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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[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

In some naming communities I think the old-lady stuff has gone too far. There's a certain amount of pretention is declaring love for Sylvia but hatred for Madison. I'm not sure if I can explain it... and I'm not talking about people in this community who tend to have more current taste overall. But there are people who seem obsessed with liking names that no one else likes... and so they pick the mustiest most out-dated names they can find. I get the feeling it's so when the name really does come back into fashion they can say they "liked it for years" and were so smart and ahead of trends. *eyeroll*

Ok, soapbox city... anyway, the more old-fashioned sounding names I like are:
Vivian, Violet, Ruby, Ingrid, Imogen, Helen, Elsa, Clara, Betsy, Delphine, Alice, Adele (some I don't think are that old fashioned any more, but I know I've gotten/see "old lady" comments on all of these before).