Question:

Old fashioned girls names?

by  |  earlier

0 LIKES UnLike

Like what is your grandmas name or great grandmas name? And if u know what does the name/s mean? Thanx! XX

 Tags:

   Report

24 ANSWERS


  1. Grandma (my dad's side) - Chi Chi ?? Idk something like that. It's a Chinese name :)

    She died when my dad was about 10. He doesn't talk about her much.

    Grandma (my mom's side) - Vali (vah-lee) She is German, but was born and lives in Brazil :)

    xox- Julie


  2. Well I hav an old fashioned name and I'm only 24 My dad named me Mae (like Mae West) and it is a form or Margret.

    June- Born In June

    Betty-God Is My Oath

    Eva-Giver Of Life

    Judy - From Judaea

    Bianca - White (One of my favorite)

    Penney-With A Web Over Her Face

    There are many more too

  3. Elizabeth

    Margaret

    Victoria

    Mary

    Beatrice

    Grace

    Charlotte

    Claudia

    Eleanor

    Bethany

    Genevieve

    Lucinda

    Matilda

    Rosemary

    Priscilla

    Octavia

    Viola

    Josephine

    Vivian

    Helen

    Jemima

  4. My grandmas are named Patricia and Phyllis. I don't know what they mean though. I knew two of my great grandmothers names...Mary and Martha.  

  5. My grandma's name is Alice, it means: of noble kin. It's my daughter's middle name.

  6. noreen & betty

  7. my grandmas names were

    ella mae

    and

    johnnie v. lenon

    my great grandmas were

    hester

    and roxie

    also

    mary ann

    and minnie elizabeth

    very southern my family is from mississippi and louisiana mostly that i know of!

  8. Grandma's names:

    Olive and Virginia

    Some other old fashioned names:

    Charlotte

    Grace

    Abigail

    Amy

    Annie

    Bethany

    Ellie

    Isabel

    Jane

    Lucy

    Natalie

    Olivia

    Rebecca


  9. Violet: flower

    Minnie: sea of bitterness

    Julia: Soft

    Myrtle:  flower

    Laura:  laurel

    Sarah: princess

  10. Mary and Louise were my grandmothers name

  11. My grandmas names are: Bianca & Giovanna

    P.S. I'm italian.....

  12. Maybe Loretta, Dorothy,Laura

  13. Father's side : Grandma name: Sarah Leigh Great Grandma: ???

    Mother's side : Grandma name: Debbie Louise Great Grandmother : Bessie Mae

  14. Jean Marie means "vicious *****" (not really,but she is a vicious *****)

    My mother's mother is called Janet which comes from Jane, wich is a English varient of Jean, which is a feminine French form of John. John means "jehova is gracious"

    So, yeah that seems a bit boring, so I'll tell you my great aunts names too.

    They were

    Josephine this is also my middle name. She was called Nell untill she got married, but I'm not sure if that was actually her first or her middle name.

    Mae Comes from May the month, which was named after Maia, the roman Goddess and also means Hawthorne flower.

    Leta I think this comes from a Latin word that means "glad"

    Louise (she was a hooker, so my mother wasn't allowed to name me after her)

    Millie her name might have been Millicent, not sure.

    on my mother's side

    and on my dad's side

    Cass (Cassandra) Cassandra was a character in the Illiad, she had visions of the future and stuff.

    Babs (Barbara)

    Toots (dunno what that's short for)


