Blast from the past.

Ilovecheese

I think that Mercedes is actually an older name. The car was named after the girl, not the other way round.

I think I read somewhere ages ago that the manufacturer was the doting father of two daughters..... Mercedes and Dolores. He named his cars after them. Unfortunately Dolores died and with that, the name of the car in her memory was withdrawn
Anyone else read this?

I hope Tracey never has a comeback . I hate the name ?

Our little grandson is Henry and his best friend is Arthur. Lovely gentlemanly names.

My Gt Grandmother was called Fanny Amelia. Somehow I don't think Fanny will be coming into fashion anytime soon. One of my Grandmothers was called Eleanor, she was Nell to everyone though. GD is Phoebe and she is lovely.

grandaughter no 3 is called ada and her younger sister is mabel. my son's choice and i love both of them.
my daughter named her daughters after flowers - briony rose and heather lily. they were unusual in the early noughties.

It's nice to see them revived

I know of two Elizas in our area

Ali08

Ilovecheese

I think that Mercedes is actually an older name. The car was named after the girl, not the other way round.

As with Porsche (pronounced Porsha) and probably a good few other things!

I thought the girl’s name was spelled Portia not Porche.

I thought the most original I heard was a family of many children who, when the latest baby was born, ran completely out of ideas and called her 'Girl'. My friend referred to her 'Aunt Girl' and I was intrigued until she explained.

Aldom

Grannyben

Well Amelia and Florence are very popular at the moment but I'm not aware of any Ellenst

Ellen is the middle name of one of my granddaughters. It was the name of her maternal great grandmother.

Yes, I've known one or two Ellens

And Nellie, although it isn't a diminutive, is what some Ellens were often called.

All the ‘old lady’ names remind me of wizened, whiskery old great aunts decades ago. Likewise the old men’s names remind me of tweedy, bristly old men smelling of pipe tobacco, very likely with a grubby old man’s cardi (leather buttons) under the jacket.

Younger parents won’t have those connotations. But I still think it’s verging on child abuse to give a poor innocent little baby some of those names - I was going to be specific but I thought I’d better not in case any GNers go by them!

Names have a 100 year cycle I think. the names we associate with the early 20th century are now back. We think of them as old ladies because they were back then! I guess Susan, Linda, Barbara, Deborah, Pauline etc. will all come back in about 20-30 years.

I had a lovely Auntie Nellie

No Gertrudes yet?

In Scotland there was a habit of adding ina to the end of a boy's name to feminise it.
So another relative was Thomasina Andrewina. Truly!

DH had a gt aunt Macgregor. Known as Gigi. It was her given name and she must have been born around 1900.
Parents have always been inconsiderate!

My grandmother was Thirza and I had an aunt Maud…

My niece was born in 1958. On her fathers side, both of his (deceased grandmothers name was Amelia. He said they, could not call her (too old fashioned), so she was given Merril as her middle name. Yet, now Amelia is very popular. Comes and goes.....

My DGS has a "boy's" name but in a recent school photo I had to check the names against the children!
Cameron and Alex are girls. Jun is a boy (I think) but French
Many more international names since I was young and I was one of 5 with the same boring name in my class

I think that one of the best name is Elizabeth!
It’s such a strong name, yet has so many possible diminutives

I wouldn't want to call my daughter Nellie, Ada, Elsie, or Olive! This thread shows how we're all different, when it comes to choosing names!

My grandaughter is named Mabelle.
It realy does suite her.
I love the old fashioned names,un-like some modern names ie; Sky/Lordes/Summer to name but a few.

There are one or two Dottie and Winnie's in the school

My MIL was a Winifred and she hated her name as she always got called Fred which she thought unladylike. It's names from the Bible or classical literature hence my beautiful Helen Josephine.

Doris and Gladys still to make a comeback though.

And not heard of many named Phyllis or Winifred either.

Please put me right if you know any.

Ali like Benz, Porsche is named after its founder, in this case Ferdinand Porsche.
It’s not connected to the girls’ name Portia.