Old fashioned baby names

Looking for some suggestions for some
older style baby girl names. We don’t know what we are having but pretty sure we have a boy name picked out.... just trying to decide on a girl name. Thank you!!!

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amelia and nora were two names that i wanted to name my daughter but my fiancé didn’t like them :(

I have Hazel, Watson, and Felix. My sister has Marnie and her SIL has a Mae. All great names! We also really liked Melody and Autumn.

Henry, Oliver, quinton, Finn

Amelia, Nora, Jane, Charlotte

Esme, Margot, Claire, Madeleine, Amelia, Adaline, Charlotte, aurora, Juliette, Annabelle

Genevieve!

I love Vera. If we were having a girl, we were strongly considering it. But alas, I will always be a #boymom 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

Bobby or bobbie

Betsy or Betty? Xxx

So my sons name is Eugene and my daughter is Vivian everyone tells me they are old fashion names 😂😂

I have a Jewel Renea, Tru Dawn, and Esther Scarlette. Jewel was my grandmother's name and I've always loved it. Also like Lousie.

Barbara, Frida, Silvia, Madeleine, Catherine, Esther, Mary.

Carol, Amelia, Pauline, Evelyn

Eleanor is always a sweet name

Ivy

Florence, Nelly, Betsy, Allegra, Hannah, Mae and Elizabeth

Bonnie lovely too

Antoinette, Isabella, Franchesca, Abigail

Audrey, Edith (Ede), Judith

My daughter’s name is Jane 😇 I wish I would’ve spelled it as “Jayne”

Dolores, Dottie

Aubrey, Maisey, Pamela, Rosalie, Carmen 🥰

I love Rose but just found out we having a little boy 💙 x

Lucia

I love Clara. My great grandma was named Clara and I remember a little girl in my elementary school having that name and it was so unique for that age. So pretty! But I’m already set on my girl name ❤️

Sandy

We just called our little girl Alice. Florence and Pearl are also quite classic older names in the UK

Grace,Charlotte, Abigail, Amelia

I like the names Violet or Ruth.

I’m naming my baby Rubyrose 🌹

Maeve seems to be making a come bk

Thea and Clara were my picks if i was a having a girl (due soon with a boy) ... my Nana’s name is Letitia and i love that too

I’m having a little girl in January and we’re calling her Iris. My partner’s nan was also called Iris and it means rainbow, which is perfect to sum up this year 🌈

Maureen
Margaret
Rose
Anne
Pamela
Barbara
Mary

Violet
Hetti
Meredith
Cynthia
Dahlia
Wendy
Tabitha
Henrietta

We love the name Alyson or Hazel, middle name is going to be Mary, just waiting to see what she looks like to chose a first name 💗

Edith, Betty, Elsie, Maggie, Martha

We have an Ada-florence and a Lily. I also loved Maeve, violet, Mabel, Lillian, edie, beatrice/beatrix, edith 💛

My grandma was called Ida and my brother called his baby that name ❤️

Eloise

Maggie, Celeste, Ingrid, Gretta, Cecilia

Amelia
Peggy
Betty
Elizabeth
Eileen
Estelle
Katherine
Olive
Doreen
Maureen

Neva, Joyce, Victoria, Rita

My name was called Dorothy and passed last year so we love that name for our little girl ❤

Others:-
Peggy
Rose
Eva
Nancy
Ethel
Edna
Betty
Beatrice
Edith
Daphne

Just watched Enola Holmes and think the name Enola is nice xx

Mae, Clara, Eloísa, Henrietta

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