Name

[malsywals.livejournal.com]

We are currently TTC and I'm starting to think of names! We have one daughter, Esther Margaret, and I'd really like to find a name that is along the same lines.
We think we are set on the name Theodore Patrick for a boy, but I'm at a loss for another girl's name. There are a few that I like such as Agnes, Daphne and Edith, but my husband can't be sold on any of them. He really likes Lydia, which I can't really see myself agreeing to.
I'm kind of overthinking I think, because I feel that all of these 'old fashion' names are now coming back and I'm afraid of choosing something that is going to get uber popular.
So, friends, can you suggest any not so popular boy or girl names that are on the same line as Esther?
Thanks!

Comments

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

No idea on the popularity of some of these:

Alice
Penelope
Edna
Mary
Frances
Hazel
Olive
Iris

Oscar
James
Henry
Oliver
Francis
Josiah
Ezra

[so-there.livejournal.com]

Alice has increased in popularity in the past several years.
Penelope has jumped considerable, from not even being in the top 1000 to right now around 169
Edna hasn't been in the top 1000 in over 20 years
Mary is going slowly down, falling out of the top 100 in '09 for the first time in over 90 years.
Frances is getting less and less popular, been sitting around 800 for a few years.
Hazel took a pretty big jump, too, from not being in the top 100 to 211 over the past 15 years
Olive jumped form off the chart to 416 over the past 6 years
Iris has been pretty steady, in the 200-500 range, for the past 90 years, around 300 now.

not that you asked ;)

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

Miriam
Ruth
Naomi
Frances
Helen/Helena
Gloria
Judith

[silvermidnight.livejournal.com]

Dorothy

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

Beatrice
Helen
Justine
Louisa
Martine
Rosemary
Ruth
Sybil

Conrad
Frederick
Nelson
Warren
Wilson

[so-there.livejournal.com]

I have a daughter named Esther. my husband picked it, and his other choice was Lydia (I vetoed for personal reasons). my other daughters are Germaine Evelyn, and Ingrid Louise.

oh, I didn't see you asked for by names also.. my sons are Linus and Dietrich. I think the 5 names go well together :)

if you're concerned about the popularity of a name, you can look on the social security site. not only how popular a name is, but what the trend is (for example, one namr may have jumped from #900 to #500 in a couple years, then you can expect that to end up more popular in the coming years, as opposed to one that has been sitting around #400 for the past 50 years.)
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

[so-there.livejournal.com]

um, I think my comment was screened for some reason.. maybe because of the link? anyway, here goes:

I have a daughter named Esther. my husband picked it, and his other choice was Lydia (I vetoed for personal reasons). my other daughters are Germaine Evelyn, and Ingrid Louise.

oh, I didn't see you asked for by names also.. my sons are Linus and Dietrich. I think the 5 names go well together :)

if you're concerned about the popularity of a name, you can look on the social security site. not only how popular a name is, but what the trend is (for example, one name may have jumped from #900 to #500 in a couple years, then you can expect that to end up more popular in the coming years, as opposed to one that has been sitting around #400 for the past 50 years.)

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

I love Agnes and Edith.

Names that come to mind are: Juliet/Juliette, Charlotte, Alice, Beatrice, Helen, Ruby, Sophie, Vivian/Vivienne, Eva, Ava, Marilyn...

[pixietangerine.livejournal.com]

I love your daughter's name, and your boy name choice! I've been worrying about the old fashioned names I love getting overly popular too. I'm a little heartbroken about Oliver, Hazel, and Eleanor's skyrocketing popularity. :(

Some ideas for girls:
Elspeth
Eloise
Agatha
Millicent
Helen
Harriet
Georgina
Beatrice
Jane
Dolores
Dorothy
Martha
Matilda
Mabel
Lenore/Leonora
Ambrosia
Theodora
Cordelia
Charlotte
Clara
Augusta
Eliza
Isadora
Pearl
Eudora
Philippa
Willa
Ursula
Emmeline
Violet
Rowena
Enid
Magdalene
Hyacinth
Lavender
Guinevere
Gwendolen
Anne
Susanna
Calliope
Nesta (Welsh version of Agnes)
Bianca/Blanche
Lettice/Leticia
Araminta
Lucy
Catherine
Mercy
Virginia
Laura
Lorelei
Cecilia
Jemima

Boys:
Arthur
Albert
Rupert
Norbert
Ronald
Roland
Gregory
August/Augustus
Richard
Alvin
Harvey
Martin
Ignatius
Peregrine
Alistair
Desmond
Leopold
Leonard
Duncan
Gus/Angus
Nathaniel
Linus
Ralph
Benedict
Steven
Milo
Todd
Magnus
Ambrose
George
Glenn
Basil
Edmund
Edgar
Nigel
Frederick
Alfred
Gilbert
Barnabas
Calvin
Harry
Thaddeus
Rufus
Dennis
Claus

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

Love Esther. It was my great grandma's name.

Ada
Aurelia
Judith
Florence
Eva
Virginia
Mabel
Josephine
Viola
Lena
Mae
Evelyn
Stella
Daisy
Eleanor
Georgia
Etta
Violet
Loretta
Cordelia
Birdie
Adelaide
Louisa
June
Wilhelmina
Helena
Evangeline
Imogen
Antonia

[malsywals.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much everyone! I have a lot of awesome names to shift through now!

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

One piece of naming advice I read recently is that one shouldn't try to psych out the Social Security list because it's impossible to predict. What's probably more important is that the child can live with the name when their seven or fifty, no matter how popular it gets (can you imagine "Dr.," "Grandma," "President," or "Prime Minister" in front of your favorite names?).

Josephine
Sylvia
Clarissa
Noemi
Frances
Helen(a)
Pearl
Theresa
Mariana

Hugo
Elias
Jude
Gregory
Homer
Victor
Edwin
Peter
Zachariah