What did you view as an old person's name growing up?

[antmaril]

I am 70 years old. My mother‘s name was Thelma and her mother was Hazel. My Great grand-mother was Gertrude. Aunts were Esther and Lula. I always told my sister that we didn’t do too bad considering.

 

[disneychrista]

Murray.

 

[kanerf]

Methuselah

 

[MICKIMINI]

Bertha, Ethelbert, Gladys

 

[Luv Bunnies]

I had an Aunt Agatha, which I considered an older name.

 

[tvguy]

When I was growing up these were all old person's names. According to the Social Security Administration, these were the most popular baby names in 2021. What's old is new.

• 1. Liam
• 2. Noah
• 3. Oliver
• 4. Elijah
• 5. James
• 6. William
• 7. Benjamin
• 8. Lucas
• 9. Henry
• 10. Theodore
• 1. Olivia
• 2. Emma
• 3. Charlotte
• 4. Amelia
• 5. Ava
• 6. Sophia
• 7. Isabella
• 8. Mia
• 9. Evelyn
• 10. Harper

 

[Mysterian]

Ethel and Edna for sure. Abner, Jeb, Jed, Horace, and Ebinezer sound like old folks names. Claudette, Winnifred, Aloysius, Juniper, and Hortence just sound outdated.

 

[Skywalker]

All the Golden Girls names... Rose, Blanche, Dorothy and Sophia lol

 

[nycdisneygal]

Beverly, Mabel, Doris
Arthur, Wilbur, Walter, Alfred

 

[Simba's Mom]

All the Golden Girls names... Rose, Blanche, Dorothy and Sophia lol

One of these is my name. It's OK now to have an old person's name since i'm 70, but when I was growing up, I hated being a kid who had an old person's name.
My grandmother's name was CoraBelle-now that's what I thought was old!

 

[nancipants]

Nancy, which is my name (named after my grandmother).

 

[OnceUponATime15]

Henrietta…
Henry..

Josephine..
Alastair..

 

[CO2CA]

Nora, but that one is making a comeback. I don't like it lol

 

[BayouQueen]

Opal

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Ulah

 

[a1tinkfans]

Betty Farley Thelma nancy Henry Theodore

 

[goofyernmost]

Nora, Earl, Louise, Hazel, Violet, Hiram, Bertha, Francis, Victor, Hannah, Martha, Raymond, Normand, Rose, Vivian, Inez, Lewis and Elizabeth.

 

[LadyBeBop]

Cora
Alice

That’s when I was younger. BTW, they’re the names of my two granddaughters.

 

[georgina]

DH’s grandmothers were Almeda and Hattie, which I considered old people names. My grandmothers were Sarah and Elizabeth, which I did not.

had to laugh at some of those listed. My older DD is Margaret, goes by Maggie, and my younger DD is Hannah. While family names, I never considered them old names. We were not into more trendy names

As far as James and William listed above, I don’t think they ever went out of style. I know people named that from my parent‘s generation, mine, and the next 2 generations.

 

[Minnie1222]

Gilgamesh