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

[Frwinkley]

George, my dad's name. When my brother was born, my mother wanted to name him after my father. My father said "that's an old man's name." They named him Scott instead (and my brother is forever grateful).

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Harold and Agnes

 

[Genie+]

Haywood

And nobody uses Dick as a nickname nowadays.

 

[Mysterian]

Methuselah
Bernard

 

[disneychick0412]

Shirley
Nora
Ella

 

[disneyseniors]

I had a good friend in high school who was named Emily. Everyone thought that was an old person's name, LOL. Now it is popular.
My grandma was named Pearl and the other one was named Lovey Mae. Yep, those would still be old names.

 

[1420Elexismc]

Beatrice or Mavis

 

[momz]

Mabel, Myrtel, Elsie, Loretta, Maxine, Helen, Viola, Vivian, Ruth
Max, Denzel, Edward, Samuel

 

[JLTraveling]

My grandma’s best friend’s name was Gertie (Gertrude). Rudy for a man.

I named my first car Gertrude because it was ancient lol. Also, Mabel, Martha, Mildred, Jack, Howard, Alfred, Dick...

 

[fly girl]

A lot of them already mentioned. First thought, Ethel.

I don't think Barnaby, Imogene, or Hildegarde have been brought up yet.

 

[WorldWacky]

My first thought was my grandfather’s name…Ralph. Don’t see many baby Ralphs these days.

 

[Wayland10]

Mildred. Maude. Morris.

 

[penn19]

Earl. I have a friend who named her kid Otis. That seems really old to me.

 

[luvsvacation]

George, Henry, Wendell, Frank, Paul, Richard, Fred

Dorothy, Grace, Evelyn, Sue, Martha, Ethyl, Carol, Wendy

 

[lizziepooh]

Pearl, Emma, Gertie, Henry, Lyma.

 

[sasywtch]

Most of my mom/dad's family. Clarence, George, Wilma (my ex's family), Joyce, Elmer, Earl, Lois, TThe worst I think is Gertrude or Bertha.

 

[Snowysmom]

Ruth, Edie, Bessie, Lucille, Isaac, Frederick.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

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

My grandmother's name: Allie

 

[SC Minnie]

A lot of 'old' names are coming back around. My niece's have kids named Adelaide, Jolene Hazel, and Oscar. I see the a lot of babies with the middle name 'Mae' , it's the 'Grace' of the 90's.

My mother's name is Emma and growing up I didn't know anyone besides older women (older than my mother) with that name. Now there are Emma's all over the place.

 

[CdnCarrie]

Beryl, George, Edith, Iris, Hazel, Doris, Archibald, Ruth, Oscar, Shirley, Donald, Howard, Larry, Betty