# Do You Know Any YOUNG Men Named Wilbur, Floyd, Elmer, etc.? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 4, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877 "2009-09-04T16:24:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/1 "2009-09-04T16:24:15Z")
[Apparently “Old Lady” names are making something of a comeback.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=530625) Is the situation the same with “old man” names? Do you know any young men (say, under 35), with an “old man” name such as Wilber, Floyd, Elmer, etc.? ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/2 "2009-09-04T16:35:05Z")
I know of an Elmer, but I have never met him personally and i dont know his age. Probably in his early to mid thirtys but I’m not sure. I also have a family friend who named her son Wyatt, which is an " old" name to me. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/3 "2009-09-04T16:37:47Z")
I know two men whose first name is Floyd, but they GO BY their middle names, which are more common. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/4 "2009-09-04T16:39:02Z")
As I mentioned in that thread, my 13-year-old son has a friend named Elmer. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/5 "2009-09-04T16:55:15Z")
My oldest son’s best friend is named Wilbur. He’s 19 or 20. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/6 "2009-09-04T16:57:42Z")
I know a guy named Floyd. Back in high school he accidentally died his bangs pink (they were supposed to be red) so everyone called in Pink Floyd. I also regularly deal with a guy name Hubert and one name Eugene, names which are much less common today. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/7 "2009-09-04T17:24:49Z")
My 5 year old grandson has a playmate of the same age named Farley. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/8 "2009-09-04T18:10:36Z")
I know a Floyd, but I don’t remember his exact age, somewhere in his 30’s. My 40 yr old brother is named Hugh after our grandpa. I know he’s over your suggested age limit but I thought I’d mention it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/9 "2009-09-04T18:16:45Z")
I mentioned in the other thread that I know of a baby Oscar. I find it rather refreshing at a time when everyone I know seems to be naming their boys Aidan/Jaden/Braden/Caden or some horrible, misspelled variant. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/10 "2009-09-04T18:36:05Z")
I know plenty of young people named Oscar. If you’re Latino, chances are you know 150 people under age 10 alone named Oscar. The name Wilbur really makes me laugh. I actually like Aidan. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/11 "2009-09-04T18:36:28Z")
In the other thread it was mentioned that a lot of young people with older names are of Asian origin. I used to know a guy, now probably 30ish, named Eugene. Yes, he’s Asian. We used to call him Gino. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/12 "2009-09-04T18:37:42Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I know plenty of young people named Oscar. If you’re Latino, chances are you know 150 people under age 10 alone named Oscar. I’m Oscar. Dot com. (Sorry, someone had to say it.) ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/13 "2009-09-04T18:39:12Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > I also have a family friend who named her son Wyatt, which is an " old" name to me. “Wyatt,” for some reason, sounds particularly cool to me – maybe because of Wyatt Earp? I could see naming my son Wyatt. ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/14 "2009-09-04T18:56:39Z")
My college roommate’s name was Stanley. I was surprised to see that it was still barely in the top 200 the year we were born (1975) but it used to be much more popular earlier in the century. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/15 "2009-09-04T19:06:30Z")
As always when I hear “Elmer”, after Bugs’ nemesis, Elmer Gantry, and the glue, I always think of the movie **Brain Damage** and the immortal lines after the hero learns that his neighbors (who have been keeping the monster in their apartment) have named it Elmer: “Elmer?!?!?! You _fucking_ named him Elmer?” “Not Elmer – _Aylmer_ – It means “Beautiful Thing” in Old English.” ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/16 "2009-09-04T19:13:56Z")
Here: [Pregnancy, Parenting, Lifestyle, Beauty: Tips & Advice | mom.com](http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager) Use that to track the popularity of names over time. I like to find cultural trends with it, like how the names Phoebe and Chandler skyrocketed as soon as Friends got popular. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/17 "2009-09-04T19:23:35Z")
I know a 3yo named Oliver. I know a 6yo named Jed(ediah). I know a 12 named Ethan. ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/18 "2009-09-04T20:33:37Z")
I have a neph named Sam. I was surprised. Sister in law seems like the type that would have a kid named Tapioca or Docken. Nope. Sam. I have to boy’s names that I like, are kind of old-fashioned, and one might even be an awful name for a child today, but I’m too in love with it. They’re not overused yuppie names like Aiden, and not grandpa names like Elmer (I actually had an Uncle Elmer). ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/19 "2009-09-04T21:00:34Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > I have a neph named Sam. > > I was surprised. Sister in law seems like the type that would have a kid named Tapioca or Docken. Nope. Sam. I know a few Sams that are young children. I don’t think it is unpopular and it can be unisex but usually the girls are really named Samantha. I just reconnected with an old friend and I believe she may set soon type of record with her son’s name. She named him Dehkoata. ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-young-men-named-wilbur-floyd-elmer-etc/508877/20 "2009-09-04T21:05:53Z")
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