What would your name be? (Gents too!)

[Nathan Flowers]

My real name isn't too bad. Nothing non-vintage about it. Our next child is probably going to be called Woodrow or Henry. Our girl is named Sofia.

 

[Deleted member 259]

Panamabob - Evelyn is one of my favorites

If I was a boy, I was going to be Nebkenezer Laurence.
My mother has a twisted sense of humor.
Sheesh. I hope they would have called me by my middle name.

 

[MissTayva]

I had a friend back in NZ, named his first daughter Caprice... nice name I thought- then came the second daughter, Chevelle.... hmmm... Malibu anyone?

Yeah.. I'm already getting the cracks about Nova's name! lol


~O

Oh my, that reminds me, there is a family here where I live, the Carr family...
Daughters: Mercedes and Nova (I'm really not joking). Son is named Eric, not a big deal, but they are Kiss fans, and their deceased drummer was named Eric Carr...

 

[BellyTank]

I kid you not, we had a boy named Rubber in Ecuador. I'll be seeing him sometime next week so I'll see how he's doing. His mom is a wicked good dentist!

I can believe that Bob- I met a guy from Ecuador named Rommell- he had a friend at home called Hitler- crazy but true. Apparently Rommell is quite popular over there, moreso than Hitler.

B
T

 

[swinggal]

If I ever have a child I would name her Ella if she is a girl. My boyfriend likes the name Felix for a boy...dunno about that.

I also like Lily and Violet, Violet being my 90 year old grandmothers name. I've never known anyone else in my life named Violet. Emmaline is kinda cool too.

 

[jitterbugdoll]

My name has never been too popular in the past—so I wouldn’t count it as vintage, unless you count the 1980s, when it was extremely popular (there were always at least two other girls named Amanda in all of my classes.) Although, in the 1938 movie Carefree, Ginger Rogers' character is named Amanda Cooper—I found that to be pretty exciting!

If I ever had a daughter, I would like to name her after my grandmother, Colleen. I'm thinking the name Elizabeth Colleen would be nice--we could call her Betty for short, and if she decided she didn't like that she could go by Beth, Liz, or even her middle name. Personally, I would like to be called Betty!

Speaking of unusual boy’s names, one of the local swing dancers is named Dabney. I actually really like the name—it has this debonair feel to it, and actually fits quite well with his personality. And, I met a high school student whose name was Hal—I don’t think he cared for it (I think he told me it was a family name), but again, I liked it because it is no longer mainstream.

I have recently met several young ladies with very old-fashioned names. For example, in the last few months I have met three women named Betsy. Also, I did meet a young woman named Violet--she was a rather delicate redhead who really seemed to fit her name!

As for the porn/movie star name—I’m not sure I could come up with a tasteful one! Our cats are named Zipper and Fanny!

However, I have heard that you take the name of your first pet (my guinea pig, Squeaky) and your mother’s maiden name (Clair)—Squeaky Clair is a little bizarre, I think. Also, I have heard that you can combine your middle name with the name of the street you first lived on, which would make me Lee Harvey (umm, I’ve never heard that name anywhere…)

So, I’ll scrap those ideas and go with a stage name borrowed from my other grandmother—Ruby Lee. Now to me, that has a ring to it!

 

[Mycroft]

Top Name on my list: Major Michael(Mic) James West
....Maverick(last name)
Mycroft (First Name)....
Meyer Mendal(my to great-grandfather's first names)

 

[scotrace]

matching kids names

Some very good friends named their children Janelle, Jacinda, Janine, Josiah and Jenna.
I once told them they had to stop having children, because the only remaining names from which to choose were Jemima and Jehovah...

 

[Sharon]

Cute post. Hey, I like Sharona Actually I always also loved Samantha, Veronica, Vicki, Jennifer, Catherine...and more. They are all old names used in many eras, regal sounding and yet still ageless and used today.

 

[Sharon]

Amanda...now that's a beautiful name too. Jitterbugdoll...your name is great.

 

[Deleted member 259]

Amanda happens to be my middle name, (I have 2 of them)
But you're right, jitterbugdoll, I think it must have been an 80's thing.

 

[Zach R.]

Well, all of my names are very traditional and I assume would be not out of place in a vintage setting(each of them are seven letters long as well, a coincidence I always thought was pretty neat).

That being said, my Great Grandfathers name was Hubert Herbert Roberts(a heavyset pencil-moustached man who was the owner of a textile mill from before the depression and into the mid-40s and never seen without a white fedora and cigar) and I always though it would be interesting to have either his first name or middle name as my first name(though his middle name is shared with my grandfather, father, and myself already).

Even so, to this day I have never known another Hubert or a Herbert.

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

I know a Hubert, a young fellow, about 22 or so. It is indeed an uncommon name for someone of my generation.

 

[jamespowers]

Even so, to this day I have never known another Hubert or a Herbert.

How about Herbert Hoover?

Regards to all,

J

 

[Zach R.]

I meant personally and someone close to or in my generation.

 

[K.D. Lightner]

... and Hubert Humphrey, speaking of forgettable politicians.

karol

 

[jamespowers]

I meant personally and someone close to or in my generation.

Well, I'll go out and dig him up for you to meet. You could even shake hands.

Regards to all,

J

 

[Zach R.]

Is that legal? [huh]

 

[jamespowers]

Is that legal? [huh]

As long as you don't tell anyone and I get him back in time for grounds inspection.

Regards to all,

J

 

[K.D. Lightner]

Oh, boy, West Branch, Iowa, watch out!

Hoover is the only Prez they can claim as a native son. (Although they like to brag that RR once worked as a broadcaster there.)

You can visit the Presidential Library while you are there. And I believe they have the little house where he was born. A few buildings in the town and the rest is cornfields and ... more cornfields.

The closest Iowa comes to Disneyland....

karol

Do cars count? There was Herbie the Love Bug.