🧸 What are your favorite vintage boy names?

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What are your top 10 favorite vintage, retro, old-fashioned, or old-man names that you would like to see used in real life?

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definitely leon, paul, kurt, lionel, neil, roger & jack!
leon it’s a bit dated in my country but was never too common so i’d love to see it in a young kid! it was the name of my granddad :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

some others i can think of:
amos
floyd
merlin
barnabas / barnaby
frederick
percival nn percy
rainer
cedric
basil
rufus
linus
louis

also apparently felix is dated? it’s quite modern in my country actually so i didn’t know about that

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I’m in the States, so some of these may very well be common elsewhere:

  1. [name_u]Walter[/name_u]
  2. [name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
  3. [name_m]Linus[/name_m]
  4. [name_m]Ebenezer[/name_m]
  5. [name_u]Ira[/name_u]
  6. [name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
  7. [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
  8. [name_m]Paul[/name_m]
  9. [name_m]Clive[/name_m]
  10. [name_u]Clyde[/name_u]

(Bonus #11 would’ve been [name_m]Calvin[/name_m] but that is actually becoming quite popular in my area)

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All of my boys names fit this category! I’d say my top ten are…

Peter
Henry
Rupert
Arthur
George
Laurence “Laurie”
Theodore “Teddy”
Nathaniel “Nat”
Hugo
Otis

Also, honorary mention to sweet Paul!

:smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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casper
edmund
frank
freddie // freddy
hal
kit
laurence
ned
otto
percy
theodore
timothy
wilbur

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[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_u]Clyde[/name_u]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Algernon[/name_m]
[name_u]Curtis[/name_u]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_u]Franklin[/name_u]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u]

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My favourite vintage names are:

Otis
Felix
Wilfred/Wilbur
Ambrose
Rex
August
Caspar
Dashiell
Louis
Hugo
Rufus

I cheated and put down 11 (well, 12).

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I think a lot of these are getting used in varying degrees of regularity at the moment. At least in Australia.

In no particular order…
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
Percy/Percival
August/Augustus
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
Frederick/Alfred - I can’t decide between these two, I just love [name_u]Freddie[/name_u] as a nickname.

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Calvin
Laurence/Lawrence
Basil
Marshall
Desmond
Leon
Claude
Franklin
Constantine
Cornelius

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As this is probably my favourite style for boys names, I’d like to see all of them used in real life :rofl:

Some of there are pretty popular right now, like [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_u]Henry[/name_u] or [name_u]Jack[/name_u]

Then, there is [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] which I’m falling in love with recently.

Another name that I love is [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] with the nickname [name_m]Ned[/name_m], because it has the best of both worlds: old-fashioned and old-man. I do have a thing for -ed nicknames: [name_m]Ted[/name_m], [name_m]Ned[/name_m], [name_m]Jed[/name_m], Fred…

[name_m]Oscar[/name_m] and [name_m]Simon[/name_m] should receive more love, they’re quite the “grandpa name style”, but aren’t they handsome? I love [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] with nickname [name_m]Ozzie[/name_m].

[name_m]Felix[/name_m] (with nickname Fox) is another one of my crushes. So quirky and sparky. [name_m]Casper[/name_m] has my heart too. And there’s [name_u]Quentin[/name_u], which is the most old-man name I can picture, but it has something that makes me love it.

So, my top 10 would be:

  • [name_u]Jack[/name_u]
  • [name_u]Henry[/name_u]
  • [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] (Theo, [name_m]Ted[/name_m], Teddy)
  • [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] (Fritz, [name_u]Freddie[/name_u], Fred)
  • [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] (Ned, [name_m]Ted[/name_m], [name_u]Teddy[/name_u], [name_m]Ed[/name_m], Eddie)
  • [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] (Ozzie, Oz)
  • [name_m]Simon[/name_m] (Momo, Simmie)
  • [name_m]Felix[/name_m] (Fox)
  • [name_m]Casper[/name_m] (Cas, [name_m]Cap[/name_m], Perry)
  • [name_u]Quentin[/name_u] (Q, Quenie)

But there are so many names I’d like to see used, even if they’re not a name I’d use like: [name_u]Beau[/name_u], [name_u]Basil[/name_u], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_u]Clarence[/name_u], [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u], [name_m]Rufus[/name_m], [name_u]Percy[/name_u], [name_m]Aldous[/name_m], [name_m]Alaric[/name_m], [name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m] (love Ferdie!), [name_m]Fergus[/name_m], [name_u]Francis[/name_u], [name_u]Florian[/name_u], [name_m]Fabian[/name_m], [name_u]Floyd[/name_u], [name_m]Lloyd[/name_m], [name_m]Lambert[/name_m], [name_m]Alphonse[/name_m], [name_m]Leopold[/name_m], [name_m]Bertram[/name_m], [name_m]Barnaby[/name_m], [name_m]Isidore[/name_m], [name_m]Otis[/name_m], [name_m]Homer[/name_m], [name_m]Mortimer[/name_m], [name_m]Willis[/name_m], [name_u]Gary[/name_u], [name_m]Pascal[/name_m], Sigmund…

