This or That!
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babynamesSo, we haven't had a this or that in a while! I love them, and I'm pretty sure most of you guys do too, considering how many replies those posts usually get ;)
I just bought some textbooks off someone for a course that I'm doing this semester, and it has a list of the women interviewed in the back of the book. Of course, diligent student that I am, I went straight home and studied - I mean, decided to type them all up in a this or that for you guys. :D
So.... here goes.
Abigail OR Ada
Alice OR Alma
Annie OR Agnes
Audrey OR Beatie
Berenice OR Bertha
Bessie OR Carrie
Catherine OR Cecily
Clara OR Clarice
Colette OR Constance
Cora OR Dolly
Dora OR Doris
Doreen OR Dorothy
Edie OR Edna
Elisabeth OR Enid
Ella OR Evelyn
Flo OR Geraldine
Gert OR Gladys
Gwen OR Harriet
Hilda OR Inez
Iris OR Jane
Joan OR Joyce
Julia OR Kate
Kathleen OR Laura
Lavinia OR Lettie
Lily OR Lydia
Mabel OR Marjorie
Margaret OR Margot
Mary OR Maud
Maura OR May
Meg OR Molly
Nadine OR Norah
Norma OR Olive
Patricia OR Paula
Phyllis OR Polly
Queenie OR Rachel
Renee OR Rina
Rita OR Rose
Ruth OR Sarah
Stella OR Susan
Sylvia OR Thomasine
Thora OR Trixie
Una OR Valerie
Vanessa OR Vera
Violet OR Winifred
Zena OR Zillah
My answers in the comments, because I can't resist.
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Date: 2010-09-14 11:56 pm (UTC)Alice
Annie
Audrey
Bertha
Carrie
Catherine
Clara
Constance
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edie
Elisabeth
Evelyn
Flo
Gert
Gwen
Inez
Jane
Joan
Julia
Laura
Lavinia
Lily
Marjorie
Margaret
Mary
May
Molly
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Rina
Rose
Sarah
Susan
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vanessa
Violet
Zena
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Date: 2010-09-15 12:00 am (UTC)Abigail
Alice
Annie
Audrey
Bertha (was the first name of a great grandma, but she went by Rozilla)
Carrie
Catherine
Clara
Constance
Cora
Doris
Doreen
Edie
Elisabeth (prefer Elizabeth)
Ella
Geraldine
Gladys
Gwen
Inez
Jane
Joyce
Kate (But I really LOVE both)
Laura
Lettie
Lydia
Marjorie
Margaret
Mary (my grandma's name!)
May
Meg
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Phyllis
Rachel
Rina
Rose (my other grandma's name)
Sarah
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vera
Violet
Zena
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Date: 2010-09-15 12:09 am (UTC)Alice
Annie (though, only as a nickname for Anne)
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Catherine
Clara
Colette
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edna (with Edie as a nn)
Evelyn
Geraldine
Gladys
Harriet
Inez
Iris
Joan
Kate
Kathleen
Lettie
Lily
Mabel
Margaret
Mary
Maura
Meg
Norah
Olive
Paula
Phyllis
Rachel
Renee
Rose
Ruth
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vera
Violet
Zena
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Date: 2010-09-15 12:10 am (UTC)Alice
Agnes
Audreye
Berenice
Carrie
Cecily
Clara
Constance
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edie
Elisabeth
Evelyn
Geraldine
Gladys
Gwen
Hilda
Iris
Joan
Kate
Laura
Lavinia
Lydia
Mabel
Margot
Maud
May
Molly
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rose
Sarah
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Una
Vera
Violet
Zillah
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Date: 2010-09-15 12:10 am (UTC)Alice
Agnes
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Cecily
Clara
Colette
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Adna
Enid
Enid
Ella
Flo
Gladys
Harriet
InezJane
Joan
Julia
Laura
Lettie
Lily
Mabel
Margot
Maud
Maura
Molly
Morah
Norma
Patricia
Phyllis
Rachel
Rina
Rita
Sarah
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Una
Vera
Violet
Zena
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Date: 2010-09-15 12:26 am (UTC)Abigail
Alice
Agnes
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Cecily
Clara
Colette
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edie
Elisabeth
Ella
Geraldine
Gert
Gwen
Inez
Iris
Joan
Julia
Laura
Lettie
Lily
Marjorie
Margot
Mary
May
Molly
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Rina
Rose
Sarah
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vera
Violet
Zillah
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Date: 2010-09-15 12:26 am (UTC)Alice
Agnes
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Catherine
Clara
Colette
Cora
Doris
Dorothy
Edna
Enid
Evelyn
Geraldine
Gladys
Gwen
Inez
Iris
Joan
Julia
Laura
Lavinia
Lydia
Marjorie
Margaret
Maud
May
Molly
Nadine
Olive
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rose
Ruth
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vera
Violet
Zillah
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Date: 2010-09-15 12:37 am (UTC)Alma (love both, but Alma's a family name)
Annie
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Cecily
Clara
Colette (another family name)
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edie
Enid
Ella
Geraldine
Gladys
Harriet
Hilda
Jane
Joan
Kate
Laura
Lettie
Lydia
Marjorie
Margot (love both)
Mary
Maura
Molly
Nadine
Olive
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Rina
Rose
Ruth
Susan
Thomasine
Thora
Valerie
Vera
Violet
Zillah
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Date: 2010-09-15 12:47 am (UTC)Alice
Annie
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Catherine
Clarice
Constance
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edie
Elisabeth
Evelyn
Geraldine
Gladys
Harriet
Inez
Jane
Joan
Julia
Kathleen
Lavinia
Lydia
Marjorie
Margaret
Mary
Maura
Molly
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Rina
Rose
Ruth
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Valeria
Vera
Violet
Zena
Bolded the ones I'm particular fond of
Date: 2010-09-15 12:57 am (UTC)Alice
Agnes
Audrey
Berenice
Bessie
Cecily
Clara
Constance
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edie
Enid
Evelyn
Geraldine
Gladys
Harriet
Hilda
Iris
Joan
Julia
Laura
Lettie
Lily
Mabel
Margot
Maud
May
Molly
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rose
Ruth
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Una
Vera
Violet
Zillah
What a gorgeous selection! So many great ones here.
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Date: 2010-09-15 01:06 am (UTC)Abigail
Alice
Agnes
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Catherine
Clara
Constance
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edie
Elisabeth
Evelyn
Geraldine
Gladys
Gwen
Inez
Jane
Joyce
Kate
Laura
Lavinia
Lydia
Marjorie
Margaret
Mary
May
Molly
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rose
Sarah
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vanessa
Violet
Zena
no subject
Date: 2010-09-15 01:13 am (UTC)Alma
Annie
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Catherine
Clara
Constance
Cora
Doris
Doreen
Edie
Elisabeth
Evelyn
Geraldine
Gladys
Gwen
Inez
Jane
Joan
Kate
Laura
Lettie
Lydia
Marjorie
Margot
Mary
Maura
Meg
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Rina
Rose
Sarah
Susan
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vanessa
Violet
Zillah
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Date: 2010-09-15 01:17 am (UTC)Ada
Alice
Agnes
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Catherine
Clara
Colette
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edna
Elisabeth
Evelyn
Geraldine
Gladys
Harriet
Inez
Jane
Joyce
Kate
Laura
Lavinia
Lydia
Mabel
Margaret
Mary
Maura
Meg
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Rina
Rose
Sarah
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Una
Vera
Winifred
Zena
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Date: 2010-09-15 01:37 am (UTC)Alice
Agnes
Audrey
Bertha
Carrie
Cecily
Clara
Colette
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edie
Elisabeth
Evelyn
Geraldine
Gladys
Gwen
Inez
Iris
Joan
Kate
Laura
Lavinia
