Old fashioned names

[carol8353]

Elsie and Ernest as toddlers it just doesn't sound right somehow!

My friend has twin grandsons,about 18 mths old called Ernie and Bertie 

My mum was called Hilda,I have a friend called Edna,both names you never hear today.
Mind you no one calls a baby Carol now do they? Gladys and Ethel are also names you never hear.

My grandaughter has Lily as one of her middle names,named after her great grandma.

I had a grandad called Albert and a great grandad Herbert,and then there's Hubert too.

Carol

[Rishile]

I can't help thinking how strange it would have been to hear 'Gladys - you tea's ready!!'  (Apologies to any Gladys's out there).

Rishile

[carol8353]

I can't help thinking how strange it would have been to hear 'Gladys - you tea's ready!!'  (Apologies to any Gladys's out there).

Rishile

Probably just as odd as hearing Victoria shout Brooklyn or Romeo or Cruz (what sort of name is that!) get your hands washed before dinner 

[quest40]

My mum was Gladys Ethel, so had both the names mentioned by Carol!  Dad was called Reginald, and his father was Percival, two more names you don't hear nowadays.
Ann

[Milliepede]

How could I forget Gertrude as mentioned by groom that has to be one of the most old fashioned (also apologies to any baby Gerts out there) 

 

[Andrew Tarr]

I wish  I  had about five boys.  I could have called them Mark one;  Mark two; Mark three  etc.

What a good thing you didn't, then ..... 

[Marmalady]

I suppose reflecting the steady decline in religiousness, the names which have almost vanished are the biblical ones.  Until the 1900s, apart from everyday names like William, Henry, Richard and Robert, most ordinary people turned to the bible when they had used up their usual family names.  Biblical names of disciples - Thomas, John, James, Mark, Luke - have always been fairly popular, but we no longer see Zacharias, Ezekiel, Enoch, Jehosaphat. Elizabeth, Anne, Rachel, Sarah are still around, but Ruth is not as common now.  One of the families in the parish I am working on now seems hooked on Dionysius, which isn't even biblical as far as I know.

My daughter is Elizabeth Anne!

And my nieces have used biblical names for their sons -- all born since 2002:
Gabriel, Isaac, Elijah, Reuben, Jordan

[jbml]

I can't help thinking how strange it would have been to hear 'Gladys - you tea's ready!!'  (Apologies to any Gladys's out there).

Rishile

Probably just as odd as hearing Victoria shout Brooklyn or Romeo or Cruz (what sort of name is that!) get your hands washed before dinner 

My dear ... you'll NEVER hear that. She never calls them in herself - she gets the nanny or the au pair to do it! 

[pharmaT]

I know a few Matildas, it has become quite popular around here recently.