What are your favorite vintage girl names?

christabel · December 16, 2012, 11:44am

What are your top 5-10 favorite vintage girl names? [name]Even[/name] if you don’t like this style, try to come up with a few names. They seem to be really popular on this board and i’m curious to see what everyone says. Thanks.

Mischa · December 16, 2012, 11:49am

[name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Maude[/name]
[name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Agatha[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Millicent[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]

Sorry that’s more than ten!

ottilie · December 16, 2012, 11:56am

[name]Nedra[/name], [name]Eugenie[/name], [name]Sally[/name], [name]Irene[/name], [name]Bernice[/name], [name]Alma[/name], [name]Nell[/name], [name]Hulda[/name]

violetgray · December 16, 2012, 12:03pm

[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Cora[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Marie[/name]

ashthedreamer · December 16, 2012, 12:11pm

[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name]

I find myself leaning more toward modern classics (or variants of them) over vintage classics, but I still have my vintage favorites.

christabel · December 16, 2012, 12:18pm

It made me smile to see [name]Bernice[/name] on your list. If I ever have another daughter, this name has to be in her name somewhere. Either [name]Bernice[/name] as a MN or maybe Bernicia as a FN.

irmgard_theodorian · December 16, 2012, 12:43pm

[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Aurora[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Maude[/name]
[name]Minerva[/name]
[name]Tempest[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]

danishnames · December 16, 2012, 12:44pm

[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Alma[/name]
[name]Enid[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]

em_crazynamer · December 16, 2012, 12:51pm

[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Garnet[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
Abeline

sheflieswithherownwi · December 16, 2012, 1:51pm

[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Elspeth[/name]
[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Martha[/name]

garnet · December 16, 2012, 3:33pm

There are so many lovely options that I found it hard to choose just 10! Here are the ones I’d choose as first names:

[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Cora[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]

nelliedellie · December 16, 2012, 5:06pm

[name]Enid[/name], [name]Agatha[/name], [name]Beth[/name], [name]Edith[/name], [name]Jane[/name], [name]Fran[/name], [name]Sadie[/name], [name]Harriet[/name], [name]Ruth[/name]

everwaiteing · December 16, 2012, 5:16pm

[name]Judith[/name]
[name]Susanna[/name]
[name]Magdalena[/name]
[name]Henrietta[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Wilhelmina[/name]
[name]Daisy[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]

I had a crush on the name [name]Enid[/name] when I was about 14 after coming across the name in a book.

libbyj06 · December 16, 2012, 6:14pm

[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Elsie[/name]
[name]Annie[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Edna[/name]
[name]Meredith[/name]
[name]Liza[/name]
[name]Martha[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Betty[/name]

lucy101 · December 16, 2012, 6:16pm

I love vintage names with a passion and it was hard to come up with a list of faves…
1.[name]Irene[/name]
2.[name]Ingrid[/name]
3.[name]Dorothea[/name]
4.[name]Lillith[/name]
5.[name]Millie[/name]

susan.n · December 16, 2012, 6:20pm

I have a huge list, but these are my favorites:
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Adeline[/name]/[name]Adelaide[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]

frustratedauthor · December 16, 2012, 6:27pm

So. Many.

[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Hattie[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Sophie[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]

aj_bear · December 16, 2012, 7:48pm

I loooove vintage names! It’ll be hard to limit it to ten…

[name]Dorothea[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Celia[/name]
[name]Cornelia[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Georgiana[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name]

With great restraint I stop at ten, lol.

[name]Athena[/name]

annamaryyork · December 16, 2012, 8:57pm

[name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Catherine[/name], [name]Anne[/name], [name]Victoria[/name], [name]Helena[/name], [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Jane[/name], [name]Clementina[/name], [name]Mary[/name].

grackym · December 17, 2012, 4:18am

I think I’m the first to mention [name]Nora[/name]! I love vintage
[name]Nora[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Eve[/name] - vintage?
[name]Elsa[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]