Expanding my old lady names girls list

[cabbagecabbage]

We have a DD, Iris. If this baby is a boy, we quickly agreed on Malcolm. But we are stuck on a girl name. We have a working list but nothing has clicked. The middle name will be Katherine. Last name is 2 syllables and starts with a B.


Mabel-frontrunner
Harriet- DH isn't convinced
Jane
Beatrice - Betty not Bea as a nn
Florence
Willa
Margot
Simone

Love but cannot/won't use for various reasons: Louise/Louisa, Georgia, Alice, flower names

So, I like old lady names (also ancient, simple, and/or nature names). We are swimming in Vivians, Evelyns, every kind of Ellie, Amelias galore. So I'm avoiding the trending older names. I prefer shorter to longer but I'm open.

So what new names should we consider?

[honeylemon]

Agatha
Edith
Enid
Gretchen
Marta
Vera

[Stormtroopooper]

I prefer Henrietta to Harriet so much. You could use the nn Etta, which I love.
I don't like Jane with Katherine.
I like Beatrice or Beatrix with no nn.
Florence is okay.
I really like Willa.
Not really a fan of Margot.
Like Simone but love Sabine.

Other suggestions:
Alice
Dorothy or Dorothea (Dot, Dottie, Dory, Dolly, Thea nn options)
Elsabeth
Esther
Fern
Helena
Ilene
Lucille or Lucy
Margaret
Mary
Nell
Poppy
Ruby
Ruth

[bromios]

Anthea (which does have floral connotations but nobody would pick up on it)

Frances
Pearl
Petra
Philippa
Matilda
Tabitha
Phoebe
Valerie
Ursula
Julia
Diana
Marie
Dorothea
Mina

[billyhorrible]

I was also going to suggest Henrietta - love.

Blythe
Leta
Claudia
Millicent
Winnifred
Hester
Honora
Sylvia
Lorraine
Deborah
Pearl
Ruby

[cabbagecabbage]

I really like Edith and Pearl.

[joy]

Ingrid
Mira

[Unknown]

I wanted to name DD#2 Hazel Gloria, to which my husband asked if I was planning on birthing a 90 year old woman. I love old lady names.

Favorites Are:
Pearl
Ruby
Jane
Beatrice
Willa

[helenahhandbasket]

This is so my style

I'm recently crushing on Martha hard.

My favorite floral name that might fit for you is Amaryllis.

[cabbagecabbage]

I loove Martha but DH does not. We both like old lady names but not always the same ones sadly. Both Ingrid and Opal were used by close family/friends or I'd consider those too.

[partyinmytummy]

I'm so into old lady names, but unfortunately H is not! Favorites from above:

Ruby
Vera
Sylvia (I actually like Sylvie better though)

Also:

Greta
Eloise (too close to Louise?)
Imogen

ETA: I love Harriet as well, would YH agree to Hattie as a nn? Or Hattie as a standalone? I Hattie.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

I have an Iris Louisa, and big sister is Amelia.


Bernadette
Clara
Eve
Edith
Esther
Frances
Helen
Julia
Josephine
Laura
Margaret
Petra
Philippa
Rosalind
Rosamund
Selah
Thea
Victoria

[honeylemon]

How did I not think to suggest Imogen? It was our mn choice if our last had been a girl. I love it so much. Freya was one of our first name options

My DD is Iris Wilhelmina.

[bex15]

I love Margot and second Vera

[cabbagecabbage]

Mar 3, 2016 23:19:57 GMT -5 partyinmytummy said:

ETA: I love Harriet as well, would YH agree to Hattie as a nn? Or Hattie as a standalone? I Hattie.

No! He's so foolish. I like Hattie and tried to sell it as a nickname to sweeten Harriet and he hates it. Men.

[lormor]

Love Iris and Malcolm. Also love most of your list and pps' suggestions, so I'm no help.

[partyinmytummy]

Hmmm how about Lydia? Trying to think of some more that haven't been suggested yet.

[ottertails]

Myrtle
Edna
Leona
Beryl
Mavis
Alberta
Miriam
Lenora
Lois
Muriel
Agnes
Hilda
Frida
Maxine

[lpj]

Your list is so much like our list! If we have a boy in Sept, he will be Malcolm. If we have a girl, she will be Catherine (nn Kitty), Beatrice (nn Bea) or Constance (nn Connie). I also like Sadie, Martha and Florence.

Our DD is Jane Margaret.

[shadesofgold]

I love old lady names so much. Here is a list of my grandmas and their friends:

Patricia
Catherine
Jane
Margaret
Delilah
Gloria
Rose
Henrietta
Alice
Catherine

[cabbagecabbage]

Well, the anatomy scan was yesterday and it's a Malcolm (unless we change our minds. We don't announce until birth). It was all for nothing. Somebody else please have a baby Mabel and a Harriet and a Pearl and a Florence.

[honeylemon]

Mar 11, 2016 15:25:32 GMT -5 cabbagecabbage said:

Well, the anatomy scan was yesterday and it's a Malcolm (unless we change our minds. We don't announce until birth). It was all for nothing. Somebody else please have a baby Mabel and a Harriet and a Pearl and a Florence.

Congratulations! Malcolm is a lovely name.

[humorme00]

cabbagecabbage, Harriet, nn Hattie is at the top of our list right now : )