Old-Fashioned Names

avagenevieve2004 · October 13, 2024, 6:12am

i absolutely LOVE old baby names, and am hoping for some suggestions! most of the names i like are names that have kind of fallen out of style, but i do love some trendier vintage names. here are some of my favorites:
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] / [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_m]Lennox[/name_m] / [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Norma[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruby[/name_f]
Estelline
[name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalene[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Mercy[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruthie[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Lila[/name_f]
Iva/Ida

[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Lazarus[/name_m]
[name_m]Jude[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_m]Samson[/name_m]
[name_m]Micah[/name_m]
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_m]Rhodes[/name_m]
[name_m]Barrett[/name_m]

in short, my name sense is ‘crotchety old man’ and ‘grandma who smokes a pack a day but makes fantastic nanner pudding’
suggest away! 🩷:ribbon:

Nessie4 · October 13, 2024, 7:29am

I love this style so much!

[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
[name_f]Maureen[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilma[/name_f]
[name_f]Lois[/name_f]
[name_f]Doris[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Shirley[/name_f]
[name_f]Hetty[/name_f]

[name_m]Aldo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Harold[/name_m]
[name_m]Moe[/name_m]
[name_m]Clarence[/name_m]
[name_m]Stanley[/name_m]
[name_m]Gene[/name_m]
[name_m]Morris[/name_m]

DCAT · October 13, 2024, 7:39am

In the UK, so-called ‘old’ names are really popular now.

[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Esme[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
Aisleen
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]

Boys,
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]Enoch[/name_m]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
The list goes on. I think ‘old’ names are coming into vogue again, as they now sound fresh and new because they haven’t been used in so long.

Demoiselle · October 13, 2024, 8:05am

Yay for old-fashioned names!

[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] / [name_f]Elda[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Hester[/name_f]
[name_f]Trudy[/name_f]
[name_f]Doris[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Shirley[/name_f]
[name_f]Marlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f] / [name_f]Gretchen[/name_f]
[name_f]Muriel[/name_f]
[name_f]Myrtle[/name_f]
[name_f]Geraldine[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugenie[/name_f] / [name_f]Eugenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Marceline[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Sibyl[/name_f]
[name_f]Frida[/name_f] / [name_f]Frieda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ernestine[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] / [name_f]Clarice[/name_f]
[name_f]Albertine[/name_f]
[name_f]Selma[/name_f]

[name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Sherman[/name_m]
[name_m]Eliezer[/name_m]
[name_m]Colin[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Enoch[/name_m]
[name_m]Lemuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_m]Denver[/name_m]
[name_m]Joel[/name_m]
[name_m]Bram[/name_m]
[name_m]Frank[/name_m]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_f]Alva[/name_f]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m]
[name_m]Hilbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Delmore[/name_m]
[name_m]Vernon[/name_m]

Greyblue · October 13, 2024, 9:18am

[name_f]Evelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Thelma[/name_f]
[name_f]Eileen[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f] ‘Connie’
[name_f]Arlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Jean[/name_f]
[name_f]Joanie[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelica[/name_f]
[name_f]Roberta[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Deena[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Patience[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadine[/name_f]
[name_f]Teresa[/name_f]

[name_m]Clarence[/name_m]
[name_m]Laurence[/name_m]
[name_m]Phillip[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspar[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Ellis[/name_m]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m]
[name_m]Stanley[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilson[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]

mololy · October 14, 2024, 12:13am

I have a lot of names that I think of as “1920’s speak-easy vibes” so those may fit your old-fashioned vibe:

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] / [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_m]Francis[/name_m]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Edwina[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Marceline[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f] / [name_f]Gretchen[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Minnie[/name_f]
[name_f]Effie[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] / [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Dottie[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Anita[/name_f]
[name_f]Birdie[/name_f]

[name_m]Clifford[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_m]Klaus[/name_m]
[name_m]Elias[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Barnaby[/name_m]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Dale[/name_m]

RubyGemstone19 · October 14, 2024, 10:12am

At the moment I’m really loving [name_f]Gloria[/name_f] ! [name_f]Tiffany[/name_f] is also cute and [name_f]Agatha[/name_f], [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f], [name_f]Bettina[/name_f] and [name_f]Francine[/name_f]. For boys I like [name_m]Otis[/name_m], [name_m]Carlisle[/name_m], (I watched [name_f]Twilight[/name_f] recently) [name_m]Edmund[/name_m], [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m], [name_m]Laurie[/name_m] and [name_m]Augustin[/name_m].

somemelodioussonnet · October 14, 2024, 3:16pm

[name_m]Alton[/name_m]
[name_m]Asa[/name_m]
[name_m]Ben[/name_m]
[name_m]Cal[/name_m]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_f]Charley[/name_f]
[name_m]Chuck[/name_m]
[name_m]Clark[/name_m]
Clarkson
[name_m]Earl[/name_m]
[name_m]Eli[/name_m]
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]Hayes[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Israel[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_f]Izzy[/name_f]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]Joe[/name_m]
[name_m]Jones[/name_m]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Judah[/name_m]
[name_m]Lawrence[/name_m]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Lyle[/name_m]
[name_m]Mack[/name_m]
McClain
[name_m]Nehemiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]Rooks[/name_m]
[name_m]Sam[/name_m]
[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m]
[name_m]Stan[/name_m]
[name_m]Stanley[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvester[/name_m]
[name_m]Townes[/name_m]
[name_m]Wells[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
Woodward

[name_f]Abigail[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Adaline[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]
[name_f]Beryl[/name_f]
[name_f]Bess[/name_f]
[name_f]Catharine[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dawn[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
Ellie/Elly
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Evie[/name_f]
[name_f]Jean[/name_f]
[name_f]Jo[/name_f]
[name_f]Josie[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariel[/name_f]
[name_f]Millie[/name_f]
[name_f]Noreen[/name_f]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f]
Romelia
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Sally[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Viv[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivi[/name_f]
Vivien/Vivienne

avagenevieve2004 · October 14, 2024, 5:08pm

[name_f]Shirley[/name_f] is so cute!

avagenevieve2004 · October 14, 2024, 5:09pm

[name_f]Opal[/name_f] & [name_f]Olive[/name_f] are precious!

aldriix · October 14, 2024, 5:29pm

ooooooooooo i dont have a ton of old old ones saved up, but i have been hoarding quite a few! in no particular order as i am putting these down as i go

[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_f]Darcy[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Cecil[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_f]Lyndy[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruby[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmanuella[/name_f]
[name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Moriah[/name_f]
[name_m]Lawrence[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Percy[/name_m]

Nessie4 · October 14, 2024, 6:59pm

Isn’t it! It’s so underrated