# Got any good "old people" names? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860 "2010-04-30T13:59:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/1 "2010-04-30T13:59:25Z")
I’m getting a Basset Hound. Aside from the JRT I had as a teenager, I’ve always had Basset Hounds. For whatever reason I believe a Basset Hound should have an “old person” name, like Walter, Betsy, Gertrude, Ira, Mortimer, Irene, or Wilfred. Previous BH’s of mine have been Humphries, Kent, and Iris. Got any good old people names? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/2 "2010-04-30T14:05:02Z")
Lydia Lydie Claude Hugo Thelma Wilbur ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/3 "2010-04-30T14:06:05Z")
I had a pair of great uncles named **Irvin** & **Alvin** , a great aunt **Maude** and a pair of grandmothers named **Ruby** & **Muriel**. And then there’s **Florence** , **Edith** , **Mildred** , **Horace** , **Incontinentia** , and **Clyde**. [or you could cheat.](http://www.behindthename.com/top/) ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_White](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Sue\_White](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_White)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/4 "2010-04-30T14:09:19Z")
I love the names Agnes and Gladys! Lucky for the baby we’re expecting in August we’ve decided our next dog will be named Agnes. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/5 "2010-04-30T14:09:38Z")
My grandparents on my Mum’s side were **Leonard** and **Elsie**. And one of my Dad’s middle names was **Lloyd**. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/6 "2010-04-30T14:12:18Z")
I love Mildred/Millie. Silas Mervin Fess Orrie Chester Maybelle ---
**Author:** ![phess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@phess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phess)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/7 "2010-04-30T14:12:29Z")
Clara Sophie Felix Wilbur ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/8 "2010-04-30T14:15:43Z")
Loren Vernon Violet Lagatha Mabel Attie Hattie Henrietta Leeman Obediah Horatio Beauregard Eudene Ferrel ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/9 "2010-04-30T14:17:10Z")
Ethel Eunice ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/10 "2010-04-30T14:17:52Z")
My folks had a basset hound named Henry. We would often call him “Hank” also. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/11 "2010-04-30T14:18:05Z")
Here are some that were old when I was young: Oliver Virgil Isaac Arthur Jasper George Fletcher Gerald Gladys Bernice Beatrice Gussie Willadene Priscilla Isetta Flossie ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/12 "2010-04-30T14:18:32Z")
Walter is a good old-person name. Mr. Neville’s grandfather is named Walter. There’s always Bertha, if you get a female. It’s not really an old-person name, but a female basset hound could be named Rosebud, after [the basselope](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_characters_in_Bloom_County#Rosebud_the_Basselope). ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/13 "2010-04-30T14:23:14Z")
From my family: Mildred Edmund Ellsie Eugene Barbara Other: Elias Jameson Bernard Adeline/Adalia Irene Oh I could go on and on, but now I’ve found some names to NOT name my next kid. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/14 "2010-04-30T14:23:22Z")
Ralph. Josephine. Francis. Frances. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/15 "2010-04-30T14:28:36Z")
My grandpa’s side of the family had some good old people names–Alvin, Delbert, Laverne, Mildred. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/16 "2010-04-30T14:35:10Z")
Mylo ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/17 "2010-04-30T14:35:47Z")
My favourites are Walter and Verna, with Wilf and Irene a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/18 "2010-04-30T14:38:21Z")
My grandparents, Swiss dairy farmers and cheesemakers, were named Emma Bertha and Julius Elmer. Lucille is a great name for a Basset Hound. Also Clem and Wendell. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/19 "2010-04-30T14:46:44Z")
Try fiddling with [this](http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager#ms=false&exact=false). According to it, the popularity for Myrtle peaked in the 1890’s. Also Myron, Myrtice, and Myrna. ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/20 "2010-04-30T14:48:58Z")
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