Hello! I recently read and was fascinated by a Reddit thread about names that are considered mom/grandma/old-fashioned names in Japan. If you are from a non-English-speaking country, I would love to hear what names are considered dated in your country/culture/language.
Edit: Please share what country you are from if you feel comfortable 
im from an English-speaking country but a notable one I learned about when I lived in [name_f]France[/name_f] is [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]. it’s seeing more use in the English-speaking world but is pretty dated in [name_f]France[/name_f], associated with gen X, to the point where it’s sometimes used as the [name_m]French[/name_m] equivalent of [name_f]Karen[/name_f]
and, I have to agree, since my experiences with Sylvies in france have completely put me off the name
in my country:
norma
rosa
raquel
carmen
alicia
beatriz
silvia
marta
olga
sara
elsa
margarita
mercedes
monica
susana
sandra
estella
andrea
daniela
claudia
oscar
hugo
ruben
jorge
carlos
miguel
david
daniel
horacio
javier
raul
pablo
adrian
andres
enrique
sergio
roberto
ricardo
alberto
and many more!! but those are the first that came to mind
Old names are having a revival in the UK. But here is a list that have yet to return
Barbara
Deirdre
Ethel
Carol
Tracey
Sharon
Karen
Enid
Mavis
Rita
Sheila
Joyce
Deborah/Debra
Susan
Diane (but not Diana)
Joanne
Joan
Jean
Jill
Gillian
Derek
Richard
Charles (Charlie is preferred)
Kevin
John
Darren
Hugo
Stephen is not popular right now either.
Boys are more difficult as many boys names used are quite classic and have been used for many years
Just thought of Lesley/Leslie
and Patricia and Pamela too.
There aren’t many dated names in my culture, mostly outdated nicknames! Some that come to mind are…
[name_f]Popi[/name_f] (short form of Kalliopi or Pinelopi)
Fofi (short for Foteini)
Chaido (this one is a full name!)
Soula, Voula, [name_f]Toula[/name_f], [name_f]Roula[/name_f], Koula etc…
Gogo (short for Georgia)
[name_f]Margalo[/name_f] (nickname for Margarita)
[name_f]Kiki[/name_f] (short for [name_f]Kyriaki[/name_f] or Angeliki)
[name_f]Nitsa[/name_f], Litsa & [name_f]Ritsa[/name_f] (nicknames for names ending in -na, -lia or -ria)
Lenyo (nickname for Eleni)
[name_m]Mimis[/name_m] (nickname for Dimitris)
[name_m]Mitsos[/name_m] (also for Dimitris)
[name_m]Makis[/name_m] (from Gerasimos)
Babis (from Charalambos)
Dinos (from Konstantinos)
hahaha i don’t feel [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] is dated at all, but completely fresh and on trend in UK. [name_m]Hugh[/name_m] however absolutely 100% yes.
This makes sense because [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] is super dated here…so [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] is fresh for us, but [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] is their [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
Middle-aged dated names:
[name_f]Patricia[/name_f]
[name_f]Daniela[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadia[/name_f]
[name_f]Carina[/name_f]
[name_f]Marisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Gisela[/name_f]
[name_f]Susana[/name_f]
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Sandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Tania[/name_f]
[name_f]Paula[/name_f]
[name_f]Sonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cintia[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessica[/name_f]
[name_f]Vania[/name_f]
[name_f]Carla[/name_f]
[name_f]Erica[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
[name_f]Soraia[/name_f]
[name_f]Monica[/name_f]
[name_m]Joel[/name_m]
[name_m]Nelson[/name_m]
[name_m]Ricardo[/name_m]
[name_m]Claudio[/name_m]
[name_m]Sergio[/name_m]
[name_m]Renato[/name_m]
[name_m]Flavio[/name_m]
Helder
[name_m]Telmo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ruben[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcio[/name_m]
[name_m]Igor[/name_m]
[name_m]Rui[/name_m]
[name_m]Telmo[/name_m]
[name_m]Nuno[/name_m]
[name_m]Jorge[/name_m]
[name_m]Raul[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
[name_m]Andre[/name_m]
Old people names:
[name_m]Alfredo[/name_m]
[name_m]Teodoro[/name_m]
[name_m]Justino[/name_m]
Nicolau
Inacio
[name_m]Octavio[/name_m]
[name_m]Paulino[/name_m]
[name_m]Gaspar[/name_m]
Florindo
Bartolomeu
[name_m]Mariano[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeremias[/name_m]
[name_m]Emilio[/name_m]
Amadeu
[name_m]Rogerio[/name_m]
[name_m]Timoteo[/name_m]
[name_m]Celestino[/name_m]
Laurindo
[name_m]Hilario[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregorio[/name_m]
Lucindo
Jaquelino
[name_m]Americo[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonel[/name_m]
[name_m]Zacarias[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernestino[/name_m]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Roberto[/name_m]
Deolinda
[name_f]Antonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ester[/name_f]
[name_f]Ofelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Josefina[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Lidia[/name_f]
Gertrudes
[name_f]Regina[/name_f]
[name_f]Clotilde[/name_f]
Bernardina
Odete
[name_f]Filomena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Alberta[/name_f]
[name_f]Lurdes[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalia[/name_f]
Edite
[name_f]Natalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Fatima[/name_f]
[name_f]Idalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Palmira[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
@SparkleNinja18 interesting, [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] is so chic in the US!
