names...

[ilovenames89]

What names do you miss that no one uses anymore but they are hidden gems for boys and girls?

[flowermae]

I like these (but clearly others don’t!)

[name]Joyce[/name]
[name]Helen[/name]
[name]Phyllis[/name]
[name]Beulah[/name]
[name]Gloria[/name]

[name]Clyde[/name]
[name]Hoyt[/name]
[name]Matthias[/name]
[name]Chester[/name]

[ilovenames89]

I know a [name]Phyllis[/name] thats my age
I love [name]Beulah[/name]!!!
And friends of mine were going to use [name]Gloria[/name] but had a bot [name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Hoyt[/name] i love!!!

[elisabeth_rae]

[name]Susannah[/name], [name]Georgia[/name], and [name]Jane[/name] girls.

[name]Neal[/name] and [name]Lane[/name] for boys.

[ilovenames89]

@lori johnson

What a fun topic – thanks for starting this thread!

Hidden gems for boys [in my opinion :)]:

First/Middle Favorites:
[name]Abelard[/name] / [name]Alaric[/name] / [name]Algernon[/name] / [name]Aloysius[/name] / [name]Ambrose[/name] / [name]Arthur[/name] / [name]Averill[/name] / [name]Avery[/name] / [name]Barnaby[/name] / [name]Bertram[/name] / [name]Bradford[/name] / [name]Bramwell[/name] / [name]Brigham[/name] / [name]Cadmus[/name] / [name]Callum[/name] / [name]Calvin[/name] / [name]Carbery[/name] / [name]Casimir[/name] / [name]Caspian[/name] / [name]Cedric[/name] / [name]Chauncey[/name] / [name]Chester[/name] / [name]Cicero[/name] / [name]Clancy[/name] / [name]Dawson[/name] / [name]Desmond[/name] / [name]Destry[/name] / [name]Deveraux[/name] / [name]Durham[/name] / [name]Edmund[/name] / [name]Ellsworth[/name] / [name]Everett[/name] / [name]Felix[/name] / [name]Ferdinand[/name] / [name]Fergus[/name] / [name]Filbert[/name] / [name]Gentry[/name] / [name]Gilbert[/name] / [name]Grey[/name] / [name]Harrington[/name] / [name]Henry[/name] / [name]Hugo[/name] / [name]Ingram[/name] / [name]Jack[/name] / [name]Jasper[/name] / [name]Jonah[/name] / [name]Maxwell[/name] / [name]Latham[/name] / [name]Leopold[/name] / [name]Lorenzo[/name] / [name]Newton[/name] / [name]Nickleby[/name] / [name]Oliver[/name] / [name]Pendleton[/name] / [name]Peregrine[/name] / [name]Pomeroy[/name] / [name]Prentice[/name] / [name]Radcliff[/name] / [name]Rafferty[/name] / [name]Ralph[/name] [nickname: [name]Rafe[/name]] / [name]Remington[/name] / [name]Roderick[/name] / [name]Roland[/name] / [name]Rupert[/name] / [name]Rutherford[/name] / [name]Selwyn[/name] / [name]Spencer[/name] / [name]Sterling[/name] / [name]Stuart[/name] / [name]Sutton[/name] / [name]Talbot[/name] / [name]Tate[/name] / [name]Thackeray[/name] / [name]Thatcher[/name] / [name]Truman[/name] / [name]Walter[/name] [nickname: [name]Watson[/name]] / [name]Werther[/name] / [name]Whittaker[/name] / [name]Willoughby[/name] / [name]Winsome[/name] / [name]Winston[/name] / [name]Winthrop[/name] / [name]York[/name]

Guilty Pleasures:
[name]Belvedere[/name] / [name]Bruno[/name] / [name]Brutus[/name] / [name]Clement[/name] / [name]Clifford[/name] / [name]Conrad[/name] / [name]Egbert[/name] / [name]Elmer[/name] / [name]Ernesto[/name] / [name]Gaylord[/name] / [name]Geronimo[/name] / [name]Grover[/name] / [name]Gulliver[/name] / [name]Gustavo[/name] / [name]Harold[/name] / [name]Heathcliff[/name] / [name]Hector[/name] / [name]Horace[/name] / [name]Horatio[/name] / [name]Ignatius[/name] / [name]Ivanhoe[/name] / [name]Lancelot[/name] / [name]Ludovic[/name] / [name]Lyle[/name] / [name]Lysander[/name] / [name]Malcolm[/name] / [name]Massimo[/name] / [name]Maverick[/name] / [name]Maynard[/name] / [name]Melvin[/name] / [name]Milton[/name] / [name]Mordecai[/name] / [name]Morris[/name] / [name]Mortimer[/name] / [name]Napoleon[/name] / [name]Nemo[/name] / [name]Nicodemus[/name] / [name]Nimrod[/name] / [name]Orville[/name] / [name]Oscar[/name] / [name]Otis[/name] / [name]Palermo[/name] / [name]Peabody[/name] / [name]Reinaldo[/name] / [name]Roscoe[/name] / [name]Rufus[/name] / [name]Sylvester[/name] / [name]Waldo[/name] / [name]Zebedee[/name] / [name]Zebulon[/name]

