Page 3 | Vintage, earthy baby name inspo??

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Ipollita · Yesterday 14:42

Cora
Hazel
Emerald
Linnea
Olive
Posie
Celeste
Rosalie

Lotus3 · Yesterday 14:43

Millicent

sallyluyah · Yesterday 14:44

avicci · Yesterday 11:45

I have been digging and scouring the web for baby names. I really like names that feel vintage and earthy at the same time... for girls i really like

Eloise
Ember
Violet
Twyla
Winona

I'm looking for this same vibe. The kind of name that gives the same energy as the sunset beaming into your grandmas house- dust peaking through the rays, doilies everywhere, flowers. Preferably names that aren't SUPER common. I have a very unique name and want to keep the quirkiness in the fam.

Are you in USA OP? Twyla ?? Winona ?? You're either American or Australian I'm guessing.

CaptainMyCaptain · Yesterday 14:44

HughManity · Yesterday 13:34

Of your list only Violet seems vintage and there doesn't seem to be a common vibe to the names.

Petra
Eartha
Aphra
Georgia
Daisy

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I was going to suggest Eartha (like Eartha Kitt) it's certainly earthy.

whyexactlythough · Yesterday 14:44

NorthFacingGardener · Yesterday 14:20

Except every time she says it someone will mishear it as Amber and she’ll have to say, “no not Amber… Ember, with an E. Like in a fire. Sigh.”

I like pp suggestion of Tabitha and I will add Sylvie.

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Only if she’s is Australia…. And she might not visit there that often

wizzler · Yesterday 14:45

Hazel
Jane
Anna

HughManity · Yesterday 14:48

Zemlya
Dunia

Gateappreciation · Yesterday 14:53

Hazel
Clementine
Heather
Robyn
Lucinda
Daisy
Joy
Delphine
Marguerite
Constance
Florence
Priscilla
Winifred

BoswellTheScribe · Yesterday 14:53

Clara
Tessa
Beatrice
Cornelia
Josephine/Josie
Agnes
Harriet
Georgina
Henrietta
Adelaide
Ada
Ivy
Mary
Betsy
Sadie

Calliopespa · Yesterday 15:28

Overtheatlantic · Yesterday 14:14

Lavinia

I thought Lavinia.

Or Esmeralda.

Twyla I thought was a typo OP? I've never heard of it ... It sounds like a brand name for plasticated twine.

Saltysweetspicy · Yesterday 15:29

Violet just sounds like violent to me. I don't get earthy sunset dusky vibes from it

heartsinvisiblefury · Yesterday 15:31

Saeris · Yesterday 11:49

Sorry - my first thought was Mud.

Violet is nice.
What about looking at Dickens names?

Dickens female characters

Charles Dickens created a wide array of memorable female characters, ranging from virtuous heroines to eccentric or tragic figures, each contributing significantly to his novels.

Notable Female Characters
Esther Summerson – The strong, motherly heroine of Bleak House, known for her compassion and moral integrity
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Miss Havisham – The embittered, jilted bride in Great Expectations, famous for her decaying wedding attire and obsession with revenge

(Nell is short for Penelope, and others)
Little Nell – The frail, virtuous child in The Old Curiosity Shop, whose death epitomizes Victorian sentimentality .
Lady Dedlock – A wealthy woman in Bleak House who harbors a secret about her illegitimate daughter, embodying themes of privilege and hidden shame

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Matilda Price – Appears in Nicholas Nickleby, representing kindness and loyalty
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Madeline Bray – From Nicholas Nickleby, a young woman caring for her selfish father and eventually marrying Nicholas

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Arabella Allen – Sister of Benjamin Allen in The Pickwick Papers, eventually marrying Mr. Winkle
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Mrs. Nickleby – Nicholas Nickleby’s mother, reflecting Dickens’ portrayal of maternal influence and domestic life
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Rosa Dartle – A character in David Copperfield, known for her sharp tongue and complex emotions
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Nell Trent – Another name for Little Nell, emphasizing her central role in The Old Curiosity Shop

Hello all, here’s my baby ‘Miss Havisham’

heartsinvisiblefury · Yesterday 15:31

I love Clementine

Calliopespa · Yesterday 15:34

Are any of these earthy though?

Tryingtobenormal124 · Yesterday 15:39

Daisy, bluebell, Hyacinth, Annie not so earthy, but lovebit

Cuppachuchu · Yesterday 15:40

Rowan is nice, or Rowena.
Hazel

HughManity · Yesterday 15:41

Thera
Lois

HeartinWinter · Yesterday 15:51

Saltysweetspicy · Yesterday 15:29

Violet just sounds like violent to me. I don't get earthy sunset dusky vibes from it

I do: "The grass, the thicket, and the fruit-tree wild/ White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine/ Fast fading violets cover'd up in leaves". "A violet by a mossy stone/ Half-hidden from the eye" etc

Mumofgirls2017 · Yesterday 15:55

Hazel
Edith
Daphne
Clementine
Paloma
Olive
Aurelia
Marnie
Tabitha
Mabel
Dorothy
Luella
Flora
Cassia
Clover
Juniper
Ottilie
Lorelei
Rosalie
Emmeline
Meredith
Marigold
Zelda

HeartinWinter · Yesterday 15:57

Calliopespa · Yesterday 15:28

I thought Lavinia.

Or Esmeralda.

Twyla I thought was a typo OP? I've never heard of it ... It sounds like a brand name for plasticated twine.

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There's a Twyla in Schitts Creek, but I first came across it in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, or one of the Susan books anyway, where Twyla is a little girl who is quite knowingly twee with quite pretentious parents. "Gawain and Twyla, who’d been named by people who apparently loved them, had been put to bed by the time Susan got in"

Calliopespa · Yesterday 15:59

HeartinWinter · Yesterday 15:57

There's a Twyla in Schitts Creek, but I first came across it in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, or one of the Susan books anyway, where Twyla is a little girl who is quite knowingly twee with quite pretentious parents. "Gawain and Twyla, who’d been named by people who apparently loved them, had been put to bed by the time Susan got in"

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It generates uncomfortable images of twistedness and being tied up for me.

I guess, twist, twixt, twine ...

Aluna · Yesterday 16:00

HeartinWinter · Yesterday 15:51

I do: "The grass, the thicket, and the fruit-tree wild/ White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine/ Fast fading violets cover'd up in leaves". "A violet by a mossy stone/ Half-hidden from the eye" etc

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Thou was not born for death immortal bird, no hungry generations tread thee down!

Swampthing55 · Yesterday 16:06

EmmaB1309 · Yesterday 13:24

That’s funny I’m watching Descendants 3 with my daughter and they keep mentioning the ember which is magical object. I thought to myself Ember would be a nice name! I like it but I’m not sure it fits the vibe you’re going for but it’s my favourite out of the ones you’ve suggested. I don’t like Twyla where on earth did you find that one!? Winona’s ok but everyone will think of Winona Ryder.

Twyla is a prostitute in Riverdale so it's s no from me

TheCountessofLocksley · Yesterday 16:07

Eloise and Violet are the best from your list, but be prepared for Violet to be mispronounced by the majority of people. Both names are very Bridgerton though….so may become more popular (or you could inspiration from there).

i quite like
Opal
Fern
Sylvie
Birdie
Sorrel
Wren
Beatrix
Enfys
Iris

Kilroywashere · Yesterday 16:08

How about "Avis"? I have 9 women in my family tree called this - around 1700-1850. It means "bird".
It doesn't seem common these days.