@vida That makes sense! I know lots of Raquels and Miguels and such but I guess most of them are middle-aged. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you mind sharing what country you are from?
@DCAT yes, it’s about the same in my region of the US. I think [name_f]Rita[/name_f] is due for a comeback…
@tallemaja oh very interesting! I have hardly heard any of those… do you mind sharing what country you’re from?
@Estrela thanks for sharing! The overlap is interesting, for instance [name_m]Alfred[/name_m], [name_m]Ernest[/name_m] and [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f] are old people names here. [name_m]Can[/name_m] I ask where you are from?
i’m from greece! (:
I live in the US but I’m Jewish and it’s definitely seen as dated to give your child an elaborate Hebrew or Yiddish name.
Short, soft names like [name_m]Ari[/name_m] and [name_m]Levi[/name_m] are considered cool, modern, and progressive. Longer, traditional names like [name_m]Menachem[/name_m] and [name_f]Hadassah[/name_f] are seen as dated and sort of a sign that the parents live SS/SK (= religiously observant) and may be more politically conservative.
And I’m religiously observant, so [name_m]Menachem[/name_m] and [name_f]Hadassah[/name_f] are current and all around where I am! Full of longer and classical names.
I find names like [name_f]Ariella[/name_f], [name_f]Elana[/name_f], and [name_f]Ayelet[/name_f] to be dated in our circles.
[name_m]Super[/name_m] interesting thread!
I’m from the French-speaking part of Belgium:
[name_f]Fabienne[/name_f]
[name_f]VĂ©ronique[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Martine[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Nathalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Christine[/name_f]
[name_f]Christelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Sandrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Karine[/name_f]
[name_f]Brigitte[/name_f]
[name_m]Christophe[/name_m]
[name_m]Thierry[/name_m]
[name_m]Laurent[/name_m]
[name_m]Didier[/name_m]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Fabrice[/name_m]
[name_m]Serge[/name_m]
Jean-Luc, Jean-Yves, Jean-Claude etc.
[name_m]Philippe[/name_m]
And more, of course. I still like a few of them, to be honest. 
Portugal
Some dated [name_m]Irish[/name_m] options
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] or [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] or [name_f]Anne[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] (the classics)
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f] / [name_f]Brigid[/name_f] also [name_f]BrĂd[/name_f] / [name_f]Breda[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] / [name_f]Geraldine[/name_f] / [name_f]Pauline[/name_f] / [name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f]
[name_f]Kathleen[/name_f] / [name_f]Eileen[/name_f] / [name_f]Noreen[/name_f] / [name_f]Maureen[/name_f] / [name_f]Aileen[/name_f] / [name_f]Noeleen[/name_f]
[name_f]Deirdre[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Carmel[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
[name_f]Siobhán[/name_f]
[name_f]Sheila[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Gráinne[/name_f]
[name_f]Philomena[/name_f] (common nn Philo)
[name_m]Edel[/name_m]
[name_f]Imelda[/name_f]
Majella / Dympna / Fidelma / [name_f]Ita[/name_f] / Concepta / [name_f]Jacinta[/name_f] (kinda crunchy saint’s/marian names)
[name_f]Nuala[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorna[/name_f]
[name_m]Gerald[/name_m] / [name_m]Gerard[/name_m] / [name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Jer[/name_m] / Ger)
[name_m]Brian[/name_m]
[name_m]Kevin[/name_m]
[name_m]Francis[/name_m] (nn Frank)
[name_m]Brendan[/name_m]
[name_m]Declan[/name_m] (nn Deco or Dec)
[name_m]Kieran[/name_m] (Ciarán is more common for younger people and kids)
[name_m]Dermot[/name_m]
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m] / [name_m]Denis[/name_m] / [name_m]Martin[/name_m] / [name_m]Paul[/name_m] (old school Catholic)
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Con[/name_m], especially in [name_m]Cork[/name_m] and Kerry)
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m] (nn Des)
[name_m]Colm[/name_m]
[name_m]Donal[/name_m]
[name_m]Eamon[/name_m] / [name_m]Eamonn[/name_m]
[name_m]Barry[/name_m] (sometimes as a nickname for [name_m]Finbar[/name_m] / [name_m]Finbarr[/name_m] esp. in Cork)
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] (nn Gay)
In NL, I think that most people my grandparents’ age have longer [name_m]Christian[/name_m] names that get shortened to nicknames/day to day names
Hendrikus → Henk
[name_f]Catherina[/name_f] → [name_m]Cato[/name_m] → Toos
[name_m]Hubertus[/name_m] → [name_m]Bert[/name_m]
names I would associate with an older generation:
Trijntje
Geertje
Neeltje
Janneke
[name_m]Johan[/name_m]
[name_m]Dirk[/name_m]
[name_m]Gerard[/name_m]
[name_m]Klaas[/name_m]
[name_m]Anton[/name_m]
[name_m]Johan[/name_m]
@lateaugust @flamingo ah! How cool. I’m Jewish too, but my family is mostly secular. Very interesting that [name_f]Ayelet[/name_f] is dated, as I’d thought of it as a modern Hebrew name.
