HELP!! Something Southern/Old Timey!

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HELP!! Something Southern/Old Timey!
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Sat, 01-21-2006 - 5:45pm
I really like southern or old timey kind of names like Emma, Ella, Lilly....Does anybody have any other suggestions that aren't so common? I also am a huge fan of double names but can't really think of any! PLEASE SEND HELP!

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Registered: 08-10-2003
Sat, 01-21-2006 - 6:10pm
Clara
Elizabeth (Libby, Bess)
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Registered: 10-14-2005
Sat, 01-21-2006 - 9:40pm

Here are a few you might like:


Ada
Alice
Charlotte
Cora
Daisy
Della
Dinah
Dixie
Emaline
Frances
Georgia
Harper
Jane
Josephine (Jo, Josie)
Julia
Liza
Louise
Mae
Matilda (Mattie)
Maude
Margaret (Maggie, Meg)
Pearl
Ruby
Sadie
Shelby
Virginia (Ginny)


Harper is a particular favorite of mine, given the connection with the wonderful author Harper Lee, who wrote one of the all-time



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Registered: 04-22-2004
Sat, 01-21-2006 - 9:57pm

Do you mean like...
carolann
annabeth
annabelle
clarabel
Mariangela
Annmarie
mary-joe/jane/ann/lynette
basically anything + ann or may, Ellie-may
Jamie-lee
Ella-rae
Connirae
Lilybette/Lilibeth
I know a little girl called Heaven-Lee and another called Tracey-Rain, if you're more creative, lol

Just think, sweet, soft and charming and you have the right sort of name!
old timey southern names...hm, a few ideas might be,
Rose, violet, iris, daisy, tansy, basically any flower name!
Blanche
Stella, Estelle, Estella
Belle
Queenie
Dolly
Star
Cynthia
Mona
Dove
Bette
Betty
Bella
Emily
Charlotte
Katrina
Amanda
Cecily
Cecilia
Claira
Lilian
Rosalyn/Rosalind
Also, southern names tend to have a lot of french influences, so anything from france might fit what your looking for, try on one of the baby name sites,

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Registered: 12-19-2005
Sun, 01-22-2006 - 12:38am
Hi there, here's an idea that might be fun. It's not so much a Southern name as a Southern way to come up with a name. Take the grandmas' names (first or middle) and find some way to combine both into one name. My niece's middle name is Bethlee - the grandmas' middle names are Elizabeth and Lee. Just a thought!
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Registered: 12-09-2005
Sun, 01-22-2006 - 8:37am

I don't really like double names at all, but here are a list of names I feel are Southern/Old Timey...
Scarlett
Kirsten
Rebecca
Ann
Mae
Sadie
Josephine
Hattie
Jane/Jean --> Janie is actually a really cute nn for Jane, its growing on me
Cora** like this a lot
Naomi

My favourite combos are (including the ones you listed):
Kirsten-Ann
Lilly-Ann
Rebecca-Mae


                             
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Registered: 01-20-2006
Sun, 01-22-2006 - 9:54am
Two I like are Sophie and Fawn. You could even use Sophia, but I prefer Sophie. Good Luck!! Not quite sure what you mean by double names.
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Registered: 09-13-2005
Sun, 01-22-2006 - 12:14pm

Hmm.

Flower names: Daisy, Violet, Rose, Iris, Poppy, Ivy, Flora

"Older" names: Anne, Annabel, Alice, Adele, Adela, Blanche, Beatrice, Cecily, Clara, Dorothea, Ellen, Esther, Frances, Greta, Geneva, Genevieve, Harriet, Helen, Helena, Iona, Jane, Jean(ne), Jeanette, Lorelei, Louise, Louisa, Mira, Myra, Muriel, Marcella, Molly, Millicent, Millie, Margaret, Marjorie, Miriam, Meredith, Marian, Nell (nn for Ellen, Eleanor, Penelope, Helen), Penelope, Philippa (Pippa), Phyllis, Phoebe, Rosalind, Ruth, Stella, Sylvia, Simone, Tabitha, Una, Ursula, Vivian, Willa, Winifred (nn Winnie?)

Double-names: Sarah-Louise, Sara-Ellen, Emily-Anne, Jane-Ellen, Ruth-Anne, Lily-Jane, Daisy-Ellen?

HTH!

-Si

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Registered: 06-14-2003
Sun, 01-22-2006 - 6:05pm
Delilah???
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Registered: 01-21-2005
Sun, 01-22-2006 - 8:54pm
These three came to mind...
Cora
Tessa
Nola
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Registered: 04-18-2005
Mon, 01-23-2006 - 9:50am

Some ideas based on the names of the older ladies in my church (as you can see from the list, you can pretty much use Mary with anything for a double name):

Martha Jane
Mary Jane (three of them)
Wanda
Nancy
Betty (probably short for Elizabeth - several of those)
Mary Lucy
Mary Frances
Virginia
Amanda
Margaret
Ruth Ann
Carol
Minerva
Bea (Beatrice)
Annelle
Louise
Lucy
Sadie
Grace
Faye

Good luck!

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