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“Pretty Names for Girls”

Images are of an original 1854 Godey’s Lady’s Book on eBay. Please keep in mind that while many names on this list are considered common even today, this list was made to appeal to more “fashionable” sensibilities, and not every name would be appropriate for every girl.

Pretty Names for Girls. — Names are getting to be no names. Let a dozen ladies meet, and the probability is that four are named Mary, three Ann, three Elizabeth, one Sarah, and one something else. A correspondent of the “Home Journal” furnishes a list of two hundred and fifty names.

We publish them for the benefit of young married people:—

Annie,
Adele,
Amy,
Adelaide,
Ada,
Agnes,
Agatha,
Alice,
Angela,
Augusta,
Angelica,
Aurelia,
Antionette,
Annabel,
Abla,
Annette,
Adelia,
Adeline,
Aimee,
Alicia,
Alida,
Albertine,
Athalie,
Angeline,
Annot,
Arabella,
Bertha,
Bianca,
Blanche,
Beatrice,
Berthalda,
Berenice,
Constance,
Clara,
Caroline,
Cecilia,
Clarice,
Cornelia,
Cordelia,
Cora,
Catharine,
Coralia,
Claribel,
Clarina,
Charlotte,
Camille,
Clotilde,
Corinne,
Clarinda,
Cicily,
Celesta,
Dora,
Dorothea,
Durcas,
Diana,
Delia,
Ella,
Evelyn,
Eva,
Emilia,
Eleanora,
Ellinor,
Emma, 		Euphemia,
Esther,
Elfrida,
Edith,
Eugenia,
Euphrasie,
Eloise,
Elise,
Ethel,
Eulaie,
Estelle,
Endora,
Elfie,
Elmina,
Effie,
Emmeline,
Ernestine,
Esmerelda,
Ermengarde,
Elizabeth,
Florence,
Flora,
Frances,
Francisca,
Finette,
Flavia,
Fanny,
Fidelia,
Florlina,
Floribelle,
Fenella,
Gertrude,
Grace,
Ginerva,
Genevive,
Geraldine,
Gabrielle,
Georgianna,
Guinare,
Hermione,
Hortense,
Hermia,
Helena,
Hester,
Hulda,
Helen,
Harriet,
Henrietta,
Hinda,
Hope,
Irene,
Isabel,
Ida,
Ione,
Iola,
Imogen,
Isadore,
Imilda,
Ianthe,
Inez,
Isaure,
Isora,
Jeannette, 		Janet,
Jessie,
Jessica,
Juliet,
Joan,
Josephine,
Jacobea,
Judith,
Julie,
Jeannie,
Juana,
Kate,
Katrina,
Keziah,
Lelia,
Lilla,
Lisa,
Laura,
Louise,
Lisette,
Lucette,
Lavinia,
Lueia,
Lillian,
Lilly,
Lucretia,
Lucy,
Lydia,
Leonora,
Lettice,
Leah,
Letitia,
Lucille,
Minnie,
Maude,
Magdalena,
Marcia,
Monica,
Meliora,
Mabel,
Madelaine,
Mara,
Marian,
Margaret,
Marina,
Marie,
Mathilde,
Matilda,
Melicent,
Mildred,
Medora,
Myrrha,
May,
Metelill,
Miriam,
Madge,
Mignon,
Mira,
Mary,
Maria,
Nina,
Nora,
Ninette, 		Natalie,
Naomi,
Nourmshal,
Nydia,
Olive,
Olivia,
Octavia,
Ophelia,
Olimpia,
Pamela,
Portia,
Pauline,
Parthenia,
Penelope,
Rosalind,
Ruth,
Rosa,
Rachel,
Rebecca,
Rosalie,
Rowena,
Roxana,
Renee,
Rosabelle,
Rosamond,
Roxette,
Sara,
Sybil,
Selina,
Sophia,
Selma,
Selima,
Susette,
Sophronia,
Stilla,
Sappho,
Thekla,
Theresa,
Thyrza,
Therese,
Ursula,
Ulfrida,
Violet,
Victorine,
Victoria,
Violante,
Virginia,
Viola,
Vashti,
Winifred,
Wilhelmina,
Xarifa,
Ximena,
Yres,
Zee,
Zuleika,
Zarina,
Zillah,
Zara,
Zitelle,
Zeliea,
Zayda.

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