• names that deserve a revival •

hi berries!

i made a couple lists today, and i’m calling them the next generation of hipster names! (because aren’t milo & brooklyn pretty commonplace now?)

i want to hear your favorites, your least favorites and any vintage names you think deserve a revival, or are painfully underused!

the lists…

𝙱𝙾𝚈𝚂

𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛
𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚊𝚜
𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚛𝚊𝚍
𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚕
𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚢
𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚌𝚑
𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚕
𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚖
𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚜
𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚜
𝚒𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝚑𝚞𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝
𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚎
𝚌𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚕
𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝
𝚎𝚍𝚠𝚒𝚗

𝙶𝙸𝚁𝙻𝚂

𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊
𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚎
𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊
𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝
𝚋𝚎𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚑
𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚢
𝚟𝚒𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚊
𝚓𝚊𝚌𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚎
𝚣𝚎𝚕𝚍𝚊
𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚢𝚜
𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊
𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛
𝚍𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎
𝚎𝚕𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚊
𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚊
𝚖𝚢𝚛𝚝𝚕𝚎
𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚐𝚊

hope you enjoy :orange_heart:

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i agree with pretty much all of these!!

my favorites are victor, amias, wendell, petra, amity, and idella!
i’m not a huge fan of cletus, norbert, thomasina, or myrtle, but i see the appeal (:

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my favorites are:
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_u]Basil[/name_u]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_f]Idella[/name_f]
[name_f]Amity[/name_f]
[name_f]Hester[/name_f]
[name_f]Elnora[/name_f]

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isn’t idella gorgeous?! i had never heard her until i started researching.

also i kind of am loving norbert “bertie” for some reason, even though it’s not the cutest name out there :laughing:

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hahaha I have a lot hate relationship with the name [name_u]Earl[/name_u], and I’m not a fan of [name_f]Gilda[/name_f] or [name_f]Mildred[/name_f], but I love [name_f]Millie[/name_f]! Bring Back [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] and [name_m]Seymour[/name_m]!

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[name_u]Love[/name_u] these names! I’ve considered [name_u]Wendell[/name_u], [name_m]Edwin[/name_m], [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] and [name_f]Gladys[/name_f]. [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] is one of my favorites but no one else likes it lol.

I suggested [name_f]Enid[/name_f] to my SO and he says that it’s too hipster hah.

I met a newborn [name_f]Ethel[/name_f] :two_hearts: love that!

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yes i love love idella! i hadn’t heard of it before either but it’s so pretty <3
and i think bertie is a pretty cute nickname honestly!

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i love love love…

victor
amias
basil (!!!)
hiram
barnabas
cyril
edwin

petra
idella
virginia
zelda
hester
dovie
thomasina

so lovely! :heartpulse:

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love your favorites! i think these all have a good shot, especially basil, with the popularity of all the lovely plant names :seedling:

absolutely! a little stan or seymour “morey”! :pleading_face:

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welcome to the myrtle fan club! my great great grandma was myrtle wilhemina so I love her! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

also, i absolutely adore enid and ethel!

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that is so dreamy!!

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such a sweet list! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

my favorites are victor, basil, irving, edwin, petra, amity, zelda, gladys, hester, dovie, thomasina, and myrtle!!

some of my favorites from this category are agnes, albertine, edith, francine, georgine/georgina/ georgiana, imogene, lucille, luella, maude, mavis, maxine, pauline, peggy, polly, sybil, winifred, barnaby, bertie, casper, frank, and wilbur!

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one of my absolute favorite boy names is wendell ‘wen’!!

i also love love love victor, humphrey, petra (so pretty!) and millicent :two_hearts:

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Fun! I can’t tell you how bored I am of seeing hipster names lists that are basically just popular names now that any self-respecting “hipster” wouldn’t be caught dead using. Haven’t been able to find a list yet that actually has anything resembling what the hipster set are probably calling their babies.

I like [name_m]Conrad[/name_m], [name_m]Humphrey[/name_m], [name_m]Barnabas[/name_m], [name_m]Edwin[/name_m], [name_f]Petra[/name_f], [name_f]Millicent[/name_f], [name_f]Zelda[/name_f], [name_f]Dovie[/name_f], [name_f]Thomasina[/name_f] (prefer [name_f]Thomasin[/name_f] though) and [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f]. Not that I’d use them all myself, but I’d be happy to see someone else use them!

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my favourites are victor, basil, edwin, petra, dovie, elnora (i’ve never heard of her before!) and zelda!

i also think chester, darla and erma deserve to make a revival!

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Stanley’s already in the top 100 in the UK (#67).

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I love [name_m]Amias[/name_m]!

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yes yes yes! also, peggy is darling :pleading_face:

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me too! i think ives would be a cute nickname :pleading_face: