Really old-fashioned names

[starcrossed.livejournal.com]

I came across a 2nd grade girl at our school today called Eda (pronounced Ed-ah.) According to nymbler, Eda is:

A girl's name of English and Irish origin that is relatively unfamiliar today. Eda was most popular in 1916 and is currently not among the top 1000 U.S. girls' names. Meaning: English: rich gift.

WDYT? Personally it's too old-fashioned and a bit unfeminine for me.

What really old fashioned names (most popular in the 1910's - 1920's) do you like?

Comments

[asthingscollide.livejournal.com]

Evelyn
Florence
Lillian
Ethel
Edith
Elsie
Loretta
Anita
Olga
Eloise
Mae

[avec-bonheur.livejournal.com]

I'd probably pronounce Eda ee-dah if I was just reading it. I think it sounds nicer that way.

[quentinwrites.livejournal.com]

I'd pronounce it EE-duh or AY-duh personally, but I like it.

[distractful.livejournal.com]

I like Eda well enough. It isn't all that much different than Eva or Ava, both of which are currently popular and quite feminine. But I guess that is because I read it wrong. Either way, it is still like Etta or Ella.


Evelyn
Sylvia
Florence
Ingrid
Eloise
Lucille
Faye
Frida
Betty
Alice
Frances
Martha
Louise
Ruby
Agatha
Eleanor
June
Edith
Beatrice
Esther
Julia
Pearl
Edith

I pulled a lot of those from the top 100 1925 SSA list. Most of them are on my list, though.

[distractful.livejournal.com]

Minus one Edith and add a Hilda in there :)

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

My grandmother's name is Edna, which is similar. I prefer Etta to Eda.

Old fashioned names I like (found just by looking at the top 100 for 1910 and 1920, with one exception):
James
William
Robert
Louis
Theodore
Benjamin
Oscar
Virgil
Roger
Douglas
Kermit

Margaret
Elizabeth
Alice
Hazel
Josephine
Clara
Edith
Pearl
Sarah
Agnes
Stella
Hattie
Lucy
Lois
Cora
Genevieve
Charlotte
Jane
June
Elaine

[skudge.livejournal.com]

First time I've ever heard of the name Eda, but I like it! It doesn't sound old-fashioned to me.

Other "old-fashioned" names I like:
Elsa
Flora
Frances
June
Willa
Dennis
Ellis
Eugene
Isadore
Julius

[sparklymoon.livejournal.com]

I know it's not strictly old fashioned, but I love Stella.

Rita (my grandmother's name) and Marguerite (my great-aunt)
Eleanor
Hazel
Camille (I feel like it's an older name, although I know 2 Camilles who are in their 50s so not that old)
Celeste
Odessa
Ophelia
Vera

William
Theodore
Felix
Archie
Roman
Lionel
Rufus

My grandmother was one of 7, all between 1911 and 1920: Vera Constance, Kenneth Arthur, Robert, Avis Joan, Blanche Olive, Rita Lorraine, Margaret Phyllis.
My grandfather was one of 9 (though the oldest 3 were only half-siblings): Adele Dorothy, Jules Reginald, Paul Edward Theodore, Harold Douglas, Marguerite "Kitty", Jack Louis, Ivor Hugh, George Wilfred, Charles Rupert.

[raze--the-rose.livejournal.com]

I'm kinda "meh" on Eda, mostly because it reminds me of "Edda". Nothing wrong with that... it's just not a particulary lovely connotation. It also reminds me of Edna, which I dislike.

[02895.livejournal.com]

My co-worker has a 4yo her name is Mabel, i had never really heard that name before but it fits her well!!

[laminy.livejournal.com]

So, to me, it kind of sounds like Etta, so I don't know how old-fashioned that is.