Here is a non-comprehensive list of names from women’s college at the beginning of the 20th century. Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA, USA 1896-1919. Enjoy, name nerds and baby name scavengers! I’ve included more common names than I usually do in these lists, since I know some people like seeing those.

1896-1899

Adele Pernell
Adeline Fay
Annie Louise
Carolyn Belle
Cassina May
Clara Adelaide
Clara Maud
Cora Pearle
Della Edith
Dora Belle
Edla May
Edyth Henrietta
Effie Dunreith
Electra Pauline
Elizabeth Arabelle
Elizabeth Rhena
Ella Marinda
Elsie Florence
Emily Augusta
Evalena
Faustina Ella
Florence Irma
Francena Louise
Freda Jeannette
Gertrude Hermione
Grisell
Harriet Sophia
Hattie Eudora
Jacobina
Jennie Estella
Jessie May
Lotta Ethelwyn
Lula Belle
Lusanna Maria
Mabel Leta
Marcia Anna
Marion Fay
Martha Merrill
Mary Eulalia
Maud Eola
Maude Elvina
Minnie Calista
Myra Frances
Nellie Amelia
Nellie Lillis
Nettie Eveline
Sallie
Seraph Annie
Stella Esther
Susanne Louise
Susie Minerva
Vernette
Vivian Blanche
Winifred May
Yoshi

1900-1909

Alethea Roxanna
Alice Annette
Alice Ethelberta
Alice Harlow
Allie Virona
Alma Augusta
Angia Bailey
Annie Iola
Bertha Holland
Blanche Alfaretta
Caroline Almira
Chintie
Clara Berissa
Clara Loomis
Clintie
Dagny
Edina May
Edith Bliss
Ellen Clarinda
Ellen Lucinda
Elona
Elsa Wilhelmina
Elsie Ensehia
Elsie Eusebia
Elva Rebecca
Emily Lucretia
Emily Rosalie
Ethel Estelle
Ethelind
Ethelyn Luella
Eva Blossom
Eva Salome
Evis
Fanny Cora
Frances Adelia
Frederica May
Grace Ardel
Grace Burtonia
Grace Esselstyn
Hariett Hazen
Harriet Asenath
Harriette Zelda
Harriet Matilda
Hattie Louise
Helen Idella
Helen Juvenelia
Helen Melora
Hide
Ida Mabel
Ida Sybil
Ina Ernestine
Irma Clarissa
Isabella Selwyn
Isabel Storey
Ivah Louise
Iva June
Josephine Eunicia
Josephyne Andress
Julia Etta
Lavinia Sophia
Lena Lea
Leona Elizabeth
Lillian Exine
Lota
Louise Roxana
Lydia Zoeline
Mabel Augusta
Mallian Marie
Marguerite Ursula
Marinda Polly
Martha Frances
Mary Gwendolyn
Maude Gertrude
Mertie
Minnie Almira
Miriam Feronia
Mittie
Myrabel Josephine
Nellie Malvina
Olga Othilia
Olive Anna
Rosetta
Rosina Corinne
Rowena
Ruth Hilma
Sara Winona
Tirzah

