Who Are Your Family Members With "Old-Fashioned" First Names?

[arwalden]

I have:

Great Aunt Clara
Great Aunt Gladys
Grandmother Nettie
Grandfather Pearlie
Great Aunt Coretha
Great Aunt Florie
Grandmother Ruth
Grandmother Erma
Uncle Vernon

[AllegroRondo]

1. Aunt Hedwig

[Richardo]

2. Mother: Agnes, Aunt Olga, Aunt Hazel.

Don't see many little girls named Agnes anymore.

[skygazer]

32. My mom was named Agnes

Aunt Esther
Uncle Armand
Aunt Louise
Great-Aunt Millicent
And myself - Marjorie

[MissMillie]

3. I guess.... me

Mary Alice

(my twin sister is Mary Marguerite)

[Tyler Durden]

4. my kids from the first marriage:

Stuart Henry
Sidney Marshall
Gwendelynn Blair (the first wife spelled it wrong.)

[yvr girl]

5. My Grandmother's family

Elsie
Denita
Roberta
Ida
Olga
Victoria
Katie (not so bad)

Otto
Albert
Alec (not so bad)
Christopher (not so bad)

[clydefrand]

6. I had or still have the following

Aunt Nellie
Aunt Gladys
Aunt Ethel
Mother Bertha
Grandmother Emma--one of today's "new fashion" names

Aunt Elsie
Aunt Polly
Uncle Henry
Uncle Harry
Uncle Oliver
Aunt Lizzy
Aunt Vergie

[Theres-a]

7. Charlotte

Too bad Aunt Vitalene is gone,and of course Aunt Tootie,may she rest in peace.

[jonnyblitz]

8. grandmother's florence and geneva, aunt's eleanor and pearl

eom.

[Maddy McCall]

12. I have an aunt Geneva and Aunt Pearl.

And an Uncle Wilburn and Uncle Shell.

:D

[jonnyblitz]

26. i have never heard too many with the name Geneva.

I also have aunt's gladys and hilda. :P

[Maddy McCall]

51. Oh, yeah?

Well I have a Grandma Myrtis and an Uncle Dewey. :P

Oh, and on edit, I forgot to list my Aunt Agnes. :D

[lavenderdiva]

how about these..

Callie Viola
Carrie Belle
Ruby Mae
Betha Jean
Iris Jean
Eschol
Curtis
Otis

you can tell my family loves double first names.... oh my.

[Texasgal]

9. Aunt Pamela Sue

Uncle Earl

Grandmother Lillie

Gee...can ya tell I am from Texas?

[dolo amber]

10. My mom is Ruth, my daughter is Ruby

I nearly named her Lucy instead. :D

[Magrittes Pipe]

14. Uh... have you got old TV on the brain?

You and your television neighbor dyslexia. :eyes:


edit: it's not like I've ever met anyone younger than my mom with YOUR name, either. :P

[dolo amber]

22. I didn't forget my DEAD granny

Ethel...you insensitive bastard. :cry:

:P

[Maddy McCall]

11. Top this

Aunt Geneva
Uncle Lafayette
Grandfather Weldon
Aunt Pauline
Aunt Versie
Aunt Mildred
Aunt Myrtis
Uncle Elsie
Uncle Dealos
Aunt Omi
Uncle Walter
Uncle Elwood
Uncle Beachom
Cousin Hulon
Cousin Farita
Cousin Keeston

And the list goes on. :D

[Left Is Write]

13. Does my daughter Jane count?

[Maddy McCall]

16. I love that name.

:D

[bugslsu9]

15. My Dad, Otto

[Left Is Write]

30. I like that name. I had a great-grandfather named Otto.

[solinvictus]

42. Otto too..

My dad and granddad have the middle name Otto.

[EstimatedProphet]

17. I have a great aunt named Fanchion

[XNASA]

18. Grandpa Amos, Grandma Bernice

My wife has and Aunt Florine and Uncle Edsel.

[trackfan]

19. Everybody in my family was or is named Franky, Joey, Ralphy,

Johnny, Tony, Petey, Pauly,Nicky, Dom or Rocco...even the girls.

[Double T]

20. Grandfather - Kinyon Earl and Grandmother Isabel Flora

[Branjor]

21. Aunt Dorothy

Grandmas Bertha and Lillian both gone, rest their souls.

[WeRQ4U]

23. Rasmus, Joyce, Chrest, Elsie, Burgetta

[grace0418]

24. Well, my name is Grace. I had a grandmother Esther, a great-

aunt Violet, my mom's cousin is Aloysius (Al-o-wish-us).

The names I would love for my daughters (if I had any) are: Violet or Violetta, Clementine, Olive, Fern, and Ruby. Not that I plan on having three girls but I promise I won't name them Olive, Violet and Ruby or they'll be the Color Sisters. ;)

If I have a son I want to name him Avery.

