Old Fashioned Names - What Are Your Favourites?

Florence, Fredrick , Elizabeth and Ernest , we’re my nana’s and grandad’s names I had a neighbour called Gerti, and another called violet

In our small village and round about we have quite a few kids with old fashioned names. Hattie, Freddy, jockey, Isabella, ruby, Annie, molly, Alice

I love some of the older names. My gran was called violet and my other one was called Alice

I thought my daughters names where a little old charlotte and robyn

I think it's good to have family names, my name is Rebecca after my Grandmother, my Mother was Elizabeth after her Grandmother. That is if you like the name ......my mother in law and she didn't like her name Ada.

On the male sides there are lots of Johns, David's and Thomas's. If someone has done your family tree look to see if there are any you like.

In my family history most of the names are things like George, William, Mary and Ann, which you still hear some today. Then there’s names like Freeley and Welley that I can’t imagine making much of a comeback.

I’d say some of my favourite “old fashioned” names would be Clifford, Desmond, Agnes and Dorothy. I also love Clive though - I’m surprised it isn’t more popular when you consider names like Ivy and Olive are popular again these days! It seems to fit in with those in my mind.

I found quite a few Lancelots in my family tree when researching. I'd always thought of that as a upper class name previously. Iv never actually met anyone called Lancelot. I think the names Jean & June have died out somewhat. Iv not met anyone by those names in recent years yet I knew a few elderly ladies by those names as a youngster.

I have a granddaughter called Effie and I’ve just come across it in an Agatha Christie book.

Elsie, Dora, Amos, Nona, Gertrude, Percival, Mervyn, Kenneth (Ken), Flora, Walter, Arthur, Edith, Clara, Hattie, Clementine, Bertram, Nora, Augustus, Agatha, Cyril, Howard & Jezebel, Sampson, Vivian, Evelyn.... I could go on.

My own name - Geraldine! I was meant to be called Anne Marie, but my father went to register my birth on his own and decided on Geraldine. There’s not many of us around.

And Pater Kay’s character!

After reading all people’s answers it is amazing what we perceive as ‘old names’. Many that are mentioned are names of friends of mine but I didnt think I was that old!

Cyril my grandads name or ted is my favourite name

Queenie ,Wilfred ,Enid , Lidia are some more people I know and my cousin’s daughter is called Josie

My grandson is called Ron. People are surprised at first but I can't imagine him with any other name.

My nana was Muriel but she hated it and shortened it to Moo which I think is worse!

Maximillion, Hubert, Fannie, Frederick, Augustine, Blanche, Pearl, Vera, Esther, Mabel, Gilbert, Sigmund, etc.

ACR Can you imagine the grief your child would get these day though if you called them Fannie?

My gran on by mum's side was called Isabel and everyone used to call her Izzy. My Welsh gran on my dad's side was called Olive. Lovely names for lovely ladies but neither are with us anymore.

My Welsh uncle was called Selwyn.

Ones I like are Laura ,Emily,Emma ,Charlotte,and the florals Rose ,Violet ,Daisy Victorian names

Family names well grandparents were Mildred and Gertrude,which I do not like ,James and John,men's names didn't seem to go in fashions as much till maybe fifty years ago?

Well I have had the pleasure of being the third liked of many a comment there, enjoy your tuppence

Ida or Vera my nans names

My friends daughter is called Elsie. There's quite a few 'old' names at my boys school - Betty, Genie, Violet, Wilfred, Elise, Vincent, Ada, Elijah.

My family tree we have Marjorie, Bazil, Ada, Ciryl, Clifford.

My late dad's name was Walter, also my middle name after him

Not a really old fashioned name but really detest the name Keith, who would name their beautiful baby Keith! ...sorry if I offended any of you Keith's out there.

I know someone who called her kids Hugo and Monty as she wanted unusual names. They suit them.

Geoffrey

I'm going to go with Eve and Adam as possibly old names.

I love my husbands Granny's name, Beryl. It's not one that you hear often anymore. If we had had a girl I would have used it.