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HelpNames you hope to see make a come back
Personally I love most of the names that were first popular 80+ years ago but here are some favs (including some i like only because someone I love has the name):
Lemuel
Elwood
Terence
Melville
Evert
Wilford
Murray
Odell
Wendell
Carleton
Oswald
Norwood
Alton
Cleveland
Cyril
Rafe
Seymour
Ernest
Adella
Zenobia
Rosella
Claribel
Calla
Nettie
Iola
Portia
Etta
Mozelle
Lera
Birdie
Prudence
Lavina
Aura
Mona
Althea
Ebba
Fern
Honora
Imogene
Iona
Leda
Viola
Dove
Sibyl
Maybelle
Lula
Novella
Rosetta
Cara
Blossom
Alta
Vira
Lemuel
Elwood
Terence
Melville
Evert
Wilford
Murray
Odell
Wendell
Carleton
Oswald
Norwood
Alton
Cleveland
Cyril
Rafe
Seymour
Ernest
Adella
Zenobia
Rosella
Claribel
Calla
Nettie
Iola
Portia
Etta
Mozelle
Lera
Birdie
Prudence
Lavina
Aura
Mona
Althea
Ebba
Fern
Honora
Imogene
Iona
Leda
Viola
Dove
Sibyl
Maybelle
Lula
Novella
Rosetta
Cara
Blossom
Alta
Vira
This message was edited 12/28/2023, 7:42 PM
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I like Cyril and have come across it a couple of times as young kids' names. It does have a slightly elderly vibe but it's still a sensible name that is perfectly useable and actually quite refreshing.
Oswald would be a hard no here in the UK, I really don't think it'll be useable due to a certain famous British fascist, and I would actually be judgmental if I came across it. He's well known enough here that if you don't know, you should do.
Murray is ok but makes me think of tennis.
A lot of these feel both dated and American, by that I mean... many don't feel like they were ever popular enough to make a "come-back", yet they still somehow feel dated. Maybe they lack some element of nostalgia. There are a few that cross over, but I don't find them charming.
I love Zenobia. A lot. It's regal.
Iola is ok, I prefer Ione, Iona, Iolanthe or even Io, I think Iola is my least favourite of the io- names, but it's still ok.
Portia will always make me think of pigs and I don't know why...some childhood memory? Or maybe it's just porcine.
Fern enrages me way more than it should, there's nothing wrong with it but it makes me irrationally angry.
Mozelle makes me think of 'mouse hole' and also some of the funky UK place name pronunciations we have.
Lera has never been popular in the UK but I've known some Russian Leras. I think it's pretty.
Aura is deeply dated new age and nms at all, there's something self-aware in it I dislike, a bit like Aurora. Like it embodies this idea of 'pretty mystic femininity' but the sounds don't match up and it's a bit too princessy and it knows it. That doesn't make sense at all, but something about Aura / Aurora throws me off bad. Aura feels like it's gonna make the leap to overbearingly trendy soon and no thank you.
Oswald would be a hard no here in the UK, I really don't think it'll be useable due to a certain famous British fascist, and I would actually be judgmental if I came across it. He's well known enough here that if you don't know, you should do.
Murray is ok but makes me think of tennis.
A lot of these feel both dated and American, by that I mean... many don't feel like they were ever popular enough to make a "come-back", yet they still somehow feel dated. Maybe they lack some element of nostalgia. There are a few that cross over, but I don't find them charming.
I love Zenobia. A lot. It's regal.
Iola is ok, I prefer Ione, Iona, Iolanthe or even Io, I think Iola is my least favourite of the io- names, but it's still ok.
Portia will always make me think of pigs and I don't know why...some childhood memory? Or maybe it's just porcine.
Fern enrages me way more than it should, there's nothing wrong with it but it makes me irrationally angry.
Mozelle makes me think of 'mouse hole' and also some of the funky UK place name pronunciations we have.
Lera has never been popular in the UK but I've known some Russian Leras. I think it's pretty.
Aura is deeply dated new age and nms at all, there's something self-aware in it I dislike, a bit like Aurora. Like it embodies this idea of 'pretty mystic femininity' but the sounds don't match up and it's a bit too princessy and it knows it. That doesn't make sense at all, but something about Aura / Aurora throws me off bad. Aura feels like it's gonna make the leap to overbearingly trendy soon and no thank you.
Yeah you're probably right. I am from America so I apologize for the American bias and ignorance of Oswald, now I know. These are based off the popular names in America in the 1880s that I found on this site, top 500. Thank you for your input and elaborating on your opinions! Some of them made me laugh (the viral warts lol). I love names that have an english word in them or are quite literally just a word. Do you have any in mind that you think would better fit "making a come back"?
Sybil is my all time favorite :)