I realized recently that between Avery, Fern, and Charlotte (the name of my car), I have three characters from Charlotte's Web. I'm not fond of the names Wilbur or Templeton though.

[Rowdyboy]

25. Grandpa Wilson Otho, grandma Ima Rowena

Great aunt Mamie and Uncle Lester
Great aunt Mattie and Uncle Velman
Great aunt Estelle and Uncle Clarence
Great Uncle Ray and aunt Mary Lu
Great uncle Roy Abner who married Avalee, Pearl and Lavada (he was a momma's boy who couldn't stay married)
Great uncle Claude and aunt Floy
and
Great Uncle Cecil

and that just my mom's side of the family.

Go back a generation or two and you get names like Remilicent, Epsey, Tennie May (who was born on May 10th, duh) Abner Wiley and, my favorite...

My great grandmother Lelia Cordelia.....

[Susang]

27. My mom's name is Shirley & my dad's name is Henry

Obviously, they're my favorites. :D

[Rob H.]

28. On my mom's side

Great Aunt Opal
Great Grandmother Myrtle
Grandmother Bernice
Great Uncle Luther

[gollygee]

29. Imogene, Wilma, Lucy, Florence, Dorothy

I think those are the only old names

[mitchum]

31. My dad's name is Grady

[paula777]

33. Grandma Esther and Aunt Bessie

[WilliamPitt]

34. My grandfather's name is Kermit

[VelmaD]

36. Wow...I think you win

That really beats my Great Aunt Beatrice, Aunt Mildred and Granny Grace. :)

[ccjlld]

35. On my Mother's side

Grandmother Mateel
Great Aunt Mildred
Great Aunt Marguerite
Great Aunt Mirriam
Great Uncle Woodrow
Great Uncle Wiley
Great Uncle Warren

Of all 7 kids the only one currently alive is my Aunt Mildred. She was the oldest and is now 101.

[Ariana Celeste]

37. Gramma Alma Lorene

Great Aunt Ruth

Both born and raised in Alabama, one still lives there, the other relocated to Washington state. :).

[Samurai_Writer]

38. Family names

Mom -- Geraldine
Grandma -- Marian
Grandma -- Mildred
Grandpa -- Floyd
Uncle -- Milton
Great Aunt -- May
Great Aunt -- Florence
Great Aunt -- Bernice

[tjwash]

39. Aunt Ruth is still alive.

Grandma Dorothea is dead alas...

[katinmn]

40. Grandpa Otto. I just love that name. t's the same frontwards & backwards

also
Grandma Alma (that's a mouthful)

Yah, they were both norske.

[LeftyMom]

41. On my father's side there's Grandma Hallie and

her husband Okie (yes really, and no he wasn't from OK, so I have no idea why he was named that) who prefered to be called Bill or Curly instead and my aunts Shirley and Barbara (they're nice names, but nobody uses them anymore) and great aunt Martha (my Grandmother had lots of other siblings, but none of thier other names stand out and I don't remember all of them because most of then died many years before I was born.)

On mom's side my Great Grandmother's name was Zilpha, her husband was Angus. You really can't make up names like Zilpha and Angus, so I assume these were traditional family names back in the old country. My Grandmother was Carolyn, another nice name nobody uses anymore, and my Grandfather was Peter (ditto.)

Other than that, most of my family's names are still in use and don't sound especially old fashioned. None of us have really wild names, so they may sound a bit traditionalist to some ears.

[Neoma]

43. Aunt Birdy, Aunt Zuzu....

:shrug:

[Skittles]

44. My beloved Aunt Tillie

still going strong - had an Aunt Nell too, short for Vernelda

[KittyWampus]

45. My Grandpa's Name Was Edgar.

[El Fuego]

46. Grandma Essie Mae

In future generations, the grandmothers will be named Britney and Tiffany, and they will be old lady names.

[medeak]

47. mine have cartoon names

had very old fashioned names...changed them to : Mickey, Hoople, Fritzi, Billie and Betty.

[Xithras]

48. My grandmothers: Bernice and Edwina

They married men with boring names: Jack and Fred.

[RetroLounge]

49. None surviving today

But had relatives named Jensinne, Lena, Gladys, Helga and Ira.

RL

[ikojo]

50. Sister's first name is

Eula....

[kskiska]

52. Grandmother Loretta

My grandmother wanted my mother to name me after her, but thankfully, she didn't.

Grandmother Anna
Aunt Rhoda (Rhodie)
Aunt Lily
Aunt Susie
Aunt Ida (Idy)
Aunt Agnes
Aunt Veronica
Uncle Ladislaus (Lutsie, La, or Lou)
Mother Marian

Former in-laws:
Esther
Gertrude
Harvey
Alvin

[KatyaR]

53. Essie, Effie, Blanche, Vida Lava (with a long a at the end),

Tobe (long o, no e), Dortha, Burl, Merle, Prue, Sadie, Telitha, Maud, Solomon, Delpha, Gracie, Jessie, Nora, Ruby, Malachi, Elijah, Cleo, Hiram, Viola, Tillie, Fay, Barton, . . . .

