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"Maybe you're sick of fashion. Fed up with fads. Perhaps all the creativity and invention with names is beginning to feel like anything but that to you. For your child, you want a straightforward, down-to-earth, no-nonsense name. You want a name with history, but also one that's honest, that's not putting on airs. Some of the names here - let's face it, Hilda - are a little flat-footed. But many sound appealingly simple and fresh compared with the rich diet of Dakotas and Donatellas the world of baby-naming has been feasting on"

*Abigail
Agatha
*Alice
*Anna
Anne/Ann
Barbara
Beatrice
Caroline
Catherine
*Charlotte
Clara
*Clare
Claudia
Constance
Cora
Deborah
Diane
Dorothy
Edith
Eleanor
Elizabeth
*Ella
*Emily
Esther
Eve
Faith
Florence
*Frances
Grace
*Harriet
Helen
Hilda
Honor
Hope
Irene
*Jane
Janet
Jean
Joan
Joanna
Josephine
Judith
Julia
*Kate
Katherine
Kay
Laura
Leigh/Lee
Louise
Lucy
Margaret
Marian
Marie
Martha
*Mary
Mildred
Miriam
Mona
Nora
Norma
Patience
Prudence
Rachel
Rebecca
Rose
Ruth
Sally
Sarah
Willa
Winifred

Albert
Alfred
Arthur
*Ben
Cal
Carl
*Charlie
David
Drew
Ernest
Frank
Fred
*George
Gus
Hal
Harold
Harry
Henry
Howard
Hugh
Jack
Jake
*James
Joe
John
Kurt
Max
Moe
Moses
Nat
Ned
Neil
Nick
Norman
Paul
Philip
Ralph
Ray
Robert
Roger
Roy
Sam
Saul
Simon
*Sol
Ted
Tim
*Tom
Victor
Walter
*Will