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What are some old-timey names that you think should make a comeback? (dubvee.org)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/asklemmy

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By old-timey names, I mean ones that you don't typically associate with anyone alive or younger than like 70.

Examples being:

Burl
Mildred
Herbert
Agnes
Evelyn (not as rare at the others, but getting there)

I've always liked the name "Opal" but I've only ever known two in my life. I was like 10-12 at the time, and they were both pushing 90.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I have a relative named Agnes in her early twenties. Don't do it. I find the Texas A&M jokes to be unbearable and I'm sure I hear less than 10% of what she hears

Mildred, Evelyn, Opal all names of my aunts +3 generations older than mine. Also try Betty as a diminutive for Elizabeth, Gerald, Hank, Errol, Mabel, Jerome, and Cordelia. These all scream white Midwestern US farmer to me.

Errol is most likely to have gotten into a bit of trouble and really seen the world when he was drafted for WWII.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Also try Betty as a diminutive for Elizabeth, Gerald, Hank, Errol, Mabel, Jerome, and Cordelia.

Why is Betty a diminutive of Gerald and Hank? (Among others)

[–] Typhoonigator 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sorry, I don't understand the connection between Agnes and Texas A & M. I did a quick search, which was less than useful. Can you explain?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

"Aggie"