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Lol.

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Gretchen and Greer are GPs. love them.

I really like Peggy for Margaret, I always forget that is an option.

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I like your name as well.

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Elunid is great! I had Melusine on my list for a bit, which is a bit softer but somehow reminds me of this name.

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Everild and Endzela I have never heard of! Great names.

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My daughter is Clarisse... I wanted Clarice, but my husband refused any name with the word "rice" in it. Ha. Clarisse was our compromise, though the spelling made the name soooo much less clunky than I prefer. It fits her though.

Winifred is perfect for the list... I misse dthat. I like your additions. Cornelia will always be a fave, and Gail is a GP for me.

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I know a 1 year old named Oona. It's pretty exciting to see it in use.

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I am also glad to see that so many people like Clotilda, Tilda and Gilda. Gilda is in our top name.

Muriel is so underappreciated, I love it. Doris has such a sweet sound, I am surprised more people haven't picked up on that yet.

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Harriet and Edie would make a great sibset too.

Hilda, Sedna and Cordula are great! Aldith is new to me, but I like it.

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Claudia is one of my GP names. I always think of Babysitters Club though, so I forget about it's clunk.

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Bianca is one of my faves too... it does have a soft vibe to it, but the consonants are so fierce and heavy in the name, that I choose to categorize it with clunk.

I agree with your "fashionable" assessment, but that only makes me glad that clunk is going mainstream.

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Of your list, Priscilla and Carole are huge faves of mine. Marjorie will always eb pretty, and Judith is on my wish list.

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Gillian and Mildred deserve mention too. I think they have a lot of class, but I may be biased as I have really awesome inlaws with these names.

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Ursula is all sorts of awesome.

I like the way you broke that up, though disheartened that Eudora on your "still too clunky" list. I think I am mostly an endearing clunk kind of person... though Nadine and Matilda are Dh's faves... so his style is a bit more like yours.

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Your assessment of Tamsin, Camille and Alma is interesting though.
Tamsin is a bit more mainstream, but the sounds are definately consonant heavy. I find this the trendiest of the list.

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Camille oozes class and sophistication, as evidenced by it's pop culture use for the high class lady. Still, I think teh sound carries a strength that matches much of teh clunkier options.

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Alma is so old-school. I just have no trouble picturing a wheelchaired grandma with hearing aids (usually at a piano, thanks to Sister Act). Hmm, but it might be too smooth to be clunky if I think about it.

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Thanks. Gilda is our top midle name right now - but I just love clunky names for their own personality.

Ooo! I love Inga.

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Hope you are not offended, but I think I will be naming a fish Inga in the near future. I could never justify it's use IRL, but it's such a gem that I want to be able to say it aloud for a good readon.

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All of those you offered are great by the way. I love Gretel and Bridget and Lois is a GP of mine.

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I also predict that Ada will be the next big thing - to offset the Ava and Eva currently on trend.

Ah! Love to see Gilda in use, thanks for that tidbit.

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Your list to add is great. Ermentrud is just so out there that it rockets back to awesome. Geraldine is a family joke (has to do with School House Rock "geraldine played hard to get..." part of the Interjections song).

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Jacobina is interesting, I totally forgot about that. I have also never seen Magda.

They fit perfectly.

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I adore Norbertine. Told another poster I was going to name a new fish Inga... and I might make it two for Inga and Norbertine. Such a great name.

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Martina is on the border for me though - it almost seems too romantic to carry clunk.

Thanks for the response.

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Again, glad to see some love for Gilda out there! (it's our top middle)