Old Lady Names

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

What are your favorite "old lady names"? Names that make people cringe and say "ew, that sounds like an old lady's name!!1!!1!" I'm not talking about Rose, Grace, Claire, Emma, Sophia, etc. Those clearly aren't considered "old lady names" anymore.

I hate when people comment and say a name sounds like an old lady's name... why is that such a bad thing?! Odds are whatever that name is, it has a lot more history than some stupid flimsy name like Kayley or Caiden.

I love the name Hazel and after re-reading Jane Eyre, I'm loving the name Jane. I like Frances, Josephine, and Helena a ton, too. I guess those are my top favorites.

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[kthartline.livejournal.com]

Most of my girls names (huge long list!) are "older" names. Here's what I can think off of the top of my head:

Hazel (LOVE this)
Helena (or just Helen which was my Great-Grandmother's name)
Mary
June (not on my list but it's not bad)
Jane (again, not on my list but not bad)
Meredith (kinda coming back, but it's actually an old name I think)
Josephine (just added that one thanks to a poster above!)
Alice (if I could just get past the Brady Bunch reference I'd like it alot)
Heidi (not too common anymore so I'll include it)
Molly
Theresa (though it's coming back a bit now cuz of Reese as a nickname)
Elizabeth (still popular, but it's also a classic old name)
Marie (more common now as a middle name)
Camilla
Matilda (can't name my kid that cuz my niece is Madeline and goes by Maddie and that's just too close I think.)

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

I've really been liking Alice a lot lately.