~ names for a vintage and rural aesthetic

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hello, berries! :radio:

i’m sick in bed, scrolling instagram, when i see a reel for ‘unique aesthetics’, featuring rural kansas in the 1960’s. it stopped me in my tracks. have i finally found my aesthetic? i think so! i screenshotted a few of the photos in the reel, and added my own, creating this collage…

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i. am. in. love. as i’ve mentioned before, my family hales from the west and great plains in the u.s., and this gives me all the americana nostalgia, which i’ve found, i love in my names as well.

this brings me to my question for all of you. what names come to mind when you envision this aesthetic? a few i’m getting are joanie, idalou, and beverly for girls, and bill, roscoe, and harvey for boys.

thank you for humoring me! :sunflower::ear_of_rice:

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[name_m]Feel[/name_m] better soon!

[name_f]Dolly[/name_f]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_m]Dalton[/name_m]
[name_u]Amos[/name_u]
[name_m]Cliff[/name_m]
[name_u]Marty[/name_u], [name_f]Martie[/name_f]
[name_u]Joyce[/name_u], [name_f]Joycie[/name_f]
[name_m]Woody[/name_m]
[name_m]Hank[/name_m]
[name_u]Roy[/name_u]
[name_u]Wade[/name_u]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_u]Ray[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u]
[name_m]Wayne[/name_m]
[name_u]Shirley[/name_u]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_u]Jess[/name_u]
[name_u]Jean[/name_u], [name_f]Jeanie[/name_f]
[name_m]Marshall[/name_m]
[name_f]Carrie[/name_f]
[name_m]Frank[/name_m]
[name_f]Sally[/name_f]
[name_u]Jody[/name_u]
[name_f]Loretta[/name_f]
[name_m]Clay[/name_m], [name_u]Clayton[/name_u]
[name_u]Patsy[/name_u]
[name_u]Randy[/name_u]
[name_m]Jimmy[/name_m]
[name_u]Howard[/name_u], [name_m]Howie[/name_m]
[name_u]Harlan[/name_u]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_f]Bonnie[/name_f]
[name_m]Garth[/name_m]
[name_u]Glenn[/name_u]
[name_u]Bobbie[/name_u]
[name_u]Wylie[/name_u]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_u]Leland[/name_u]
[name_m]Judd[/name_m]
[name_f]Peggy[/name_f]
[name_u]Destry[/name_u]
[name_m]Abner[/name_m]
[name_m]Alan[/name_m]
[name_u]Connie[/name_u]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_u]Jerry[/name_u]
[name_f]Nella[/name_f]

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this is a perfect list :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

i love so many of these, but joycie and woody are standing out today. how sweet are they? ah and loretta, harlan, and patsy… i could keep going! thank you.

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For Girls

[name_u]Jody[/name_u]
[name_f]Jeanie[/name_f]
[name_f]Jobeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Jenell[/name_f]
[name_f]Babette[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Jeannette[/name_f]
[name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f]
[name_f]Winnie[/name_f]
[name_f]Cindy[/name_f]
[name_f]Cynthia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dixie[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Beth[/name_f]
[name_f]Bethany[/name_f]
[name_f]Bethanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Sherry[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Betsy[/name_f]
[name_f]Bess[/name_f]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Effie[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Junie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lois[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_u]Mattie[/name_u]
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f]
[name_f]Nellie[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_u]Bevin[/name_u]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Kady[/name_f]
[name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_u]Billie[/name_u]
[name_u]Harper[/name_u]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Jenny[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosary[/name_f]
[name_f]Prim[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
[name_f]Elle[/name_f]
[name_u]Dove[/name_u]
[name_f]Minta[/name_f]
[name_f]Harleigh[/name_f]

For Boys

[name_m]Jethro[/name_m]
[name_u]Dillon[/name_u]
[name_u]Axel[/name_u]
[name_u]Wally[/name_u]
[name_m]Castor[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m] (the CASH-us pronunciation)
[name_u]Cash[/name_u]
[name_m]Cleaver[/name_m]
[name_m]Deverell[/name_m]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_u]Cade[/name_u]
[name_m]Barnes[/name_m]
[name_u]Clovis[/name_u]
[name_m]Bart[/name_m]
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
[name_u]Bernie[/name_u]
[name_m]Barney[/name_m]
[name_u]Walter[/name_u]
[name_m]Walden[/name_m]
[name_u]Floyd[/name_u]
[name_m]Harrison[/name_m]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_u]Murray[/name_u]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m]
[name_u]Curtis[/name_u]
[name_m]Baxter[/name_m]
[name_u]Glenn[/name_u]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_u]Laurence[/name_u]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_u]Calloway[/name_u]
[name_u]Callahan[/name_u]
[name_m]Ward[/name_m]
[name_m]Morris[/name_m]
[name_u]Prescott[/name_u]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
[name_m]Colt[/name_m]
[name_m]Coltrane[/name_m]
[name_m]Grover[/name_m]
[name_m]Hart[/name_m]
[name_m]Ogden[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Jerome[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Clive[/name_m]
[name_u]Clem[/name_u]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Russell[/name_m]
[name_u]Harper[/name_u]
[name_u]Duke[/name_u]
[name_m]Homer[/name_m]
[name_u]Lincoln[/name_u]
[name_m]Brysen[/name_m]
[name_u]Bryce[/name_u]
[name_u]Wiley[/name_u]
[name_u]Colby[/name_u]
[name_u]Rocky[/name_u]
[name_u]Dustin[/name_u]
[name_u]Dusty[/name_u]
[name_m]Hardy[/name_m]

Congratulations on finding your aesthetic and I hope you feel better soon🙂!

