English Girl Names by ViVi

Not time yet for Thyme.

Old English name as outmoded as the use of the word maid for a young girl.

A bit too close to "quandary" and "queen".

With a meaning like "elf power," Alfreda could find some appeal among fantasy enthusiasts. "Freda" makes for a pleasant nickname.

Latter-day Ashley that comes in a range of spelling variations. Ansley and Ainsley have both hit the Top 1000 in recent years.

Extremely unusual ella-ending choice.

A rather formal British surname that originated as a place name in the county of Lancashire.

This Victorian pen name is the childish version of the novelist's real name, Louisa, but it has managed to gain a sophisticated image. Ouisa is a similar childhood nickname name.

In the Plymouth Colony of the seventeenth century, Thankful was the third most popular of the abstract word names. It disappeared after 1700 and has virtually no chance of returning.

Hopelessly nerdy.

The great-great-aunt in the purple hat, singing jazz.

Blakesley is the name of a village in England, also sometimes found as a surname along with Blakely and Blakeley, turned into a first name for their daughter by reality stars Trista and Ryan Sutter. Blakesley joins other -ley ending names -- Hadley, Finley -- as one of the most popular forms of unisex names with a girlish spin.

Emily substitute, though it sounds like a child's mispronunciation of "enemy".