Unlike say the Emmas, Olivias, Ediths, etc.
Beulah comes to mind.
In Spanish is the ones with religious connotations like Consuelo, Esperanza, etc.
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Unlike say the Emmas, Olivias, Ediths, etc.
Beulah comes to mind.
In Spanish is the ones with religious connotations like Consuelo, Esperanza, etc.
by Anonymous | reply 190 | November 30, 2019 2:42 AM |
I had great aunts named Myrtle, Agnes, and Gladys. I don't see any of those coming back.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 20, 2019 7:29 AM |
My friend has 3 daughters called Edith, Hazel, and Pearl. They're all under 12. They sound like a bunch of old ladies!
by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 20, 2019 7:30 AM |
I love the name Agnes. But Ruth, for example, is an old lady's name. Also Montgomery. Ain't nobody calling their child that.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 20, 2019 7:32 AM |
Thelma, Agatha, Gertrude
by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 20, 2019 8:44 AM |
Mabel.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 20, 2019 8:47 AM |
Florence
by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 20, 2019 10:22 AM |
Ebenezer, Ichabod, Ezekiel
by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 20, 2019 10:33 AM |
I'm a hick homosexual and still I've never known nor heard of an Ennis or Alma or Lureen in real-life.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 23, 2019 10:01 PM |
Mildred
by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 23, 2019 10:03 PM |
My niece named her twin girls Nora Belle and Naomi Lynne.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 23, 2019 10:04 PM |
[quote]Lureen
I’ve never heard of a Lureen outside of The Far Side.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 23, 2019 10:33 PM |
Bertha
by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 23, 2019 10:33 PM |
I think Mabel is back. Tracy Ullman named her daughter Mabel.
Is Edith really back, OP?
by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 23, 2019 10:37 PM |
Oh I missed your post R2 - I'm more surprised by Edith than Mabel. Evelyn surprised me a little.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 23, 2019 10:39 PM |
My grandparents were Elmer, Ethel, Eugene and Evelyn. Of those names, only Evelyn seems to be in use today.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | November 23, 2019 10:48 PM |
Agnes will make a comeback.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | November 23, 2019 10:49 PM |
Bertha
by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 23, 2019 10:50 PM |
Agnes will become more popular. Hazel has also seen a resurgence as I see at my kid’s elementary school. They also have two Walters and a Eugene, though Eugene is Asian.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | November 23, 2019 10:52 PM |
All of my great-grandparent names are back in style. Sam, Mattie, Charlotte, and Daniel.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | November 23, 2019 10:53 PM |
Sorry, missed the earlier "Bertha" poster. Winifred, Mavis, Marlys.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 23, 2019 10:53 PM |
Kermit and Argyle have yet to see the light of day again. Gertrude for girls will probably be lost in history.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | November 23, 2019 10:54 PM |
Deneen
by Anonymous | reply 22 | November 23, 2019 10:55 PM |
When was Argyle ever used for anything but socks?
by Anonymous | reply 23 | November 23, 2019 10:55 PM |
Hortense. Ida. Gertrude. Emil. Mavis. Eileen. Irene. Ralph. Clemence. Harold. Mae.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | November 23, 2019 11:09 PM |
My mother and my aunt were born in 1917 and 1919, respectively. One was named Olive and the other Ruby. Growing up I remember them both laughing about having clunky, old-fashioned names.
And now those names are totally up to the minute. They would share a good laugh over that.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | November 23, 2019 11:18 PM |
Emory, which I like.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | November 23, 2019 11:22 PM |
Margaret
Lucille
Dorothy
Thelma
by Anonymous | reply 27 | November 23, 2019 11:24 PM |
Millicent
Horatio
by Anonymous | reply 28 | November 23, 2019 11:25 PM |
My grandmother's name was Ruby Nadine. She went by her middle name which she considered more sophisticated.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | November 23, 2019 11:28 PM |
Dorothy absolutely owyns this thread, as it was a very popular name a century or so ago.
But more mid-century, I'm surprised that names like Jane, Joan, and Patricia have rather faded, they were so popular between the 1940s-1960s. Karen has also faded, in the 1950s-1960s quite popular. For boys, mid-century stalwarts like Brian and Stewart, Alan, and Jeffrey seem to have faded.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | November 23, 2019 11:31 PM |
Linda and Barbara are today's old lady names.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | November 23, 2019 11:35 PM |
R31 - Yes, agree - Donna, as well, was popular in the 1950s, but all those Barbaras, Lindas, Karens, Janes, Joans, Patricias . . . now old lady names. Frances was also popular in the 1940s - now gone.
