Some names you don't see very much - and probably won't for a while yet

MyBrownEyedBoy wrote: I just thought it would be interesting to come up with some names for boys and girls that used to be wildly popular, but probably won't be again anytime soon.

Boys
Harold
Darwin
Leonard
Darrell
Archie

Girls
MaryJane
MaryBeth
Rose
Pearl
Ruby
Doris

What other ones can you think of? I am at work today and I just drew blood from a Doris.

C&K*s Mommie replied: Betty
Helen
Ethel
Gertrude

PrairieMom replied: In working with my kids at the hospital I am seeing a trend twards older names and away from the newer more "fun names"
we were seeing a lot of girls named Neveah for a while, (heaven backwards) but I just had a baby Daryl the other day!

moped replied: My Grams name is Stella

PrairieMom replied: my grandma's name is DeLores.

Jamison'smama replied: My mother and her sisters are

Marilyn
Frances
Alice
Ruth (although my niece was named Ruth)

All are pretty old fashioned


How about

Phyllis
Peter
Edna
Eula

MyBrownEyedBoy replied: Good ones. I totally forgot my great grandmothers

Edith
Margaret
Magdalen

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Buela... I used to think that it was the classic nerd name... like nobody had that name... but since living in an old age home, I see some pretty wierd one.

How's Hermeningile? lol

or Eunice?

or Ernest

Fernande, Raoule...(for women!!!)

mckayleesmom replied: How about Russell.....I have a Russell, but it is a rather old fashioned name if I do say so myself...one of the reasons I didn't want to name him that, but it was dh's grandfather and great grandfathers names.

~Roo'sMama~ replied: My dad's name is Harold. It makes me mad because I'd like to name a kid after him but I just couldn't do it.

I used to work at a nursing home and we had an Erma.

My3LilMonkeys replied: My grandma was Faye.

Great grandparents were Clarence and Helen (although Helen is still kinda popluar)

MyBrownEyedBoy replied: Here's one I could never name my child. Roger. After all, Rogering is another term for well, you know.

Hillbilly Housewife replied:
no, I don't...?

Hillbilly Housewife replied:
That's almost the same pronunciation for another one of my nick names... it's how I usually introduce myself to english people, since most often they can't pronounce my actual first name.

I have tons of nick names.

Rocky
Ve (pronounced like Faye, but with a v sound instead of f... very close)
Vicky
Nickie
Ronnie
Ron
Vero
Ricky...... been called that by a few different people...


In case you haven't noticed, by "actual" first name is Veronique.

I like Rocky.

MyBrownEyedBoy replied:
Doin' it

moped replied:
Hey, I never knew your real name!

COOL!

Hillbilly Housewife replied:
oh.

Hillbilly Housewife replied:

Our Lil' Family replied: My DH's grandmothers name is Ella...I've seen a few little ones named that lately. I think it's a beautiful name. The other one's name was Loula....not as pretty.

My grandmothers are
Anna Pearl (my daughter will one day be named Anna Grace)
Marjorie (nope, can never do that to my daughter)

5littleladies replied: My grandmother's name was Marlys.

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied:
Ella is getting popular these days, so is Stella. My grandmother's name is Estelle. You don't see that much! And my other grandmother's name was Georgina! Don't see that one either!

Jennifer was so big in the 70's, but you don't see many small kids or babies named Jennifer anymore. It's strange how the trends change.

I have a friend who named her son Arnold. It's a family name and fits him perfectly! So cute!

ediep replied: Well my name is Edith.....My parents tried to nameme after my grandma but her name was Eda (Ida) but my mom didn't like it so she thought of the closest thing.

