I absolutely adore old fashioned and traditional names but can't seem to find the right one. My husband is pretty set on the name Florence. I love it but worry that we're missing something.
Other names we've considered are Nancy, Evelyn, Edie.
Can anyone suggest anything that's a little bit more "out there" with old fashioned names - something we might not have come across yet please?
Thank you
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My daughter is called Violet, we also loved Elsie, Marigold, Mabel, Iris, Rosalind, Nora, Winifred & Margot! ✨🎀🌸💓🩷
I like Violet! My husband doesn't.
The name Elsie is beautiful too but it's my niece's name 🙈

April
Harriet
Joni
Alma
Tabitha
Doris

Hello, congratulations on your pregnancy. Our little girl is called Flora, similar sound to Florence 🙂

Some classic names suggestions, some a little more unique -
Margot, Ottilie, Theadora, Penelope, Violet, Betsy, Iris, Nora, Cora, Nina, Clara, Edith, Celeste, Ivy, Olive, Pearl, Sylvia, Nellie, Eloise, Daphne x

Odette “Dottie”
Francesca/Frances
Lacey
Mabel
Blair
Iris
Georgia
Lois
Maisie
Vivian
Ivy

We have a Gwendolen and really like Philippa, Rosalind, Agatha, Cordelia, Prudence, Henrietta, Artemis, Bronwen, Dora.

Slightly less old names, as I'm sure you've seen most of those, but traditional names that are very uncommon in kids:
Roberta (Bobbie)
Natasha
Clarissa
Stephanie
Annie
Deborah (Debbie)
Melissa
Helen / Helena
Angela
Ruby
Pippa
Kelsey
Scarlett
Jennifer
Denise
Julia

Ida
Etta
Opal
Polly
Anya
Pippa
Verity
Dulcie
Elspeth
Adeline
Beatrice
Genevieve
Clementine
Bessie/Bess
Harriet/Hattie
Theodora/Thea
Josephine/Josie
Winifred/Winnie
Primrose/Posy
Constance/Connie
Dorothea/Dorothy/Dottie
Wihelmina/Minnie
Penelope/Penny
Marigold/Goldie
Tabitha/Tibbie
Sylvia/Sylvie
Beatrix/Trixie
Cecilia/Celia
Nellie/Nell
Edith/Edie
Jessamine
Gwendolyn
Rosemary
Emmeline
Prudence
Millicent
Rosalind
Meredith
Eleanora
Bethany
Susanna
Arabella
Jemima
Leonora
Cordelia
Imogen
Belinda
Matilda
Lucinda
Amabel
Daphne
Rowena
Laetitia
Isadora
Melissa
Queenie
Bridget
Marilyn
Celeste
Marnie
Delilah
Minnie
Flossie
Margot
Helena
Odette
Audrey
Maisie
Bonnie
Louisa
Evelina
Vivian
Esther
Mabel
Dahlia
Lillian
Hazel
Ottilie
Hettie
Adele
Diana
Juliet
Eileen
Muriel
Daisy
Ingrid
Peggy
Lottie
Dinah
Birdie
Mavis
Stella
Emily
Lorna
Sadie
Molly
Betsy
Trudy
Pearl
Molly
Clara
Greta
Tilda
Irene
June
Tillie
Elsie
Lydia
Flora
Ethel
Olive
Ellen
Joan
Veda
Sybil
Nora
Eliza
Ruth
Cora
Kitty
Enid
Fern
Nina
Effie
Lois
Ada
Iris
💕

I love Margot and Maeve x

Eliza is my

Flora
Willa
Maude
Pippa
Sylvia/Sylvie
Leona
Elaine
Margot
Linnea
Claudia
Emmeline
Leoline
Matilda
Tabitha
Imogen
Amelie
Eveline
Goldie
Birdie
Dottie
Hattie
Hazel
Millie
Wilda
Della
Thea
June
Alba
Etta
Bea
Iva

Elspeth
Dorothy
Blanche
Pearl
Edith
Nelly
Barbara
Andrina
Shirley
Mildrid
Phyllis
Norma
Gloria
Kathleen
Wilma

Betsy
Martha
Vivienne
Audrey
Emmeline
Esme
Fern

Suzanne
Claire
Clementine
Fleur

My daughters are Maisie & Nellie

Esther
Rosalind
Ida/Ada
Cora
Dorothy (Dot/Dottie)
Sylvie
Rosemary
Sarah
Jane
Alice

Odette Elara Elise

Edawna
Delores
Beatrice
Marlys
Caroline
Mildred
i work in a nursing home lol