What First-Name Sounds Like It Probably Belongs To An Elderly Person?

[arwalden]

You know... Gladys, Erma, and Preston... "old-fashioned" names that most new parents aren't using any more.

[lizziegrace]

1. Effie, Stanley, Violet, Harriet n/t

[xmas74]

21. Violet's on a comeback.

I've met two little girls under the age of five w/ that name in the past year.

I can't stand the name Stanley, for personal reasons.

[nickinSTL]

30. true on Violet...and it'll probably gain popularity...

now that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner named their daughter Violet :eyes:

[xmas74]

45. It is a pretty, old-fashioned name.

And them naming their daughter that will probably help but there was already a ressurection of old names before them.

[nickinSTL]

115. I have no problem with the name...

I was more commenting on the effect of celebrity on naming conventions.

[xmas74]

117. Sad how names get overused once a celeb names

their kid something.

Lots of pretty old names that I can no longer stand because of this.

[yellowdogintexas]

167. Soap Opera names are worse. they bug me lots more than

the sudden resurgence of an "Oldfashioned" name...

[ScreamingMeemie]

106. My three year old niece is named Violet.

But her middle name is pretty avant garde...Metta. :hi:

[henslee]

2. Eunice. Cornelia.

[xmas74]

22. I know a three year old w/ the name Cornelia.

Some of the old names for women are making a comeback.

[henslee]

32. Maybe its not old, but I've always liked the name jane.

[xmas74]

46. I have too.

Simple but strong.

[Left Is Write]

131. I do too...

so I named my daughter Jane. :)

[laheina]

135. I know a twelve year old Cornelia.

She hates her name. Apparently she gets called Corny Cornelia a lot.

[LostinVA]

3. Trudy, Hazel (except Julie Rbert's kid), Stan, Dick, Mamie, Evelyn

[nini]

4. Myrtle, Bernice, Mabel

:D

[La Lioness Priyanka]

12. i know a 20-something bernese

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

48. I'm pretty sure there are 20-somethings in Bern.

I mean, it's not as if the Swiss decided to stop fucking between 1976 and 1986.

[Roon]

5. Gertrude, Betty, Orval

[catzies]

Horace

Not on Gwyneth Paltrow's short list. :D

[Kire]

6. Mildred, Gladys

[arwalden]

9. I have both of those in my family.

[azmouse]

7. AnnaMae, Beulah, Ralph, Duane

[Patiod]

126. My SO and I have found out that all Ralphs are Ralph Jrs

Whenever we meet another Ralph, we ask "was your dad Ralph?" 100%

My SO's mom named him without consulting his father, who said later "I NEVER would want to subject anyone to being called Ralph"

But he's an actor, and it gives him kind of a unique branding. Plus he's a big Teamster-looking guy, so the name fits

[XemaSab]

8. Enid, Geraldine, Horace

[riona]

10. flora belle, dot, trudy, mitzy

[deadparrot]

11. Shirley. nt

[arwalden]

13. Ethel, Vernon

[In_The_Wind]

14. Mable Faye

That was my mother's name. It sounds old fashioned to me.

[vikegirl]

15. Homer, Virgil

An allusion to ancient playwrites, perhaps?

[CTyankee]

109. Er, poets. n/t

[Orsino]

16. Florine.

And her sister Boron.

[Ramsey]

17. Lucretia

[trof]

18. Ezekial

[fight4my3sons]

150. I know a four year old Ezekial n/t

[Beaverhausen]

19. Ruth, Frank, Doris

[RevCheesehead]

78. ...

:cry:

[Beaverhausen]

133. Sorry! I actually posted three names of older relatives

and thought that no one today would probably name their baby any of those names.

Didn't mean to offend. :pals:

[wildhorses]

20. Zuber and Bertha

Ep and Ola
Hank and Thelma
Abner and Louise

[RubyDuby in GA]

23. Lulumae

That would be my 87 year old grandmother :) But she prefers it when you call her Mee-Maw, like us grandkids do.

[arwalden]

40. We had an Aunt Ellamae in our S. Ga. extended family...

... even though she wasn't really anyone's aunt... just a dear old family friend who was as good as family.

[Kire]

70. My neighbor's name is Clarabelle.

she's elderly (surprise)

[Sequoia]

24. Mable, Harriet, Hazel, Maude

[joneschick]

69. Maude is one of daughter #2's middle names. eom

[Sequoia]

118. Uh oh...never mind.

Actually, I know two people named Hazel. One is a child the other in her late 30s now.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

25. Hiram, Eunice.

[Rowdyboy]

26. Evelyn, Beatrice, Otha, Erma, Inez, Claude and Abner

all deceased family members of mine...

