Old fashioned names- help!!?!?

Question

Hi, thinking about old fashioned sort of 'unusual' or 'unused' names.

What are your thoughts on:

Claudia

Edith

Agnes

Elnora

Constance

Eugenia

Eloise

Agatha

THOUGHTS???

Answer 1

I like Eloise and Claudia, but why name a child something like Agnes, they will NOT thank you for that! Victoria and Elizabeth are old fashion and beautiful. Name her(or him) something beautiful(or handsome)

                      Hope I helped you out!

Answer 2

What about Pearl, Essie, Geneva, Martha, Lela, Maxine, Virginia, or Elsie?

Answer 3

Oh dear! They're very awful. Here are my favorite old-fashioned names.

Etta

Eppie

Effie

Enna

Hattie

Adelaide

Adelheid

Adlai

Answer 4

Claudia - eh

Edith - cute

Agnes - i like aggie.. but not agnes

Elnora - no

Constance - no

Eugenia - no

Eloise - pretty

Agatha - again.. i like aggie. but i like this one better than agnes

Answer 5

Claudia- Awful

Edith- Beautiful

Agnes- Horific

Elnora- Nothing with Nora

Constance- Very elegant but it takes a certain kind of woman to pull it off

Eugenia- Is she a man?

Eloise- Looks beautiful but doesn't sound the same way

Agatha- I'm not sure it might be a bit too old

But basically  Edith is the best by far

Try Rosetta?

Answer 6

Julia Roberts did a disservice to her children so I suggest you rethink this thought but if you must

Claudia is fine

The rest is not really a good idea except Constance is alright

How about Audrey ~ like Audrey Hepburn

Catherine is also pretty old fashioned

  

Answer 7

I like Claudia and Eloise. How about Esther? Or Charlotte?  I know girls with both those names and I think they are great names. orrr Dolores can be called Dolly which I have always thought is cute.

Answer 8

Dear Casss!

I think that Claudia is very beautiful!

It reminds a famous and very beautiful Italian actress, Claudia Cardinale.

I like Beatrice too.

It means: JOY!

God bless you and your baby girl!

Answer 9

Those are cute here is some more if you like

Anna

Faith

Grace

Hannah

Isabel

Laura

Mary

Ruth

Barbara

Madeleine

Lacy

Betsy

Donna

Miriam

Clarissa

Celeste

Answer 10

Of all of these, I like Eugenia best.

Very to Fairly Popular Old-Fashioned Names  



Faith

Grace

Hannah

Isabel

Isabella

Julia

Laura  Madeleine

Madeline

Olivia

Rose

Sarah

Sophia

Sophie  

Abigail

Amanda

Anna

Claire

Ella

Emily

Emma    

  



Somewhat Unusual Old-Fashioned Names  



Alice

Amelia

Annabel

Audrey

Caroline

Cecilia

Celeste

Charlotte

Clara

Clarissa

Daisy

Daphne  Esmeralda

Eva

Giselle

Hope

Kitty

Iris

Layla

Lillian

Lily

Lucy

Lydia

Maisie  Margaret

May

Miriam

Naomi

Phoebe

Ruth

Ruby

Sadie

Simone

Sonia

Stella

Tessa

Vivian  

  



Very Unusual Old-Fashioned Names  



Ada

Adela/Adele

Adelaide

Adeline/Adaline

Agatha

Agnes

Althea

Amity

Antonia

Arabella

Augusta

Aurelia

Aurelie

Beatrice

Beatrix

Belle

Bernadette

Beulah

Blanche

Cecily

Celia

Clarice

Clarinda

Claudia

Clementine

Constance

Cora

Cordelia

Corinne

Cornelia

Damaris

Delia

Dora

Dorothea

Edith

Elaina

Elaine

Eleanor

Elinor

Eliza

Eloise

Elva  Emmaline

Enid

Esme

Estella

Estelle

Esther

Ethel

Eugenia

Eugenie

Eulalia

Evangeline

Evelyn

Fleur

Flora

Florence

Frances

Frieda

Genevieve

Georgia

Georgiana

Harriet

Hazel

Helen

Helena

Henrietta

Hephzibah

Hester

Honor

Ida

Ivy

Jemima

Jerusha

Josephine

Judith

Kay

Lavinia

Lenore

Leona

Libby

Lorraine

Louisa

Louise

Lucinda

Lulu

Mabel

Marguerite

Marian  Martha

Martina

Matilda

Maud

Mauve

Mavis

Mehitabel

Mildred

Millicent

Minerva

Minnie

Mirabel

Muriel

Myra

Myrna

Myrtle

Nell/Nellie

Nettie

Nora

Octavia

Olive

Olympia

Opal

Ophelia

Oriana

Pauline

Pearl

Peggy

Penelope

Philippa

Philomena

Phyllida

Phyllis

Polly

Priscilla

Prudence

Regina

Rosalie

Rosalind

Rosaline/Rosalyn

Rosamund

Rosemary

Sylvia

Sylvie

Tess

Thea

Theodora

Verity

Violet

Virginia

Winifred

Winnie

Zuriel

Answer 11

Claudia is nice. Very pretty.