And some of the Catholic schoolgirl names have gone, too: Camille, Kathleen, Mary, Anne, Rosalie . . . how many of those do you see about?
by Anonymous | reply 32 | November 23, 2019 11:48 PM |
Agnes sounds like shiny white orthopedic shoes. No way is that making a comeback.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | November 23, 2019 11:51 PM |
Esther
by Anonymous | reply 35 | November 24, 2019 12:01 AM |
Edna
Asa
Harriet
Fern
Mathias
by Anonymous | reply 37 | November 24, 2019 12:09 AM |
My Grandmas were Lydia, and Flossie. I don't see those coming back. I also had an aunt Fern...
by Anonymous | reply 38 | November 24, 2019 12:10 AM |
Biblical names, such as Mehitable, and Azariah.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | November 24, 2019 12:10 AM |
Orson
Myrtle
Maude
Pauline
Milton
Grover
Mamie
by Anonymous | reply 40 | November 24, 2019 3:50 AM |
[quote] Also Montgomery. Ain't nobody calling their child that.
I can see some deluded trendy mom thinking it would make a good name for a girl. "It's the new Madysyn!"
by Anonymous | reply 41 | November 24, 2019 4:05 AM |
[quote]Mamie
I beg your pardon?
by Anonymous | reply 42 | November 24, 2019 4:05 AM |
Phyllis
Ethel
Cyril
Myrna
Cecil
by Anonymous | reply 43 | November 24, 2019 4:08 AM |
Mayor Pete's full name is: Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg
by Anonymous | reply 44 | November 24, 2019 4:46 AM |
Charity, Verity, Faith, Hope, Constance ...
by Anonymous | reply 45 | November 24, 2019 5:21 AM |
Arthur
Clarence
Raymond
Lloyd
Lawrence
by Anonymous | reply 46 | November 24, 2019 5:25 AM |
Heather, Fern, Iris, Ivy, Petunia, Hyacinth, Flora - but Rose and Poppy are still in use?
by Anonymous | reply 47 | November 24, 2019 5:26 AM |
Martha
Elisha
Fay
by Anonymous | reply 48 | November 24, 2019 5:27 AM |
Martha...horrible name.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | November 24, 2019 5:30 AM |
Herbert
Walter
Edmund
George
Porter
Arthur
by Anonymous | reply 50 | November 24, 2019 5:32 AM |
Gladys
Phyllis
Mavis
by Anonymous | reply 51 | November 24, 2019 5:34 AM |
r50, George and Arthur are rea,ly big lately. Priun bce George made that name, in particular, super on-trend.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | November 24, 2019 5:34 AM |
Maude is in style again
by Anonymous | reply 53 | November 24, 2019 5:35 AM |
Go to bed r52, you’re drunk.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | November 24, 2019 5:35 AM |
Also r52, neither name is in even the top 100 names.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | November 24, 2019 5:40 AM |
The names from the Silent Generation are the most out of fashion now; but they will almost certainly be the big hip names in ten years:
Linda
Patricia
Barbara
Deborah
Dawn
Nancy
Sharon
Gary
Steven
Mark
Richard
Curtis
Carl
Lance
Larry
by Anonymous | reply 56 | November 24, 2019 5:40 AM |
* Sorry, that should read:
"[R50], George and Arthur are really big lately. Prince George made that name, in particular, super on-trend."
by Anonymous | reply 57 | November 24, 2019 5:41 AM |
My grandmothers’ names were Faye and Flossie.
My grandfathers’ Virgil and Walter.
I can see Faye coming back.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | November 24, 2019 5:48 AM |
Doreen
Olive
Harvey
Lester, Chester, Sylvester
by Anonymous | reply 59 | November 24, 2019 5:49 AM |
Olive is hip again, r59.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | November 24, 2019 5:59 AM |
So is wearing hair rollers in public, or so I’ve been told.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | November 24, 2019 6:03 AM |
Elsie
by Anonymous | reply 62 | November 24, 2019 6:12 AM |
Marcia
Joyce
Millicent
LaVerne
Loretta
by Anonymous | reply 63 | November 24, 2019 6:14 AM |
R25/R29 My friend named her daughter, Ruby.... She was just born a year ago. It's gaining in popularity with Brits. They're Irish, and it's a name of a relative.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | November 24, 2019 6:20 AM |
Jamima spelled with a G.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | November 24, 2019 6:34 AM |
Enema.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | November 24, 2019 7:09 AM |
I've met a lot of young East Asians, particularly those of Chinese origin from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore or Malaysia, who were given or chose very old-fashioned names for their English name.
