"Old Lady Names"

[alocin.livejournal.com]

People keep telling me that my taste in names is all old lady (which I think is far better than sounding like a <insert racial stereo-type>)
My 3 girl name picks are Eva, Charlotte and Lucy. All of which I feel are great normal names that I would be proud to have and yell from my balcony at dinner time.

thoughts?

Comments

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Thet are elegant timeless classic names, and very beautiful too. Never met an Eva in real life, but know plenty of Charlottes and Lucys. They are of all ages, but the majority my age or younger (I'm 20 ... and also British)
So yeah those aren't 'old lady' at all!

[alocin.livejournal.com]

I've never met an Eva, Charlotte or a Lucy. I know they're all out there somewhere, and I know Charlotte is a pretty popular name but yeah, I just don't know any

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

I'm an Eva!!

I didn't like it when I was young (I wanted to be an Ashley or a Jen like everyone else) but now I really do!

[semi-sweet.livejournal.com]

those are beautiful names! and they are coming back into popularity. alot of names run in cycles, especially as people choose names to honor their grandparents. check out this website: http://www.behindthename.com/top/
if you type in the names you like, you can see how they have grown in popularity over the last few years and decades. you'll see that eva, charlotte and lucy are all climbing the charts.

[alocin.livejournal.com]

:D
I can't wait for Nevaeh to be considered a yucky old lady name.

[wykd-faerie.livejournal.com]

Yes "old lady" IS better haha.
I think those are all lovely names, not really "old lady" tho. "Old lady" names to me are things like Ruth, Gladys, and Edith.

Eva makes me think of Eva Longoria (the actress from desperate housewives) and she's young and gorgeous (she also was on Maxim's hot 100 hehe).

Charlotte makes me think of someone sweet and innocent.

Not a huge fan of Lucy, but you don't hear it much anymore (although my friend just named her puppy that after "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" {her other dog is Abby as in Abbey Road} lol)

[alocin.livejournal.com]

One of my faveourite movies is I Am Sam, he names his daughter Lucy Diamond. (I don't know if you've seen if but he's mentally retarded and obsessed with the beatles) I think it's great :P

I'd love to be lame and name my kid that too.. but I couldn't do it.

[alocin.livejournal.com]

wow, i can't spell. Favourite*

Also I love Eva Longoria. I tell people I'd 'turn' for her :P

Husband and I have loved the name Eva for a few years now tho' :) Long before Housewives.

[lexsual.livejournal.com]

They are very classic names, which I love. I adore the name Lucy. :)

[limbik.livejournal.com]

I like old lady names over "Llyannayaya R'Ichelleya Reese" and "Brentwood Brody Taylor".

[alocin.livejournal.com]

My friend and I were tryndynising Lucy last night..

Me: LooCie
Her: Lewsee
Me: LyuSe'a
Her: Lyeucsea
Me: PERFECT, but it needs an apostrophe
Her: Lyuec'sea

[babyhoyt.livejournal.com]

ok. that was a first. I just laughcoughed cappucino into my face!

[babyhoyt.livejournal.com]

whoops that was in response to coffinberry

[crazy-confuzled.livejournal.com]

i like Eva and Lucy...not too thrilled with Charlotte but that's cuz i've never really liked that name

[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

cHARLOTte.

That's why I don't like the name.

[babyhoyt.livejournal.com]

how about an opinion now?

I think they are in that category of old lady names that are classic beauties... not like esther and eunice.

[alocin.livejournal.com]

Ethel :P
Delores. Oh I hope no youngins are named Delores on here.

[littlehounddog.livejournal.com]

I love "old lady" names like Sophie and Bernice. :)

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I dont think Sophie is old ladyish.. is it? I'm Sophie.. i know plenty of baby Sophie's and not one old woman Sophie! (im a Sophy...cool & trendy :-/ )

[georgey629.livejournal.com]

Well if those are considered old lady names, then my taste is old lady, too! Lucy is my number one pick, and I also love Eva and Charlotte. I personally think old fashioned names are beautiful and refreshing, and I definitely plan on using them in the future. And I don't think they'ree too uncommon, either.

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

I'm a 21 year old Charlotte and LOVE my name - I also really like Eva and Lucy. "Old lady names" are things like Ida and Thelma and Maud and Ethel. Not Eva, Lucy and Charlotte!

[ladyjp.livejournal.com]

I've always loved Lucy (or spelled Lucie) and Charlotte but Eva has recently grown on me. I do think that people prounounce it differently to me (ie) they pronounce it Eeva whereas I pronounce it Ava (I did many years of German so I blame that!). But which ever pronounciation, it's a gorgeous name.

Definately not old ladyish!

[pale-september.livejournal.com]

I LOVE your girl names, they're beautiful and classic. These aren't old lady names (Old lady names to me are Bertha, Gertrude, Matilda, etc). I love, love, the name Lucy.

[jennifergroovy.livejournal.com]

I so agree. Great name choices, do use them. There is a difference between classic and old. Yours are classic.

And may I add Hortense as another "old as the hills" name, haha!

[lunarcapricorn.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness there are people like you out there who still like "normal" names. One of the trends I hate the most in our current society, is when people make up names, or destroy the spelling of good names.

There is nothing more beautiful name-wise than the classics you mentioned.

[a-purple-dream.livejournal.com]

I like the name Lucy too. But I prefer the spelling Lucie, from The Tale of Two Cities. My sister's name is Lucy, actually Lucia. But they are nice names. But I don't like how Lucia is pronounced in English, damn honkies, j/k.

Eva and Charlotte....nice but wouldn't use those names.

[pale-september.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Lucia, that was on my list if my son was a girl. :(

[krazyhippie.livejournal.com]

They're all nice names.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

All pretty names, classic and as you said, so much nicer than the trashy names you hear so often. I adore the name Charlotte.

[quiet-recluse.livejournal.com]

Those names are all fine. None of them seem to be 'old lady' names to me, because none of them would sound out of place on a young person.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

I just did a post on racist remarks and insulting anyone's ethnicity and stereotypes, "12 year old white-trash mum of 5" is a VERY rude generalization, please edit it or I'll remove the entire post.

[alocin.livejournal.com]

didn't even cross my mind. Sorry

[daveandmonika.livejournal.com]

Charlotte used to remind me of Charlotte's web, but now just of Sex in the City :-/ not sure if that is good or bad.
Lucy does sound a little old fashioned to me, but I know that a lot of new kids are being named it now, it just hasn't gotten popular in my neck of the woods yet (people the pop into my mind are: the peanuts character, Lucretia MacEvil, the youngest sister in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, and a bunch of peoples pet dogs)
Eva/Ava already has become popular in my neck of the woods...too many of them around here for me to think of it as anything but a trendy name.