[arwalden]

36. One Of My Grandmothers Is Erma... The Other One Is Ruth.

[Rowdyboy]

52. Mine were Ima Rowena and Margaret Roseanna....

[SiobhanClancy]

75. Prince Andrew and Paul McCartney have daughters named Beatrice...

not together,of course.

[Kat45]

27. Edna, Clara, Mildred, Mervin

[Tikki]

28. Artemis, Orpha, Lucille, Lillian....

Alma, Dorothy, Maude, Mabel, Cecil, Delmer, Calvin.....








Tikki

[xmas74]

47. Lillian and Lillith are both on the comeback.

There are some old names coming back into vogue but not all.

[gollygee]

58. My daughter's name is Lilian

and Calvin was our choice for a boy's name

:D

[Bridget Burke]

122. From the Protestant Theologian Calvin?

Or Calvin & Hobbes?

[gollygee]

147. It's the nickname Cal I like best

like Cal Ripkin. Cal just seems like such a friendly name.

My mom was raised as a Calvinist but I'm pretty damn far removed from that.

I like Calvin and Hobbes but it's the nickname Cal I like best.

[no name no slogan]

29. Winnie

short for Winnifred. My grandma's name.

[Blue_In_AK]

31. Ethel, definitely Ethel.

Or Elsie, as my grandmother was named.

[azmouse]

33. Ida, Pearl, Henrietta

[bridgit]

34. Elsie, Wyatt...

[huskerlaw]

35. I know a 23 year old named Elsie

and an 11 year old named Wyatt

[bridgit]

41. hubby's grandma was a turn of the century suffragette, her name...

was: Elsie Fern Catlin

there's no accounting for what is seen as retro with all the contemporaneous sorrow & hip hop nation dribbling round the edges, it's easy to see why some people harken back; but i'll bet you there's still more Heather's out there, than Elsie's

[no name no slogan]

37. Agamemnon. Plato. Socrates. Odysseus.

[arwalden]

38. You Forgot... Methuselah.

:hi:

[no name no slogan]

42. D'oh!

We seriously need a forehead-slapping smiley around here for times like this!

ON EDIT: wait this is close enough :dunce:

[raptor_rider]

39. Dorothy

is what I named my 8 year old. My son that will be born in 2 months will be Kurt.

[RebelOne]

43. Exaclly at what age do you consider elderly?

[LiberalEsto]

44. Edgar

Bertram, Millicent, Fred, Ethel, Madge, Henry, Phyllis, Louis, Dorothy

[xmas74]

49. When I was pregnant Henry was one of the boys names

that I had considered.

[LiberalEsto]

60. Henry's undergoing a small revival

because of Great Britain's Prince Henry/Harry, I think.

I was listing things I would never have dreamed of naming my own kids, who are college students. My daughters are named Tara and Hayley.

[xmas74]

86. I can see the revival because of Prince Harry.

I like it because it was my greatgrandfather's name. I played around w/ Henry and Edward for a long time until I found out that I was having a girl.

She's a Callie, after my greatgrandmother.

[yellowdogintexas]

162. no question if I had had a boy Henry would have been part of

his name, in honor of my grandfather and favorite uncle. My father in law's middle name was Henry also.

But we had a daughter, not named Henry

[xmas74]

50. Inez and Hugo.

Two of my grandparents names.

[Left Is Write]

127. My maternal grandmother was named Inez.

[xmas74]

143. I always thought it was unusual for an Irish girl

from Northern WI to have that name.

Not one you hear too often.

[Left Is Write]

146. My grandmother was Norwegian and Swedish..

The name was pronounced differently than the Spanish pronunciation. We pronounced it EYE-ness.

[xmas74]

148. That's how she pronounced it too.

[Catchawave]

51. Bernice, Matilda and Verna

My favorite aunts :loveya:

[greatauntoftriplets]

53. Gertrude and Adeline...my grandmothers' names.

Yet my grandfathers' names were timeless...Thomas and John.

[gollygee]

59. Adeline is a BEAUTIFUL name

I like Trudy but not Gertrude.

[joneschick]

73. I know a 17 yo Adeline Louise

[Abies]

116. My daughter's name is Adeline

She's 4 months old and named after my grandmother.

[SiobhanClancy]

76. I had a grandmother Adeline,too..

the other one was Grace:)

[greatauntoftriplets]

87. Now I love the name Grace.....

My mother's name was Florence and she always hated it. Said she'd disown anyone who named their kid after her. Even my father was reluctant to call her by her name...honey, dearest, etc., were preferred.

