# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/61 "2010-04-30T22:39:48Z")
Albert Alfred Frederick Arnold Chester Gordon Horton Norbert Unwin Babs Clarice Cornelia Daphne Euphemia Esmerelda Gytha Hattie Nettie My family: Annette, Salma, Rudolf, Fritz, Isaac, Dorothy, Ruth, Peter, Kathleen, Betty, Samuel, Naina- not really doggy names. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/62 "2010-04-30T22:42:33Z")
From my ancestry: Mehitable Lamberta Stemritha Osmore ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/63 "2010-04-30T22:48:01Z")
Abner Jed, or Jeb Zack ---
**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, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/64 "2010-04-30T22:54:13Z")
Wow. That is some list. Some really good ones in there. Thank you for your input everyone! Feel free to keep it going. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/65 "2010-04-30T23:30:16Z")
Capitola, “Cap” for short. One of my aunts, born in 1916. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/66 "2010-05-01T00:07:15Z")
LOL! Practically every member of my family has been mentioned in here. Mildred, Florence, Arnold, Arthur, and Ethel Bernice. Somehow, my dad’s name hasn’t been mentioned. May I present… Norman On second thought, I kind of like **Zeldar** ’s suggestion of Geraldo. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MsChilePepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MsChilePepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsChilePepper)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/67 "2010-05-01T00:51:26Z")
My grandparents: Lauren Virgil and Bernice Genevieve, Lonney Foster and Evelyn. Huh, I don’t even know if she has a middle name. Must ask. I submit: Stentor, if the dog has a really deep bass bark. Apologies to my human friend Stenny for snitching his name. Check your local paper’s obituaries for more good names. I’ve trolled the obits for names of characters about whom I’m writing. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/68 "2010-05-01T00:51:39Z")
Harold Stanley Arthur Albert George Or perhaps something like Bill, Bob, Geoff or Brian. For the ladies: Ethel Doris Mavis Gladys Or Dot, Bea, Lil or Vera. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/69 "2010-05-01T01:17:44Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Lydia > Lydie Hey! There’s a good list [http://www.galbithink.org/names/us200.htm](http://www.galbithink.org/names/us200.htm). It’s got the most popular names from 1800 till 1999 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/70 "2010-05-01T02:52:40Z")
Methuselah ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/71 "2010-05-01T12:56:50Z")
Mortimer. D’Arcy. Rupert. Archibald. Nigel. Winston. Virgil. And that great Northern English tradition (exported to the West Indies) of using surnames as first names, like the English actor Robson Green. West Indies cricketers have the coolest names. Chester Watson. Grayson Shillingford. Thelston Payne. Patterson Thompson. Wavell Hinds. It has been picked up in the American south with names like Beauregard and Sullivan. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/72 "2010-05-01T17:40:16Z")
A lot of the “old” names mentioned so far are very popular right now. But “Gladys” isn’t. It doesn’t get any older than “Gladys.” Gladys Knight is 66, and she’s a spring chicken by Gladys standards. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/73 "2010-05-01T18:25:03Z")
Martha Eunice Judy Ina Ida Eula Willa June Esmerelda Dorothy Margaret Hanna Emma Males: Ike Lewis Furman Dwight Burt Earnest Theodore Harold Arthur Best wishes, hh ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/74 "2010-05-03T14:44:39Z")
Wilford, after Wilford Brimley. I like the idea of going with an “opposite” name. Remember **The Dukes of Hazzard**? Roscoe P. Coltrane had a lazy basset hound named “Flash.” ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/75 "2010-05-03T15:02:45Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > ::hijack for an old joke:: > > How do you make a Hortense? > > Don’t pay her. Hortense is a kitty name. It just is. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/76 "2010-05-03T16:30:27Z")
Bassett hound = Buford or Piedmont. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/77 "2010-05-04T03:36:40Z")
Ruth Mabel Flossie Earline Vashti Floyd Cletus Hubert Eugene Alonzo ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/78 "2010-05-04T03:49:34Z")
Orpha. Like my great aunt. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/79 "2010-05-05T02:21:23Z")
Aloysius or Hazeldean. ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-old-people-names/537860/80 "2010-05-05T02:59:06Z")
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