I don't like Edith or Agnes. They just sound so gruff to me for some reason.

I've never heard of Elnora, but I like it. Reminds me of my Aunt's name: Eleanor.

Constance is alright, but it sounds too much like "constant".

Eugenia and Agatha are in the same category as Edith and Agnes.

I really like Eloise.

I'd say my favorites from your list are Claudia and Eloise.

Here are some other old fashioned names I thought of:

Ruby

Ruth

Louise

Lottie

Josephine

Jessamine

Genevieve

Answer 12

I'm rating these on a scale of 1-10. 1 being the worst, 10 being the best.

Claudia- 6

Edith- 4

Agnes- 4

Elnora-2

Constance-8

Eugenia- 1

Eloise- 6

Agatha-5

None of them are good besides Constance. I hope this helps...

Answer 13

i like constance and eloise. agatha is pretty cute to. what about rose, eleanor, charlotte, felicity, prudence, rosemary.  

Answer 14

I like Claudia, Agatha, and Eloise.

Elnora, Eugenia, and Agnes are cute, but not my fave.

I really don't care for Edith and Constance.

Agatha Eloise would be a cute name!!

Answer 15

I like Claudia, Edith, Agatha, and Eloise.

The others no way.

Answer 16

Claudia= LOVE this name!

Edith= I think it's good. Claudia Edith sounds REALLY good together!

Agnes= I like it.

Elnora= How about Eleanor?

Constance= How about Clementine? I love this name!

Eugenia= NO! I hate it.

Eloise= I've actually been hearing this name quite alot actually.

Agatha= I think it's okay.

Answer 17

Edith, Constance and Eloise are pretty. Do you like Mable or June?  Rebecca, Sophie, or Madeleine? Ella is pretty and sounds a bit like Elnora. None of these are well-used. I hope this helps some. :)  

Answer 18

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Answer 19

I see alot of people named Claudia, Agnes sounds like an old lady name. Constance is cute along with Edith.

Here are some other options:

Abigail

Emma

Ella

Grace

Cloe

Also, try this site, They have tons of old fashion naming options.

http://pregnancychildbirth.suite101.com/...

Answer 20

I love the name Claudia, but I dislike that it means "lame".  If you don't care too much about the meaning, that is my favorite on your list by far.  I also like Eloise Eleanora, but not Elnora.

Three names I LOVE under this category that are not on your list are Iris, Evangeline, and Genevieve.  Ever considered any of these?

Good luck & God bless!

Answer 21

From the list you provided I like the name Claudia.  FYI I had a friend back in high school named Agnes she changed it to Angie as soon as she could.    How about Grace, Emily.  If you are looking for an  old fashion and unsusual name, go to you local library and ask to see old year books from the local high school.  You may get some different ideas that way.  

Answer 22

Like Elnora, Constance and Eloise especially. The rest are aiight, but they're definitely... old fashioned, if you're picking up what I'm putting down.

Answer 23

I like Claudia and Eloise (check out the books and movie) best.

you can also go with Claire, Faith, Grace,  Hope, Athena, Pru, Paige, and Phobe( sorry s.p.) I hardly know anyone with these names

Elizabeth, Mary, and Sara are too plain and common

please stay away from Agatha sounds like a witch. Agnes and Edith sound too old

Hope I helped :)

Answer 24

The names you have chose are definitely not seen much in today's society. I think they all have unique qualities; however, I just have a hard time picturing a child with any of those names. May I make a few suggestions of names that are considered "old fashioned" by modern society yet can still be appropriate for younger children on into adulthood?

Maybe something like:

Eleanor (Call her Ellie growing up)

Catherine (Can call her Catherine or Katie)

Rosalie

Rebecca

Gretchen

Audra

Margaret (Maggie?)

Lucille (Lucy?)

Stella

Answer 25

Eurgh, NO. All those names conjure up an image of an uptight old woman with grey hair and a hooked nose. Theonly nice one on there is Eloise, which is beautiful.

Answer 26

Well to put it nicely i have heard werse sorry to hert ur feelings but Elnora and eloise and edith with get the c**p beat out of them. Theres a differance between unusal and usally not used names  Things like ellie, Susie, Polly, Paul, Jordan ( as a boys name) are very good and not usally used names consider them,   :)~

Answer 27

Your kid will get teased relentlessly. I mean my daughter Kendell's best friend, Donna, is teased and called "grandma" and stuff.

Claudia...maybe

Answer 28

Love Claudia, Edith, Eloise, Agatha.

Is Elnora a typo and suppose to be Eleanora? If so, I love it as well.

I want to like Constance, but it always reminds me of constipation.

Answer 29

Agnes (my grandmother)

Eloise (my grandmother-in-law)

Out of them all, I like Claudia.

Answer 30

Greek old fashioned sort of 'unusual' name.

I like Calypso! The one that witched Ulyse and he stayed 10 years on her island!

Answer 31

Claudia is ok

Edith awful

Agnes awful

Elnora awful

Constance ok

Eugenia awful

Eloise awful

Agatha awful