[Arugula Latte]

54. Walter. Fred. Dick.

Not too many "Dicks" born these days.

[miss_american_pie]

55. Agnes, Elmer, Ernie

[gollygee]

61. Oooh I love the name Agnes too

a lot of my favorites in this thread.

[graywarrior]

56. Rita.

[nytemare]

57. Methuselah

:hide: :popcorn:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

62. Hope, Faith, Charity, Rose.......

That's all I can think of right now......:shrug:

[Nikia]

63. I know multiple women in their teens 20's

With those names.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

65. How cool!

I'm in my 60's, and I don't know anyone of my generation with those names...

They must be coming back into vogue again.....

:hi:

[joneschick]

74. Lydia, Nora and Sophia

those are my three. Try looking for those on those little tricycle license plates!!!

[laheina]

137. Sophia is making a comeback too.

I have several friends that have named their little girls Sophia (Sophie for short.)

[joneschick]

157. LOTS of little Sophies. And a nice scattering of Lydias, but

no other Noras so far. Well except for that upstart other Norah Jones.

[Left Is Write]

129. When I think of Hope, I think of this not elderly woman...

Her name isn't Hope, but she plays a character named Hope on television.

[Nikia]

64. Thelma

Edna
Most of the other names that I thought of have been mentioned.

[Kali]

66. Bertha, Letha, Maude

Cy (Cyrus), Merle, Lloyd, Clarence, Walter,


add Ester, Margaret, Ada, Cora,

[Fenris]

67. Clarence, Ida, Blanche, Clark, Agnes, Rexella

[AussieDave]

68. Mavis, Ena, Leatrice, Beatrice, Gertrude, Imogene

[AussieDave]

71. Elmo, Ina, Clara, Bathildis, Augusta, Leopold, Leonard

[Beware the Beast Man]

72. Allen.

:evilgrin:


Maybe Emmett, Getrude, or Olive.

[arwalden]

84. Actually... you're probably right.

Smartass!

[Ediacara]

77. Rex and Rose

George and Bill to some degree too.

[philosophie_en_rose]

79. Webster, Sherman, Enid, Ethel

[MaggieSwanson]

80. Gus, Clyde, Milton, Virginia, Olive, Mary

Did anyone say Eunice yet? I forget...

I love most of the names on this thread.

[AussieDave]

81. Clive, Cletus, Johnnie, Keitha, Keithie, Kevina

[SiobhanClancy]

82. Florence ,Cora ,Thelma ,Minnie ,Ida, Josephine

Ada,Norma,Harriet,Wanda

[progmom]

83. dudley

[TK421]

85. Ethel, Mildred, Gladys, Myrtle, Rose....I work at a theatre, for fucks

sake! All I deal with are old fucks who want an aisle seat close to the stage because their eyes are almost gone!

[Patiod]

128. the Blue Hairs?

the ones who say, at top volume, "what did he say??" through the whole show?

like the woman who said, in a normal speaking voice "He's going to strangle her!" when my murderer was sneaking up behind me on stage with a necktie? Like that?

[TK421]

154. OMFG!!! We call our Wednesday matinees the blue-hair matinee...

and if it's raining that afternoon, we look forward to seeing blue dye all over the sidewalk by the theatre! My old co-worker used to call them the Oy-Vey matinee:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[SmileyBoy]

88. God

:D

[Beausoir]

89. Pearl. n/t

[Kali]

94. there was a male ancester in my family named Perl (no a)

I always thought it was kind of a cool name.

[MiniMandaRuth]

90. Agnes, Fred, Dick.

[killerbush]

91. Hildegard, Myrna, Nadine

[BlueIris]

92. Calpurnia.

[BlueIris]

100. Hortense. Millicent. Prudence.

[southernleftylady]

123. My name is millicent and i ALWAYS get the "i have a great aunt..

or my favorite grandmas name is millicent"
i go by millie ;)

[EstimatedProphet]

93. Agatha, Fanchion, Opal

I had an aunt named Fanchion. Weird name, weird person.

[Rabrrrrrr]

95. Dreary Fat Boring Old

[auntAgonist]

96. Isobel nt

[Patiod]

130. My favorite aunt is Isabelle

A few parents are beginning to use that one again. I think it's pretty

[Left Is Write]

132. Lots of little girl Isabelle/Isabel/Isobels around here.

[yellowdogintexas]

165. Spanish for Elizabeth. It is fairly common among Hispanics

I think.