I have known or worked with young East Asians called Gladys, Edith, Agnes, Clarence, Terence, Hope, Ivy, Beatrice and many other such names.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | November 24, 2019 7:26 AM |
R56, those are Boomer names, not Silent Generation.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | November 24, 2019 8:20 AM |
Louise and Doris.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | November 24, 2019 8:27 AM |
Some names are just too ugly to ever come back - Gertrude, Hilda, Mildred, Edna, Ethel, Mavis, Ruth, Hortense, Wilma.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | November 24, 2019 8:33 AM |
I've always liked Ruth.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | November 24, 2019 8:35 AM |
Muriel
by Anonymous | reply 72 | November 24, 2019 8:50 AM |
R40 - I'm surprised Maud hasn't made a comeback, at least in Britain. It featured in the royal family and Lord Frederick Windsor names his daughter Maud.
In America, of course, there would be feeling against it because of the television show.
I rather like it without the final "e".
Has anyone an idea of whether "Diana" has remained popular? One would think . . .
by Anonymous | reply 73 | November 24, 2019 12:14 PM |
R44, his parents named Pete Buttigieg after a candy company? That's very strange.
And you don't really see many Ethelreds these days. Haven't for some time now.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | November 24, 2019 12:41 PM |
[quote]Mayor Pete's full name is: Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg
They should have stopped at "Montgomery."
by Anonymous | reply 75 | November 24, 2019 12:44 PM |
Many years ago, I knew of two baby girls who were Imogene and Estelle. At the time I thought they were ridiculous granny names, but on the right girl, they could be fetching. Their last name was pretty doomed, though.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | November 24, 2019 12:51 PM |
Methuselah hasn’t made a comeback
by Anonymous | reply 77 | November 24, 2019 1:24 PM |
“Mayor Pete's full name is: Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg“
You just know Trump will ask: Who is this Peter Paul and Mary!? ...and then say The Answer Is BLOWING In The Wind.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | November 24, 2019 1:28 PM |
r59, Drew Barrymore named her daughter Olive
by Anonymous | reply 79 | November 24, 2019 5:18 PM |
Mitzi...Fritzi...
by Anonymous | reply 80 | November 24, 2019 5:21 PM |
Bootsy R55 I know of 3 Maudes (my sisters neighbors toddler daughter, my friends daughter and my coworkers niece) although one of them is spelled Maud. Also Judd apatows daughter is named Maude.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | November 24, 2019 5:24 PM |
Maeve
by Anonymous | reply 82 | November 24, 2019 5:29 PM |
Sasha Baron Cohen and his wife also named their daughter Olive
by Anonymous | reply 83 | November 24, 2019 5:29 PM |
I know 2 millennial Maeves and a friends daughter is also named Maeve
by Anonymous | reply 85 | November 24, 2019 5:32 PM |
[quote]Drew Barrymore named her daughter Olive
I think that had something to do with her holiday movie and book "Olive, the Other Reindeer."
Marie Osmond's first name is actually Olive.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | November 24, 2019 5:38 PM |
[quote]I've met a lot of young East Asians, particularly those of Chinese origin from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore or Malaysia, who were given or chose very old-fashioned names for their English name.
True. I know an Asian couple who chose the names Fred and Grace. And Winnie is also popular with Chinese women. (I know of three.)
by Anonymous | reply 87 | November 24, 2019 5:39 PM |
Well, ain't you just the Maeve maven, r85!
by Anonymous | reply 88 | November 24, 2019 5:51 PM |
r8 in my crappy city (in Fl) we have a Lureern. She has a store front diner. You can just imagine the right wi ng trumpers it attracts...
by Anonymous | reply 89 | November 24, 2019 6:14 PM |
I still can't get over that "Matilda" has been popular among well-to-do millennials.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | November 24, 2019 6:31 PM |
Did anyone mention Lorraine?