I love your choices some are on my list: [name]Rupert[/name],[name]Mordecai[/name],Thackery,[name]Massimo[/name],[name]Nicodemus[/name](since i was little), and a lot more from your list!!!

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@lori johnson

What a fun topic – thanks for starting this thread!

Hidden gems for boys [in my opinion :)]:

First/Middle Favorites:
[name]Abelard[/name] / [name]Alaric[/name] / [name]Algernon[/name] / [name]Aloysius[/name] / [name]Ambrose[/name] / [name]Arthur[/name] / [name]Averill[/name] / [name]Avery[/name] / [name]Barnaby[/name] / [name]Bertram[/name] / [name]Bradford[/name] / [name]Bramwell[/name] / [name]Brigham[/name] / [name]Cadmus[/name] / [name]Callum[/name] / [name]Calvin[/name] / [name]Carbery[/name] / [name]Casimir[/name] / [name]Caspian[/name] / [name]Cedric[/name] / [name]Chauncey[/name] / [name]Chester[/name] / [name]Cicero[/name] / [name]Clancy[/name] / [name]Dawson[/name] / [name]Desmond[/name] / [name]Destry[/name] / [name]Deveraux[/name] / [name]Durham[/name] / [name]Edmund[/name] / [name]Ellsworth[/name] / [name]Everett[/name] / [name]Felix[/name] / [name]Ferdinand[/name] / [name]Fergus[/name] / [name]Filbert[/name] / [name]Gentry[/name] / [name]Gilbert[/name] / [name]Grey[/name] / [name]Harrington[/name] / [name]Henry[/name] / [name]Hugo[/name] / [name]Ingram[/name] / [name]Jack[/name] / [name]Jasper[/name] / [name]Jonah[/name] / [name]Maxwell[/name] / [name]Latham[/name] / [name]Leopold[/name] / [name]Lorenzo[/name] / [name]Newton[/name] / [name]Nickleby[/name] / [name]Oliver[/name] / [name]Pendleton[/name] / [name]Peregrine[/name] / [name]Pomeroy[/name] / [name]Prentice[/name] / [name]Radcliff[/name] / [name]Rafferty[/name] / [name]Ralph[/name] [nickname: [name]Rafe[/name]] / [name]Remington[/name] / [name]Roderick[/name] / [name]Roland[/name] / [name]Rupert[/name] / [name]Rutherford[/name] / [name]Selwyn[/name] / [name]Spencer[/name] / [name]Sterling[/name] / [name]Stuart[/name] / [name]Sutton[/name] / [name]Talbot[/name] / [name]Tate[/name] / [name]Thackeray[/name] / [name]Thatcher[/name] / [name]Truman[/name] / [name]Walter[/name] [nickname: [name]Watson[/name]] / [name]Werther[/name] / [name]Whittaker[/name] / [name]Willoughby[/name] / [name]Winsome[/name] / [name]Winston[/name] / [name]Winthrop[/name] / [name]York[/name]

Guilty Pleasures:
[name]Belvedere[/name] / [name]Bruno[/name] / [name]Brutus[/name] / [name]Clement[/name] / [name]Clifford[/name] / [name]Conrad[/name] / [name]Egbert[/name] / [name]Elmer[/name] / [name]Ernesto[/name] / [name]Gaylord[/name] / [name]Geronimo[/name] / [name]Grover[/name] / [name]Gulliver[/name] / [name]Gustavo[/name] / [name]Harold[/name] / [name]Heathcliff[/name] / [name]Hector[/name] / [name]Horace[/name] / [name]Horatio[/name] / [name]Ignatius[/name] / [name]Ivanhoe[/name] / [name]Lancelot[/name] / [name]Ludovic[/name] / [name]Lyle[/name] / [name]Lysander[/name] / [name]Malcolm[/name] / [name]Massimo[/name] / [name]Maverick[/name] / [name]Maynard[/name] / [name]Melvin[/name] / [name]Milton[/name] / [name]Mordecai[/name] / [name]Morris[/name] / [name]Mortimer[/name] / [name]Napoleon[/name] / [name]Nemo[/name] / [name]Nicodemus[/name] / [name]Nimrod[/name] / [name]Orville[/name] / [name]Oscar[/name] / [name]Otis[/name] / [name]Palermo[/name] / [name]Peabody[/name] / [name]Reinaldo[/name] / [name]Roscoe[/name] / [name]Rufus[/name] / [name]Sylvester[/name] / [name]Waldo[/name] / [name]Zebedee[/name] / [name]Zebulon[/name]

[name]Love[/name]! [name]Plenty[/name] of these are on my list, [name]Alaric[/name] has been bumped up to our #2 name on the boys side and [name]Roscoe[/name] is a huge GP of mine.

