Respondents: 42 (This poll is closed)
This one’s harder than the boys. As I noted there, my primary reaction to the common names of this era isn’t “dated”, but “boring”.
There are some middles here I just love ([name]Corinne[/name], [name]Lois[/name], [name]Yvette[/name]) on much less appealing first names. One name that’s still ordinary and that I regard as plainly pretty (like, probably, most people) - [name]Claire[/name] - is a middle to one of the few names that I agree with most people is dated, because I don’t see names of that generation as fresh again. Though, actually… the pair works. I can’t believe I said that. In a reverse, the benign [name]Connie[/name] gets a middle that ruins it.
I notice that many of these seem suited to being used as double names. At the same time, the main thing I don’t like here is the poor matching of middles. Often I don’t prioritize middles, but here I feel I have to.
Best ones on that ground: [name]Irene[/name] [name]Claire[/name], [name]Susan[/name] [name]Lee[/name], [name]Mary[/name] [name]Lois[/name].
Worst for the same reason: [name]Sharon[/name] [name]Corinne[/name], [name]Connie[/name] [name]Sue[/name].