Girls names

My daughter is Bryony, I read a gothic type novel as I teenager and loved it. Managed to trace the book recently, still love it and now have the real thing, without the murder of course ?

My niece was named Dorothy Brenda after older relatives. She is 6 and everyone calls her Dotty B. I think she has a good name for a rapper ?

Our dog is called Dottie. Just saying. I really dislike all the old fashioned names coming back and so popular now. I really do. Both boys and girls name. My father's name was Arthur John .. my mother always said fancy calling a child that. Its baffling to me why these names are now popular. My aunt was called Sarah but everyone called her Sadie. She hated both Sarah and Sadie but look at how popular Sadie is now inexplicable to me. It sounds so old fashioned. I only like one of my seven grandchilren's names - Nicole - which I think is beautiful. Thank goodness none of my children asked my opinion before naming them but having said that, they do grow into their names and become them and you do ... sort of ... get used to them. We had our choice, parents have theirs however strange the names sound to our ears.

Horn rimmed specs! Grrrr!

I've never liked Mildred. I hope it's not one my daughter is considering for her girl, due in early May. Maybe they'll call her May! (But please not Mabel ?) Or April, if she comes early.... I think some diminutive forms arose because certain names are so hard for other children to pronounce. My parents would never allow anyone to mess with my name so my younger cousins had to try very hard! I got Aluffafuff, which became Fuff, and Alushabush, which inevitably became Bush! Bepbep was another version. Our next door neighbour called me Lizzypopbottle when I was about three or four years old, much to my disgust! I never liked Lizzie because my mother's Auntie Lizzie was a formidable looking harridan in born rimmed specs but when, as a teacher, I had pretty little Lizzie in my class, I was converted. ☺

Don't look Ethel!
A friend has called her little boy Reggie which suits him. There is an Arthur, an Albert, Sybil, Beryl, and Constance born to families in my village.

I've always liked the traditional Irish names, especially for girls.
My cousins are Caoimhe (kee-va) and Niamh (neev) although when visiting us, pronunciation always caused issues.

My friends granddaughter is Eleanor. A lovely old name. I'm glad Dorothy is coming back. My late mums name. I had a great aunt Cassandra. I could see that coming back.

Cinderella Sparkle and sister Tinkerbell
Oh dear

I suppose they could call themselves Ella and Belle!

When I was at school, there were a lot of Susans, which caused a lot of confusion. These days, it seems quite rare.

Daughters midwifes daughter runs a playgroup with a Cinderella Sparkle and sister Tinkerbell.
I know of a Tintin Jellybean who has a sister Tallulah Little Bear.
Two of my grandchildren at Otto Danger and Tova Hero.

Perhaps being Australian, she was called after the pretty Lilly Pilly flowering bush Bobdoesit?

Im 55 and hated my name Jean sounded so old fashioned to me then, the only other Jeans i knew were old ladies, all my friends were Traceys, Janets and Gillians, and so wished my mum had called me something normal, but i love my name now

My two little granddaughters born in Australia are Zoe Rose and Lilly Grace. I love the names but was surprised by the spelling of Lilly with three l's.

Ottilie has come out ahead
Well I never, I only ever heard of one Ottilie and that was my great-aunt, actually Ottilia, born in about 1880!

Ah no, wasn't Chris Barber's wife called Ottilie?

my dd is having a baby shes toying with Elsie Ayda and Dottie i love them all if its a boy it may be Ted

My grandson was born in Canada and called Stanley which sounded weird to my English ears when he was a small baby. His parents are jazz musicians and now that he is 18 STAN really suits him. Very cool.

David Mitchell and Victoria Coren's daughter is called Barbara. I know a baby Ernest - really not keen on that

I like classical names - Hebe, Daphne, Persephone. DD2 is called Helen Josephine- she loves her name and it will carry her anywhere.

MissAdventure

Personally, I pity the baby Ethels. Ghastly name, conjours up pictures of ancient grannies in rocking chairs or cleaners in old films who squawk in a cockney accent, i.e. Kathleen Harrison. (Apologies to any Ethels out there, just my opinion).

My daughters friend called her daughter Maisie Elsie Violet all old names. She looks like a little Maisie very cute

I once met an American teacher working on secondment in London. She told us that in America made up names were very common, and had a girl in her class named Klamydia.

I know someone with a tot called Molly Audrey, not heard Audrey since I was at school.

I have never understood why anyone wants to call their child by a beautiful name and then totally change it.

Elizabeth = Betty
Margaret = Peggy
Charlotte = Charlie
Antoinetta - Tony
etc.

If you like the diminuitive, simply call your child by it!

I like Sienna as a girl's name.

I love the name Honeysuckle (as in Honeysuckle Weeks - actress) but I'd never choose it.
It doesn't scan well and I would imagine it would be shortened to Honey, which isn't a favourite of mine.
Or Suckle and that sucks!!