What are some old-timey names that you think should make a comeback?

Orpheus, Raphael, Hepaestus, Karlach, Orin, Sylvanus, William, ...

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Gaylord

Bort

I must be in a weird spot because I know 3 different Evelyns under the age of 8.

Trollip

Named my daughter Evelyn last year. I'm doing my part.

Hiram.

I've always liked the name Ruben for some reason and only ever known one that I can recall (whose brother was called Robin).

I also am partial to Ezekiel and they can have Zeke as a nickname which I think sounds pretty rad.

Vivien / Vyvien

I've always liked the old anglo saxon names like:

• Aethelweard
• Aethelwulf
• Aelfwynn
• Aethelflaed

We just get stuck with plain ol Ethel and Alf.

Isambard

Agamemnon

Balthazar 🤌

Archimedes

I find Mildred an ugly name, sounds like it means Mildew but worse. Like the most dreadful mildew.

Opal I think is pretty, that's a good name. As you say you like minerals, Ruby not bad either, my mom had an aunt Ruby Jack, born around 1920.

I did know a baby Eugenia, her parents were Costa Rican and pronounced it closer to Elu-henia than Eyu-henia or you-geenya. I think that one is prettier in Spanish but not bad in English.

The name Ea-nāṣir is about 4000 years overdue for a comeback.

Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack.

A lot of people these days seem to think that "Adolf" should come back.

I am not one of those people.

Everett

Gertrude...who goes by Gertie

I’m fond of “Gwendolyn” but I’ve never met or even known of one, to my knowledge.

• Gerhard
• Ingrid

Galahad

Eleanor

Emeline

Emeric

Lancelot

Siegfried

Gladys

I think Millicent and Winnifred would be cute because you can shorten them to Millie and Winnie

My friend has little sons named Ray, Malcolm and Ernie. It suits them immensely to have these old man names and they are so adorable.

Évelyne is faily common around here still.

Gilgamesh is one I haven't heard in a hot minute, not sure about the comeback though.

Ebenezer, or Eben for short

Evelyn as a man’s name, if you want to be really old school.

May and June. I feel like there's a lot of younger Aprils but the other two month names seem like old lady names.

I want people to go by their first two initials, and then the entire last name. Y'know, "H. G. Wells, J.G. Wentworth".

It just makes everyone sound more fancy and serious.

Ruth. You rarely meet Ruths these days.

My vote is for Gretchen.

Perhaps not as old as requested but

Ronald, Marianne, Cynthia, Evangeline, Melinda, Caesar, Magdalena, Betty, Rosetta, Balthazar, Thadeus, Lazarus, Otto, Bartholomew, Miranda

I have a relative named Agnes in her early twenties. Don't do it. I find the Texas A&M jokes to be unbearable and I'm sure I hear less than 10% of what she hears

Mildred, Evelyn, Opal all names of my aunts +3 generations older than mine. Also try Betty as a diminutive for Elizabeth, Gerald, Hank, Errol, Mabel, Jerome, and Cordelia. These all scream white Midwestern US farmer to me.

Errol is most likely to have gotten into a bit of trouble and really seen the world when he was drafted for WWII.

I would say Marceline, but adventure Time kind of kicked that overdue revival into high gear.

Itzcoatl

Axayacatl

Axochitl

Blessica

Mordechai

Dutch names.

Truitje Fiep Toos Wies (my grandma) Pleun Fons (my uncle) pronounced Funs in South Limburg

How about Wanda. I had an aunt Wanda. She was kinda mean, but she had a lot of boyfriends.

Any common ancient Roman name. Not enough "imuses" or "cleses" suffixing names.

Kolanakimus Huskerclese

Eustace

Constantine

My twelve year old is Evelyn. My 14 year old is Genevieve. Which is apparently still out there but I thought it was pretty uncommon when we named her.

Edna.

Roland always sounded cool.to ne.

I know a 10-year-old Agnes! And also a 40s/50s-ish Agnes (I can’t guess adult ages well).

Ira

My wife liked the idea of Eleanor if we had a girl, I never liked it, but luckily we had a boy, so we didn't have to cross that bridge.

At work, we named the old, decrepit copier Opal in an effort to humanize it and get people to treat the old girl with more love and patience.

Emmett

Myrtle

Beryl

Utnapishtim.

Bartholomew

Tamsen

Probably not Adolf.

How about Gaylord?

I work with a Burl (short for Burlin) and he's probably pushing 70...haven't seen any Horaces around lately, though. For a lady, Constance.

Dick

I always liked the name Woodrow, but I hate the nickname Woody, so it's a bit of a wash.

Ming the Merciless.

Cthulhu

Roy. Ol'roy

• Verl
• Verna
• Pearl
• Elvin

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