I Need 'Old' Names!!... 49, to Be Exact.

Mildred, Ruth, Ilene, Victor, Dean, Loretta, Adaline, Gretha...those are all my "old family" members names that I can think of. =)

Mildrid, Agatha, Agnes, Beatrice, Ruth, Margerie, Catherine, Dennis, Edgar, Moses, Wyatt, John, Wayne, Augustine, Agustas, Billy, John, Elvis, Egor, Davina.

I hope this helps! Thats all I could think of right now, but will update if I think of any more. How fun to name them!

Here's a cool list.

http://www.babyhold.com/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,50/fu...

:)

Byron, Willard, Wyatt, Victor, Bartholomew(sp?, I have no idea how to spell this name), Leonard , Ethel, Edna, Esther, Gladis, Mildred, Beatrice..
I think it's a rather cool idea personally.

I collect old books, not pictures but I think it is rather neat ( especially black and white photographs). Ever had any "visitors" from collecting old picture frames? My stepfather bought this antique curio cabinet. Now he has lots of weird things happen in his home.

Added-Yep, I can understand that. I've had weird things follow me since I was little. At least you aren't alone. It would be interesting if some came from the pictures.

Florence, Hank, Ernest, Virginia, Victor, Albert, Betty, Buster, Eddie, Jeanne, Milton, Jean, Joseph, Emmett, Tiny, Charles, Roland, Willard, Alfred, Ralph, Carlyle, Reginald, Grace, Maurice, Bernard, Chester, Esther, Beatrice, Stanley, Murdock, Wilfred, Edward, Margaret, Sara, Felix, Inez

These shouldget you started:

Wilburn Bailey
Maybelle
Marceline
Thelma
Gertrute
Francis
Victoria
Alvin
Emil
Rose
Brenda
J.
Shirley
Howard
Frank
Claude
Thomas
Deb (a male name)
Cody

How about Beatrice, Georgia, Viola?

Thaddeus (this was my great grandfathers)
Woodrow (President)
Abbott
Adeline (My Grandmother)
Adelaide
Chester
Edmund
Theodore
Harriett
Henrietta'
Tobias (LOVE THIS ONE!!)!
Wilbur
Rosezella
Zella

Is this a good start?

LOL, I'm scanning family pictures and we've got plenty!

Hollis, Agnes, Frances (for a man who went by Frank), Florence, Louise, Vanita, Elmer, Inzella, Jasper, Ida, Emmaretta, Josephine, Avinell, Fred, Mary Pauline, Betty, Irene, Raleigh, Nellie, Harlan, Lola, Lula, Maude, Rose, Bess, Emmett, Earl, Gertrude, Abram, Levy, Campbell. . . I could go on an on. These are truly family names! ;) But my favorite is Eulah Editha, who was my maternal great grandmother!

Didn't look--sorry if these are dups:

Irene
Helen
Hank
Percy
Wilbur
Henry
Seth
Alice
Bertha
Sarah
Maeve
Mae
Anna May

I LOVE old framed photos for display--our difference is that I like them to be of people I actually know!

Eula Lee
Ethelyene
Mildred
Eunice

Roy
Charles
Urban
Lamar
Frank
Fred
Leslie
Rufus

Dorothy, Doris, Rupert, George, Ruby, Pearl, Violet, Martha, Ethel, Catherine, Elizabeth, Sarah (yes, some names have come back around) Gene, Elijah

M., Marie, Maribel, Maribelle
Elizabeth, Lizzie, Liza, Bess, Bessie
Jane, Jean, Jeannine, Jeanette, Janet
Ann, Anne, Annette
Ruth, Ruthie, Ruta
Shirley, Shirl
Emily, Emilia, Amelia, Amy
Abigail, Abby
Sarah (Sally)
Nancy, Nan
Delia, Fidelia
Elsie (I met an 18-year-old Elsie yesterday!)
Bertha
Adelaide
Laura
Caroline, Carolyn
Dorothy
Daisy
Susan
Loretta
Ethel, Etheline, Ethelinda
Clara, Clarice, Clarissa
Mildred, Millie
Nora, Eleanora, Eleanor, Lenore, Nellie
Eunice
Katherine, Catherine, Kathryn, Catharine, Kate, Katie
Alice
Lois
Frances
Gloria
Christina, Christine
Martha
Dahlia

John
Charles, Charlie, Chuckie
David, Davy
Walter, Wally
Edward, Eddie
Louis, Louie, Lou
Carl, Karl
Daniel, Dan, Danny
Fred, Freddy
Armand
William, Bill, Billy
Dwight
Matthew, Matthias
Ernest, Ernie
Richard, Rich, Dick, Dickie
Eldridge
Elbert, Bert
Montague, Monty
Claude, Claud
Morris, Morrie
Benjamin, Ben, Benny
Francis, Frank, Franklin
Horace, Horatio
Harold, Harry, Hal
Bartholomew, Bartolo, Bartie, Bart
Howard

Names, as you know, go in and out of fashion. So what's "in" now was "out" before that, and "in" even before that. What's new right now is old!

Some people used to (and still do) combine these names with family names to make a full name. So, instead of Elizabeth Ann Smith, it might be Elizabeth Rivers Smith or Elizabeth Thompson Smith, with a family name in the middle.

Have fun! Sounds like a wonderful game!

Flavius and Jack (my grandpas :)
Laurel and Arlene (my grandmas :)

Ethel
Florence
Art
Vera
Garnett
Arnold
Bert
Charles
Alonzo
Arvid
Gene
Vernon
Caroline

Pearl
Gwendolyn
Katherine
Mary
Ruth
Opal
Marie

Aurthur
Richard
Jerry

Edgar
Alma
Alvina
Elvira
Vern
Wilbur
Ulysses
Lizzy
Charlotte
Cutter
Clarke
Harland
Beatrice
Horatio
Eldon
Oscar
Granville
Ethel

Here are some more places to look:

Any Old Testament Bible names

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poindex...

http://www.alternativebabynames.com/index.php?goto=titanic

Charity
Josiah
Emilie

Bernice
Eunice
Avis
Ruby
Pearl

Victor
Byrd
Woodrow (Woody)

Hi! We call them instant ancestors! I'm glad someone else appreciates those old photos and gives them a new life.

darlene, ethel, el' nore, vernon, donold, bob, bill, william, henry, wells

here are my moms sisters names (all in their 80's)
irma jeannette
wanda fern
betty (no middle name for her lol)
helen pauline
evelyn fey
harriet catherine
Dorothy (no middle name here either lol)

oh missed the part where you want mens names also so here is this
raymond, dennis, ralph, bob, robert russell, james
aunts names were petunia, ida, massy (no idea what that was short for)

Edith, Beulah, Norman. Sorry , if they are repeats.

Myrtice, Louella, Dorcus, Ethel, Lucy, Opal, Santina, Ella, Gretchen

Horace, Jack, Leroy, James, Leland, Henry, Roland

Ok..didn't read all the replies yet...but my hubby had a story for me Friday.

He installs auto-glass so goes all ovr and meets all sorts of folks. He got sent to a farm outside of the cities and suburbia here-abouts.

79 year old farmer (he proudly proclaimed) named Elmer. His wife came out to offer a cool drink (unusually warm upper 70's here in MN in March..all sorts of recordbreaking the last week). Her name was Eunice.

He showed off his calves (the moo-ing variety, not the legs sort), his old old Rodeo winning belt buckles and pictures, and had all sorts of stories for my hubs. Even whipped out his "mouth harp" and "squeeze box".

You just can't make this stuff up...it was a "delightful" afternoon my hubby said!

So there are a few names for you. My hubby is named Ernie (Ernest), BTW, after a line of Grampas and such. It was that or Fred (the other Grampa). His Gramma's were Nellie and Alvina. Mine were pretty tame with Samual and Josephine, Alice and Robert (never met them). How about Conrad (my older brothers middle name after my Mom's fave Uncle who was in the Royal Canadian Air Force or some such?) On my maternal Gramma's side there are tons of Annunziata's. My very blond/blue eyed SIL calls them "spaghetti names"...we LOL and share her lefse! HA!

BTW~My teenage daughter has purchased a few small pics of strangers too...old ones like this. She digs them! The clothes and hairstyles, and the artistry of the prints as well.

Now I need to go read the other posts!!!

Ha. :) Old people in my family, lemme think.
The actual names of my great aunts, great great aunt, grandmas, and great grandmas, and elderly mother in law:
Kathren
Love
Winnie
Pat
Carol
Essie
Nettie
R.
Judith
Mattie (Matilda, but everyone just called her Mattie)
Trixie (Beatrice, but everyone just called her Trixie)
Elsie (No cow jokes PLEASE, she's senile but not enough to let you get away with that).

The old men in my family:
Varick
Ray
Grady
James
Joseph
Victor
Glenn
Odell
Carl
Howard
Sonny (Samuel Robert)
Bob
Bob
Bob
Robert.

Mabel
Maude
Lillian
Rose
Berniece
Catherine
Alma
Edna
Mary
Earl
Ralph
Frank
Harold
Clyde
Charles
Benjamin
Roger
Albert

How fun. I have an old picture of my grandfather's family when he was 21. All 12 of the children are in it. It was taken in 1916.

My grandparents were Ernest Adrian and Anna Wilhelmina, William James and Olive Pearl.

Gretchen, Murtle, Wilma, Wilmur, Persival, Stella. Bertha, Beulah ;)))) fun subject!

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poindex...

http://babyfit.sparkpeople.com/baby-names-search-results....

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search/1/old

http://www.welcometowallyworld.com/top-100-baby-names-for...
http://www.angelfire.com/id2/heathersnamepage/old_fashion...

My grandmothers and great grandmothers are
Fern
Shirley
Oris

I also think Betty, Gertrude, and maybe Constance are good "old" lady names
L.

Gustave and Mitchel, my grandpas' middle names

Adelia, my Mom's middle name

Ameila

Layfayette

Gertrude, Mae, June, Violet, Otto, Olivia, Eugene, Harry, George, Phinneous (sp) Phillip, Zebulan, Ester, Charity, Prudence, Hope, Theresa, Irene, Johan (German for John), Orrin, Melvin, Alvin, Jane, Iris, Martha, Glen,
Depending on the immigrant population of your area-- look up the native derivation of a common name. Jean (French for John) It was also common to name a first born son his Mother's maiden name as a first name or middle name. My dad was Charles Smith (surname)

Some of my grandparents and in-laws were
Marjorie
Patrick
Kenneth
Lucille
Esther
Ralph
Burton
Wilbur
Frank

George, John, and Joseph have been around for a long time.
Maybe Peter, Amos, Gerald, Ethel, Hazel, or Beatrice.

I think I had three great aunts named Rose/Rosemary/Rosalind.

If you want to find names that are from your heritage you could google "classic *insert specific country* names" and i am sure you would find a ton of options.

Susan
John
Ruth
Thurman
Nell
Betty
Frances
Ormond
Frederick
Martha
Louisa May
Roy
Walter
Janelle
Lily
Delia
Eugene
Haysworth
Dahlia
Hyacinth
Ada
Ruby
Ola

Fun stuff! Makes me want to take a trip to the junk store near my house!

Brigham, Leona, Ellen, Joseph, Abraham, Mary, Tess, Clois, Cleo....

Hattie
Iris
Ruby
Gladys
Lottie
Harriet
Myrtle
Annie
Hazel
Grace
Eleanor
Mildred
Sarah

Ori
Charles
Emmit
Wyatt
Walter
Thomas
Samuel
Wade
Harold
Leland
Milton
Loren
Reece
John

Sylvester, Violet, Morris, Herbert, Luther

Hattie
Daisy
Fanny
Simeon
Edwin
William
Sigmund
Charles
Agnes
Mortimer
Henry
Mamie
Bertha
Ruth
Cecile
Mattie
Juanita
Loraine
Evelyn
Loyd
Tom
Douglas
Robert
Ada
Dorothy
Frances
Truett
James
John
Conwell
Dell
Betty
Alice

I research land title for oil & gas companies back to the mid-1800s so I come across TONS of old names every day.

Here are a few from my family tree.

Bessie
Cleo
Vern
Archie(Archibald)
Doyle
Leontene
Thalia
Dodi (Dorthea)
Wandarine
Vinna
Ransome
Susana
Tuliaus
Clarence
Chester
Fern

I'm gonna say definitely use Harry.

My grandmother had 4 sisters. Every single one of them married a Harry, except for one who was a doctor. He went by the name Harold. LOL!

Well...let's see...old people that I know:

Betty
Leyla
Clara
Emagard
Lucille
Genevieve
Elda
Lucretia
May
Mary
Mildred
Lillian
Imogene
Lydia
Charles
Donald
Earl
Harold
Leroy
Sterling
Harvey
Leland
Leon
Clarence
Earnest
Floyd
Cecil

Henrietta
Sadie
Bernadette (Berna-Mae)
Alphonze
Florence
Gertrude
Charles

Everyone needs an "Aunt Myrtle" we have one on all four sides of our family tree.

Dudley
Virginia
Mary
John
William
Charles

Im late with this one and you got so many good ones! I just wanted to say that I think this is really cool and your positively awesome to do it :)

**my grandmothers and grandfathers and greats were-
Bertha
Dorthy
Zelma
Jettie
Eugene
earl
Lewis
edward

My grandmothers names were iola and Betty. DOn't think those are too common these days. Jean... Becky Sue
William
Fred
Dick
Robert
Bob

Alla Mae Sally Dottie Chester Hughes

My grandmother's name was Wilma. Her brother's and sister's names were Herman, Eden, Viola, George, Freda, Ernest, Helen, Bernice, Florence, and Loyde.

Idabelle, Ester, Virginia, Adella, Eva, Evelyn, Betty Lou, Betty Jean, Mirabelle, Adelaide, Erma, Hildegard, Nancy, Edith, Gladys, Phyllis,

Ottis, Giedon, Frederick, George, Albert, Waylan, Franklin, Walter, Louis, Martin, Marvin,

I scanned the posts and took off any dupe's... so here are a couple or so that I didn't see listed that have been in our family or somebody I've known

Hallie
Blance
Conya
Melinda
Samantha
Molly
Felicity/Felicia

Walden
Sidney
Winston
Herbert
Merrill

So many of the names that are popular now were popular 100 years ago - Sophie/Sophia, Isabelle, etc. Anyway, here are the names of my grandparents, great grandparents & great aunts & uncles (I don't know all the men's names):

Sophie
Betty
Ida
Lena
Frances
Anita
Beatrice
Irma
Paula
Harry
Irving
Sidney
Samuel
Jack

Think about the Golden Girls and books by authors like Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters.

Ida Mae, Almina, Margaret, Thelma, Lorna, Clyde, Bernard, Jacob, Reginald, Cora . . .

And then there was my Auntie Pat, who despised her given name soooooo much that she changed it - from Harriet Minerva.

Probably didn't help that her brother and sisters *knew* she didn't like it and would call her Hattie Minnie >.<

Edna
Jean
Wilma
Norma
Myrtle

Lawrence
Walter
Fred
Francis

The 'old' names in my family are:

Bill
Harry
George
Howard
Frederick
Muriel
Gwendoline
Dorothy
Garnett
Mervyn
Marie
Winifred
Eileen
Clancy

AT my moms nursing home.. there were name cards on each door..

Ruth, Gladys, Violet, Thelma, Frances, Phyllis, Alice, Helen, Marilyn,
Gertrude,