Looking for some clunkers

Anyone have any clunky, old-fashioned girl’s name suggestions along the lines of [name]Sophronia[/name] and Tryphena?

[name]Thomasina[/name] is my favourite!

[name]Wilhelmina[/name]
[name]Euphemia[/name]

I will be keeping my eye on this thread!

[name]Thalassa[/name]
[name]Minerva[/name]
[name]Artemesia[/name]
[name]Theodosia[/name]
[name]Philomena[/name]
[name]Valeria[/name]
[name]Araminta[/name]
[name]Rosamund[/name]
[name]Iola[/name]
[name]Thomasin[/name]

I have plenty more, as soon as I sent that I thought of others I was sad to leave out, but clunky old weird names is probably my most favourite category. [name]Do[/name] you have a specific sort of feel or sound you are going for, or favourite initials? I don’t want to just bomb you with my guilty pleasures.

Is my previous post way off from what you wanted?

[name]Temperance[/name]
[name]Mehitabel[/name]
[name]Eudora[/name]
[name]Prudence[/name]
[name]Eugenia[/name]
[name]Jerusha[/name]
[name]Philomena[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name]
[name]Parthenia[/name]
[name]Winifred[/name]
[name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Eulalie[/name]/[name]Eulalia[/name]
[name]Rowena[/name]
[name]Delphine[/name]/[name]Delphina[/name]/[name]Delfina[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]

I have a list of cemetery names, mostly 1800s. Copied and pasted the clunkiest. :slight_smile:

[name]Abitha[/name]
Adonelia “[name]Nellie[/name]”
[name]Almeda[/name]
Alvenah
Alveretta
Alzaretta
[name]Arletta[/name]
Capitolia
Caturah
Clarida
Corletta
Delana
Deloria
Demadie
Diadama
[name]Docia[/name]
Druzella
Eleva
Elgetha
Ethelbel
Euphrosina “[name]Eva[/name]”
Febronia
Fidellia
Francenia
Frankelene
[name]Garnetta[/name]
Genisha
Gessela
[name]Griselda[/name]
[name]Halina[/name]
[name]Hildred[/name]
[name]Idella[/name]
Idessa
Ilamay
Lemay
Lentina
Levada
Lovelia
[name]Lovina[/name]
Lowena
Madalana
Marailis
Marceta
Marchmont
Marilda
Melvana
Millivent
Monema
[name]Naomia[/name]
Odessie
[name]Orilla[/name]
Orletta
Othelda
Parmelia
Pelena
[name]Petronilla[/name] “[name]Petra[/name]”
Philena
Philinda
Purella
[name]Rozella[/name]
Rozina
[name]Salinda[/name]
[name]Silvina[/name]
Sorrenda
Sovanna
Surrena
Syvilla
Travallyn
[name]Virgilia[/name]
Wanetta

Everyone is on track so far! Keep the suggestions coming.

@stripedsocks: I like the old-fashioned, sort of colonial feel. I’d like to see names that aren’t just a long name with -etta, -ella, -ina, etc tacked onto the end.

[name]Paul[/name] Revere had a daughter named [name]Isannah[/name], I always think of her with “obscure colonial names.” He didn’t make it up, he just used it. But I have never been confident in the correct or period-appropriate pronunciation.

I would not be brave enough to use [name]Hepzibah[/name] but I kind of admire it. [name]Hypatia[/name] is in similar territory.

I WOULD use [name]Keziah[/name]/[name]Kezia[/name], which appears in various Colonial records and in [name]England[/name] in that period as a Biblical oddity. [name]Drusilla[/name] is another I have an odd affection for though I got roasted for it on Nameberry, I think [name]Dru[/name] is cute as a NN.

My favourite girls’ virtue names are probably [name]Verity[/name], [name]Amity[/name], and [name]Prudence[/name]. I prefer [name]Felicia[/name] to [name]Felicity[/name] but I’m strange like that.

I love [name]Susannah[/name]. It’s clunky, but its sweet.

There might be some repeats:

[name]Henrietta[/name]
[name]Geraldine[/name]
[name]Verity[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Pauline[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name]

[name]Lavinia[/name]
[name]Gertrude[/name]

This could have the nickname [name]Eppie[/name], like in the classic novel [name]Silas[/name] Marner. :slight_smile: