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me asked in Pregnancy & ParentingBaby Names · 1 decade ago

What happened to the "old school classic" baby names?

I love the older names that nobody uses any more. Don't you think these names need to make a comeback? Please list 10 of your favorite old names. My favorites are:

Girls:

1. Naomi

2. Ruth

3. Billie

4. Erma

5. Cathy

6. Frances

7. Althea

8. Sylvia

9.Loretta

10. Beatrice

boys:

1. Bradley

2. Phillip

3.Earnest

4. Richard

5. John

6. Sherman

7. Huntley

8. Paul

9.Lawrence

10. McKinley

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Girls:

    1. Naomi

    2. Ruth- i used to adore this name!!! Rita-Ruth i used to like or just plain rita/ruth. love it

    3. Billie- i love this! still a fave of mine!

    4. Erma- not to keen on this. its ok. needs a come back to make it sounds better lol

    5. Cathy- its ok. more of nn, but i like it!

    6. Frances- there is the odd frances at my skl. about 2. lol

    7. Althea- kl! never heard of it before! needs coem back!

    8. Sylvia- i want it bk! i love it! its a beautiful name

    9.Loretta- lol. makes me think fo purple. needs a coem bakc agreed!

    10. Beatrice- bea the mini menace! lol. i liek it, a popular middle name, so its bk ish lol

    boys:

    1. Bradley- this was popular in the 90s i think, since im in yera 10 n theres a loads of kids with that name. i dotn get along with half of them! lol. itso becomign a girls name, since a teen called her baby girl bradley! lol 6/10

    2. Phillip- yh. lol theres a few at my skl called tht. maybe it should eb alot more pop!

    3.Earnest- yh! that needs a boost! no one likes it anymore, but i dont think its such a bad name .lol

    4. Richard- popular middle name. lol i neeeeds to be a first name!

    5. John- loads of Johns! there evrywhere! middle name first name! lol. i dotn like the name. its too plain n boring for me

    6. Sherman- need s acome back! i've never met anyoen called Sherman!

    7. Huntley- i love this! this is so cool! i think ill use for when in older lol

    8. Paul- its around, but i dotn like it. plain and boring

    9.Lawrence- needs a come back!!!!!

    10. McKinley- i love this! its so cool!

    mine faves:

    boys:

    1) Jack- unfortuneatly popular :(

    2) Donald- dont ask! it might have something to do with the fact that my mother listens to donny osmond, n i ended up loving the music! lol the nn Donny/Donnie is better

    3) Thomas

    4) Edward

    5) Jerry

    6) david

    7) Danny

    8) Russell

    9)matthew

    10) Rodney - makes me think of only fools n horses lol

    girls:

    1) Bonnie! - i love it! its really pretty n sweet

    2) Rose

    3) Virginia

    4) Ruth

    5) Rita

    6) Darlene

    7) Margo

    8) Martha/Marta

    9)Diana

    10)Wanda

    fun question! thnx

    hope this helps! xx

    Source(s): moi
  • 1 decade ago

    Girls:

    1. Nellie

    2. Jane

    3. Opal

    4. Gwendolyn

    5. Hazel

    6. Layne

    7. Jocelyn

    8. Celeste

    9. Quinnie

    10. Cora

    Boys:

    1. Willie

    2. Chester

    3. Walter

    4. Oakley

    5. Bennett

    6. Kendrick

    7. John

    8. Thomas

    9. Harry

    10. Bradley

  • 1 decade ago

    1. Frances

    2. Helena

    3. Genevieve

    4. Althea

    5. Fleur

    5. Beatrice

    6. Florence

    7. Cordelia

    8. Adeline

    9. Isadora

    1. Benedict

    2. Julian

    3. Phineas

    4. Francis

    5. Vincent

    6. Reuben

    7. Leander

    8. Sebastian

    9. Jude

    10. Laurence

  • 1 decade ago

    (In no particular order)

    Girls

    1. Clarissa

    2. Jane

    3. Pandora

    4. Adrianna

    5. Aurelia

    6. Jennifer

    7. Annie

    8. Julia

    9. Alexis

    10. Kathryn

    Boys

    1. Reuben

    2. Lucas

    3. Christopher

    4. Jack

    5. Ben

    6. Ollie

    7. John

    8. David

    9. Michael

    10. James

    ;)

    x

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  • 1 decade ago

    1. Francesca

    2. Genevieve

    3. Faith

    4. Nan

    5. Elizabeth

    6. Helena

    7. Naomi

    8. Mary

    9. Jenna

    10. Grace

    1. William

    2. John

    3. Kenneth

    4. Victor

    5. Jasper

    6. Winston

    7. Aaron

    8. Patrick

    9. James

    10. Silas

  • 1 decade ago

    I love most of your names to and if i was a boy when i was born i was going to be called Bradley!

    1.Grace

    2.Juliet

    3. Rhiannon (my name but it's quite old) I suppose i have an old name because i am only thirteen :)

    4. Belle/a (it's popular now because of twilight)

    5. Lottie (Charlotte)

    6. Kendall

    7. Maisie/Maisy

    8. Lizzie (Elizabeth)

    9. Beth (Bethany, my sister's name)

    10.Adelaide

    I can't think of any boys!

  • aaa
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Sorry, but I don't think that Naomi, Bradley and Richard should be classified as 'old school' names as I know people my age (13) with those names. More Classic.

    My favouirte Classical names are:

    Estella

    Mary

    Guinevere (Gwen-uh-veer)

    Frida

    Nina

    Lillian

    X

    X

  • NYgirl
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    1. Ruth

    2.Lillian(Lily)

    3.Rose

    4.Catherine

    5.Beatrice

    6.Jayne

    7.Alyson

    8.Heidi

    9.Victoria

    10. Diana

    Boys

    1.John

    2.Jacob(jake)

    3.Christopher

    4.Nicholas

    5.Louis

    6.Thomas

    7.Michael

    8.William

    9.Matthew

    10.David

  • lovely names

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i love them too, mine are

    Reuben

    Cassien

    lilly-may

    emily-rose

    i always get complemented on their names, old school are def better, not blue, paris, and blumming kenzo!!

    hahahaha

    Source(s): my children! lol
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