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The only ones I like are Leighann and Raeann. I would use the spellings Lee Anne and Rae Anne though. Francisquita might be okay in certain countries but I like Francisca or Francesca better.

I’m born in 05’, and I don’t really view these as “old-timey,” lmao. Old-timey in my mind would be: Gladys, Gertrude, Phyllis, and Bertha. People born in the 80s and 90s aren’t much older than us. At least, where I am…popular “80s and 90s” names were still somewhat in use.

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Anyways, the only name on here I like is Raeann. Everything else, I’m not a fan of at all. Leanne would be nice, but not Leighann.

Mahogany feels like a sibling to Ebony or Ivory.

Wow, as someone born in 1951 it is really jarring to see names taken from a 1980s chart described as "old-timey"!!

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Capitola and Icy would be really "old-timey" in the sense of having been regularly used in the 19th century USA. Leanne is also surprisingly a 19th century name, but the spelling Leighann is very modern.

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Dusti and Mahogany seem just the opposite of "old-timey" to me, names which really would only have been created for girls shortly before the 1980s.

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Francisquita and Vianey would be mostly Hispanic names. I think Vianey is more often spelled Vianney. It comes from the surname of St. John Vianney, a Roman Catholic priest who lived in France between 1786 and 1859, and has been used as a given name by devout Roman Catholics in France as well as in Spanish-speaking countries.

The only one I sort of like is Leigh Ann but prefer Leanne

The only usable ones are Leighann, Mahogany, Raeann and Vianey.

I think they'd have to be older than 30-40ish to count as archaic.

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Capitola - better than Houses of Parilament, but still not remotely good or even human-sounding
Dusti - as in Springfield, but with an i replacing the y for trendiness? Unattractive; good for Cinderella perhaps
Francisquita - mishmash
Icy - what a chilling life sentence
Leighann - actually OK, though I prefer Leigh without the Ann
Mahogany - hard, dense wood used for furniture? And the stressed syllable is Hog. Not a good idea
Pluma - sounds slightly like Luna; plume and plumage are unfortunate associations
Raeann - sounds like an upmarket version of rayon
Vianey - odd attempt to lengthen Annie? Merger between Violet and Annie? Sounds like a placename: Vianey Junction, closed for repairs

I like Dusti & Vianey

There's a street I pass by sometimes called Francisquito which always makes me laugh. Francisquita isn't any better unfortunately.

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I'm surprised to learn Leighann isn't the original spelling, that's how I've always seen it spelled. For once I think the 'leigh' version is more easy on the eyes; Leeann looks like it's glitching lol.

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I don't like a single one of these, except maybe Icy. It's intriguing.