Timeless Names for Girls

General Name Discussion
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I have been musing over the topic of timeless names for girls, names that have a long history (centuries, at least) of use and invoke a sense of such history and femininity. I’m not thinking only of English-based names, as I love Russian and French literature and love Biblical names. I have listed a few of the names that have occurred to me below. What other names are out there that would fall into this category?

[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Katarina[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Vanessa[/name]

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[name]Sarah[/name]

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[name]Grace[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]

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[name]Mary[/name]!/[name]Marie[/name]/[name]Maria[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Theresa[/name]
[name]Martha[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]/[name]Ann[/name]

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[name]Emily[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name] or [name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Rebecca[/name]

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[name]Laura[/name]
[name]Leah[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]/[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Alexandra[/name]
[name]Susanna[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]

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[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
[name]Helen[/name]/[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Jacqueline[/name]
[name]Laura[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Naomi[/name]
[name]Rachel[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name]/[name]Sara[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name]

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[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Anneliese[/name]
[name]Larissa[/name]
[name]Leonor[/name]
[name]Constance[/name]
[name]Lenora[/name]
[name]Nina[/name]
[name]Raisa[/name]
[name]Dorothea[/name]
[name]Antonella[/name]
[name]Camille[/name]
[name]Elise[/name]
[name]Colette[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Greta[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Margot[/name]
[name]Rosalie[/name]
[name]Simone[/name]
[name]Martine[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Elena[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]
Inna
[name]Lena[/name]
[name]Serena[/name]

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[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name] ?
[name]Diana[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Flavia[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
[name]Gwendolyn[/name]
[name]Heloise[/name]
[name]Henrietta[/name]?
[name]Ingrid[/name]
[name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Isolde[/name]
[name]Joanna[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Laura[/name]
[name]Leonora[/name]?
[name]Lucinda[/name]
[name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Melisande[/name] - so pretty!
[name]Minerva[/name]
[name]Natalia[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]?
[name]Rosamond[/name]?
[name]Taliesin[/name]?
[name]Tallulah[/name] - I bet this is an ancient name
[name]Tatiana[/name]
[name]Thalia[/name]
[name]Wilhelmina[/name]

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Ooo…[name]Ingrid[/name] is one I hadn’t thought of yet! [name]Love[/name] it! I also love [name]Inger[/name], the Scandinavian form, as well as [name]Sigrid[/name]. Though, I’d never use [name]Sigrid[/name] on a baby! :slight_smile: