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submitted 1 month ago by ptz@dubvee.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

By old-timey names, I mean ones that you don't typically associate with anyone alive or younger than like 70.

Examples being:

  • Burl
  • Mildred
  • Herbert
  • Agnes
  • Evelyn (not as rare at the others, but getting there)

I've always liked the name "Opal" but I've only ever known two in my life. I was like 10-12 at the time, and they were both pushing 90.

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[-] manmachine@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago
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[-] proudblond@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Ruth. You rarely meet Ruths these days.

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[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Gertrude...who goes by Gertie

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thaddeus, Ulysses, etc. I liked that people used to name their kids after figures of the ancient world.

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[-] Octothorpidiot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Roland always sounded cool.to ne.

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[-] loiktransit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Ebenezer, or Eben for short

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  • Gerhard
  • Ingrid
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[-] Volkditty@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

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.

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[-] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

Modern version would be Vyvyyn.

[-] kyle@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

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[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Ming the Merciless.

[-] Signtist@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

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

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Thurl (as in Ravenscroft.)

[-] oo1@lemmings.world 4 points 1 month ago

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

  • Aethelweard
  • Aethelwulf
  • Aelfwynn
  • Aethelflaed

We just get stuck with plain ol Ethel and Alf.

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