Thread: Names like Ethel, Betty, Margaret, Roger, Richard sound old to us now, but...?

Maybe you have grandparents or great-grandparents with those names... But can you imagine that when they were kids, those names sounded "fresh" and young to them?

Or those names never sounded fresh to them even in their childhood?

What are your grandparents' great-grandparents names?

What are some even older names?

Which names did people have in the 1200's?

My grandpas name is Larry, my grandmas name is Cindy, my great grandmas name is Benny and my great grandpas name is dick

My grandparents names are: George Lamar & Richard Wayne; Margaret Anne & Robbie Faye

Some of my great-grandparents names were: Paul Theodore & Erman Willis; Georgia Louise & Clara Leona

My grandparents names are: George Lamar & Richard Wayne; Margaret Anne & Robbie Faye

Some of my great-grandparents names were: Paul Theodore & Erman Willis; Georgia Louise & Clara Leona

I actually love the names Richard and Margaret.

My grandparents' names:
Joan and Levi
Senny and Brogdan

My great-grandparents' names:
Maja and Nathan
Fiona and Joseph

I believe Crispin in the 1200's
Orthson Hadgthar
Asta

As kids, lots of people don't go by their legal name. My mother's name is Rosa, but as a kid they called her Rosita, which is "Little Rose" in Spanish. If you a -ita or -ito to a Spanish name it makes it all cutesey. So even if you had a name like Margaret, people might call you something like Maggie when you're young. And then as you get older, it's probably better to go by a name like Margaret since Maggie might seen too childish.

As kids, lots of people don't go by their legal name. My mother's name is Rosa, but as a kid they called her Rosita, which is "Little Rose" in Spanish. If you a -ita or -ito to a Spanish name it makes it all cutesey. So even if you had a name like Margaret, people might call you something like Maggie when you're young. And then as you get older, it's probably better to go by a name like Margaret since Maggie might seen too childish.

Names can fade in and out of popularity, and sound fresh and trendy when they are, well, trendy. Some names remain popular, throughout time. Biblical names particularly, such as Joseph, John, etc.
Esther and Ruth are also biblical, and are coming back into popularity. most parents try to give names which sound nice but are less "common" sounding, but tend to run in cycles or trends. there is a cool chapter on names in the book, Freakonomics.
Check out the social security site for top names by decade here

http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/decades/names1960s.html


My grandparents: Raymond, Betty

Gg: Rose, Frank