I knew several Isabelles growing up, but they were already old when I was a kid

[Kali]

97. few more

Wally, Bert, Woodrow, Alvin, Eldon, Barney, Harley, Roland, Earnest, Otis

Nina, Florence, Addie, Mildred, Thelma, aaak now I can't remember what was already posted

[MnFats]

98. Esther, Myrtle and Belle. Florence..Grace.

although my sister's three-yr-old is Gracie.

[Patiod]

139. Have a friend with a baby daughter "grace"

I think it's a "comeback" name

[x-g.o.p.er]

99. Arwalden....

:rofl:

[arwalden]

103. Well... Now That You Mention It...

:rofl:

[donheld]

101. Ethel, Blanche, Wilbur, Wayne, Thelma.

[terrya]

102. Hubert

Now, there's an old person's name

[arwalden]

104. Theodore, Terrance, Lawrence, Claude, Clyde, Lloyd, Floyd

[terrya]

105. Myron

All elderly persons names

[arwalden]

108. Sidney, Herschel, Clovis

[gollygee]

107. Cornelius, Wilma, Esther

[ScreamingMeemie]

110. Geraldine, Margaret (my grandmas), Veryl, Otto (my grandpas),

Vestus, Wesley, Erwin, Merwyn, Amil, Virginia, Ethel, Eveline....(a few of their collective brothers and sisters.

[arwalden]

113. How About That "Verily" Guy Jesus Was Always Talking To...

"Verily! Verily, I say to you!"

[Nikia]

152. Although I always thought of Margaret as an old name

There were several of them at my college. It was a more common name than a lot of names that I think of as common for people my age.

[yellowdogintexas]

166. there are lots of Margarets who go by Maggie or Meg or

the totally confusing "Peggy", which I never understood.

My daughter is a Margaret, named for her grandmother.

[sarge43]

111. Maud, Matilda, Gertude, Claudia

[CTyankee]

112. My grandmother and great aunt, Arizona and Nevada n/t

[BlueIris]

114. Angus. Parrish. Bishop.

[woo me with science]

119. Ida used to be really popular around 1900.

I've never met one.

[Patiod]

141. My grandmother was Idelle

I don't know if that's a french/asaltian version of Ida or not. She was born in the 1880s and died 100 years later

[snacker]

120. Henrietta......my grandma's name. n/t

[seemunkee]

121. All of my grandparents names-Maude, Guy, Pearl, Reinus

[amitten]

124. Toonces. n/t

[MissMillie]

125. Off hand, I can't think of any....

d'oh!


How about Millie?

[Trigger Hippie]

134. Pearl, Beulah, Percy and Murphy

My grandparents' names. :)

[Patiod]

138. I had an uncle Percy who was 5'2"

He went by "Punk" or, if it was work-related, by his middle name (Thomas)

[MsKandice01]

136. Helen, Alma, Beatrice, Barbara

[ronnykmarshall]

140. Edgar

[Dora]

142. Juanita

[Magrittes Pipe]

144. A beautiful little fool...

[SaveElmer]

145. Dorcus...nt

[NewWaveChick1981]

149. Hortense, Hester, Milton, Mildred, Gertrude, Hettie, Bertie,...

...I could go on for days!

[njdemocrat106]

151. Eugenia, Sigmund, Eleanor

All my grandparents names (though my paternal grandfather was John).

[the observationist]

153. Earl, Hazel, Beverly n/t

[terrya]

155. Marion, Wilbur

[Lydia Leftcoast]

156. Thelma, Ethel, Hortense, Florence, Verne, Betty, Agatha, Vaughn, Leroy

:-)

Someone named William, Stephen, Robert, Scott, or Alan is likely to be a baby boomer, as is someone named Linda, Carol, Barbara, or Susan.

[Babette]

158. Junabeth!

But then that is my grandmother's name. Since I've never heard of another one, I hear the name and think of her.

[KayLaw]

159. Ruth

And my own name, Kay.

[bobbieinok]

160. Dora (1 grandmother), Esther (ex's mother's middle name)

[Fridays Child]

161. I have a "senior" friend with a totally archaic name: Ortrude.

She goes by Trudy, and she's a liberal peach!

[WI_DEM]

163. My grandparents on both sides: Edna, Herbert, Melvin and Agnes

[da_chimperor]

164. Hilda. n/t

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

168. Myron. Irving.

[JVS]

169. Adolph

[terrya]

170. Herman

[Blue-Jay]

171. Screw you! MY name is Herman!

:D