I read on one of my mom’s forums that someone’s friend refers to the recent uprise in vintage names as the “nursing home trend”, and I just thought it was so funny I had to share. Because I am an older first time mom (39), I do have a harder time warming up to many of the vintage names, because I actually know or knew old people with that name in real life. Can anyone else relate?
Totally, when I first heard of a baby [name]Violet[/name] I almost screamed in disbelief but now I love it. However, I do have some pet hates one of which is [name]Mabel[/name].
I love the [name]Alyssa[/name]'s, [name]Nicole[/name]'s and Courtneys out there.
PS I have four grandchildren so those names are all fresh for me.
Oh, I can definitely relate - I’m 42! All of my great-great aunts and uncles lived well into their 90s, so I knew them as my “really old” relatives when I was growing up: [name]Grace[/name], [name]Cordelia[/name], [name]Violet[/name], [name]Calvin[/name], [name]Leo[/name], etc.
This is too funny! I am in my late 30s and grew up with many elderly relatives whose names are all the rage among “vintage” name fans today. As a child, I could not imagine names such as [name]Eloise[/name], [name]Evelyn[/name], [name]Ruby[/name], [name]George[/name] or [name]Alice[/name] [name]EVER[/name] being given to a baby. I actually felt sorry for my beloved Great Aunts bearing such “ugly, old” names. My how times change! I really do love a lot of these names now, and I admire their history and charm.
Yes, my aunts were [name]Violet[/name], [name]Elaine[/name], [name]Ruth[/name], [name]Ruby[/name], [name]Evelyn[/name], [name]Beatrice[/name], [name]Flora[/name], and [name]Grace[/name]. When I was young the only one of those names that sounded elegant to me was [name]Elaine[/name]. Now I love them all.
My Aunt [name]Elaine[/name] had so much style that she could have been elegant no matter what her name was.
I used to work in a nursing home(back in '97) as a physical therapist and here all the sweet little old ladies that I remember:
[name]Isabel[/name]
[name]Nathalie[/name]
[name]Cora[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Gertrude[/name]
[name]Mildred[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Myrtle[/name]
[name]Thelma[/name]
[name]Gladys[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name]
It is still hard for me to see these choices as fresh because I attach them to older people, but I am definitely sick of the current popular list and looking for something different.
I work in a hopsital, and have worked in nursing homes… heres a combination of elderly names form both workplaces…
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Pansy[/name]
[name]Lillian[/name]
[name]Isis[/name]
[name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Joyce[/name]
[name]Irene[/name]
[name]Helen[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]/[name]Bea[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Marjorie[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Beryl[/name]
[name]Gerard[/name]
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Mary[/name]
[name]Marie[/name]
[name]Dennis[/name]
[name]Paul[/name]
…
I live in a [name]German[/name] settled area of [name]Missouri[/name], so I come across many Germanic old-fashioned names, either in work or in the older generations of my family:
Whilmena ([name]Wilma[/name])
[name]Gladys[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name]
[name]Alda[/name]
[name]Hermann[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Heinrich[/name]
[name]Clarence[/name]
[name]Elmer[/name]
[name]Fritz[/name]
[name]Conrad[/name]
[name]Geraldine[/name]
That’s what I think of when I think of nursing home names!
I like this topic so much! Some names from my family
[name]Lois[/name]
[name]Diane[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Daphne[/name]
[name]Joyce[/name]
[name]Patricia[/name]
[name]Preston[/name]
[name]Richard[/name] (3 of these: [name]Richard[/name], [name]Dick[/name], and [name]Rick[/name])
[name]Mary[/name]
[name]Maxine[/name]
[name]Albert[/name]
[name]Mary[/name] [name]Ann[/name]