by Anonymous | reply 91 | November 24, 2019 6:40 PM |
Sybill
Bertha
Blanche
by Anonymous | reply 92 | November 24, 2019 7:13 PM |
r90 ..who would do that to a child? ick
by Anonymous | reply 93 | November 24, 2019 7:14 PM |
Lois
Pearl
June
Bernice
Hortense
by Anonymous | reply 94 | November 24, 2019 7:22 PM |
Nelda Fanny Millicent Beatrice
by Anonymous | reply 95 | November 24, 2019 7:32 PM |
My niece, who’s a year old, is named June - it’s a family name
by Anonymous | reply 96 | November 25, 2019 12:48 AM |
Joan, Helen, Sydney (for boys), Lionel
by Anonymous | reply 97 | November 25, 2019 1:21 AM |
Matilda and Tallulah are now upper-middle and upper-class names in England.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | November 25, 2019 4:09 AM |
Hephzibah
by Anonymous | reply 99 | November 25, 2019 6:50 AM |
Harry
Audrey
Hermione
by Anonymous | reply 100 | November 25, 2019 8:41 AM |
Phyliss
Heddy, Hedda
Henrietta
Ernestine
Lisle, Lyle
Everett
Vance
Vaughn
Blaine
Clark
Dagmar, Edmar
Eunice, Enice
Willa
Bernice, Bernie
Josephine
Antonia
Darcy
Marcy, Marcie
Masie, Masey
Mindy
Seymour
Oscar
Alvin
Alastair, Allister
Alfred
Adeline
Cuthbert
Canute
Stacy
Anne-Marie
Mary-Beth, Marybeth
Meredith
Roger
Lionel
Algernon, Alge
Victor
Desmond
Basil
Barnaby
Clifford
Cyril
Horace
Leopold
Melvin
Norman
Roland
Rudolph
Willbert
Priscilla
Roderick
Winston
Maurice, Morris
by Anonymous | reply 101 | November 25, 2019 10:02 AM |
Muriel
by Anonymous | reply 102 | November 25, 2019 10:10 AM |
Mirriam
by Anonymous | reply 103 | November 25, 2019 10:12 AM |
Arthur
by Anonymous | reply 104 | November 25, 2019 10:14 AM |
Lorna
Leona
Leonora
Elsa, Elsie, Elsey
Ephraim
Effie, Efret
Isadora
by Anonymous | reply 105 | November 25, 2019 10:22 AM |
Elisha, Alicia
by Anonymous | reply 106 | November 25, 2019 10:26 AM |
Elsa is back thanks to Frozen.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | November 25, 2019 10:31 AM |
Prudence, Prue, Prunella
by Anonymous | reply 108 | November 25, 2019 10:32 AM |
R107 Interesting... none in my circles or back home. I once knew a young Japanese lady called Elsa at University. I've yet to meet another. How many years ago has it been since 'Frozen' made its Disney debut?
by Anonymous | reply 109 | November 25, 2019 10:37 AM |
There sure are a ton of names to choose from, aren’t there? Geez. Eventually Taylor, Kayla etc will be old lady names.
R56 reads like my elementary school class roster.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | November 25, 2019 10:43 AM |
Too many Hazels already!
My Mexican-American Elementary students have some of the coolest retro names:
Tiburcio, Adleme, Dulce, Jimena, Arlett, Rigoberto
by Anonymous | reply 111 | November 25, 2019 10:52 AM |
R56, I already have several elementary students with the names:
Nancy
Patricia
Larry
by Anonymous | reply 112 | November 25, 2019 10:54 AM |
R112 A Nancy? I’m impressed. Waiting for a Lisa, Debbie or Kathy.
Very tired of all the Bens, Sams and Joshes. Jason seems finally to be over.
Linda is literally beautiful, I don’t know why it hasn’t come back.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | November 25, 2019 10:59 AM |
Fanny
by Anonymous | reply 114 | November 25, 2019 11:05 AM |
R113 I sure hope you're correct regarding Jason. They're bloody everywhere! I've had a silly friend name his dog Jaysen, and have a young late twenties neighbour named Jay, who "creatively" named his son Jayson. I shall tell him he's late to the party, and no longer on trend!
by Anonymous | reply 115 | November 25, 2019 11:06 AM |
I could see Gertrude making a comeback as Trudy.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | November 25, 2019 11:08 AM |
I'd rather meet ten new Jasons than one more person who says "on trend."
by Anonymous | reply 117 | November 25, 2019 11:08 AM |
Funny R116 I have a neighbour Gertie, Chinese from HK. All her siblings have these rather old-fashioned names. Gertie or Trudy certainly is better than Gertrude. I have one way back in my mum's line... German Jews.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | November 25, 2019 11:12 AM |
I have a Jasen student.
