# Have you ever met a man over the age of 50 with one of the following names?

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**Created:** [December 31, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612 "2017-12-31T03:51:05Z")\
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[quote=“Senegoid, post:57, topic:805612”]

No doubt, it’s quirky, arbitrary, and quixotic which of those Old Testament names will be in fashion from one generation to another. Here are a few more I haven’t seen lately, to name just a few:  
[ul][li] Enosh[/li][li] Kenan[/li][li] Mahalalel[/li][li] Methuselah[/li][li] Lamech[/li][li] Shem[/li][li] Arphaxad[/li][li] Peleg[/li][li] Serug[/li][li] Nahor[/li][li] Terah[/li][li] Kohath[/li][li] Amram[/li][li] Gershom[/li][li] Shebuel[/li][li] Amminadab[/li][li] Nahshon[/li][li] Rehoboam[/ul][/li][/QUOTE]

I knew a Kennan in high school. Is that close enough to count?

My WAG is that ‘Arphaxad’ isn’t going to catch on as a name in the next couple of decades. 🙂

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> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> Do girls named Kyle count? I had one in my French Class, she’s 60 now.

Good point. I knew two girls named Kyle when I was in grade school. They would be in their mid-60s now. I did not know any boys named Kyle at that time and, in fact, assumed that Kyle was a girls’ name.

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