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So many!! The top ten I’d love to see used, though …

  1. [name_m]Hank[/name_m] / [name_m]Hal[/name_m]
  2. [name_m]Clement[/name_m] / [name_u]Clem[/name_u]
  3. [name_u]Claude[/name_u]
  4. [name_m]Ralph[/name_m] / [name_m]Ralphie[/name_m]
  5. [name_m]Paul[/name_m]
  6. [name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
  7. [name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
  8. [name_u]Franklin[/name_u] / [name_m]Frank[/name_m]
  9. [name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
  10. [name_m]Howie[/name_m]
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I’d love to encounter these on little boys irl:

  1. [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
  2. [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
  3. [name_m]Roger[/name_m]
  4. [name_m]Felix[/name_m]
  5. [name_u]Clarence[/name_u]
  6. [name_u]Walter[/name_u]
  7. [name_u]Gus[/name_u]
  8. [name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
  9. [name_m]Linus[/name_m]
  10. [name_m]Carl[/name_m]

:relaxed:

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For me it’s probably:

[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]

[name_m]Anselm[/name_m]

[name_m]Linus[/name_m]

[name_m]Lloyd[/name_m]

Elwood/Eliwood

[name_m]Hector[/name_m]

Edward/Edmund

[name_m]Gerik[/name_m]

[name_m]Leif[/name_m]

[name_m]Neville[/name_m]

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  1. [name_u]Clifford[/name_u] (my grandpa’s name, plus i just think it sounds cuddly and sweet)
  2. [name_m]Roger[/name_m] (gives me a 1920s vibe which I love, plus some pop culture references)
  3. [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
  4. [name_u]Franklin[/name_u]
  5. [name_u]Elias[/name_u]
  6. [name_m]Felix[/name_m]
  7. [name_m]Klaus[/name_m]
  8. [name_m]Boone[/name_m] (not sure if this counts but reminds me of wild west and cowboys)
  9. [name_u]Jesse[/name_u] (same as Boone)
  10. [name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
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For me it has to be in no particular order

*Ernest (nn Ernie)
*Jasper
*Gilbert (nn Gil)
*Lloyd
*Roger
*Jethro
*Gideon
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m] (nn Bert/ Bertie)
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m] (nn Alfie)
Frank/ [name_u]Franklin[/name_u]
*Edward/ Edwin/ [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Ed[/name_m], [name_m]Ned[/name_m], [name_m]Ward[/name_m], [name_m]Eddy[/name_m], Win)
*Eustace
[name_u]Floyd[/name_u]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m]
[name_u]Leland[/name_u]
*Lemuel (nn Lem)
[name_m]Hiram[/name_m]
[name_m]Homer[/name_m]
[name_m]Ike[/name_m]
*Walter (nn Wally)
[name_m]Winston[/name_m] (nn Win)
*Kenton/ [name_m]Kenneth[/name_m] (nn Kent)
[name_u]Howard[/name_u] (nn [name_m]Howie[/name_m], Ward)
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Len[/name_m], [name_u]Lenny[/name_u], Leo)

The ones that are starred are my absolute favorites that I would absolutely use if I had more kids hands down! The other I like but I’m not sure I would use.

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[name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_u]Rex[/name_u]
[name_m]Hart[/name_m]
[name_m]Warren[/name_m]
[name_m]Ames[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]

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[name_u]Lyle[/name_u] :sparkles: :heart:
[name_u]Robert[/name_u] nn [name_u]Bobby[/name_u] :sparkles: :heart:
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_u]Teddy[/name_u] (as a full name)
[name_m]Constant[/name_m]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u]
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]

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[name_m]Gustav[/name_m]! It was my great grandpa’s name!

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  1. [name_m]Waldo[/name_m] (It was my great-uncle’s name, [name_m]Waldo[/name_m] [name_m]Bertram[/name_m] [name_m]Hammett[/name_m]. He worked for the Resistance in [name_f]France[/name_f] and ended up in a concentration camp. He spoke 47 languages. He was amazing.)
  2. [name_m]Clement[/name_m] (I’m from [name_u]New[/name_u] [name_f]England[/name_f]. I miss the old [name_u]French[/name_u] Canadian names.)
  3. [name_u]Clare[/name_u] (not Clarence)
  4. [name_m]Erling[/name_m] (it’s old-fashioned even in Norway)
  5. [name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] (I try not to think of the [name_m]Johnson[/name_m] kid)
  6. [name_m]Ralph[/name_m] (whether you pronounce it [name_u]Rafe[/name_u], as I do, or [name_m]Ralph[/name_m], like Americans, I love this literary name)
  7. [name_m]Roger[/name_m] (a name you never hear anymore)
  8. [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] (nn Gib)
  9. [name_u]Honor[/name_u]
  10. [name_u]Claude[/name_u] (I’m currently writing a historical piece about a Claude)
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