Message: "Old hollywood" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Old hollywood

by Francisinfp5w4

6/18/2024, 7:48 AM

What names do you associate with Old Hollywood?

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- Lady December (guest)

6/19/2024, 12:10 AM

The much maligned Dick. I wish slang hadn't ruined it, I think it can sound quite handsome. Seems many old-time Hollywood dreamboats were named this and I think it has rubbed off on how I perceive the name.

- KK (I-love-baby-names)

6/18/2024, 5:21 PM

I’m not into that thing, but for me, it’s Marilyn

- hello_1234

6/18/2024, 4:09 PM

Irene, Shirley, Evelyn, Mae, Betsy, Marilyn, Verna, Velma, Judy, Norma, Estelle, Eva

Lawrence, Glenn, Robert, Warren

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- guasguendi

6/18/2024, 10:24 AM

Marlene, Vivienne, Judith, Lenore, Hedwig, Veronica, Jean, Stella, Marissa, Dolores, Norma, Giselle, Isadora, Zelda, Ethel, Marguerite, Fran, Lulu, Irene, Louisa.

Sidney, Armand, Royce, Stephen, Claude, Glenn, Marlon, Dean, Hugo, Orville, Wayne, Stanley, Ray, Clarence, Gerald, Sylvester, Errol, Maurice, Hubert, Alonzo.

- New_Chloe (nsi) (guest) +2

6/18/2024, 9:23 AM

A lot of the popular and trendy names from the last 20 years are actually very Old Hollywood inspired (my personal theory)!

Ava
Vivian (also Vivienne by extension)
Olivia
Eleanor
Evelyn
Elizabeth
Grace
Audrey
Lillian
Katharine
Harlow
Taylor
Monroe
Lauren
Sophia

James
Jack
Oliver
Spencer
Cooper
Flynn
Hudson
Parker (m & f)
Quinn (m & f)
Holden
Harrison

I think though that these names have become SO trendy that they no longer evoke that golden age glam anymore, so for me, the crunchy, uncool first names of the stars are what really sound Old Hollywood: