What do you think of old-fashioned baby names?

Charles Ray
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I really love these old-style names…what do you think of them?
Josephine/a (Jo, Joey)
Charlotte (Lottie)
Adelaide (Adele, Adela)
Eloise (or Elle)
Felicity (Lissie)
Grace (Gracie)
Sophia (Sophie)
Genevieve (Jenny, Jen)

Neil (Neilly)
William (Willy, Will)
Charles (Charlie)
Nathan (Nate)
Thomas (Tom)
Edmund (Eddie)
Samuel (Sam)
Raymond (Ray)
Same here…I love more modern (but not too trendy) middlenames…it seems to balance them out perfectly! Any ideas for me?

24 Comments

  1. 2 Boys and a Little Lady 4/23/09 Says:

    GRACE AND NEIL ARE OK

  2. Saf LeStrange* Says:

    Josephine/a (Jo, Joey) I like Joey, its cool
    Charlotte (Lottie) OK.
    Adelaide (Adele, Adela) Really pretty name
    Eloise (or Elle) Beautiful name! I also like Elodie
    Felicity (Lissie OK, but a bit girly.
    Grace (Gracie) OK, but same as above
    Sophia (Sophie) Sophia is my name, but it doesn’t get shorted to Sophie, it gets shortened to Fee or Saf!
    Genevieve (Jenny, Jen) Don’t like this one, but jen/ jenny ok

    I like all the boy names, especailly samuel and raymond!

  3. Luna Says:

    I like Charlotte, Adelaide, Felicity, Grace, and Genevieve for girls and Neil, William, Charles, Nathan, and Thomas for boys. I think old-fashioned names are fine, but I like to pair them with more modern middle names for a nice balance.

    My mother almost named me Felicity, by the way. xD I ended up as Luna instead, though.

  4. Samantha M Says:

    I LOVE old fashioned names- they’re my favorites. I love all the ones you’ve listed. My favorites from your list are Charlotte, Adelaide, Eloise, Felicity, Genevieve, William, Charlies, Nathan, Thomas, and Edmund.

  5. Lil Significant Says:

    grace is good but not good for modern children.
    go with new names so that ur kids gonna like it in the future.

  6. Miss Edward Cullen <3 Says:

    I like Charlotte, Eloise, Felicity, William, Edmund, and Samuel the best! Good choices!

  7. ya-ya d Says:

    i like them.
    i love Josephine/a - or you could go Josie to for short
    Grace & Sophia too, but they are popular right now at my daughters school too. I like Charlotte too.

    I like Will for william too instead of billI like Sam too. i like all the names. they’re good names to choose to from

  8. Winterlieder Says:

    FINALLY SOME DECENT NAMES!!!

  9. Leah Says:

    i love them there all classic names!

  10. ..::Gabbie::.. Says:

    I love old fashioned names :] my favorites from your list are Charlotte, Adelaide, Eloise, Sophia, Charles, Nathan, and Raymond

  11. little miss laura Says:

    i love them all, especially if the have really cute middle names. My favorites of those are Charlotte and Samuel, but theyre all adorable.

  12. Amanda Jayne K. Says:

    Josephine/a (Jo, Joey) ehh not my fav.
    Charlotte (Lottie) LOVE it
    Adelaide (Adele, Adela) eh.
    Eloise (or Elle) dont like eloise, like ellie
    Felicity (Lissie) like lissie, not Felicity tho
    Grace (Gracie) like it
    Sophia (Sophie) like it
    Genevieve (Jenny, Jen) dont like genevieve too much, jenny & jen r ok

    Neil (Neilly) not my fav
    William (Willy, Will) eh alright
    Charles (Charlie) like it
    Nathan (Nate) nope not me
    Thomas (Tom) yea
    Edmund (Eddie) eh
    Samuel (Sam) yes!!
    Raymond (Ray) eh

  13. paula r Says:

    I love them! You have selected some of my very favorites!charlotte elisabeth,felicity jane,grace vivienne,(graclyn marie),sophia aurora,neil anthony,william patrick,charles landon,nathan christopher, thomas isaac,samuel evan.
    aeden,braxton,cadence,dylan,egan,fagen,gage,hadeley,ian,jaxson,kailix,liam,maddox,newsom,overton,payten,reagan,seamus,traynor,victor,westyn,xander.aisling,brienne/brielle,carisol/carys,delayne,everlie/evelyn,fiona,gretchen,hannah,iliana,jasmine,katherine,lillith,lillian,meredith,nadine,ophelia,penelope,rachel,sabine,siobhan(sh-vaughn),tadghan(tie-gan),waverly.

  14. I love Chicago! Says:

    like gracie

  15. bbwdys4 Says:

    I love them all except Felicity and Raymond.

    Josephine and Samuel are my favorites!

  16. bps_iove Says:

    I love your names! They are great.

    Genevieve is my favorite of your girl names, followed by Charlotte, Josephine, and Adelaide/Adele.

    William (Will) is my favorite of your boy names, followed by Charles, Samuel, Nathan (I also like Nathaniel), and Neil.

    I want to use the name Genevieve with Elise or Ann (a family middle name). I like the middle name Camille: Josephine Camille would be cute. Charlotte Adeline would be nice, also.

    William Zachary
    Nathan Everett
    Charles Jackson

  17. Elli S Says:

    ummm i love the names Kayla, Isabelle, Elizabeth(elli! lol), Cora, Alexandra, Tara, and Claire :)

  18. Alena J Says:

    You have fantastic taste!! These are my faves:

    Josephine, Charlotte, Adelaide, Eloise and Felicity for girls.

    Neil, Charles, Nathan, THomas, and Edmund for boys.

    Here are my suggestions:

    Charlotte Lily

    Felicity Petra

    Adelaide Marta

    Josephine Morgan

    Eloise Pearl

    Neil Jasper

    Charles Arthur

    Thomas Jason

    Edmund Anton

    Nathan Emery

    Hope I helped!!

  19. sPuRs faan Says:

    I really like them…out of yours my favorites are Charlotte, Grace, and William. My other favorites are Edward (not because of Twilight), and Peter

  20. TX Mom Says:

    A lot of old-fashioned names have come back to be popular again. Then again, some names are just OLD.

    TX Mom

  21. Andromache Says:

    I don’t think any of those are old-fashioned, except for Raymond and Neil, they are timeless names.
    I’d avoid Sophia and Grace as they are very popular.
    Adelaide, William and Edmund are great.

  22. ☺smiley☺ Says:

    i like:
    Charlotte
    Grace
    Sophia
    Nathan
    Samuel
    if u pair them w/ modern middle names that would be cute!

  23. brin Says:

    I absolutely agree i really like those names. (i would also consider Elizabeth (Liz/Lizzy) as a old fashion name- i like it)

  24. Ahimsa Says:

    This is what I like too!

    Josephine/a (Jo, Joey)–love
    Charlotte (Lottie)–love
    Adelaide (Adele, Adela)–nice, love Adela
    Eloise (or Elle)–love
    Felicity (Lissie)–love
    Grace (Gracie)–like, but overused
    Sophia (Sophie)–ditto Grace
    Genevieve (Jenny, Jen)–love

    Neil (Neilly)–ok
    William (Willy, Will)–like, but prefer Liam as nn
    Charles (Charlie)–like a lot
    Nathan (Nate)–love
    Thomas (Tom)–like
    Edmund (Eddie)–like
    Samuel (Sam)–like
    Raymond (Ray)–dislike

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