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@elisabeth rae

[name]Susannah[/name], [name]Georgia[/name], and [name]Jane[/name] girls.

Agreed with these girls names. But I prefer the [name]Susanna[/name] or [name]Suzanna[/name] spellings.

I’d also like to mention [name]Gladys[/name].

[diana_m]

These are some names that I really like, but don’t know anyone who has used them recently or would consider using them for babies. I’m not sure if they’d be considered “hidden” gems b/c I think most are familiar with these, but I definitely think they’re not used enough these days :).

Boys- [name]Fletcher[/name], [name]Albert[/name], [name]Eugene[/name], [name]Ernest[/name], [name]Sebastian[/name]

Girls- [name]Carole[/name], [name]Alma[/name], [name]Shirley[/name], [name]Ida[/name], [name]Linda[/name]

I agree with many of the names on [name]Lori[/name] [name]Johnson[/name]'s list, especially- [name]Arthur[/name], [name]Hugo[/name], [name]Jonah[/name], [name]Rupert[/name], [name]Walter[/name], [name]Orville[/name], and [name]Roscoe[/name]

[miloowen]

[name]Albert[/name], [name]John[/name], [name]Bertram[/name], [name]Waldo[/name], [name]Edgar[/name]

[name]Linnet[/name], [name]Helen[/name], [name]Jane[/name], [name]Jennet[/name], [name]Mildred[/name], [name]Berte[/name], [name]Martha[/name]

[system]

I would love to hear [name]Betty[/name] and [name]Betsey[/name] more

[ilovenames89]

@cristinamariane

I would love to hear [name]Betty[/name] and [name]Betsey[/name] more

Agreed i love these names!!

[everwaiteing]

I wish these would be revived:

[name]Judith[/name]
[name]Marlena[/name]
[name]Augusta[/name]
[name]Henrietta[/name]
[name]Marietta[/name]
[name]Rosetta[/name]

[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Geoffrey[/name]
[name]Augustus[/name]

[bcl23]

I agree with someone above for [name]Sebastian[/name] for a boy. I’ve always loved that name.
As for girls, I quite like [name]Lydia[/name]

[artemis815]

Girls: [name]Selma[/name], [name]Beulah[/name], [name]Dinah[/name], [name]Susannah[/name], [name]Helen[/name], [name]Joan[/name], [name]Maude[/name], [name]Alma[/name]
Boys: [name]Leonard[/name], [name]Ferdinand[/name], [name]Bertram[/name], [name]Clive[/name], [name]Clyde[/name], [name]Rufus[/name], [name]Rupert[/name], [name]Walter[/name], [name]Ansel[/name], [name]Anselm[/name]

[tonivit]

I miss [name]Mary[/name]!

[tammylou]

I’d love to revive [name]Henrietta[/name]. Can’t get other half on board though.

[frustratedauthor]

A lot of names I would mention have already been brought up. But to add a few more…

BOYS
[name]Avery[/name]
[name]Harlan[/name]
[name]Hollis[/name]
[name]Roger[/name] - I think it has a certain panache about it.
[name]Rufus[/name]

GIRLS
[name]Jemima[/name] - in the US, anyway… shakes fist at the syrup
[name]Mavis[/name] - could be making a comeback with the [name]Mae[/name]/[name]Maeve[/name]/[name]Mabel[/name] contingent?

[ilovenames89]

@tammylou

I’d love to revive [name]Henrietta[/name]. Can’t get other half on board though.

This my pick my fiance doesnt like it but i do my Fathers name is [name]Henri/name so i love [name]Henrietta/name

[judyariel]

[name]Cheryl[/name], [name]Christina[/name], [name]Sharon[/name], [name]Amy[/name], [name]Deborah[/name], [name]Camellia[/name]

[name]Perry[/name], [name]Laurence[/name], [name]Lazarus[/name], [name]Eleazar[/name], [name]Franklin[/name], [name]Obadiah[/name], [name]Sterling[/name], [name]Destry[/name], [name]Craig[/name]