My other g-ma was Angelina, Angie, for short. I love Angie!!

amynicole21 replied: My mom is Laraine - won't see that one coming around again for a while, I'm sure. My sister is Marjorie (we call her Jorie thought).

punkeemunkee'smom replied: My grandma is Eileen Vera...My other Grandmas are Linnie Sue and Madiliene.And I had a Granma Katie (Kathren) I miss her! I love alot of 'old timey' names. My name is Abigaile Elizabeth so I don't have a very trendy name either Dh's Grandma was Joann-you don't hear that too often anymore. Grandpas were Chester Lee, Frances Boyd(I love the name Boyd) and William and Theodore. My Dad is named Theodore...Good topic Kelly~It is fun to think of all the people in the family that I love so much!

CAMSMOM1 replied: You know what my DH wanted to name our son??? ROLAND!

To me, that sounds like a old man, how could I ever call my child that???

Thank goodness we comprimised with Cameron!

But we ended up giving him my DH's middle name (which runs in the family),
so his middle name is VAIL.

I can live with Cameron Vail....but never Roland Vail!

Ann

A&A'smommy replied: well the mary beth is wrong because I still hear that ALL the time along with mary catherine and anna catherine but other than that I'm kinda glad we don't hear those names anymore lol I don't really like them

TANNER'S MOM replied: Carol or Carolyn used to be poplar

Nora Caroline was my favorite Aunt.

Melba.. which is my name is a very old fashioned name.

Randall was good in the 70's..alot of Randy's not much anymore.

Same with James.. how many uncle James do u know!

TANNER'S MOM replied: Oo my friends Grandma's name is Glenna.. and I think it is so pretty!

mom2tripp replied: My nanny's name is Betty Grey (my middle name is also Grey)

My stepfather's mother's name was Sadie (which I LOVE)

My grandfather's name was Ray

mommieto4babies replied: ok...when me and the kids are joking around I call them Fred, George, Bob, Ed..lol. Any one sylabel (sw) name I can think of basically but those are the ones I use most often.

My Grandmothers name was Evelyn
in my family theres also May
June
Genevia
Wallace
Olen
Wilma
Nora

I feel blessed tp have my name.

Michelle

PhiMuMommy replied: Verla was my great great aunt and Melba is my meemaw's name

how about Paullette. Patricia, Darla Nancy Amelia?

huggybugboy replied: I love the name Ruby!! I wanted to name my daughter that someday but dh would have a cow!!!

How bout my relatives names:

Dorothy
Dolly
Wallace
Marlene
Mabel
Charlene
Pearl
Narcissus
Violet
Rose
(The last three were sisters!)

Ive also heard:
Hortense
Omar

My3LilMonkeys replied:
I never knew either!

My name is Pamela Kay. I never thought of it as being old fashioned, but now that I consider it you don't see many Pam's around anymore

And I thought of another one that I missed - my grandmother's middle name was Areta.

luvbug00 replied: Braf's little sis is named Pamela kathleen, we have a lorraine ( his mom) and fred, edward , mary lou. My moms parents were named Hinez and Ursula. ( German, can you tell?? ) my mom also has this impossible first name we don't even try to pronounce. her middle and used name is Ricarda. my BF name is Davianna , Delly, amalia, patricia, charles, Timothy.
I like classic names

TsurugiButterfly replied: Here are some from my family tree:

Madeline
Sylvia
Alexina

Hormidos
Emile

Mike's family has a Norma, and a Claudette.
I've noticed even Diane isn't a popular name anymore.

Sarah&Mackenzie replied: Here are some of my family members names:

Grandmother-Lavanas (but she goes by bonnie)
Great Aunt- Opal
Aunts:
Alice
Billie (My mother)
Brenda
Susie
Mike
Elizabeth

Not too old I don't think.

Edited: because I can't spell

redchief replied:
Heheh... In my world, roger means "affirmative."

My name; Richard has gone out of wide use.

My dad's middle name is Ernest.

Other perfectly good names that have gone from wide use:

Franklin
Ralph
Charles
Margaret
Cynthia
Abigail

booey2 replied:
I hear this name a lot especially when I go home (my sis is a Mary-Jane).

To add:

Terri-lyn
Mercy
Jebediah
Seth