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thank you for the well wishes :white_heart:

jeanie, dorothy, cindy, betsy, alice, ida, minta, jethro, walden, floyd, clem, homer and hardy are adorable. it makes me smile to think of some of these that i knew on older folks on a baby today!

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I love all of your ideas, and I’d second the suggestions of Dolly, Joycie, Ray, Loretta, Harlan, Martha, and Nella. I’d suggest…
Irving
Autry
Abner
Banjo
Rhett
Tucker
Enoch
Gene
Amos
Bobby
Clyde
Monty
Jesse
Jethro
Silas
Jarvis
Hewitt

Ellie-Mae
Jolene
Nonnie
Suellen
Della
Louise/Louisa
Marnie
Mamie
Maudie
Prue
Amybeth
Annie
Mavis
Mercy
Naomi

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I’m getting:

[name_f]Deenie[/name_f]
[name_u]Jem[/name_u]
Wilfie
[name_u]Frankie[/name_u]
[name_f]Betsy[/name_f]
[name_u]Rocky[/name_u]
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]
[name_u]Saffron[/name_u]
[name_f]Antonia[/name_f] ‘Annie’
[name_f]Lana[/name_f]
[name_m]Judson[/name_m]
[name_m]Kip[/name_m]
[name_u]Chance[/name_u]
[name_f]Libby[/name_f]
[name_u]Saige[/name_u]
[name_u]Rae[/name_u]
[name_u]Charles[/name_u]
[name_u]Whit[/name_u]
[name_m]Jimmy[/name_m]
[name_m]Ike[/name_m]
[name_u]Dana[/name_u]

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This says

[name_f]Sallie[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Sara[/name_f] [name_f]Jayne[/name_f]
[name_u]Fern[/name_u] [name_f]Delilah[/name_f]

[name_m]Eugene[/name_m] [name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_u]Beau[/name_u] [name_u]Firth[/name_u]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] “Nicky” [name_u]Robert[/name_u]

to me.

I’m from the rural Midwest so this feels right at home.

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[name_f]Hope[/name_f] you feel better soon!

[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f], [name_u]Rose[/name_u], [name_f]Olive[/name_f], [name_u]Rue[/name_u], [name_f]Della[/name_f], [name_f]Georgia[/name_f]

[name_u]Bradly[/name_u], [name_u]Charlie[/name_u], [name_u]Wendell[/name_u], [name_m]Winston[/name_m], [name_u]Robbie[/name_u]

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[name_f]Diane[/name_f]
[name_f]Donna[/name_f]
[name_f]Maureen[/name_f]
[name_f]Kathy[/name_f]
[name_u]Shelley[/name_u]

[name_u]Douglas[/name_u]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_u]Robert[/name_u]
[name_m]Stephen[/name_m]

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Ooh, I love that aesthetic!

[name_u]Jean[/name_u]
[name_u]Rudy[/name_u]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_f]Zippy[/name_f]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u]
[name_u]Sunny[/name_u]
[name_m]Heath[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f]
[name_u]Corey[/name_u]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u]
[name_f]Janet[/name_f]
[name_u]Stevie[/name_u]
[name_u]Kay[/name_u]
[name_m]Roley[/name_m]

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[name_m]Feel[/name_m] better soon, dear!

I absolutely adore this aesthetic, so I’m just going to go wild:

[name_f]Dottie[/name_f], [name_f]Ruthie[/name_f], Willadora, [name_u]Willie[/name_u], [name_u]Patsy[/name_u], [name_f]Joanie[/name_f], [name_f]Vivie[/name_f], [name_f]Annie[/name_f], [name_f]Betsy[/name_f], [name_u]Billie[/name_u], [name_f]Maybeth[/name_f], [name_f]Susie[/name_f], [name_f]Hettie[/name_f], [name_f]Lula[/name_f], [name_f]Odella[/name_f], [name_u]Dessie[/name_u], [name_f]Della[/name_f], [name_f]Opal[/name_f], [name_f]Olive[/name_f], [name_m]Benny[/name_m], [name_u]Penny[/name_u], [name_f]Susannah[/name_f], [name_f]Ethel[/name_f], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], [name_f]Beth[/name_f], [name_f]Darlene[/name_f], [name_f]Helen[/name_f], [name_f]Martha[/name_f], [name_u]Shirley[/name_u], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], [name_f]Sally[/name_f], Florianne, [name_u]Kit[/name_u], [name_f]Maryjane[/name_f], [name_f]Nell[/name_f], [name_f]Madge[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Emeline[/name_f], [name_f]Luella[/name_f], [name_u]Robin[/name_u], [name_u]Holly[/name_u], [name_u]Abilene[/name_u], [name_u]Blythe[/name_u], [name_u]Blanche[/name_u], [name_u]Josie[/name_u], [name_f]Nan[/name_f], [name_f]Christianne[/name_f], [name_f]Pollyanna[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Lillian[/name_f], [name_f]Peggy[/name_f], [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], [name_f]Adaline[/name_f], [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]