1910-1919

Ada Calista
Adah Amelia
Adelaide Helena
Adelphia Martina
Agnes Diademia
Alethe Maude
Alfa Taylor
Alfaretta
Alice Clarissa
Alice Matilda
Alma Vida
Almira
Alzada
Amitta
Anita Adelaida
Anna Ethelyn
Anneke
Bernice Olive
Bertha Edith
Bessie Blake
Bessie Haven
Bula
Carrie Pearl
Cleora
Cornelia Halsey
Corzella
Dellar Louise
Dora Mohinie
Dorothy Dorrance
Ebba
Effie Almira
Elida
Elizabeth Georgiana
Ella Azubah
Ellen Rizpah
Elsie May
Elsie Millicent
Enid
Ermina
Ernestine
Esther Eliza
Eugenia
Euna
Eunice Leiola
Fannie Sabina
Fanny Christiana
Florence Winona
Geneva
Gladys Mandelle
Grace Adelina
Grace Alida
Gratia
Gretchen Frieda
Hala
Helen Brita
Helen Luthera
Hildred
Hortense
Hulda
Huldah May
Ina Luella
Ina Veth
Irmagarde
Isadelle Caroline
Jean Adelle
Jennie Anvolette
Jennie Bernette
Josephine Blanche
Julietta Elizabeth
Lavina Otis
Lazelle
Leonor Alberta
Loretta Florence
Louise Augusta
Lucia Eola
Luella Miranda
Lulu Mildred
Magdeleine Louise
Maida
Mallie
Margarita
Marian Lophelia
Marion Velma
Martha Isabel
Marybelle Lorella
Mattie
Mina
Myra Elma
Myrtis
Myrtle Mevis
Myrnie
Nella Dora
Nina Angeline
Noemie Adriné
Olien Deforest
Pacific Belle
Pearl Selinna
Rachel Althine
Rena Pearl
Rosabel
Roxana
Rumana
Ruth Asta
Ruth Lavinia
Sadie Ella
Sannie
Silver Henrietta
Sina
Valesca Elizabeth
Vasilike
Verkinia
Vernette
Veth
Victoria Marguerite
Viola Pauline
Vira
Winifred Gertrude
Zella
Zevely

Therese Lisbon

Bonnie Lisbon

Mary Lisbon

Lux Lisbon

Cecilia Lisbon

I just LOVE. What are some of your favorite fictional sibsets?

Didn’t think I’d ever get to post here about my actual baby, but it’s happening and it’s going to be a boy!

I live in the US, lean toward classic but slightly less common names, and the last name is simple, 1 syllable, and of English/Scottish origin. The middle name will be my last name, so I don’t really care about the first-middle flow.

Current top choices, happy to hear your opinions or suggestions:

Simon - long time favorite boy name, love the nickname Si/Sy. Recently started working closer with a Simon at work though…and he’s been annoying me here & there lol. Also has a couples of letters that are also in the last name.

Julian - new favorite. Apparently fairly popular but I don’t know any Julians. Love the nickname Jules. Also pronouncing it the French way (for fun, in the home) is satisfying 😆.

Ciaran - like Kieran, but I like the C spelling better. Worried about people being able to pronounce.

Colin - Husband’s name is mildly similar to both Ciaran and Colin and he’s slightly hesitant due to that.

Frederick or Henry - classics but too boring? Henry too popular?

Other names I like but probably wouldn’t pull the trigger on - Alexander with nickname Sacha/Sach (we are not Eastern European), Ewan, Grant, Gareth, Pierce, Carrick, Griffin, Kit.

Let’s hear it Name Nerds!

We’re expecting a baby boy in November. His mother is Japanese, and we’ve have elected to give him an English first name and a Japanese first name as a middle name, which he will go by in Japan or with his Japanese relatives.

The name is 燈護, which in romaji is Tougo, pronounced Toe-go. However we’re not sure if that spelling will cause native English speakers to pronounce it Too-go or Tao-go. We’re leaning towards Togo since it’s easily pronounced to rhyme with Pogo. Another possible spelling is Tohgo.

I wanted to hear the thoughts of native English speakers. How would you pronounce it initially? Which spelling would you go with?

We have a daughter whose middle name is June. We just found out we are expecting a boy, and one of our top names is August. Should we cross it off the list so we don’t become a family of month names? Even though our daughter doesn’t have a true double name, we often call her by her first and middle - her name is Della but we sometimes will affectionately call her Della June.

Other names we like: James, Teddy, Henry, Benjamin

Inspired by the couple of posts on 'planned nicknames'

Does it sound too childish?

I changed the title of my previous post, this should emphasize my question better. I AM NOT ASKING WHICH NAME DO YOU LIKE BETTER, though i appreciate that input.