I have THREE Jaxons- I thought that name finally died!
R17, I’ll see your “on trend” and raise it with a “start a conversation.”
by Anonymous | reply 119 | November 25, 2019 11:20 AM |
r119, assuming you meant r117, I'll continue the conversation with a WW.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | November 25, 2019 11:23 AM |
Ignatz Though it still exists in Italy.
Leopold
by Anonymous | reply 121 | November 25, 2019 11:24 AM |
I have two boy students with the name Imanol. I love that name!
by Anonymous | reply 122 | November 25, 2019 11:31 AM |
R122 "Imanol" sounds like something that came out of an electronic syllabicator, such as they use to invent new Rx drug and automobile names.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | November 25, 2019 11:35 AM |
Adolf
by Anonymous | reply 124 | November 25, 2019 3:12 PM |
Madonna, but the campaign continues.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | November 25, 2019 5:03 PM |
"Adbiel" is another favorite.
The Mexican kids have such cooler names than Brendan, Olivia, HAZEL, Kaydence, Tanner, Weston, Jaxon, Isabella/"IZZY"!!!
by Anonymous | reply 126 | November 25, 2019 5:12 PM |
I also have two boy students with the name of Iker this year.
Once pronounces it correctly as EE-Ker.
The other says it as EYE-Ker.
However, a lot of the Mexican-American parents have stopped using traditional Mexican names and are now naming their kids Isaac, Eleanor, Jeremiah, Joshua, Prince, Jennifer, and a few Kenzies. And these are parents who speak barely a word of English.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | November 25, 2019 5:16 PM |
Amelia, Emmaline, George, Veronica
by Anonymous | reply 128 | November 25, 2019 5:19 PM |
Amelia, Emmaline and Veronica are all current popular names in the Kindergarten through 3rd Grade set.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | November 25, 2019 5:27 PM |
Maryann
Joan
Brenda
Monica
Arlene
Lori
Laura
Roseanne
Sally
Pauline
by Anonymous | reply 131 | November 25, 2019 5:31 PM |
Phyllis, Margaret/Peggy, Susan, Suzanne, Judy, Jody, Herbert
by Anonymous | reply 132 | November 25, 2019 5:35 PM |
Amelia is a shitty name. Don't even name a cat Amelia. Ugh.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | November 25, 2019 5:38 PM |
Aloysius.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | November 25, 2019 5:43 PM |
Herbert and Hubert
by Anonymous | reply 135 | November 25, 2019 5:48 PM |
Mary Pat
Mary Louise
Patricia
Bruce
Wayne
Melvin
Alan/Allen
Paula
Karen
Roger
Beverly
Marion
by Anonymous | reply 136 | November 25, 2019 5:49 PM |
Temperance
by Anonymous | reply 137 | November 25, 2019 5:53 PM |
Louise
Bertha
Ebenezer
by Anonymous | reply 138 | November 25, 2019 6:01 PM |
Enoch, Herbert, and Eustace. Gertrude, Muriel, and Dorthy for girls.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | November 25, 2019 6:24 PM |
When I brvsne a nurse in the 1980s Lillian was the most popular old lady name. I think we had 6 Lillian Cohens in the hospital at one time.
1950s & 1960s popular names are not coming back.
