Good names nobody uses any more ?

[menguin]

DRFC1879 said:

Oakey said:

DRFC1879 said:

one of his middle names

"There's Maximilian Arthur in that weird Ted Baker coat, get him boys!"

"There's Maximilian Kenneth Arthur Droitwich in that weird Ted Baker coat, get him boys!"

[Otispunkmeyer]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Heard a mum calling her little boy in the supermarket, he was about 3....Leonard. Very cool I thought.

Some one I know called their Leonidas (which just makes me think of 300 spartans). He gets Leo for short. Another called his son Reuben... It took all my strength not to bomb the whatsapp group with pictures of sandwiches. But its a cool name that can be shortened or nicknamed in a few different ways.

[Fastchas]

I have a 7yo Joshua. I realised some time ago that it's a timeless name. It could be a baby's name, a adolescent's or someone in their 40's or 50's. It doesn't seem to be out of place with anyone.

Edited to add;
I forgot, I once bumped into a really nice, black gentleman who lived at the end of our drive. He was also a member of the church, maybe the Parishioner (speling). Josh was only a couple of weeks old, in his rear facing carseat. The chap was coo-ing over Josh and said he looked beautiful.

'What is his name?' he asked
'Joshua' I replied.
'Oooh, wonderful! A good, strong, biblical name!' said the man.

I didn't have the heart to tell him that Josh is the result of IVF!

Edited by Fastchas on Thursday 14th September 12:47

[Bowen86]

Lloyd here.

[Frank7]

Otispunkmeyer said:

Some one I know called their Leonidas (which just makes me think of 300 spartans). He gets Leo for short. Another called his son Reuben... It took all my strength not to bomb the whatsapp group with pictures of sandwiches. But its a cool name that can be shortened or nicknamed in a few different ways.

If he gets taken to the U.S. for a holiday, expect some giggling from the local kids if his parents call him Rube.
My German daughter-in-law has an unfortunate first name, my son was stationed there in the army when he met her, her name is Anke, pronounced anker, you can imagine what the guys in his squad called her!
Their first son, my first grandchild, is Lars, as Anke likes all things Scandanavian, the second son is Mark, who all the family called Deutsche Mark, until Germany adopted the euro.

[CalNaughtonJnr]

I've long thought that Leonidas would be a strong name and it can always be shortened to Leo or Leon

[J4CKO]

Eric Mc said:

Eric

True, great name and its done its time in the wilderness, however someone I know has a mate who he has known since they were small and as a teenager was round at his mates with a load of other lads and raided his dads gentleman's special interest video selection, the film they put on was most definitely of the racy variety but it featured the lads mum, dad and "Eric", Eric was not human but stood about ten inches high and ran on batteries.... Eric was good at hide and seek I was told.

[Xaero]

Recently had a baby boy, some of the names on the shortlist were:
Vincent, Issac, Edgar, Sherlock, Neville, Joel.

They came across as old names that seem to work well today in my opinion, although Sherlock will always been associated with Mr Holmes (neither one are fans, just liked the name).

We have a friend who just called their baby William, and at the nursery my 3 year old will be attending soon there was a Thomas and a Dennis too.

[ClaphamGT3]

There are three Daisy's at my elder daughters prep school, one of which is ours

[Riley Blue]

I have a three year old nephew called Austin. His parents call him 'Austie' and to cap it all he's ginger - poor little chap...

[austinsmirk]

Riley Blue said:

I have a three year old nephew called Austin. His parents call him 'Austie' and to cap it all he's ginger - poor little chap...

imagine inserting that name into your username for a strange unknown reason !!!

[red_slr]

Sissy.

[Spanglepants]

With the exception of Vincent, had a cool mate called Vince, and it reminds me of motorbikes and rock n roll!
The rest of them sound like the Lion, The witch and the Wardrobe camp group.
Theres a middle ground between those and the Kaydens/ Jaydens which are fine without being pretentious or naff.

J4CKO said:

As per title, what names do you never hear being used nowadays that should be.

Vic Reeves was on telly so thought Victor is a good, strong name that nobody seems to ever calls a child nowadays. So got me to thinking what other names are there and perhaps cut down on the number of Kaydens and Jaydens ? some of these may have already come back in already.

Vincent
Stanley
Ronnie
Roland
Vernon
Leon
Arnold
Morris
Albert
Lloyd
Hugh
Ted
Arthur
Ernie
Bert
Reg
Edgar
Edmund



Girls

Ruth
Renee
Meredith
Connie
Audrey
April
May
June
Julie ?
Barbara
Patsy
Ivy
Cleo
Wendy
Tracy
Shirley
Evelyn
Bonnie
Daisy

[Johnspex]

tribalsurfer said:

Shirley it's Bert then Ernie ????

To go with that tired , hackneyed old joke, how about Roger (Roger).

[HTP99]

I'm 42 and an Alexander (known as Alex, I've never been called Alexander), there were a few other Alexanders when I was at school and absolutely loads of Andrews; 3 in my form alone.

I've not heard of an Andrew on anyone under the age of about mid 30's, certainly not for a child.

My youngest (18), has quite a few female friends called Alex, but no males with that name.

My eldest (25 in a week) is Frances, I've only ever encountered one other Frances of a similar age as her, all others have been old ladies.

[ClaphamGT3]

A girl in my daughter's class at school (9) is Marion. Got to be the only Marion in the UK under 50

[Challo]

Alex said:

DRFC1879 said:

That's a "thing that annoys me beyond reason".

My son is Max. Everybody calls him Max or Maxi but his real name is Maximilian. He has a "proper" name and the choice to use it as and when he likes; something not afforded to those with shortened versions of names on their birth certificates.

Also, one of his middle names comes from the list above (Arthur). A lot of those names are common in my grandparents' generation and are making a comeback thanks to family ties. A friend of mine has a son called Stanley and I even know of a toddler by the name of Eric!

I agree. You should always put the full form name on the birth certificate, then the child has a choice.

Our eldest daughter is Evie (Evelyn on the certificate) and younger daughter is Rosie (Rosemary).

Other halfs cousin has named their daughter Frankie. Not Francesca as a full name who then they can shortern.

Pet hate

[TwigtheWonderkid]

HTP99 said:

My youngest (18), has quite a few female friends called Alex, but no males with that name.

I think about half the current Arsenal squad are called Alex, or foreign variations of. And they've just sold an Alex to Liverpool.

[HTP99]

Just remembered a circa 18 yo who served me in Sainsbury's a few months ago, she was Betty, I actually commented favourably on her name, she said she was named after her grandma.

[meehaja]

My three year old is Eric. I liked it as it was a proper respectable name, but not that common any more, also it can be made into Rick if he likes that.

Sadly the day after he was born Simon cowell called his son Eric!