Lily
Marjorie
Margaret
Mary
May
Molly
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Phyllis
Rachel
Rina
Rose
Ruth
Susan
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vera
Winifred
Zena
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Date: 2010-09-15 01:41 am (UTC)Alma
Annie
Audrey
Berenice
Bessie
Catherine
Clara
Colette
Cora
Doris
Dorothy
Edie
Elisabeth
Ella
Geraldine
Gladys
Gwen
Hilda
Iris
Joan
Julia
Laura
Lettie
Lydia
Mabel
Margaret
Mary
Maura
Molly
Nadine
Norma
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rose
Sarah
Susan
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vera
Violet
Zena
no subject
Date: 2010-09-15 01:49 am (UTC)Alma
Agnes
Audrey
Berenie
Bessie
Cecily
Clara
Constance
Cora
Doris
Dorothy
Edna
Enid
Ella
Geraldine
Gladys
Harriet
Inez
Iris
Joyce
Julia
Laura
Lavinia
Lydia
Marjorie
Margot
Maud
Maura
Molly
Norah
Norma
Paula
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rose
Ruth
Susan
Sylvia
Trixie
Valerie
Vera
Violet
Zillah
no subject
Date: 2010-09-15 02:40 am (UTC)Alice
Annie
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Cecily
Clara
Colette
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edna
Elisabeth
Evelyn
Flo
Gladys
Harriet
Hilda
Jane
Joan
Kate
Kathleen
Lettie
Lily
Mabel
Margaret
Mary
May
Molly
Norah
Norma
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rita
Ruth
Stella
Sylvia
Trixie
Valerie
Vera
Violet
Zena
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Date: 2010-09-15 02:51 am (UTC)Alice
Annie
Audrey
Berenice
Bessie
Cecily
Clarice
Colette
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edna
Enid
Ella
Geraldine
Gladys
Gwen
Hilda
Iris
Joyce
Julia
Kathleen
Lettie
Lydia
Mabel
Margaret
Mary
May
Molly
Norah
Olive
Paula
Polly
Queenie
Rina
Rita
Sarah
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vera
Violet
Zillah
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Date: 2010-09-15 02:59 am (UTC)Abigail, Alma, Agnes, Audrey, Berenice (If I had twins, I'd consider Berenice and Arsinoe :( ), Bessie, Cecily, Clarice, I couldn't choose either Colette OR Constance because I hate them sry2say :(, Cora, Doris, Dorothy, Edie, Enid, Ella, Geraldine, Gladys, Harriet, Inez, Iris
Joyce, Julia, Laura, Lettie, Lydia (though I like Lily a lot, too!), Mabel, Margaret, Maud, Maura, Molly, Norah, Norma, Paula, Phyllis, Queenie, Rina, Sarah, Stella, Sylvia, Thora (though I'd go for Trixie if her name was, like, Bellatrix!), Vera, Violet, Zena
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Date: 2010-09-15 03:02 am (UTC)Alma
Agnes
Audrey
Berenice
Bessie
Catherine
Clara
Constance
Dolly (but I like both)
Dora
Dorothy
Edie
Elisabeth
Ella
Geraldine
Gladys
Harriet
Inez
Iris
Joan
Kate
Laura
Lavinia
Lydia
Mabel
Margaret
Mary (but I like both)
May
Meg
Norah
Olive
Paula
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rose
Sarah
Stella
Sylvia
Trixie
Una
Vera
Violet
Zillah
no subject
Date: 2010-09-15 03:33 am (UTC)Alice
Annie
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Cecily
Clara
Colette
Cora
Dora
Doreen
Edna
Elisabeth
Ella
Geraldine
Gladys
Gwen
Inez
Iris
Joyce
Julia
Kathleen
Lavinia
Lily
Mabel
Margaret
Mary
May
Molly
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rita
Sarah
Susan
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vanessa
Violet
Zena
no subject
Date: 2010-09-15 03:44 am (UTC)Alice
Annie
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Catherine
Clara
Colette
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edie
Elisabeth
Ella
Geraldine
Gladys
Harriet
Inez
Iris
Joan
Kate
Kathleen
Lettie
Lily
Mabel
Margot
Mary
May
Molly
Norah
Norma
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rita
Sarah
Susan
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vanessa
Violet
Zena
no subject
Date: 2010-09-15 03:48 am (UTC)Abigail
Alice
Annie
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Catherine
Clara
Constance
Cora
Dora
Doreen
Edie
Elisabeth
Ella OR Evelyn both, plz?
