'Twas Ever Thus: Edwardian Name List

An intriguing article entitled Fashion and Things Feminine by Miss Ida Meller appeared in the Morpeth Herald on September 12th 1908. 

It begins by discussing the fashion for long coats for autumn -- dark blue, powder blue or raspberry-red with velvet collar and cuffs are recommended -- flannel striped shirts, and the ultimate space saving device in the bedroom: laundry bags!

But then it moves on to listing fashionable names for babies, the extract of which I have listed below.

All the spellings are exactly as they are printed in the original scanned newspaper page (I had to check Imorgen several times).

 

BABY'S NAME    When the moment arrives for deciding on a name for baby, it is not always that a choice of pretty names comes readily to the mind. The following little reference list of a few names for the boys and girls may give acceptable suggestions for christening days.  Girls' Names:– Adela, Adelaide, Adeline, Alexia, Aline, Alison, Alma, Althea, Amabel, Angela, Annette, Antoinette, Audry, Aveline, Avice, Babette, Barbara, Beatrice, Beatrix, Belinda, Bernadine, Bertha, Beryl, Blanche, Brenda, Bridget, Bride, Camilla, Camille, Carlina, Carmela, Catherine, Cecile, Cecilia, Celia, Celine, Clarissa, Charity, Christabel, Christina, Clair (or Clare), Claribel, Clarice, Clarimond, Claudia, Claudine, Clementine, Clothilde, Colinette, Cordelia, Coriana, Cornelia, Cynthia, Deborah, Dinah, Decima, Diana, Delora, Dolores, Dorette, Dorothea, Drusilla, Dulce, Dulcibella, Dulcima, Edna, Eileen (or Aileen), Eirene (or Irene), Elaine, Ellinor, Eleonora, Elfrida, Elizabeth, Elise, Elissa, Ella, Elsa, Elspeth, Emeline, Emelye, Enid, Ernestine, Esmeralda, Estelle, Esther, Ethelwyne, Eugenia, Eunice, Evangeline, Eve, Evaline (or Evelyn), Faith, Franchette, Felicia, Felicity, Fenella, Feodora, Flavia, Florinda, Floredice, Floria, Florise, Florentina, Francelia, Frances, Gabrielle, Genevieve, Gillian, Ginevra, Giralda, Gladys, Gretchen, Griselda, Gwendolen, Gwyneth, Gwynne, Helen, Hero, Hermia, Hermione, Hilda, Hildegarde, Honor, Hope, Hortense, Imorgen, Inez, Iris, Irmentrude, Ivy, Janet, Jean, Joan, Jocelyn, Jessica, Joyce, Judith, Julia, Juliet, Kathleen, Karina, Laura, Laurette, Lavinia, Leila, Lena, Lenora, Leonore, Letitia, Lettice, Lilias, Lilith, Lisbet, Lisette, Lois, Lola, Lucia, Lucille, Lucinda, Lucretia, Lydia, Mabel, Madeline, Magdalen, Maisie, Marcella, Marcia, Margaret, Margherita, Mariana, Maureen, Meta, Meg, Melina, Melissa, Melusine, Mercy, Mildred, Milicent, Minna, Mona, Monica, Muriel, Myra, Myrtle, Nancy, Narisse, Naomi, Nina, Nora, Octavia, Olga, Olive, Olivia, Pamela, Patience, Patricia, Patty, Paula, Paulette, Pauline, Peggy, Penelope, Petronia, Philippa, Phyllis, Pleasance, Portia, Prudence, Rachel, Regina, Rhoda, Rita, Robina, Robinetta, Romola, Rosabel, Rosalie, Rosaline, Rosalynd, Rosana, Rosette, Rosina, Rosemary, Ruby, Ruperta, Ruth, Sabina, Sadie, Salome, Sapphire, Sara, Selina, Serene, Sheelah (or Sheila), Sibyl, Sibila, Sylvia, Sophia, Stella, Suzanne, Suzette, Teresa, Theodora, Trixy, Ulrica, Una, Ursula, Venetia, Vera, Veronica, Victorine, Viola, Violette, Virginia, Virgine, Vivia, Vyvian, Winifred, Wilhemina, Yoldande, Zoe, Zara. Boys' Names:– Alaric, Alban, Aldred, Alfric, Allan, Almeric, Alphonse, Alvan, Alwyn, Ambrose, Andrew, Angus, Anthony, Archibald, Athelstan, Aubrey, Austin, Augustus, Baldwin, Bardolph, Basil, Bernard, Bertram, Brian, Bruno, Caspar, Cedric, Christopher, Clarence, Claud, Claudius, Clement, Constant, Conrad, Cuthbert, Cyril, Damian, Dan, David, Denis, Desmond, Donald, Duncan, Dunstan, Edgar, Egbert, Emanuel, Eric, Esmond, Eugene, Eustace, Evan, Everard, Everemond, Fabian, Felix, Francis, Ferdinand, Gabriel, Gaspar, Gaston, Geoffrey, Gerald, Gerard, Germain, Gideon, Gilbert, Godfrey, Godwin, Gregory, Griffith, Guy, Harold, Hector, Herbert, Hildebert, Hildebrand, Hilary, Horace, Hubert, Humbert, Hugo, Humphrey, Ivan, Jerome, Justin, Kenneth, Lambert, Lancelot, Lawrence, Leopold, Lionel, Lucian, Manfred, Marcus, Mark, Martin, Marmaduke, Maurice, Max, Meredith, Michael, Mervyn, Miles, Morgan, Neil, Nicholas, Nigel, Noel, Norman, Olaf, Oliver, Orlando, Oscar, Osmond, Oswald, Otho, Patrick, Paul, Peter, Philip, Pietro, Ralph, Randal, Randolph, Raphael, Raymond, Reginald, Reuben, Reynard, Richard, Robin, Rodolph, Roderick, Roger, Roland, Rufus, Rupert, Stephen, Sylvester, Silas, Terence, Theobald, Theodore, Timothy, Trystan, Ulric, Urban, Valentine, Vibert, Vincent, Vernon, Victor, Vivian, Waldemar, Wilfred.                              The Morpeth Herald and Reporter                                         12 September 1908

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I wonder if any babies were named from this list? Which ones are your favourite?