  15. bernice- everyone calls her bernie

    and pamala

  16. Grandmas:  Amanda, Theresa, Maria

    Great-grandma:  Rosalia

  17. Shirley

    Annette

    Edith


  18. Grandmothers:  Ann and Ellen

    Great Grandmothers:  Eva, Hannah, Anna

  19. Ada

    Adelaide *

    Adeline *

    Agatha

    Althea

    Amelia *

    Annabelle

    Arabella

    Athalie

    Augusta

    Aurelia

    Beatrice

    Bertha

    Belle

    Beulah

    Camille *

    Cecilia *

    Cecily

    Celeste

    Charlotte *

    Clara *

    Clarinda *

    Clarissa *

    Claudia *

    Clementine

    Constance

    Cordelia

    Corinne

    Christabel

    Cynthia

    Daphne *

    Delia

    Dolores

    Dorothy

    Edith

    Eleanor

    Elise *

    Eliza *

    Ellen

    Elnora

    Eloise

    Elsa

    Elspeth

    Emmeline *

    Erma

    Ernestine

    Esme

    Estelle

    Ethel

    Etta

    Eudora

    Eugenia

    Evangeline

    Felicity *

    Francine

    Frances

    Genevieve

    Georgia *

    Georgiana

    Gillian *

    Gladys

    Gwendolyn

    Harriet

    Hazel

    Helen

    Henrietta

    Hester

    Ida

    Iris *

    Isadora

    Jemima

    Josephine

    Judith

    Lavinia

    Leona

    Leonora

    Lila

    Lisette

    Louisa

    Loretta

    Lucia

    Lucinda

    Lucretia

    Lydia *

    Mabel

    Marion

    Martha *

    Matilda

    Mavis

    Melinda

    Mena

    Meredith *

    Millicent

    Miriam

    Myra

    Myrna

    Myrtle

    Nadine

    Naomi

    Octavia

    Opal

    Pearl

    Phoebe

    Priscilla

    Prudence

    Ramona

    Regina

    Roberta

    Rosalind

    Rosemary

    Ruth

    Simone

    Sonya

    Stella

    Susannah

    Sylvia *

    Theodora

    Theodosia

    Ursula

    Vada

    Viola *

    Violet *

    Virginia

    Vivian

    Wilhelmina

    Willa

    Winifred

    Zella

    Warning! Although this name is still unusual, it is beginning to be used more often

  20. My Great Grandmothers were Ellen Josephine (but everyone called her Nellie) and Alice.

    My Grandmothers were Treasa Mae, Helen Irene, and Sylvia.

    Some other female relatives from those eras were Mary Jane, Margaret Ellen, Agnes, Marion, Lydia, Aimee, Elisabeth, Eleanor, Catherine, Grace, Stella, Hilder and Juanita.

  21. well my Grandmothers name is

    Hazel Lucielle

    but old fashoined names that I like are

    Elaenor

    Beatrice

    Annabel


  22. my nana's name is Dorothey (i dont knw her middle name)

    and my tutu's (tutu means grandmother in hawaiian) name is Audrey Kathleen

    Dorothey means gift of god in greek.

    Audrey means noble strength in english.

    Kathleen means pure in irish.


  23. On my dad's side

    Grandmother: Amy Eleanor

    Great-aunts: Lucille (Ceil), Amarilla Jane (she went by Jane)

    Great-grandmothers: Marie Christine and Amarilla

    Great-great-aunts: Laura, Lillian, Eva, Martha Louise, Winnie Marie, Lorena, Mary, Bird, Sarah Katherine

    Great-Great Grandmothers: Sarah Alice, Fredricka Justina, Sarah Katherine and Lonnie.

    On my mom's side

    Grandmother: Irene Marie

    Great-aunts: Dorothy and Helen

    Great-grandmothers: Anna, Florence Rachel, Celia (stepmother)

    Great-great-aunts: Eve, Zelmira, Rose, Bertha Adaline

    Great-great-grandmothers: Ellen, Mary Alice, Eva and Eva (two different Evas!)

    My personal favorites from that list are:

    Amy

    Eleanor

    Lucille (I'd use the nickname Lucy)

    Katherine

    Anna

    Eva

    Rose

    Sarah

    Lillian (Lillie)

    Amarilla (Rilla)

    Helen

    Irene

    Jane

    If you would like to find out the names you like mean, I'd advise that you check out BehindTheName.com, listed below. It's my favorite website for names from all over the world.

  24. Grandma

    dad's side - Wanda means A Slender, Young Tree its german

    mom's side - Patricia means Of Noble Descent its Latin

    step dad's side - Lynda means Beautiful its latin

    Great Grandma

    mom's side - Irene means Peacful its Greek

    dad's side - Vivian means Full Of Life, Vibrant it's Latin

    step dad's side - Betty means Consecrated To God its Hebrew

Question Stats

Latest activity: earlier.
This question has 24 answers.

BECOME A GUIDE

Share your knowledge and help people by answering questions.
Unanswered Questions