I’ll come back tomorrow with boy names! :heart:

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@Larryisalittledog so many of these are long time favorites of mine, but i’ve never considered gene, hewitt, and nonnie. thank you for sharing!

@Greyblue i absolutely adore ike!! betsy, judson, and whit are also fun. thank you!

@cms1512 fern delilah is absolutely lovely. thank you for the combination inspo!

thank you all :white_heart:

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[name_u]Mack[/name_u]
[name_u]Wilkie[/name_u]
[name_m]Dennis[/name_m]
[name_m]Calhoun[/name_m]
[name_m]Joel[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Rodney[/name_m]
[name_u]Dean[/name_u]
[name_u]Dale[/name_u]
[name_m]Keith[/name_m]
[name_m]Herschell[/name_m]
[name_m]Mitchell[/name_m]
[name_u]Darren[/name_u]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_u]Sonny[/name_u]

[name_f]Barbara[/name_f]
[name_f]Karen[/name_f]
[name_f]Betty[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
[name_u]Jackie[/name_u]
[name_f]Carolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorraine[/name_f]
[name_f]Corinne[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Jill[/name_f]
[name_f]Tammy[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_u]Kim[/name_u]
[name_f]Melinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Monica[/name_f]

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@seawillow i absolutely cannot get over this list. it’s retro, twangy, and spirited, and that’s exactly what i was looking for. to me, these girls are at home on the prairie or the canyons, and each of these names packs a punch. willadora, lula, and adaline are especially catching my eye. i’m ever so excited for your boys list if you find the time. thank you, dear friend! 🫶🏼

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i’m obsessed with this one lately :heart_eyes:

mack, wilkie, herschel, and sonny are sweet as well, and ruth, lorraine, and melinda are so fun! thank you!

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Okay, I’m a bit late, but I’m back with some ideas!

[name_u]Whit[/name_u], [name_u]Jericho[/name_u], [name_m]Zeb[/name_m], [name_u]Billy[/name_u] (I know you already have [name_m]Bill[/name_m], but I couldn’t help it!), [name_u]Alden[/name_u], [name_u]Alcott[/name_u], [name_m]Hank[/name_m], [name_m]Warren[/name_m], [name_u]Malone[/name_u], [name_u]Cal[/name_u], [name_m]Gresham[/name_m], [name_u]Ira[/name_u], [name_m]Hal[/name_m], [name_m]Phineas[/name_m], [name_u]George[/name_u], [name_u]Linden[/name_u], [name_u]Auden[/name_u], [name_m]Harold[/name_m], [name_u]Curtis[/name_u], [name_m]Bing[/name_m], [name_m]Bingham[/name_m], [name_u]Lyle[/name_u], [name_m]Samuel[/name_m], [name_u]Earl[/name_u], [name_m]Arnold[/name_m], [name_m]Earnest[/name_m], [name_m]Ransom[/name_m], [name_u]Elmer[/name_u], [name_m]Homer[/name_m], [name_m]Morris[/name_m], [name_u]Clarence[/name_u], [name_u]Dale[/name_u], [name_m]Lewis[/name_m], [name_u]Ray[/name_u], [name_m]Abner[/name_m], [name_u]Clyde[/name_u], [name_u]Amos[/name_u], [name_u]Ellis[/name_u], [name_u]Gus[/name_u], [name_m]Judson[/name_m], [name_u]Lawson[/name_u], [name_u]Hale[/name_u], [name_u]Sterling[/name_u], [name_u]Lou[/name_u], [name_m]Dennis[/name_m], [name_u]Lane[/name_u], [name_m]Saul[/name_m], [name_m]Tim[/name_m], [name_u]Lenny[/name_u], [name_u]Lonny[/name_u], [name_u]Win[/name_u], [name_u]Wallace[/name_u], [name_m]Creed[/name_m], [name_m]Smith[/name_m], [name_u]Kennedy[/name_u], [name_m]Woodrow[/name_m]

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thank you so much for all your help and ideas 🫶🏼

these names are perfect- they’re at home in the midwest and south, and many on an old census or a classroom roster today. ah, i just love them!

alden, bingham, and lane are new ideas i’m loving, you’re also helping convince me of warren, a name t has been loving for years. i also love the ‘nickname’ names you’ve included, especially zeb, billy, ira, lonny, and hal/cal.

thank you again, theo! :banjo:

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