Deborah/Debra
Maureen
Kathy
Patty
Cindy/Cynthia
Elaine
Sandy/Sandra
Paula
Jean
Joanne
Joan
Janine
Lisa
by Anonymous | reply 140 | November 25, 2019 6:55 PM |
Theresa/Therese
by Anonymous | reply 141 | November 25, 2019 6:55 PM |
Mary/Marie/Maria
by Anonymous | reply 142 | November 25, 2019 6:57 PM |
Linda
Lorene
Janet
Rhonda
Barbara
Denise
Faye
Clara
Gina
Regina
Ramona
Wanda
Nancy
Gail
Laurie
by Anonymous | reply 143 | November 25, 2019 7:01 PM |
Florence
Diane
Dale
Anne
Cora
Mona
by Anonymous | reply 144 | November 25, 2019 7:05 PM |
Gaylord and Gaynor
by Anonymous | reply 145 | November 25, 2019 7:06 PM |
Virginia/Ginny
Freda
Frances/Franny
Carla/Karla
Joy
Josephine
Jackie
by Anonymous | reply 146 | November 25, 2019 7:08 PM |
Prudence.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | November 25, 2019 7:14 PM |
Roberta
Vincent
Alicia
Felicia
Fern
Iris
Doreen
Geraldine
Hope
Honorè
Betsy
Pam
Jan
Louise
Claudia/Claudette
by Anonymous | reply 148 | November 25, 2019 7:33 PM |
Eunice
Wayne
Ernest
by Anonymous | reply 149 | November 25, 2019 7:41 PM |
Rosalee
Mindy
Nadine
Susan
Suzanne
Bonnie
Darlene
Sheila
Darla
Georgina
June
Veronica
Vera
Mary Lou
Marilyn
Noreen
by Anonymous | reply 150 | November 25, 2019 7:41 PM |
Aileen
Eileen
Irene
by Anonymous | reply 151 | November 25, 2019 7:44 PM |
Farina
Alfalfa
Stymie
Spanky
Butch
Chubby
Darla
Brisbane
by Anonymous | reply 152 | November 25, 2019 7:45 PM |
Ethel
Carol
Marcia/Marsha
Shirley
by Anonymous | reply 153 | November 25, 2019 7:52 PM |
Jesus
by Anonymous | reply 154 | November 25, 2019 7:57 PM |
Darkene.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | November 25, 2019 11:01 PM |
Shirley is a good one
by Anonymous | reply 156 | November 25, 2019 11:11 PM |
Shirley is.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | November 25, 2019 11:32 PM |
There are plenty of Dagmars in Denmark. Prince Oscar is the name of Crown Princess Victoria's (Sweden) son. The elder daughter, the heir, of King Felipe of Spain is named Leonor.
You have to take different national cultures into consideration.
Meanwhile, amongst the "flower" names, some have survived and some have not. Rose has gone out of fashion, except amongst aristocrats, but Violet has become very chic, and so has Flora.
In the flower vein, Winston Churchill had a daughter named Marigold, who died when she was three (he and Clemmie were devastated).
I'd have said Marigold was a damned silly name, but somehow, when you pair it with "Churchill", it takes on quite another aspect.
Leslie has also gone out (it was a boy's name in the UK).
Arthur has survived, while Roger has not .
Pansy, once familiar in Britian, but not in America, is now gone.
by Anonymous | reply 158 | November 26, 2019 12:55 AM |
Don’t call me Shirley! Or Betty. Or Helen.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | November 26, 2019 1:08 AM |
If I had a kid, I’d give it one of those Susie or Bobby names, as a Midcentury Modern statement.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | November 26, 2019 3:55 PM |
Every Italian American NY family with 2 daughters is required to name them Sofia & Marissa
by Anonymous | reply 161 | November 28, 2019 7:24 PM |
Gwyneth. Who’d have thought a “Gwyneth” would ever be a current movie star?
by Anonymous | reply 162 | November 28, 2019 7:51 PM |
How did a Vanderbilt end up with the a first name like CONSUELO?
by Anonymous | reply 163 | November 28, 2019 7:53 PM |
Evelyn
by Anonymous | reply 164 | November 28, 2019 8:00 PM |
Linda, Maryann, and Donna own this thread.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | November 28, 2019 9:02 PM |
My mother was an Agenes--she hated the name. I don't think it's coming back.
A lot of boomer names are classics: Kathleen/Katherine, Linda, Patricia, Mary, Laura, Micheal, jeffrey, Richard, etc. They'll eventually come back
Ruth, Esther and some of the other old lady names came out of an era where the Old Testament served as inspiration even for WASPs. I don't think that's going to happen again any time soon. The pole dance/hooker names (Tiffany and the like) also seem unlikely to come back and I'd imagine that the Skylers and names that became androgynous for no particular reason (Cameron, Madison, etc.) will probably die off much like Dana, Evelyn, and beverly.
by Anonymous | reply 166 | November 28, 2019 10:44 PM |
Hortense.
