No-Frills Names!

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According to the book, these are the names which are "clearly not fit for boys, but as straightforward, down to earth, and - sometimes - blunt as you can get while still being female."

*Ada - I've never thought I liked this name, but it does sound kind of pretty, albeit a wee bit old-fashioned. Perhaps as a middle?
Adele
Agatha
Agnes
Alice
*Anna
Ann(e)
Barbara
Bernice
Bertha
Bess
*Beth
Blanche
Carla
Carol
*Cass - cute nn for Cassandra
Ceil
*Charlotte
*Claire
Claudia
Constance
Cora
Corinne
Della
Diane
Dora
Dorcas - This name reminds of a dolphin, ahaha
Doris
Dorothy
Edith
Edna
*Eleanor
*Ella
Ellen
*Emma
Enid
Estelle
Esther
Ethel
Etta
Eunice
Eve
*Faith
Fay
*Frances
Frieda
*Gail - ish. Another name I didn't think I liked till thinking about it now. Maybe .. a tiny bit.
Geraldine
Gladys
Grace
Greta
*Gwen
*Hannah
Harriet
Hazel
*Heidi - kind of.
Helen
Hester - Ew. This name sounds ugly (no offense to anyone!)
Hilda
Honor
*Hope
Hortense
Ida
Ina
Inez
Irene
Jane
Janet
Jean
Jill
Joan
Joanne
Josephine
Joy
Joyce
Judith
*Julie - I named this doll I had Big Julie when I was a kid. Big because she was my size, and Julie because of my name, I guess :P
June
Karen
*Kate
*Kay - cute nn
Kim
Leah
*Leigh - kinda.
*Lenore - ditto.
*Leslie - ditto again.
Lois
Louise
Lucille
Lynn
Madge
Mae/*May
Maeve
Margaret
Marian
Marie
Martha
Mary
Maud(e)
Mavis
Maxine
*Meg - cute nn
Mildred
Miriam
Mona
Nell
*Nola
*Nora - I like it better spelt Norah, though
Norma
Olive
Patience
Paula
Pauline
Pearl
Phyllis
Prudence
*Rachel
Rhoda
Roberta
*Rose
Ruth
*Sadie - My Nan's nn :)
Sally
*Sara(h) - My Nan's real name, and my mn (spelled like Sarah)
Selma
*Sophie
Susan
Sybil
Thelma
Trudy
Velma
Vera
Verna
Wanda
Willa
Winifred - Mmm, I sort of like this. Winnie is a cute nn for a girl, and I think that was the girl's name in the book Tuck Everlasting? :)
Zelda

Wow, most of these names were really old-fashioned, or seemed to be, at least to me. Up next! The boyish names! :)

Comments

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Constance
Dorothy
Enit Eve
Frieda** - super love
Harriett
Honor - prefer Honour ;)
Irene - super love Irena
Janet
Josephine
Leah
Louisa - love Louisa
Margaret
Marian
Miriam
Olive - prefer Olivine
Pearl - super love, my middle name :)
Phyillis - love, but couldn't use
Rosa - prefer Rosa
Ruth
Sarah
Sophie - prefer Zofia
Susan
Vera - prefer as nn for Verity
Willa
Winifred - super love :)