Names people just don't have anymore...

...so I was reading the Claude Felton comments on the UGA thread and I realized I've always liked that name -- but I honestly can't think of anyone under the age of 60 named Claude.

On the woman's side, I'd say Harriet is about as rare as a sane Lindsay Lohan comment these days. What other names do you miss?

 

Egbert
Bertha
Edsel
Maude

 

My buddy named his daughter Mabel last year. I told my coworker about it and, while I'm not crazy about the name, I defended it by saying, "You ever hear of a stripper named Mabel?" His response: "You ever hear of a senator named Mabel?"

 

Not too many Adolfs anymore.

 

My friend has a two year old daughter named Elsie. Another friend has a 7 year old named Frieda. Two bad names.

Judd Apatow has a daughter named Maude. She's been in a couple of his movies.

Egbert and Edsel would be good cartoon character names.

 

I worked with a woman named Frieda at a newspaper. She was cool.
When I was fresh out of college, I worked at a bank with a girl named Elsie. She was cool and attractive.
Throwback names are cool for girls, and Mabel is close to the top of that list.

Maude = don't like

 

The world needs more Gertrudes and Guadalupes.

 

Lebron. You just don't hear that one anymore.

 

I like Elsie a lot. When our boy was born, we named him John and one nurse said she hadn't cared for a new baby with that name in several years. Made me weep for society.

 

Also, I'm not crazy about Mabel, but I think that's partly because it goes absolutely HORRIBLY with my friend's last name. Too many Ls in close proximity.