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Looking for Girls names vs. Colonial era, Civil war era vs. Victorian era, & Early 20th century

I love, love, love old names and we just found out today our little peanut is a baby girl. Can anyone help us find some old names, I’m thinking Amerivan revolution/colonial, Civil War, Victorian, and early 20th century.

The Top Baby Name is...

Looking for Girls names

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Colonial era, Civil war era

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Victorian era, & Early 20th century

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Poll created: Mar 26, 2012
Total Votes: 1

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meant American lol
posted by poster :: 13 years ago | report
Abigale / Abby
Ada
Adella
Agnes
Allie
Almira / Almyra
Alva
America
Amelia
Ann ~ (also nickname for Nancy) / Annie
Arrah
Beatrice
Becky ~ (see Rebecca)
Bernice
Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy ~ (for Elizabeth)
Charity
Charlotte
Chastity
Claire
Constance
Cynthia
Dorothy ~ (also Dot)
Edith
Edna
Edwina
Ella
Eleanor
Ellie
Elizabeth ~(also Eliza, Liza, Lizzy; see Bess.)
Elvira
Emma
Esther
Ethel
Ettie ~ (see Henrietta)
Eudora
Eva
Fidelia
Frances
Fanny ~ (usually nickname for Frances)
Flora
Florence
Geneve



Genevieve
Georgia
Gertrude / Gertie
Gladys
Grace
Hannah
Hattie
Helen
Helene
Henrietta / Hettie ~ (also Ettie)
Hester
Hope
Hortence
Isabell / Isabella
Jane
Jennie
Jessamine
Josephine
Judith
Julia
Juliet
Katherine / Kate
Laura
Leah
Lenora
Letitia
Lila
Lilly
Lorena
Lorraine
Lottie
Louise / Louisa
Lucy
Lulu
Lydia
Mahulda
Margaret ~ (see Peggy)
Mary
Mary Elizabeth
Mary Frances
Martha
Matilda / Mattie
Maude
Maxine /Maxie
Mercy



Mildred
Minerva
Missouri
Molly ~ (nickname for Mary)
Myrtle
Nancy ~ (see Ann)
Natalie
Nellie / Nelly
Nettie
Nora
Orpha
Patsy
Parthena
Peggy ~ (nickname for Margaret)
Permelia
Phoebe
Philomena
Polly ~ (nickname for Mary)
Preshea
Rachel
Rebecca ~ (see Becky)
Rhoda / Rhody
Rowena
Rufina
Ruth
Samantha
Sally
Sarah
Sarah Ann
Sarah Elizabeth
Savannah
Selina
Sophronia
Stella
Theodosia
Vertiline ~ (also Verd)
Victoria
Virginia / Ginny
Vivian
Winnifred / Winnie
Zona
Zylphia
posted by guest :: 13 years ago | report
Old-fashioned names I like:

Cecily: Blind of self beauty
Elspeth: God is my oath
Iris: Rainbow
Jessamyn: Jasmine flower
Lula: Famous warrior
Olive: Olive tree
Ruby: Red gemstone
Tamsin: Twin
Thora: Thunder
Violet: Purple flower

Some real Civil War-era popular names:

Catherine
Alice
Lucy
Clara
Evelyn
Nora
Effie
Mabel
Sadie
Sylvia
Lidia
Clementine
Cora
Pearl
posted by emily :: 13 years ago | report
There should be more names. Thanks for your time.
posted by guest :: 12 years ago | report
What about Lucinda?
posted by Mary :: 12 years ago | report

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