Geraldine
Gladys
Gwen
Inez
Iris
Joyce
Julia
Kathleen
Lettie
Lily
Mabel
Margaret
Mary
May
Molly
Norah
Norma
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rose
Sarah
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vera
Violet
Zena
no subject
Date: 2010-09-15 05:25 am (UTC)Abigail
Alice
Annie
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Catherine
Clara
Colette
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edie
Elisabeth
Ella
Geraldine
Gladys
Gwen
Inez
Iris
Joyce
Julia
Kathleen
Lavinia
Lydia
Marjorie
Margot
Mary
Maura
Meg
Nadine
Olive
Paula
Phyllis
Rachel
Renee
Rita
Sarah
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vanessa
Violet
Zena
no subject
Date: 2010-09-15 06:17 am (UTC)Alice
Annie
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Catherine
Clara
Colette
Cora
Doris
Dorothy
Edie
Elisabeth
Ella
Geraldine
Gladys
Gwen
Inez
Jane
Joan
Kate
Laura
Lavinia
Lily
Marjorie
Margot
Mary
Maura
Molly
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rose
Sarah
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vanessa
Violet
Zillah
no subject
Date: 2010-09-15 11:59 am (UTC)Alice
Annie
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Catherine
Clarice
Colette
Cora
Dora
Doreen
Edie
Elisabeth
Ella
Geraldine
Gladys
Gwen
Inez
Iris
Joan
Kate
Kathleen
Lavinia
Lily
Marjorie
Margaret
Mary
May
Molly
Norah
Olive
Paula
Polly
Rachel
Rina
Rose
Sarah
Stella
Sylvia
Trixie
Valerie
Vanessa
Violet
Zena
no subject
Date: 2010-09-15 12:37 pm (UTC)Alice
Agnes
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Cecily
Clara
Constance
Cora
Dora
Doreen
Edie
Enid
Evelyn
Geraldine
Gladys
Harriet
Inez
Iris
Joyce
Kate
Laura
Lavinia
Lydia
Mabel
Margot
Maud
May
Molly
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Rina
Rita
Ruth
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vera
Violet
Zena
no subject
Date: 2010-09-15 02:26 pm (UTC)Alice
Annie
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Cecily
Clara
Colette
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edie
Elisabeth
Ella
Flo
Gert
Harriet
Hilda
Iris
Joyce
Kate
Kathleen
Lettie
Lily
Mabel
Margaret
Mary
May
Molly
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rose
Sarah
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vanessa
Violet
Zena
no subject
Date: 2010-09-15 03:55 pm (UTC)Alice
Annie
Audrey
Bertha
Carrie
Cecily
Clara
Constance
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edie
Elisabeth
Ella
Geraldine
Gladys
Gwen
Inez
Iris
Joan
Kate
Kathleen
Lettie
Lily
Marjorie
Margaret
Mary
Maura
Molly
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rose
Sarah
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vanessa
Violet
Zena
no subject
Date: 2010-09-15 09:10 pm (UTC)Alice
Annie
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Catherine
Clara
Colette
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edna
Elisabeth
Evelyn
Flo
Gladys
Gwen
Hilda
Iris
Joyce
Kate
Kathleen
Lavinia
Lily
Mabel
Margaret
Mary
Maura
Meg
Norah
Olive
Patricia
Phyllis
Rachel
Renee
Rose
Ruth
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vera
Violet
Zillah
no subject
Date: 2010-09-16 06:31 pm (UTC)alice
annie
audrey
berenice
carrie
catherine
clara
constance
cora
dora
dorothy
edie
elisabeth
ella
geraldine
gladys
gwen
inez
iris
joan
kate
kathleen
lavinia
lily
mabel
margot
mary
may
meg
norah
olive
patricia
phyllis
rachel
renee
rose
ruth
stella
sylvia
trixie
valerie
vera
violet
zena
no subject
Date: 2010-09-19 04:18 pm (UTC)Alma
Annie
Audrey
Bertha
Carrie
Catherine
Clara
Constance
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edie
Elisabeth
Ella
Flo
Gladys
Gwen
Hilda
Iris
Joyce
Julia (hard decision)
Laura
Lavinia
Lily
Majorie
Margaret
Mary
May (one of my favourites)
Molly
Norah
Olive
Paula
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rose
Sarah
Susan
Thomasine
Thora
Valerie
Vanessa
Violet
Zillah
no subject
Date: 2010-09-22 02:35 pm (UTC)Alice
Annie
Audrey
Berenice
Carrie
Catherine
Clara
Colette
Cora
Dora
Dorothy
Edie
Elisabeth
Evelyn
Geraldine
Gladys
Gwen
Inez
Iris
Joan
Kate
Laura
Lettie
Lily
Mabel
Margaret
Mary
May
Molly
Norah
Olive
Paula
Polly
Rachel
Renee
Rose
Sarah
Stella
Sylvia
Thora
Valerie
Vera
Violet
Zena