Old money meets cottage core

I feel like the vibe I’m going for for naming our babies is “old money meets cottage core”. I love old names that feel like they have a history to it but also feel soft and familiar! Right now our top names are [name_f]Etta[/name_f] for a girl and [name_m]Grant[/name_m] for a boy. Other names we love are [name_m]Winston[/name_m], [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u], [name_u]Prescott[/name_u], [name_m]Harvey[/name_m] and [name_u]Rafe[/name_u] for boys and [name_f]Winnie[/name_f], [name_f]Pippa[/name_f], [name_f]Ida[/name_f], [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] “Goldie” and [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] for girls. Please leave us some suggestions!

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[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] “Rosie”
[name_f]Dinah[/name_f]
[name_f]Lottie[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Claribel[/name_f]
[name_f]Hattie[/name_f]
[name_f]Perdita[/name_f] “Perdie”
[name_f]Dodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f] “Fliss”
[name_u]Neely[/name_u]

[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m] “Pip”
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m] “Kit”
[name_m]Bertram[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] “Ned”
[name_m]Giles[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u] “Artie”
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]
[name_m]Guy[/name_m]

Apologies for any repeats!
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m], [name_u]Albie[/name_u], [name_m]Edwin[/name_m], [name_u]Bertie[/name_u], [name_u]Jameson[/name_u], [name_u]Maxwell[/name_u], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_m]Louis[/name_m], [name_m]Harris[/name_m], [name_m]Ewan[/name_m], [name_u]Toby[/name_u], [name_u]Miles[/name_u], [name_m]Jago[/name_m]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_f]Ada[/name_f], [name_f]Posy[/name_f], [name_f]Adeline[/name_f], [name_f]Alberta[/name_f], [name_u]Juno[/name_u], [name_f]Margot[/name_f], [name_u]Florence[/name_u], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Eloise[/name_f], [name_f]Mimi[/name_f], [name_f]Elsa[/name_f]

[name_f]Etta[/name_f], [name_f]Winne[/name_f], [name_f]Pippa[/name_f], [name_f]Ida[/name_f], [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] ‘Goldie’, [name_f]Elsie[/name_f]

Wilhemina
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
[name_f]Celine[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Effie[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Larissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lois[/name_f]
[name_f]Anya[/name_f]
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f] ‘Minnie’
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]

[name_u]Maxwell[/name_u]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernie[/name_m]
[name_m]Geordie[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_u]Albie[/name_u]
[name_m]Ross[/name_m]
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m]
[name_u]Leslie[/name_u]

[name_f]Betty[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Joanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Lindy[/name_f]
[name_f]Margo[/name_f]
[name_u]Tate[/name_u]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]

[name_u]Dempsey[/name_u]
[name_u]Lenny[/name_u]
[name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
[name_m]Myles[/name_m]

[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_u]Alma[/name_u]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_u]Blythe[/name_u]
[name_u]Laurel[/name_u]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Calla[/name_f]
[name_u]Romilly[/name_u]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]
[name_u]Fern[/name_u]
[name_f]Bryony[/name_f]

[name_u]Amos[/name_u]
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_u]Augustine[/name_u]
[name_m]Sylvan[/name_m]
Reed/Reid
[name_u]Emery[/name_u]
[name_m]Heath[/name_m]
[name_u]Arden[/name_u]
[name_m]Hawthorn[/name_m]
[name_u]Hollis[/name_u]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Fielder[/name_m]
[name_u]Holden[/name_u]
[name_u]Larkin[/name_u]
[name_u]Merritt[/name_u]
[name_u]Vaughn[/name_u]

How about…

[name_m]Ernest[/name_m], [name_u]Clarence[/name_u], [name_m]Hector[/name_m]?

[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f], [name_f]Cynthia[/name_f], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Verity[/name_f], [name_f]Meryl[/name_f], [name_f]Lacey[/name_f], [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]?

[name_f]Etta[/name_f] is so sweet and I also really like [name_m]Grant[/name_m], [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u], [name_f]Ida[/name_f], [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] and [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] :blush::teddy_bear:

What about

[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f] ‘Winnie / Wendy/ Dolly/ Gwen/ Queeny/ Linnie/ Gigi’

[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]

[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] ‘Ellie/ Elsie’

[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] ‘Winnie’

[name_u]Camille[/name_u]

[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]

[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]

[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]

[name_f]Pomeline[/name_f] ‘Apple’

[name_f]Victoria[/name_f] ‘Plummie’

Ethelie ‘Etta’ (obsessed with this)

[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]

BOYS:
Ambrose
Alastair
Argyle
Amory
Ansel
Bennet
Beckett
Brewster
Bauer (“Bower”)
Baine
Boyd
Balthazar
Brandt
Burke
Callen
Crosby
Cagney
Campbell
Clayton
Crispin
Cullen
Declan
Dean
Dorian/ Dori
Deacon
Drake
Dabney
Everett
Ellis
Easton
Fox
Ford
Fairfax
Fairchild
Gage
Grover
Graham
Houston
Hayes
Holden
Hoight.
Holt
Hudson
Hugh
Judson
Jake
Lionel
Malcolm
Nolan
Pierce
Preston
Paine
Rand
Randall
Ronan
Rex
Russell
Rufus
Sterling
Stanley
Shepard
Stone
Stockton
Sumner
Sullivan
Thatcher
Terrance
Tobias
Tyson
Van
Vance
Winthorp
Webb
Wells
Woodrow
Wynn

GIRLS:
Alice
Annette
Audrey
Alexandra
Ashley
Betty
Bettina
Barbara/Babs
Celeste
Cecilia
Cecily
Colette
Camille
Cassandra
Carmen
Delphine
Deborah
Edie
Elsie
Elise
Elizabeth
Eva
Evangeline
Farrah
Felicity
Felicia
Guinevere
Gwendolyn
Gretchen
Grace
Greta
Helene
Helena
Hortense
Helen
Hattie
Ingrid
Isabelle

Old money/cottage core:

[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_u]Flannery[/name_u]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f] nn [name_f]Etta[/name_f] or [name_f]Hattie[/name_f]
[name_u]Florence[/name_u]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f] nn [name_f]Etta[/name_f] or [name_f]Betty[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]

[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Leif[/name_m]
[name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_u]Basil[/name_u]
[name_u]Wilder[/name_u]
[name_u]Bridger[/name_u]
[name_u]Rocco[/name_u]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] or [name_m]Edwin[/name_m]