What’s your favorite classic girls’ name…and why?

What’s your favorite classic girls’ name…and why?

What’s your favorite classic girls’ name?

And by classic, we mean timeless choices such as Elizabeth, Sarah, and Margaret.

We also mean currently fashionable classics such as Charlotte and Alice.

In fact, when you tell us which classic girls’ name is your favorite, maybe you can also tell us why you consider it a classic.

And of course, we want to know all about why this name is your favorite.

To jog your memory, here are some classic girls’ names that are attracting new attention.

Ada

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Following in the footsteps of Top 5 Ava, Ada jumped more than fifty places. Though it lacks Ava’s obvious glamour-girl pedigree, Ada has a more vintage feel and lots of literary cred. Ada Lovelace was the daughter of Lord Byron and is credited as being the world’s first computer programmer.

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About the Author

Pamela Redmond

Pamela Redmond

Pamela Redmond is the cocreator and CEO of Nameberry and Baby Name DNA. The coauthor of ten groundbreaking books on names, Redmond is an internationally-recognized baby name expert, quoted and published widely in such media outlets as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, CNN, and the BBC. She has written about baby names for The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, and People.

Redmond is also a New York Times bestselling novelist whose books include Younger, the basis for the hit television show, and its sequel, Older. She has three new books in the works.