I actually like older names like these instead of how people name their kids this days. These names have fond memories attached; many names today simply look like their parents never learned to spell.

[GreenPartyVoter]

54. My dad is John. I am Jennifer, which, thought you might not know it

is an old name and at the time my mom named me thus her great aunt was concerned about giving me an old lady name! *lol*

[seemunkee]

55. Grandpa Reinus, Grandma Pearl, Grandpa Guy, Grandma Maude

Don't get me going on aunts.

[yellowdogintexas]

56. we are devotees of old fashioned names anyway:

Mom's side:
Grandfather: Henry Albert
Grandmother: Claire Frances
Great uncle; William Tyler
Great aunt: Mayme Catherine (but known as as Pollye)

grandmother's siblings: Myrtle Elaine
Elizabeth
mother: Dorothy Ann
uncle: Henry Albert II
stepgrandmother: Hilda Catherine
her sons: Robert and John

Dad's side:
Great Grandfather: Richard Rivers H.....
Great Grandmother: Sarah Jane H....
Grandmother: Ellen Neblitt H... B...
her husband: Willis Lonzo B....

grandmother's siblings: William Sidney
Thursa Elizabeth
Martha
Thomas Dewey
James Louis
Felix Galloway
grandfather's siblings: Charlie Catherine
Sally Delight
Father's siblings: Ruby Marie
Jane Rivers

my sisters names I left off, to protect their privacy. Everybody else is dead, except my aunt Jane

My sisters and I have 5 children altogether and all of them have very basic untrendy names. Sarah, Mary, Margaret, Michael and William

[roguevalley]

57. Grandma's Levisa, Minerva Schlegelmilch, Aunt Mildred

[YellowRubberDuckie]

58. I have serveral.

Grandma Hazel
Grandpa Louis
Grandma Lorene Emeline
Grandpa Reuben
Grandma Pauline
Grandpa Josiah (I love this name, btw)

Then my aunts and uncles are all weird old fashioned names
Wanda Fern, Shirley Lorene, Ronald Gilbert, Reuben Jerry, Patsy Ann, Linda Joy.
Then on my dad's side, Bobby Lee, Linda Carol, Jeannie, Sue, Betty Lou, Dale, Kenny Wayne, Shirley Ann. This is the part of the family I don't know nor like too much.

And my sister's name was Bobbi Jane.

Duckie

[chaska]

59. Aunt Lola Belle.

Aunt Ethel. Uncle Alfred. Uncle Milford. Cousin Danny Wayne.

[Maddy McCall]

63. I LOVE the name "Lola Belle"

Damn, I wish that was my name. :D

[Rowdyboy]

60. My partners' mom is Laylon.....

and her siblings (born in the 1920's-1930's) are
Lorene
Lurlie
Leamon
and Lester

Had a serious thing about the letter "L"

[nuxvomica]

61. I have an Aunt Millie

And my maternal grandma's name was Emma (I love that name). Long after she died, my grandpa married a woman named Mabel. That's all I've got. The rest of the names are either standard "John and Mary" types or Italian.

[foreigncorrespondent]

62. My grandmothers...

...first name is Vida. (said as V eye da)

[RobbinsdaleDem]

64. Mother-in-law Dorothy

and brother-in-law Lester

[Blue_In_AK]

65. Ernie and Dorothy, my stepmom and dad

Grandparents - Dan and Lily May
Ross and Pearl
Omer and Elsie (step)

Now everybody knows who I am. Eek!

[BamaGirl]

66. Well, I'm

Lori Belle
mom, Ora Dale
my daughters, Emma Rose and Katie Anne
second cousins, Leila Belle and Micah
my grandmothers are Gladys and Maggie
my best friend's daughter is Zoey Mae (hey, she's mine too lol ;))
the great aunts/uncles, Beulah, Betty, Lena, Cora Mae, Buran, Emory, Grady, Adella etc
We have a lot of Belles/Dales in the female line. I won't list them, lol, but they go pretty far back.

[Lorien]

67. I had a great grandfather named Ebanezer

plus the more usual Ida, Eleanor, Willis, etc.

[Dervill Crow]

68. For starters, my two aunt Dorothys,

also known as Tom's Dorothy and Bud's Dorothy (or Dot).
Uncle Bud.
Aunt Rose.
Aunt Helen.
Aunt Lily Mae.
Aunt Bobbie (Barbara Ann).
Uncle Ricky (Forrest).
My honorary Aunt Roxy.
Dad: George.
Grandma: Delia.
Other Grandma: Dolly.
Grandpa: Lyman.

Can you guess my family's from the south?

[xmas74]

69. daughter is Callie

as was my great grandmother.