So I love names that have some stage been in the top 1000, that are easy to spell and pronounce and not cause much confusion. I love things like Piper, Amelia, Lucy, Violet....and I secretly love Enid. But I wonder if it's too much for a kid. It's not had a comeback yet like Edie or Evie. I do have a friend that just named her baby Ivy...another old name that hasn't had a comeback. I think she's brave but I'm not sure if I'm brave enough to fess up to Enid, let alone go through with it if I have a girl...
If you are hestitant about using Enid, then maybe you can use it as a middle name??
But really it doesn't matter what you call your child as long as you like it, thats all that matters. These days there are so many unusual individual names that I don't think it matters as much in this day and age.
I too really love the old style names......really like stella if we were to have a girl. I am a fan of Ivy, it was my grandmothers middle name........I mentioned it once & my mum almost fell of her chair LOL she was not a fan.
I think Enid is cute, but would want to be 100% sure first. I once worked with a lovely lady called enid. She was tiny & just soooo nice. The name gives me "warm fuzzies". I also love the other names you mentioned - Lucy being my fav (but that's my mum & dad's dogs name) & am a huge fan of evie atm too. goodluck.
I had to come into this thread cause Enid was my mum's name and her mum's too and they were both such beautiful people. Having said that mum didn't like her name much LOL and I was glad she didn't call me that too.
All the more reason for using it! My DP has suggested several lovely old-fashioned girls names (if Pipsqueek is of the pink variety) however I'm not keen as they all seem to be really popular already.
My favourite girl's name is a no-go for us cos it just sounds awful with DPs surname (and I'm adamant we'll be using his surname for a number of reasons....). Luckily there's a similar sounding old-style name that goes perfectly - with the added bonus of being Scots-Irish - with DPs Irish surname
Just love Enid ... & Violet ( My Mum loves the name Edith, after Edith Piaf)
Bath, ... my Nana was also a Florence as you mentioned commonly known as Flo for those days, though she was a simple woman & Flo she didn't mind (though myself on the other couldn't stand my surname so changed it thru deed-poll at the legal age of 18 at the time ) ... I went to school with a Harriet she had the exact same hair as you Bath & i remember she loved to dance !!)
Last edited by smiles4u; June 9th, 2009 at 06:22 PM.
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Oh well... ended up having two boys...
Just love Enid ... & Violet 
) ... I went to school with a Harriet she had the exact same hair as you Bath & i remember she loved to dance !!)
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