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Names people just don't have anymore...

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by TigerVols, Jul 8, 2010.

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  1. AreaMan

    AreaMan Member

    Blanche [costanza]
     
    AreaMan, Jul 8, 2010
    #49
  2. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Lebron
     
    Boom_70, Jul 8, 2010
    #50
  3. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    Mulva? Gipple? Bovary?
     
    Big Circus, Jul 8, 2010
    #51
  4. Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)

    Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L) Active Member

    Ayn Rand would be a cool name for a girl
     
    Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L), Jul 8, 2010
    #52
  5. Small Town Guy

    Small Town Guy Well-Known Member

    Cyril, my grandpa's name.
     
    Small Town Guy, Jul 8, 2010
    #53
  6. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

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    I was thinking this, but Debbie Reynolds is a possibility too.
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Dec 15, 2014
    Batman, Jul 8, 2010
    #54
  7. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    My dad's name is Stanley. You hardly see that nowadays. My mom's name was Harriet. My uncle's name was Nathan (he went by Nat). My girlfriend's name is Vivienne. She says it isn't really that common where she comes from in Europe, but it's more common than here.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jul 8, 2010
    #55
  8. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Deloris.
     
    slappy4428, Jul 8, 2010
    #56
  9. Smash Williams

    Smash Williams Well-Known Member

    I know quite a few Carols who are in their 20s are younger.

    This will open the Airplane! lines, but Shirley isn't a name you hear a lot any more.
     
    Smash Williams, Jul 9, 2010
    #57
  10. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Wilberforce

    Hell, even Wilbur. Not to mention Orville.
     
    da man, Jul 9, 2010
    #58
  11. SoCalDude

    SoCalDude Active Member

    My Mom's name was Elsie. It fell out of favor because the Borden Dairy named their mascot cow Elsie. Elsie the Borden's cow. Nobody wanted to name their baby girls after a cow. (Coincidental note: My brother's mother-in-law also is named Elsie.)
    Adohr Farms got its name because one of their cows was Rhoda, which, when spelled backward, is Adohr. Thus, you don't see many girls named Rhoda anymore.
    My Mom Elsie had five sisters: Louise, Marjorie Ethel, Vaunda, Pauline and Nelda.
    Pauline was cool ... the others, not so much.
     
    SoCalDude, Jul 9, 2010
    #59
  12. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    Some female names from two generations before me in my half German, half Irish family that I have rarely encountered:

    Alma
    Hildie (Hildegarde)
    Fonnie
    Meta
    Hester
     
    old_tony, Jul 9, 2010
    #60
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