@Demoiselle thank you for sharing! I like a lot of dated names too. I think [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] and [name_f]Nathalie[/name_f] are timeless.
@GenevieveReine some of those are surprising to me! [name_f]Fiona[/name_f], [name_f]Colette[/name_f], [name_m]Declan[/name_m] and [name_m]Desmond[/name_m] are stylish here (USA) and the only [name_f]Grainne[/name_f] I ever met was a baby! Would it be true that Anglicized spelling are more dated and [name_m]Irish[/name_m] spellings more current?
@highhippogriff very interesting! We have the equivalent of Henry>Hank, Hubert>Huey or [name_m]Bert[/name_m] for my grandparents’ generation.
It was a little heart breaking when I moved over to find out that [name_f]Gráinne[/name_f] was a “mom name” as my husband put it. There is definitely a trend of going with [name_m]Irish[/name_m] spellings rather than anglizations, your much more likely to meet kids named [name_f]MĂ©abh[/name_f] and [name_m]Darragh[/name_m] rather than [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] and [name_f]Dara[/name_f] and some anglizations have dropped out of the top 100 completely. Interestingly, there’s also a specific trend of gaelicizing [name_f]English[/name_f] names like Éabha (Ava), [name_f]AoibhĂ[/name_f] (Evie) and [name_m]TeidĂ[/name_m] (Teddy).
Names that are pretty solidly middle aged in Finland:
[name_f]Jaana[/name_f]
[name_f]Ritva[/name_f] (who often go by Ritu)
[name_f]Riitta[/name_f]
[name_f]Pirkko[/name_f]
[name_f]Pirjo[/name_f]
[name_f]Ulla[/name_f]
[name_f]Anja[/name_f]
[name_f]Tiina[/name_f]
[name_f]Asta[/name_f]
[name_f]Irma[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
Maarit / Maaret
[name_f]Marita[/name_f]
[name_f]Kirsti[/name_f]
[name_f]Kirsi[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaarina[/name_f]
[name_m]Matti[/name_m]
[name_m]Pasi[/name_m]
[name_m]Taneli[/name_m]
[name_m]Pekka[/name_m]
[name_m]Tapani[/name_m]
[name_m]Jari[/name_m]
[name_m]Tuomo[/name_m]
[name_m]Jouko[/name_m]
Jukka
[name_m]Rauno[/name_m] (often accompanied by the nickname Rane)
[name_m]Jussi[/name_m]
Jarkko
[name_m]Marko[/name_m]
[name_m]Markku[/name_m]
[name_m]Pauli[/name_m]
Names that I have to reluctantly admit are mum / dad names now (as in my generation!):
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Johanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Pauliina[/name_f]
[name_f]Tiia[/name_f]
[name_f]Liisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmi[/name_f]
[name_f]Jenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Jenny[/name_f] / [name_f]Jenni[/name_f]
[name_f]Jonna[/name_f]
[name_m]Niko[/name_m]
[name_m]Riku[/name_m]
[name_m]Janne[/name_m]
[name_m]Paavo[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuli[/name_m]
[name_m]Sami[/name_m]
[name_f]Olli[/name_f]
[name_m]Matias[/name_m]
Also, I recently moved back to Finland after about a decade living in the UK, and there’s some names that still sound dated to me but I’ve now heard on multiple young children!
[name_m]Olavi[/name_m]
[name_m]Mauno[/name_m]
[name_f]Lempi[/name_f]
[name_m]Sulo[/name_m]
In a french speaking place not in Europe
Just to name a few off the top of my head…
Pauline
Denise
Hélène
Johanne
Agathe
Gisèle
CĂ©cile
Germaine
Louise
Suzanne
Jeannette
Carmen
Colette
Ginette
Thérèse
Jacques
Guy
Gilles
Yves
Pierre/Pier
Paul
Jean
Jean-Pierre/Jean-Pier
Jean-Paul
(and many other Jean-X names)
Gaétan
Henri
Maurice
Richard
André
Serge
Claude
Roger