Names parents no longer use when naming their kids.

But, you wish they would.

Here's a few I like:

Cedric, Candace, Duncan, Edgar, Frances, Francis, Henry, Lucille, Nigel, Opal, Pearl, Xavier, etc.

What names do you like that are no longer being used?

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I love that name. We named our daughter Hannah Rose from an old tombstone that dated from the early 1800's. I guess we were not so original. Now there are a million Hannah's. LOL. She was going to be Grace Elizabeth as well. Violet was a strong third place with us. Violet Anne was the third runner up.

One in preschool, one in second grade. I guess it's making a comeback.

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(My apologies to any DU men who are named that.)

And Polly is actually a nickname for Mary.


Harold, Orlow... you actually like these names?

as in my wonderful, late aunt.

who is the granddaughter of THE Grover (the guy who the Muppet character was named for).

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i also like:

Ruby, Kate, Olivia, Susannah, Henry, Eli, Seth, Ezekiel

Kate so thanks!

I love Olivia too, lovely name
I have some friends who have a daughter named Ruby Valentine

great name!

That name has become pretty popular in recent years. I also know a little girl named Ruby.

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Olivia is one of my favorite names ever. One of my friends used it for his daughter and I think it's a great choice.

A coworker named his daughter the same thing. And another coworker named hers Kate last year. And I heard a few Kate's at kindergarten registration a few days ago.

Actually I once worked with an Augustus.

I like Phoebe and Lauren.

And, Bertha (Venation) is now starring on DU!

Imagine that! And, I have deceased relatives named Ethel and Edna!

And, you're right, Phoebe and Lauren are great names, too.

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Unfortunately, it does make me think of Hazel the maid.

Bette used to tell a lot of "off-color" jokes about Sophie Tucker when she was still performing onstage.

I wonder what her daughter has to say about this?

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who are both about two now, and three Henrys...
My mother-in-law is a Lucille, and we used a variant of that for our youngest's middle name, which is Lucia
I like some of the old-fashion names - have a niece named Ada, which is another throwback

Emma is really popular right now. I've heard a couple Henrys recently, too.

My cat is named Nigel. Before we had kids my husband said he wanted to name a son that, but I vetoed it, so he named our cat. :)

The other two are Lydia and Carla. All very old-fashioned names.

I know several middle-aged people named Frances and Francis. I know a child in his teens named Duncan.
I think the names you listed will come into style again. I remember when I was younger I thought the names Emma, Emily, Ella, sounded terribly old-fashioned. They're now fairly common among babies today.
Thanks for reminding me of "Cedric" -- I think it's a great name.

my middle one is Amalia, which is a variation of that

I'm in my early thirties now. She was actually a couple of years younger than I.

He and his family are from England.

i also love the name Eleanore, i don't know why but my niece has a little buddy with that name and she always says, "Me and my fwend Ellie" it cracks me up to picture a little girl with that old name.

I love that name.

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I saw on a job app recently *lol*

But, I believe there all still in use.

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Also, you rarely hear of babies with the typical baby boomer names of Linda, Barbara, Carol, Karen, Susan, Jan, Diane, William, Robert, Scott, or Bradley. When I was a kid, it seemed that those names accounted for half of every class I was in.

MaryAnn, MaryJane, Kathleen, Catherine were also very common in that age group.

there were 7 Marys. Several Kathleens, Davids, Josephs, Teresas, Marilyns, Christinas, Mildreds, Thomases, James, etc.

Yes, I went to catholic school.

Peace,
Bella

And My mom had a freind..get this.. Virginia Hamm.

Old names I never hear now are Polly, Betty Jo,Ava, Guthrie, Melvin,Ola.

are wonderful names. I had a class mate named Petra -- she's in her 40s now. Ava sounds glamorous to me -- I always think of Ava Gardner.

Thanks, Don and Mike. (radio hosts in DC whom made that name a verb.)

top secret revelation: that's my name.

But I had it first! I'm older than her! (And I totally would've done it; Bill's a hottie. But older women are more discreet. :evilgrin:)

Amos is another one you don't hear much anymore.

We need more Amoses.

Former stoner turned born-again fundie, but he was not such a bad guy.

About 4 million times from the repuke parents of the snot nosed brat that was running aound the waiting room at the car dealership the other day. He was coughing on everyone and wanted to go outside into the 20 degree weather with his 10 month pregnant mom while she smoked a cigarette. Dad, or whoever, told hom that there was poop all over the table when he set his cheesy poofs down. At one point, Dad told him "What am I going to do with you, you are no good!!!"

I couldn't wait to get out of there....

I really wanted to name my son Amos but my wife (and everybody else I know without exception) was not on board. I still got it in there as the middle name (Nathan Amos -------).

I like the name Arthur a lot. That's a great name.

He was born in 1985 and passed the night of the Wellstone memorial in 2002. He was the sauciest Tabby in the land. :-)

Flosshilde, Ezekiel

Just to come up with a few.

And there are some that it's good we aren't using so much any more, like Selma and Winnifred.

The Duncan, Henry, and Lucille were all born at the same time as my five-year-old daughter.

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Donna is such a nice name. It was on my short list when I was pregnant with my five-year-old, until my husband reminded me that he had a nasty ex-girlfriend named Donna.

Donna, what a nice name you never hear any more.

Donna, I might procreate just to spread the name. Pretty name for a pretty girl

Lots of "Mabel", "Eunace", "Edgar", "Olive", etc.

I know babies/little kids with the names Adeline, Anna Mae (those two are sisters), Sadie, Dorothea. An older child named Agatha.

