I LOVE LOVE LOVE old school names. There's something so charming about the tradition and heritage behind them. They really are timeless.
I would love to hear your favourites for boys and girls!
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE old school names. There's something so charming about the tradition and heritage behind them. They really are timeless.
I would love to hear your favourites for boys and girls!
I'm a fan of Anna, would you consider that old school?? I just think it's so pretty and elegant.
I love my son's name - Peter.
I love Anna. Not awesome with our surname though. Booo.:
I love old school names too. Especially Es and Ms. Eleanor, Evelyn, Edith, Elizabeth, Margaret, Martha, Mary, Maeve (Ok, some not that old school, but that was our whole list for DD)
Others I loved, but couldn't have, were Beatrice, Iris, Pollyanna, Daisy.
And for boys: Percy, George, Robbie, Henry, Patrick.
I'm married to a Peter :)
Audax i love your DD's name :D Big fan of that one.
When i was pregnant with DS2 our girl name was Elana (not too sure on how i'd spell it)
Oh yes I LOVE all the old school girl names, Iris was top of my list for a girl! Drats!
I love Evelyn!!! DD was very close to being named Evelyn, but it clashed with DP's name :(
OOh Harriet - I love YOUR name!!!
Clementine
Harriet's great! I like Agatha, Miriam, Agnes, Mathilda, Nathaniel, George, Earnest
Alice
Daisy
Audrey
Maggie
Nina
Ramona
Frank
Jimmy
Oscar
i LOVE "little old" names - have had quite a few conversations at work with Mum's who cop flack for giving their kids older names - but i think they are gorgeous! I think a generation of "little old men" and "little old lady" names is in order lol
in terms of names in particular - Girls - Emerald (well duh!), Rose, Ruby, Pearl, Iris, Lily, Audrey (so many more, but i can't think!)
for boys - Thomas, Charles, Harvey (DH's dad's names lol), Edward, Robert (my grandfather)
i tend to like names that are uncommon, but not too out there. and ones with family links or meaning to the parents as well.
my job has me seeing a whole range of names, and i'm always more drawn to the older names for some reason
My girls names are Carol and Susanah
Hazel.
My first cabbage patch doll's name was Hazel - LOVE!
BG - totally agree that a little old ladies and gents generation is in order! I also like the ones that are uncommon but not too out there. A family name of mine is Stella (my great grand aunt who lived to be 113 - and subsequently saw 3 generations being born in the late 1800's and passing in 2003).
My DD's name is Annabelle - I consider that kind of old school, the only other one I've met is in her 60s :)
If we have another girl, Evelyn is at the top of the list!
i had someone on the phone the other day upset because she named her son Edward (i think) - and EVERYONE asked her about being a Twilight fan - she HATES twilight - the name had meaning for her! popular culture can mess with great names sometimes! lol
i love Temperance as a name - have for a long time - but i suspect if we used it, most people would assume it's because of BONES - not just a name we really like lol
I vote for Hazel!
Here are some names and we are all well over 50 so we have old names
Victor, Robin, Earl, George, Neville, Philip, Bradley, Paul, Trevor. Christopher, Raymond, Erik, Peter
Jean, Joan, Lorna, Barbara, Denise, Faye, Shirley, Irene, June, Audrey, Lynette, Glenys, Pamela, Beverley, Jennifer, Lorraine
Same :) My dad was Peter and DD would have been a Peter too.:
DH and I chose names that ended up being from the 1800's LOL We have an O scar, L ily and G eorge :)
My son is a Jonathan, have never met one in my life! but I HATE! the name John,
I have a friend with a little girl Martha and she is gorgeous the name suits her really well I love it!
I love Isabel or Isabella. Maybe it's because I'm such a Twilight freak:redface:
Of course I like Evelyn and Margaret ;) Soft spot for Phillipa (was second choice for DD2), but I think it will be quite popular now due to Miss Middleton.
I really like Audrey also :)
I've always loved Phillipa too (Pippa has to be the best nickname going doesn't it?!)
Peter was also my Dad's name :D:
My dad is also Peter!
Peter is my dads name too :):
Phillipa was originally my first choice for a 2nd DD if we have one (nickname would have been Pip) but not keen anymore since the emergence of P-Middie. So Evelyn has jumped to the top :):
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I love Mabel and Nella, but both sound stupid with our surname.
My Pop's name was Ozzie Bert. Really wish I has the guts to use it.
Eleanor
Harriet
Margaret
Dorothy
Henry
Gerard
Gabriel
Audrey and Eleanor were high on my list for girls names but DH doesn't like much. PITA.
They were relegated to middle name possibilities and at this stage neither are being used! Massive sad.
I love classic and timeless names... not so much the 'oldies' - I think some outgrow over time but there are so many beautiful ones that have been mentioned!!
We went for something modern when we named our DD but in our family we have a B eryl, M alcolm, T errence, L inda, P eter, B ertha, L eslie