What would you name a baby if you were living in the 1920s?
You will need a 6 sided dice.
STEP 1
Roll for the gender:
Odd - boy
Even - girl
Rolling a 6
If you roll a 6, you get twins. Roll again for the genders using the chart above.
Rolling 6s consecutively gives you a higher chance of multiples:
- 2 consecutive 6s = triplets
- 3 consecutive 6s = quads
- 4 consecutive 6s = you can choose if you want twins, triplets, quads or stick with the quintuplets you just rolled.
STEP 2
Roll to determine if your baby has a hyphenated first name or not:
Odd - no hyphen
Even - your choice
Rolling a 6
If you rolled a 6, your baby has a hyphenated or a double first name. You can choose if you want the name to be hyphenated or just a double name ie: no hyphen but two first names.
STEP 2A
Roll to determine if your baby has a middle name:
Odd - your choice
Even - middle
STEP 3
Roll for the namebanks:
Odd - A
Even - B
If you rolled…
A - names ranked #1-50
B - names ranked #51-100
If you are making a hyphenated first name, roll once for each part of the name.
NAMEBANKS
A
Boys
John, William, George, James, Thomas, Ronald, Kenneth, Robert, Arthur, Frederick, Peter, Edward, Albert, Charles, Leslie, Joseph, Stanley, Eric, Frank, Dennis, David, Norman, Ernest, Henry, Leonard, Harold, Alfred, Raymond, Donald, Harry, Reginald, Richard, Jack, Walter, Cyril, Geoffrey, Alan, Douglas, Gordon, Michael, Roy, Bernard, Francis, Patrick, Sidney, Herbert, Maurice, Clifford, Anthony, Victor
Girls
Margaret, Mary, Joan, Joyce, Kathleen, Doris, Irene, Elizabeth, Eileen, Betty, Jean, Marjorie, Gladys, Doreen, Vera, Elsie, Barbara, Winifred, Edna, Audrey, Edith, Florence, Phyllis, Lilian, Hilda, Olive, Annie, Violet, Alice, Patricia, Ivy, Muriel, Iris, Evelyn, Peggy, Catherine, Ethel, Beryl, Gwendoline, Ellen, Sylvia, Sheila, Rose, Constance, Frances, Lily, Freda, Marion, Nancy
B
Boys
Gerald, Derek, Philip, Alexander, Wilfred, Edwin, Samuel, Denis, Sydney, Cecil, Colin, Lawrence, Fred, Ralph, Desmond, Brian, Percy, Terence, Christopher, Horace, Hugh, Daniel, Andrew, Derrick, Allan, Stephen, Ivor, Vincent, Trevor, Basil, Arnold, Roland, Benjamin, Edgar, Ian, Keith, Hubert, Paul, Martin, Lionel, Mohammed, Graham, Howard, Alec, Gilbert, Edmund, Ivan, Lewis, Owen, Laurence
Girls
Grace, Beatrice, Sarah, Agnes, Ruth, May, Nora, Brenda, Jessie, Pamela, Anne, Helen, Marie, Mabel, Eva, Maria, Ruby, Nellie, Hazel, Emily, Josephine, Daphne, Jane, Ada, Pauline, Ann, Enid, Gertrude, Rita, June, Stella, Norah, Mavis, Thelma, Mildred, Bridget, Monica, Daisy, Eleanor, Lillian, Alma, Lucy, Dora, Christine, Maureen, Janet, Rosemary, Hannah, Sybil, Amy
STEP 4
Surnames
Roll for the beginning letter of the surname:
Odd - Group A
Even - Group B
If you rolled…
Group A - surname that starts with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L or M
Group B - surname that starts with N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y or Z
Rolling a 6
If you rolled a 6, you have a hyphenated or a double surname (your choice). Roll once for each surname to determine if the first letters come from Group A or B.
What did you name your baby?