Standouts from 1880

General Name Discussion
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Here are a bunch of very unusual names from the 1880 list that I had either never heard or have only heard rarely. I started from the bottom up. These are the girls but I’ll try getting to the boys. [name]Even[/name] though most of them wouldn’t be usable today, they still struck me as kind of pretty.

[name]Eulalie[/name]
[name]Deliah[/name]
[name]Arminda[/name]
[name]Tella[/name]
[name]Ottilia[/name]
[name]Nolie[/name]
[name]Nelia[/name]
[name]Marilla[/name]
[name]Lucina[/name]
[name]Linna[/name]
[name]Cordella[/name]
[name]Celie[/name]
[name]Adina[/name]
[name]Odelia[/name]
[name]Nolia[/name]
[name]Nealie[/name]
[name]Fidelia[/name]
[name]Evaline[/name]
[name]Evalena[/name]
[name]Creola[/name]
[name]Ardella[/name]
[name]Ardelia[/name]
[name]Rella[/name]
[name]Otelia[/name]
[name]Minervia[/name]
[name]Glenna[/name]
[name]Eulalia[/name]
[name]Delphia[/name]
[name]Clarinda[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name]
[name]Lavenia[/name]
[name]Irena[/name]
[name]Elmina[/name]
[name]Rosalia[/name]
[name]Nella[/name]
[name]Aline[/name]
[name]Magdalene[/name]
[name]Alida[/name]
[name]Lilla[/name]

What do you think? Favorites?

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Very cool! I love:

[name]Eulalie[/name]
[name]Nolie[/name] (cute as nn for something, maybe [name]Noelle[/name]?)
[name]Marilla[/name] (have loved this one for awhile)
[name]Evaline[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name]
[name]Magdalene[/name]
[name]Alida[/name]

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What a gorgeous list! My favorites are…

[name]Eulalie[/name]
[name]Lucina[/name]
[name]Odelia[/name]
[name]Evaline[/name]
[name]Eulalia[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name]
[name]Rosalia[/name] – We considered this for [name]Blake[/name]'s middle name. [name]Love[/name]!
[name]Magdalene[/name]
[name]Lilla[/name]

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[name]Glad[/name] you like them! Here are my favorites, though I like lots more:

[name]Eulalie[/name]
[name]Arminda[/name]
[name]Nelia[/name]
[name]Marilla[/name]
[name]Clarinda[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name]

Here are the boys, I didn’t find them nearly as interesting:

[name]Judd[/name]
[name]Hoyt[/name]
[name]Gardner[/name]
[name]Duff[/name]
[name]Crockett[/name]
[name]Barton[/name]
[name]Soloman[/name]
[name]Redden[/name]
[name]Noble[/name]
[name]Holmes[/name]
[name]Hampton[/name]
[name]Edson[/name]
[name]Weaver[/name]
[name]Woodson[/name]
[name]Tilden[/name]
[name]Shade[/name]
[name]Press[/name]
[name]Urban[/name]
[name]Colonel[/name]
[name]Webb[/name]
[name]Watson[/name]
[name]Rush[/name]
[name]Norris[/name]
[name]Art[/name]
[name]West[/name]
[name]Howell[/name]
[name]Enos[/name]
[name]Foster[/name]
[name]Boyd[/name]
[name]Cal[/name]

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I really like for girls:
[name]Eulalie[/name]/[name]Eulalia[/name]
[name]Celie[/name]
[name]Evaline[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name]
[name]Rosalia[/name]
[name]Lilla[/name]

and for boys:
[name]Soloman[/name]
[name]Noble[/name]
[name]Enos[/name]

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Random note - [name]Ardelia[/name] is [name]Clarice[/name] [name]Starling[/name]'s roommate at the FBI academy in “[name]Silence[/name] of the Lambs.”

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My favorites-

[name]Eulalie[/name] - [name]LOVE[/name] this one. I think I’d nn her Lalie.
[name]Nolie[/name]
[name]Evaline[/name]
[name]Aline[/name]

[name]West[/name]- The only boys name I’d consider.

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I like [name]Eulalie[/name], [name]Evaline[/name], [name]Magnolia[/name] and [name]Magdalene[/name].
[name]Rosalia[/name], [name]Lilla[/name] and [name]Eulalia[/name] are such pretty and interesting names.

As for the boys, [name]Judd[/name], [name]Gardner[/name], [name]West[/name] and [name]Barton[/name] are cool, handsome sounding names.

I would never use [name]Weaver[/name], [name]Woodson[/name], [name]Tilden[/name], [name]Shade[/name], [name]Press[/name], [name]Urban[/name] and [name]Colonel[/name]- bit too strange for me !

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While I was looking for names that were different, I have to agree about the boy names being too odd. I tend to prefer classics for boys myself. [name]Judd[/name] and [name]West[/name] are cool though.

Since I’ve never seen it, I have to ask- is that a bad association?

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Since I’ve never seen it, I have to ask- is that a bad association?[/quote]

Nope, she’s a very loyal friend to the main protagonist. I just thought it was fun that there was a more modern reference to the name, that was all.

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My middle name is [name]Elmina[/name] :slight_smile:
I was named after both of my grandmothers, and my father’s mother is [name]Elmina[/name]. I always liked it. I was considering it for a girl actually… [name]Elmina[/name] [name]Bailey[/name]

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Was this what you were looking for virtualmom?

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I hate saying this but the only ones i can mildly stomach are nelia and adina

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[name]Magnolia[/name]
[name]Lavenia[/name]
[name]Irena[/name]

Some of my favorites!

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Wow, really?

I love [name]Magnolia[/name] (it’s my number 1 name!) with the nickname [name]Nolia[/name]/[name]Nolie[/name]… which I thought I invented! I can’t believe both of those are on the list! I guess I’m not as creative as I thought!

I noticed everyone seems to love [name]Magnolia[/name] recently. [name]Do[/name] you think it’s on the rise? I hope not!

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I think that every name is usable. I really love:
[name]Eulalie[/name]
[name]Nelia[/name]
[name]Linna[/name]
[name]Celie[/name]
[name]Nealie[/name]
[name]Ardelia[/name]
[name]Eulalia[/name]
[name]Rosalia[/name]
[name]Nella[/name]
[name]Aline[/name]
[name]Magdalene[/name]
[name]Lilla[/name]
[name]Lovely[/name] names all around.