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.

Comments

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

lol you say rose, grace, claire, emma, sophia "clearly aren't considered old lady names" like it's a proven fact. according to whom? personally i love the name rose but most of the roses i've known have been older women so i do associate that one with older women, naturally. and same goes with claire. but anyway, i love the name beatrice. i don't know if you would consider that an old lady name, but i do, and i love it.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

I say that those aren't considered old lady names because they are SO popular. Tons of babies are named Claire, Emma, Rose, Grace, and Sophia.

If you made a post saying "Hey, I want to name my baby Emma Rose! WDYT?!" I am certain NO ONE would reply and say it sounded like an old lady name. If you said "Hey, I want to name my baby Beatrice Helen! WDYT?!" I'm sure you'd get loads of those types of comments.