Retro-cool names for a dystopian future

[zie]

[name_m]Long[/name_m] story short, I’ve started working on a dystopian future story at my best friend’s suggestion, taking place in a society where emotions that are deemed unnecessary are forcibly removed.

That part isn’t really important. The thing is that I want to use names that have sort of an old-fashioned sound without making characters who are young adults sound like great-grandparents. Names that are old enough and have been out of style for so long that they sound kind of new again, do you know what I mean?

Any suggestions?

[NaomiNY]

Girl names:
[name_f]Inez[/name_f]
[name_u]Allie[/name_u]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Rena[/name_f]
[name_u]Dana[/name_u]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Elida[/name_f]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Francine[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]

Boy names:
[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m]
[name_m]Lester[/name_m]
[name_u]Leslie[/name_u]
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Martin[/name_m]
[name_m]Marvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Melvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m]
[name_m]Isiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Richmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_u]Dayton[/name_u]
[name_m]Clayton[/name_m]
[name_u]Carson[/name_u]

[dolliegirl]

Girls

[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f]
[name_f]Marjorie[/name_f]
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_u]Caro[/name_u]
[name_f]Fawn[/name_f]
[name_u]Wren[/name_u]
[name_f]Dot[/name_f]
[name_f]Josey[/name_f]
[name_f]Posey[/name_f]
[name_u]Kay[/name_u]

Boys

[name_m]Alonzo[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_u]Jay[/name_u]
[name_m]Archie[/name_m]
[name_u]Alfie[/name_u]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m]

[whitefeather01]

Hesper – [name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_u]June[/name_u] – [name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]
[name_f]Hester[/name_f] – [name_m]Weston[/name_m]
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] – [name_m]Winston[/name_m]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f] – [name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f] – [name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] – [name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] – [name_u]Sheldon[/name_u]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] – [name_m]Terrence[/name_m]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] – [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_f]Dolores[/name_f] – [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_f]Delia[/name_f] – [name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f] – [name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f] – [name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_f]Georgia[/name_f] – [name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] – [name_m]Russell[/name_m]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f] – [name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
[name_f]Francine[/name_f] – [name_u]Leland[/name_u]
[name_f]Maxine[/name_f] – [name_m]Quentin[/name_m]
[name_f]Bette[/name_f] – [name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_f]Betsy[/name_f] – [name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_f]Betty[/name_f] – [name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f] – [name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f] – [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_f]Janine[/name_f] – [name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] – [name_u]Howard[/name_u]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] – [name_m]Harvey[/name_m]

[vintageluvs]

Try using unusual names from antiquity like Trota or Rachilidis for girls and Brynstan or Kittim for boys.

[lizzard21]

girls:
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]/[name_f]Cassie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f]/[name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anneliese[/name_f]
[name_f]Elaina[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]/[name_u]Josie[/name_u]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]

boys:
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_m]Robert[/name_m]/[name_u]Robby[/name_u]
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]/[name_m]Ben[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]/[name_u]Sam[/name_u]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m]

[Mary-la]

So refreshing to see people in post-apoc not being named stuff like [name_m]Octavius[/name_m] or [name_f]Moon[/name_f]. [name_f]Imo[/name_f] those writers tend to take their names too far. I understand wanting originality, but you really don’t need names like that! Anyway, here’s a list.

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Alberta[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Antonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f]
[name_f]Charity[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Clemency[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Corisande[/name_f]
[name_f]Cornelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]/e/a
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Jemima[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Raphaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Rebekah[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]

[Mary-la]

Whoops I forgot a boys list! Here it is!

[name_m]Abel[/name_m]
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Chaz[/name_m]?)
[name_m]Chester[/name_m]
[name_m]Clyde[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ebenezer[/name_m]
[name_m]Edison[/name_m]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m]
[name_u]Emmett[/name_u]
[name_m]Ephraim[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m]
[name_m]Geoffrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_m]Grover[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Jared[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Nigel[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Raoul[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]Roald[/name_m]
[name_m]Robert[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronald[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_u]Vernon[/name_u]