f]Dulcinea[/name_f]
[name_f]Alberta[/name_f]
[name_f]Gretchen[/name_f]
[name_f]Bathsheba[/name_f]
[name_f]Dido[/name_f]
[name_f]Glenda[/name_f]
[name_f]Hilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Hildegarde[/name_f]
[name_f]Godiva[/name_f]
[name_f]Hedwig[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilma[/name_f]
[name_f]Sidonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Jerusha[/name_f]
[name_f]Dinah[/name_f]
And [name_f]Walburga[/name_f] and [name_f]Brunhilda[/name_f] are in their own special category of ‘clunk’.
I love some of those a lot! I love a name with weight.
Gytha, [name_f]Theodora[/name_f], [name_f]Nerida[/name_f], [name_f]Romilda[/name_f], Rosmerta, [name_f]Ceridwen[/name_f], [name_f]Leocadia[/name_f], [name_f]Angharad[/name_f], [name_f]Andromeda[/name_f], [name_f]Ingrid[/name_f], [name_f]Zelda[/name_f], [name_f]Desdemona[/name_f], [name_f]Alexandrina[/name_f], [name_f]Jocasta[/name_f], [name_f]Lucasta[/name_f].
For whatever reason, the letter d seems to really lend some gravity.
Thank you so much, hixtwin4, isabellemarie, augusta_lee and stripedsocks.
I’m adding [name_f]Desdemona[/name_f], [name_f]Drusilla[/name_f], Ermentrude, [name_f]Euphemia[/name_f], [name_f]Horatia[/name_f], [name_f]Hortensia[/name_f], [name_f]Magda[/name_f], [name_f]Romilda[/name_f], [name_f]Ursula[/name_f] and [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] to my list.
Ooh, has anyone said [name_f]Swanhilda[/name_f], [name_f]Eunice[/name_f], [name_f]Edna[/name_f], [name_f]Ethel[/name_f], [name_f]Phyllis[/name_f], Frideswide, [name_f]Bronwen[/name_f], [name_f]Francine[/name_f], [name_f]Enid[/name_f], Ludmilla, [name_f]Prunella[/name_f], [name_f]Pauline[/name_f], [name_f]Myrna[/name_f], [name_f]Norma[/name_f], [name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f], [name_f]Hagar[/name_f], [name_f]Amandine[/name_f], [name_f]Orpah[/name_f], Clytemnestra, Huguette, [name_f]Mildred[/name_f], [name_f]Muriel[/name_f], [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f], [name_f]Bertha[/name_f], or Rosemerta? I was brainstorming clunkers on the train this morning. 
[name_f]Ludmila[/name_f]!
I’m adding her, [name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f] and [name_f]Prunella[/name_f] to my list.
Thank you, again, augusta_lee for all the wonderful suggestions.
I don’t want to hurt any feelings but when I hear or say these names they are definately a thud…
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Bertha[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Clea[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Coraline[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Doris[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorcas[/name_f]
[name_f]Edna[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Hedwig[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Helga[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Inga[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Jamima[/name_f]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Norma[/name_f]
[name_f]Olga[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Ursula[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilma[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelma[/name_f]
Sorry, but Ugh!
LOL!
I’m adding [name_f]Stella[/name_f]; [name_f]Agatha[/name_f], [name_f]Augusta[/name_f], [name_f]Ursula[/name_f] and [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] are on my list.
Thanks, Bananie21.
[name_f]Maude[/name_f]
[name_f]Blanch[/name_f]
[name_f]Golda[/name_f]
[name_f]Eudora[/name_f]
[name_f]Roberta[/name_f]
[name_f]Sandrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Dolores[/name_f]
[name_f]Beulah[/name_f]
[name_f]Eunice[/name_f]
[name_f]Lurline[/name_f]
[name_f]Blanche[/name_f]*
oops
[name_f]Blanche[/name_f]*
oops
[name_f]Albertina[/name_f]
[name_f]Audra[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernice[/name_f]
[name_f]Bronwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudette[/name_f]
[name_f]Dolores[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Ernestine[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f]
[name_f]Hester[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Maxine[/name_f]
[name_f]Paulette[/name_f]
[name_f]Phyllida[/name_f]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Sidonia[/name_f]