Blast from the past - 1975 babies names book

General Name Discussion
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So I was rummaging through my Mum’s old books and came across the 1975 British baby name book she used when picking my name (she could’ve done a bit better than [name_f]Jessica[/name_f] in my opinion!). This was the book that got me name obsessed, and I never noticed how jam packed it was (just under half the book) with nature, word, and god/goddess names etc. Here are some of them, I’ve tried to get a broad spectrum, so there’s not 1000 flower or hippy names :wink: …

GIRLS

[name_f]Acantha[/name_f]
[name_f]Alta[/name_f]
Bellance
[name_m]Brucie[/name_m]
Clarimond
[name_f]Cinderella[/name_f]
[name_u]Dale[/name_u]
[name_f]Delight[/name_f]
[name_f]Eartha[/name_f]
[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f]
[name_f]Fernanda[/name_f]
[name_u]Fortune[/name_u]
[name_f]Gaea[/name_f]
[name_f]Garland[/name_f]
[name_f]Hera[/name_f]
[name_f]Hyacinth[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Iolanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Jinx[/name_f]
[name_f]Juno[/name_f]
[name_m]Kevin[/name_m]
[name_u]Koren[/name_u]
La [name_u]Roux[/name_u]
[name_f]Leontine[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Mignon[/name_f]
[name_f]Nara[/name_f]
[name_f]Nixie[/name_f]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]
[name_u]Peace[/name_u]
[name_f]Psyche[/name_f]
[name_f]Quenby[/name_f]
[name_f]Quinta[/name_f]
Rhodanthe
[name_f]Rosabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Sancia[/name_f]
[name_f]Spring[/name_f]
[name_f]Tangerine[/name_f]
[name_f]Theone[/name_f]
[name_f]Ula[/name_f]
[name_f]Ultima[/name_f]
[name_f]Velvet[/name_f]
[name_m]Volante[/name_m]
[name_u]Wallis[/name_u]
[name_u]Wynne[/name_u]
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Xaviera[/name_f]
[name_f]Ynez[/name_f]
[name_f]Yolanda[/name_f]
[name_f]Zinnia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zora[/name_f]

BOYS

Ahren
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Banning[/name_m]
[name_m]Bridger[/name_m]
[name_m]Cato[/name_m]
Danby
[name_f]Diamond[/name_f]
[name_f]Elvy[/name_f]
[name_m]Elwood[/name_m]
[name_u]Finn[/name_u]
[name_m]Frey[/name_m]
[name_u]Garnett[/name_u]
[name_m]Golding[/name_m]
[name_u]Haven[/name_u]
[name_u]Hollis[/name_u]
[name_m]Inness[/name_m]
[name_m]Ives[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonah[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
Kenway
[name_m]Knight[/name_m]
[name_m]Lancelot[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Maddock[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_m]Nero[/name_m]
[name_m]Nye[/name_m]
[name_m]Oran[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_u]Paddy[/name_u]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Quillan[/name_m]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
Ricker
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]
[name_m]Skip[/name_m]
Speed
Thorley
Tormey
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Uriah[/name_m]
[name_u]Vere[/name_u]
[name_u]Vivien[/name_u]
Westby
[name_f]Wren[/name_f]
[name_m]Xerxes[/name_m]
[name_m]Xylon[/name_m]
Yates
[name_m]York[/name_m]
Zeeman
[name_m]Zeus[/name_m]

2

Haha this is so awesome!!!

3

This is fantastic, and an excellent reminder that many Nameberry favorites (Ottillie, [name_f]Marigold[/name_f], [name_m]Otto[/name_m], [name_m]Milo[/name_m], [name_m]Quillan[/name_m]) appealed to name nerds before the site was even a twinkle in [name_f]Pam[/name_f] and [name_f]Linda[/name_f]'s eyes.

My favorites:

[name_f]Fernanda[/name_f]
[name_f]Gaea[/name_f]
[name_f]Juno[/name_f]
[name_f]Leontine[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Nixie[/name_f]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sancia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ultima[/name_f] (strictly a guilty pleasure, but what a fabulous name!)
[name_u]Wynne[/name_u]
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Zinnia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zora[/name_f]

[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Cato[/name_m]
[name_u]Finn[/name_u] (prescient!)
[name_f]Garnet[/name_f] (one ‘t’)
[name_u]Hollis[/name_u]
[name_m]Ives[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonah[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Quillan[/name_m]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_u]Vivien[/name_u]
[name_f]Wren[/name_f]

4

The names I like the most.

[name_f]Alta[/name_f]
[name_f]Eartha[/name_f]
[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f]
[name_f]Fernanda[/name_f]
[name_f]Hera[/name_f]
[name_f]Leontine[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Sancia[/name_f]
[name_f]Tangerine[/name_f]
[name_f]Ultima[/name_f]
[name_f]Zinnia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zora[/name_f]

[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_u]Finn[/name_u]
[name_m]Frey[/name_m]
[name_u]Garnett[/name_u]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_m]Nero[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_f]Wren[/name_f]
[name_m]Xerxes[/name_m]

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To my memory, I thought this book was filled with ‘regular’ names! [name_m]How[/name_m] surprised was I when I opened the book up to [name_f]Tangerine[/name_f] :stuck_out_tongue: