Good Vintage Boys or Girls Names...

[Godfrey]

My wife and I are expecting in April next year and are trying to find a good vintage name for the new bub. As a "Godfrey" I'm already on the path to the Vintage name hall of fame. So looking for something uncommon but pleasant - evoking the Golden era.

Suggestions very welcome!

 

[MikePotts]

Bertram!.........you could call him 'Bertie'

My son's name is George (Andrew) that works too, we call him Geordie......usually

My Christian names are actually John Michael, I sometimes wish my parents had called me 'Jack'....:eeek:

MikePotts

 

[LizzieMaine]

Names from my family, born between 1899-1921:

Clifford
Alton
Warren
Harrison
Hazel
Mildred
Ruth
Edith
Winona

 

[lolly_loisides]

Congratulations Godfrey!
Some of my family's first names are
Eric
Ivy
Harold (Harry)
George
Elsie
Reiby
Elizabeth
Leopold

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Alistair
Arthur
Aubrey
Lloyd
Marlin (or Marlon)
Victor my favorite
Winthrop

 

[scotrace]

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?7820-Old-fashioned-names-new-again....&highlight=Names

Merge on the way.

 

[Godfrey]

Thank you all for these. Elsie was my Grandmothers name - so its on the list. My personal favorite 'Winthrop' - my wife isnt convinced! She is keen on Marlon and Arthur. Also like Bertie and Hazel - nice ring to them. Looking forward to more ideas. Thanks

 

[Shangas]

I think Bertie, for Albert or Bertram (preferrably Albert) would be best.

 

[MissDecember]

Family names:

Dorothy
Max
Archibald (called Archie, of course)
Helen
Viola
Oliver
Henry
Ruth

And I'm an Elizabeth, because my father thought that Elizabeth Taylor was just about the best thing since sliced bread.

 

[MikePotts]

My son George, a secretive soul apparently, was predicted by modern methods to be a girl until his birth. Until then we had decided to name 'her' Ailie after a name in a Scots folk song.

MP

 

[AdrianLvsRocky]

Some "vintage" names are lovely and others.......not so lovely! My family had a Habakkuk. Very biblical (if that's your thing) but doesn't roll off the tongue! No offence to any Fedora Lounge Habakkuks!

Other (nicer) family names include:
Mollie
Lily
May
Rose
Mary
for the girls - all cute but increasingly popular these days. Other less popular (because they're Welsh!) are:
Bronwyn
Aurona
Eira
Enfys.

Male family names (again getting more and more popular):
George
John
Jack
William

My great uncle was Beniah (Ben for short) which I've always thought was lovely and my husband has a lot of Aneurins in his family which is another name I love.

 

[sheeplady]

My mother is a Mollie Ann. I've always loved the name Mollie.

I've always liked Myrtle and Norma for girl's names. And there is always the option of naming a girl child after the months, May, April, June, etc.

 

[1961MJS]

Hi

When picking a name for your child, one unfortunate task it to take the first name, middle name(s), and last name and make a decent junior high try at making something filthy out of it. An old friend's last name is King, couldn't name a son Richard or John (Dick and Jack). There were at least seven or eight more examples he gave. My son's name is Martin, the only thing we could come up with was "Fartin' Martin" which ain't that bad in the whole scheme of life.

Later

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Some "vintage" names are lovely and others.......not so lovely! My family had a Habakkuk. Very biblical (if that's your thing) but doesn't roll off the tongue! No offence to any Fedora Lounge Habakkuks!

I always liked the name Nicodemus.

Adam Aston -- Nikodem (Nicodemus) (1933)

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