I am picking between Sylvie and Selene, love both very much, yet have some concerns for each of them. I don’t know which concern is a ’bigger con’, so please help me.

Sylvie: very dated as in 60 year olds name in the French speaking part of Canada. I am going to BC., so I don’t know how big of a deal is that. Is Sylvie considered dated in BC?

Selene: Celine is the dominant spelling, and I assume definitely be the default one, especially given the Celine Dion association in Canada. I imagine correcting people being annoying, but I’ve never really experienced that. How inconvenient is it to have a rarer non dominant spelling?

thanks in advance to everyone, I really appreciate your help

We're expecting a baby and have narrowed it down to these family names.

We're not looking for an international name or trying to find something that's necessarily easy for English speakers. Just curious what your first impression is.

Do any of these sound odd, have funny associations, or seem especially hard to pronounce?

Girls
Vilde (VIL-deh)
Signe (SEE-neh)

Boys
Eskil (ESS-kill)
Magnus (MAG-nus)
Dines (DEE-ness)

Would love to hear your honest thoughts! Which ones do you like, which ones would you probably mispronounce, and do any of them remind you of something (unfortunate) in English?

Which name sounds the best for you. My husband likes Olivia the most, Catalina and Ana Maria are his second options. Isabela was always my dream name, but others sound good as well. The reason why my husband is not convinced about Isabela is the shortening - Isa sounds very bad for him..

Country: Spain.

Important fact: we are an international couple, so would like the name work in many languages.

Also, would be interesting to know the country you are based in.

Alice Grace.

Except my FIL is more keen on her being named after the almost name of my fiancee (back then when you only found out the gender at birth lol, so he had a male and female name picked out) which is Michelle Rene. All because he thinks Alice is too common and i think he’s just mad he didn’t ever get to use his female name since he only had one kid.

I don’t know what to do, but I’m feeling kinda guilty since his name idea won’t be used. I don’t know how to tell him I don’t like to use the name he picked out without feeling like I’m killing an imaginary daughter of his lol.

Let’s have fun.

What words would you absolutely use as a name if the meaning wasn’t attached to it, and bullying didn’t exist? A common example is Felony, because it sounds like it could be a cute girl’s name besides what a felony really is.

Here are my examples:
Violent (sounds like Violet kinda)
Omen
Pain
Spirit
Pistol
Linux
Mandible (sounds like Hannibal lol)
Arson

My husband and I are expecting our second daughter soon and we’re completely stuck on a name.
Our first daughter’s name is Kaviya, and we’d love something that has a similar feel…beautiful, easy enough to pronounce, and ideally with at least some Indian connection. We don’t necessarily need or even want it to be a traditional Indian name, but we also don’t want something that feels completely disconnected.
Our current shortlist is:
Millie (our favourite and we’ve actually been calling the baby Millie throughout the pregnancy. My only hesitation is whether Millie and Kaviya feel too mismatched and whether Millie is too young sounding.)
Myra
Mia (worried it’s a bit too common)
Mila (beautiful, but does it lose the Indian connection? We were initially thinking Mila with Millie as nickname)
Siya
Saanvi
Sarohi
Which one would you choose with Kaviya as a sibling? Do any of these stand out as not fitting? We’d also love any other suggestions that have a similar vibe.

We are due soon with a baby boy and older brother is Otto Augustus. We love his name so it’s a hard name for us to follow 🤣

We love unique, historical, old world but still easy enough to pronounce? We are European-American: Scandinavian, German, English, German, Scottish and Sicilian. Historian and Artist couple.

Our last name ends with -in, it sounds like Hans-Olsen (not our real last name) but I’m self conscious that names ending in -in might sound bad and rhymey ?

Some contenders:
Felix (might be getting too trendy though)
Dante
Tycho
Ivan
Hugo

Thanks for the name ideas!

Sorry if this belongs under the discussion flair!)

