A Rose by any other NAME
 

When I was in grade school, there were usually about two Cindy's (me and another girl). There were also at least 3 Debbie's and Kathy's.

Every year in the newspaper, there is a top ten list of the names parents choose for their newborn.

Names recycle, what is old becomes new. When I was a child, Hannah and Sara were old people names.

My DD has many friends named Jessica, Ashley and Brittany.

What "old" names can you think of? Here are some of my favorites, ones that I do not hear often in the "new" generation.

Of course there are a few but here are some I rarely hear. I am going down the alphabet, in a way!

Rose
Sharon
Debbie
Kathy
Steve
Sally
Sandy (Sandra)
Candy
Beth
Abigail (Abby)
Ellen
Gail
Jill
Karen
Leslie
Patty (Patricia)
Wendy

Oh, I always loved my grandfather's half sister's name. I met her once in a nursing home. She was from Russia. Her name was Gitl (pronounced Gittel).

Seems like I only got to girl names!

You're right, Cyn, a lot of my friends have been going with what to me, are "old people" names for their kids.

Zachary (of course)
Mason
Helen
Anna
Nathan
Micah
Violet
Bernice
Beatrice
Edwin
Arthur
Norma
Henry
Lawrence
Annabelle


That's all I can think of right now.

How about

Mary
Marybeth
Maryjo
Maryann
Maryjane

What gets me is the spellings. Evyn is Evan. Oh...of course. Next...:)

I don't know why but boy's names don't seem to change much in popularity. They are very basic, Biblical names: Mark, Matthew, John, Thomas, David etc. But then . . . .to add a few more

Noah
Luke
Issac
Isaiah
Edward
George
Paul

Girls:
Heather
Angela
Donna
Jennifer
Barbara
Virginia
Jean
Maggie
Jan


And yes, there were 3 Patricia's in my 3rd & 4th grade class. The other two were Patty's and I was a Tricia. I hated it when people called me Pat or Patty. I was never a Pat or a Patty. It just doesn't fit my personality. From the time I was a wee one, I have been either Tricia or Trish.

My Mom's name was Emma. I've heard quite a few parents call their little darlings "Emma." :)

Emily is another one you hear occasionally nowadays.

My dear 4yo Granddaughter is named Emmie. It suits her. I told her someday she'll be an Auntie Em! Maybe her brother will name a daughter Dorothy, Lol!

Don't know if this qualifies as an old name, but I sure know of quite a few Jacksons.

My Grandson, Kaden, has a friend named Klay, and my nephew has a Clay.

Another nephew married a Russian and has Dmitri and Victor.

My Grandma hated her name: Fanny! She gave many of her kids unusual names: Elvin, Ervin, DeVere (my Dad), Lavola, Arva, Leland, Arlo, Lyle, Verland, Lawrence, Willard, and ... and ... can't remember #12 kid. :o Oh yeah, Delmer. :)

On my Mom's side there were 13 kids: Irma, Cliff, Emma, Ardath, Pearl, Velma, Dee, Don, Glenn, Rowene, Helen, annnnnd, ummmm, I was on a roll, too. :mad:

Okay, can't think anymore. :confused:

I named my daughter Constance. She is named after what would have been my oldest sister. She passed when she was just 7 months old. Mom always told us about her Connie and I knew when I had my daughter I would name her Constance also. Her middle name is Suzanne so we called her Connie Sue when she was little...Sue

These are names I don't necessarily like, just ones we don't hear newborns being named any more:

For girls:
Margaret
Dulcie
Hortense
Stella (my mother)
Beverley
Janine
Blanche
Justine
Kathleen
Phyllis
Felicity
Madge
Alva
Faye
Maree
Thelma
Winsome
Ester
Henrietta
Evelyn

For boys:
Dudley
Geoffrey
Graham
Raymond
Ewan
Cecil
Albert
Barry
Ronald
Cedric
Norman
Angus
Barnaby
Stanley
Frederick
Basil


And Twink....my Grandma Madeline had a friend named Fanny too!

margarite
patty jo
gertrude
rebecca
rachael
sara
elizabeth
matthew
harold
ronald
ethel
archibald
elmer
austin
oliver
heyyou : )
ira
issac
tyler
joshua
henry
gwen
issabell
june
april
may
i am amazed at how lisa can be spell 3900 different ways now a days

i've always said....pregnant woman shouldn't name babies. :p

someone should have told that to MY mother. :(

<-----monkey who was given an old lady name