I've actually known three women named Edna, one being 50, the others much older.

My Grandmother...

RL

My grandmother was named Dorothy, and when I was pregnant with my daughter, I just knew what her name should be. My daughter is the only Dorothy in her school present and in her past school, and she is only 7.


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Penny...Sheila...Tommy...Billy...

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actually a lot of names that are not really antiquated have "slipped away".. names like

Katherine
Scott
Linda
Mary
Susan
Denise
Brian
Debbie

Not too many people name their kids those names..

Irma

The three children of Katie Scarlett!

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She's about pregnant now.

I love that name.

I also love the name Gus (August, Augustus?) Whatever. I think it's adorable for a little boy.

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Of course, you remember the sister with a detached house with room for a swimming pool and a pony.

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We know Mollys and Emmas and Pearls and there are lots of Henrys. We know a 14 year old girl named Sadie too. What you don't hear are the 50s and 60s names: Barbara, Carol, Debbie, Bonnie, Lisa. Now the kids are either Lindsay or Lilly, but not Lisa.

Hey, I love Duncan. I named my Cairn Terrier Duncan. Now I have 3 mini-daschunds, Barnaby,Kisa and Kayley. How about listing favorite dog names?

Blackie and Rin Tin Tin.

because I like the nicknames Neicy and Lily

Or it seems like it. That's one name that has receded into the past (with a few exceptions).

My kids are Emma Rose, Katie Anne, and Alex Robert. I have a second cousin named Leila Belle, another named Micah Shawn, and another named Ashley Maria.

I never hear names of my generation used for babies--Lori (me), Amy, Michele, Mary, Michael, Brian, etc.

Jane, Maurice, Evelyn, Sally, Leland, Maude, Edna, Edith, Treva,
Teresa, and Janet

I think some of those names are coming back.

I like Violet, Edith, Rosalind, Ivy, Arthur, Edmund, August, Aubrey. Not totally gone, but definitely less popular than they used to be and so have a kind of turn-of-the-last-century feel to them.

She's always gone by "Gerry", and her nicknames growing up were "Skip" and "Cissy". My dad's name was Carl.

Jonas, Elijah, Hannah, Dora, Emily, Molly and Amelia.

I have a sister named Nemia.... and my Grandmothers are Fannie and Viola.

I've known quite a few Cedrics in school who were right around my age. Many of my black friends really like the name.

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You rarely hear anyone naming a new baby girl any of the popular names from the late 50's and early 60's anymore

I have two cousins both born in 1940's. Dianne Sylvia and Patricia Ann.

And im getting really sick of guys named Todd. You know, yeah, its just a goofy fuckin name okay.

"Hi whats your name" - "Tooooodd, im Tooooodd, and this is Blake and Blair and Blain and Brent!"

Where are all of these goffy fuckin' boys names comming from? Taylor... Tyler... Jordan... Flinn... THESE ARE NOT REAL NAME!

Wanna hear a real name "EDDDDY", Eddy is a real name what ever happened to Eddy... here was here a minute ago... Joey, Jacky and Jonny and Phill... Bobby and Tommy and Danny and Bill? ...

Now we have TOOOOOOD... and Codey and Dillan and Cameron... and TUUUCKER! "Hi Tucker, im Tod" , "Hi Tod, im Tucker"... FUCK TUCKER TUCKER SUCKS!... And FUCK TUCKER'S friend Kyle... you know, yeah, there is another soft name for a boy... Kyyyyle... SOFT NAMES make SOFT PEOPLE!

I'll bet you anything that 10 times out of 10... Nicky, Vinny, and Tonny, will BEAT THE SHIT out of Todd, Kyle, and Tucker!

My son has a Kyle in his class and we have to control ourselves to not say it like Carlin when we talk to him. :)

Debbi

And anything that sounds vaguely Old-Testament-ish

My GGrandfather's name was Watt, and I had a great-uncle named Butch.

Names for my future cats.

My mom is Linda, my step-mom is Lynda (strange) but I have never met a Linda/Lynda under 40 before.

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underpants! where are you???

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He is 3 years old and his name fits him to a T!

That was pretty much our one and only choice as far as boys names go.

Debbi

O Juliee!

Leonard

Chesty,Thorazine,Butch,Wallace,Brenda ,Aretha,Factory dust
Bimbolo,Cheese log,Dafney,Zorro,Daisy,Ellie May,Tampon,Zippy,Lester,Lilla,Dorris and Muffy

My econ teacher is naming his son Cade, because it's a Welsh name. He made the mistake of asking our class what we thought of it. Silly question. I think if he's going Welsh, it should be Owen.

I know. I have strange tastes. It's good thing I plan to spend the rest of my days happily child-free.

That name's reserved for Grandma

My mother tried to convince me to name my daughter Dorothy Joan but I refused and named her Katarina Grace.

Aren't being used anymore:

John, Peter, James, Charles, even Michael is dying out. Jane, Margaret, Mary, Susan also. Now everyone has to be a Max or a Madison, a Kyler or a Skyler; an Apple, a Rumer, a Scout, etc. etc.

Absolute pukesville!

Especially right next to each other.

My five-year-old is named Jane Margaret.

One of the nice things about the simple names like that is it that they don't seem to impose anything on the child. A Jane Margaret can be any kind of person she wants with those names. Some of the newfangled ones seem to typecast people.

Except maybe people will name their kids after Trump !!

alistair.
stanley.

Is Alice any more?
I found a GREAT website that is hysterical regarding names parents consider or end up using. Maybe I'll post it someday.