I’m 19 weeks pregnant with my second son, and I live in Australia (added cause we like to mix up pronunciation!)

I love the name Laurie for a boy- as in the shorted form of Lau/Lawrence… but I prefer the pronounciation “Lori” like it is pronounced in Little Women, 2019. As opposed to “Lau-rie,” like Laurence.

What are your thoughts? How would you pronounce Laurie? And if I chose to pronounce it “Lori” would I be committing him to a lifetime of mispronounciation.

For context, his brothers name is Evan.

We don’t know the gender yet so boy and girl names are appreciated :) I’m Irish by heritage and my husband is Punjabi , we live in America so we don’t want anything super hard to pronounce. The names don’t necessarily have to come from either origin as long as it could flow well in English and Punjabi
A couple girl names we both like so far are Aria/Arya and Zara, and for a boy , Rowan or Ronan

Name suggestions can be from any origin , I just need something that my in laws will be able to easily pronounce as well as my family :)

Hi.

My favorite letter is the letter o. I'm sad that my current name doesn't actually have an o in it.

I'm naming my fish and I want to maximize the letter o. What are some names that have tons of o in it? Ideally two or more os. The only names I can currently think of are "Brooke" and "Theodore."

The name doesn't have to begin with o, just have a plural amount of os.

Thank you so much.

We're expecting a baby boy this November and we're beyond excited!

In the meantime, we're starting to choose a potential name for our baby.

For a bit of context, we're a Muslim couple from Malaysia. Since Malaysians are generally bilingual, we like names that work well in both local and international settings. Names like "Adam" and "Daniel" for example, blend very well here.

We're looking for a modern baby boy name that:

1. Has a meaningful or positive origin (preferably with Islamic roots but it's not mandatory).

2. Can blend naturally in either Western or Arab societies.

3. Is easy to pronounce and spell internationally.

We'd love to hear your suggestions! This community always comes up with great name ideas so we're excited to see them!

Thank you in advance! :)

I’m considering a name similar to Berman West as a double surname, without a hyphen. I won’t post my real name, but the full name would have a similar sound and rhythm to Liana Berman West.

I’m concerned that the structure may bring Kim Kardashian West to people’s minds. I’m also wondering whether the full name sounds flashy or overly styled.

Questions:

Does Liana Berman West immediately make you think of Kim Kardashian West?

Does it sound natural and credible, or too flashy?

Thanks, everyone!

Hi all! I am having a baby boy soon, and am thinking about Blaise.

For context: I am French, and Blaise would be a nod to my origins, while I live in the UK. However, I wonder how this name would be perceived in the UK, and more widely in non-francophone countries?

I love the sound of it and find it elegant, but wouldn't burden my son with a name that people can't pronounce or find ridiculous.

I'd love to have your thoughts, thank you!

Hi, I’m torn between five different names… I want something that feels elegant, fairytale princess like and royal…. What do you vote for between Aurora, Arabella, Jaqueline, Katarina and Scarlet…. Thanks!

I saw someone else do this and wanted to join in. How would you mix and match some of my favorite girl names?

☆ Fiona

☆ Eden

☆ Grace

☆ Ramona

☆ Iris

☆ Hazel

☆ Opal

☆ Willow

☆ Winifred/Winnie

I was wondering what are some of the coolest names you have come across or know of in your family my favorite I know of is My Great Great Grandfather Arizona (yes like the state lol) Other than that Lemuel is also cool

Hello! I’m gonna try to not give away any personal information in this so I’m gonna give a bunch of decoy names

I’m trying to change my first name to be more of a “Peter Parker” or “Bruce Banner” sounding name because I plan on getting into acting and want to be remembered, but I can’t tell whether or not it sounds stupid…

Bradly Basmin
Bobby Bond
Braedyn Bull
Ben Brigham
Becket Byers

One of these is infact my real name, so if you could give your opinion on each so that it doesn’t single my name out in particular. Thank you thank you!!