# The Atoz Game (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 193
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3842 "2020-09-18T02:57:27Z")
Old Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3843 "2020-09-18T05:45:22Z")
Old Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3844 "2020-09-18T10:16:10Z")
Old Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3845 "2020-09-18T13:58:40Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3846 "2020-09-18T14:06:21Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel Ida ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3847 "2020-09-18T14:09:55Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel Ida Jezebel ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3848 "2020-09-18T16:34:04Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel Ida Jezebel Katrinka ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3849 "2020-09-18T17:03:23Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel Ida Jezebel Katrinka Lulabelle ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3850 "2020-09-18T17:10:10Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel Ida Jezebel Katrinka Lulabelle Millicent ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3851 "2020-09-18T17:11:37Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel Ida Jezebel Katrinka Lulabelle Millicent Nancy Don’t remember the last time I met a Nancy under the age of 50. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3852 "2020-09-18T17:57:36Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel Ida Jezebel Katrinka Lulabelle Millicent Nancy Opal ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3853 "2020-09-18T18:00:34Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel Ida Jezebel Katrinka Lulabelle Millicent Nancy Opal Pearl ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3854 "2020-09-19T02:18:09Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel Ida Jezebel Katrinka Lulabelle Millicent Nancy Opal Pearl Queenie So far, this list contains the name of my grandmother (Florence), the name of my wife’s grandmother (Dolores), and the name of my cousins’ grandmother (Ida). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3855 "2020-09-19T05:02:56Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel Ida Jezebel Katrinka Lulabelle Millicent Nancy Opal Pearl Queenie Rosemarie ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3856 "2020-09-19T10:00:05Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel Ida Jezebel Katrinka Lulabelle Millicent Nancy Opal Pearl Queenie Rosemarie Sadie ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3857 "2020-09-19T12:09:22Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel Ida Jezebel Katrinka Lulabelle Millicent Nancy Opal Pearl Queenie Rosemarie Sadie Thelma > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > So far, this list contains the name of my grandmother (Florence), the name of my wife’s grandmother (Dolores), and the name of my cousins’ grandmother (Ida). The list has the first names of two aunts(Ethel, Pearl) and the middle names of my grandmother and four aunts(Gertrude, Agnes, Bertha, Florence, Thelma). My own name is common enough that it wouldn’t be on this kind of list - _yet_. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3858 "2020-09-19T12:44:00Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel Ida Jezebel Katrinka Lulabelle Millicent Nancy Opal Pearl Queenie Rosemarie Sadie Thelma Ursula My daughter’s name and my middle name are up there. I also see names of children whose parents are mid 20’s. I know a toddler Lulabelle and Hazel and an infant Agnes (hence the subject). ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3859 "2020-09-19T13:49:11Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel Ida Jezebel Katrinka Lulabelle Millicent Nancy Opal Pearl Queenie Rosemarie Sadie Thelma Ursula Vivian ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3860 "2020-09-19T20:05:46Z")
Old-Fashioned Female Names Agnes Bertha Chrysobel Dolores Ethel Florence Gertrude Hazel Ida Jezebel Katrinka Lulabelle Millicent Nancy Opal Pearl Queenie Rosemarie Sadie Thelma Ursula Vivian Wilhelmina ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3861 "2020-09-20T02:28:14Z")
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