by Anonymous | reply 167 | November 29, 2019 12:17 AM |
I can’t decide which name is uglier - Enid or Edith.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | November 29, 2019 1:36 AM |
Harold
Sylvester, Sylvestri
Magdalena
Cornelius
Howard
Abner
Egor, Igor
Gregor
Stanislas, Stanley
Woodrow
Barney
Clayton
Persephone
Petrea, Petra, Petroula
R158 I WAS taking other cultures into my consideration, as my ex is Danish. His mum is a Dagmar, brother Edmar. During his parents' and grandparents' generation, Dagmar and Edmar were quite common. That is no longer the case in Denmark. Regarding Harold, royalty always favours antiquated or historically popular names, so I'm not considering them the norm. Dagmar and Edmar were not at all uncommon in Britain, Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden, and Germany...long ago. Again, not the case today, as the two names now barely make 1%. They're both decidedly out of fashion today.
by Anonymous | reply 169 | November 29, 2019 2:24 AM |
I had an Asian friend with a white husband. Their boys were Silas, Calvin and Quincy and were each more adorable than the last.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | November 29, 2019 2:27 AM |
Evelyn was one of the top ten baby names of 2019.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | November 29, 2019 2:29 AM |
I know three Harrietts and one Ebenezer. I know three Sadies, both are under 20. There's a woman on my subway line named Uglina.
by Anonymous | reply 172 | November 29, 2019 2:34 AM |
Names that have comeback-
Henry
Sebastian
Julian
Theodore
Amelia
Evelyn
Ella/Ellie
Camilla
Penelope
Nora
Eleanor
Lillian
Hazel
Violet
by Anonymous | reply 173 | November 29, 2019 2:35 AM |
According to this, Evelyn is just outside the top ten
(The Kayla/Kaylee names seem to have faded. Good!)
by Anonymous | reply 174 | November 29, 2019 2:36 AM |
How about Pamela? I like Pamela.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | November 29, 2019 2:39 AM |
Are they pronouncing it Ev-uh-lyn or Eve-lyn?
by Anonymous | reply 176 | November 29, 2019 2:40 AM |
Bartholomew, Bart
Ferdinand, Fred
Abernathy
Reginald, Regina, Reggie
Anton, Antony, Antoni
Maxwell, Maximillian
Emiliano
Franklin, Frank, Francis
Ralph
Gidney, Gideon, Gedney
Ellery
by Anonymous | reply 177 | November 29, 2019 3:04 AM |
The ugliest girl in our school was a Penelope/Penny.. I can't imagine saddling a little girl with Hazel. Even Eleanor conjures up some old broad in a housedress, hair in curlers.
by Anonymous | reply 178 | November 29, 2019 3:24 AM |
After Thanksgiving tonight my sibs and I went through old family names. Ezra was our great grandfather, married to Harrietta. Ezra's brothers were Clarendon, Joseph and Haza. Harietta had sisters Louisabeth, Mignon and Juditha. We learned they were all Hungarian immigrants.
by Anonymous | reply 179 | November 29, 2019 6:37 AM |
Marjorie, Ethel Arthur
by Anonymous | reply 180 | November 29, 2019 1:37 PM |
Gutrune
by Anonymous | reply 181 | November 29, 2019 4:17 PM |
R178, Hazel is hip now....a lot of names considered old lady-ish are now associated with little kids. It all comes full circle.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | November 29, 2019 6:07 PM |
Beaver
Wally
Ward
Clarence
Fred
by Anonymous | reply 183 | November 29, 2019 8:01 PM |
Clement
Percy
Cecil
by Anonymous | reply 184 | November 29, 2019 9:10 PM |
Fern
by Anonymous | reply 185 | November 29, 2019 9:26 PM |
Myrtle, Edna, Anita.
by Anonymous | reply 186 | November 29, 2019 9:30 PM |
R163, Consuelo Vanderbilt was named in honor of her Spanish grandmother, Consuelo Yznaga.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | November 29, 2019 11:27 PM |
Constance.
by Anonymous | reply 188 | November 29, 2019 11:33 PM |
Dotty
by Anonymous | reply 189 | November 30, 2019 12:29 AM |
R179 I've always been fond of Ezra. I think it's a very strong, cool name. I began thinking of my ancestors' names again after your post, and realised two names I haven't added to my posts here. I had a great grandfather Felix, and a great gran named Nina. They don't seem popular anymore at all.
Some others in my family I find no longer popular: Warren, Sanford, Norbert, Cecily, Alice, and Avigdor
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