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I love 1940s names!!!
Names I love:

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Adele
Adolph (call me crazy but I love Adoplh despite the negative reputation and association however for obvious reasons I wouldn't recommend to anyone name that their child)
Agatha
Agnes
Andrew
Bernice
Betty
Clara
Clara Mae (even better!)
Clarence
Clifford
Clinton (I like it only when the NN is Clint)
Darlienne
Della
Delmar
Delores
Delton
Doris
Dorothy
Elizabeth
Elmer
Evelyn
Frances
Gerardine
Gloria
Helen
Henry
Herman
Hildor
Hubert
Jane
Jeanette
Joyce
Julius
LaDonna (most definitely a black name)
Lanette
Lawrence
Leonard
Lois
Lola
Lorraine
Louis
Lucille
Mae (So cute!!)
Mary
Merceda
Norman
Raphael
Raymond
Reta
Reuben
Robert
Ruth
Theodore
Verna
Virginia
Walter
William

This message was edited 3/22/2024, 12:34 PM

I like/love:

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Audrey
Ben (I like this as a nn for Benjamin, not as a stand-alone name)
Betty
Clara
Darwin
Delmar
Delores (I prefer Dolores)
Dorothy
Gloria
Henry
Jack
James
Jane
Jean
Joyce
Lila
Lillian
Lois
Lorraine
Lucille
Richard
Ruth
Virginia
Wesley

This message was edited 3/17/2024, 8:46 PM

I like:

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Agatha
Agnes
Clara
Jane
Lawrence
Raphael

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Interesting to see Delores, but no Dolores.

I like Delton for some reason.

Love/interested in
Rosella Mae
Virgil
Raphael
Ralph
Merceda
Marlys
Lilian
Lois
Frances
Helen
George
Evelyn
Leland

Love/Like

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Adele
Agatha
Audrey
Clara
Clarence
Clifford
Dorothy
Elizabeth
Eugene
Evelyn
Frances
Gregory
Hubert
Jack
Jane
Jeanette
Jerome
Joyce
Lawrence
Leland
Lila
Lorraine
Louis
Lucille
Mae
Mary
Mavis
Raphael
Ruth
Theodore
Virgil
Virginia
Walter

Well, I can only imagine how Mr. Adolph was feeling...I hope that he wasn't teased very much!

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Out of the male names, I like William (biased, since it's my own name), Gregory, Henry, Jack, Wesley, Raymond, Roy, Andrew, Marvin, Leonard, Vernon, Ervin, Duane, Robert, Jerome, Richard, Raphael, Ralph, Reuben, Julius, Theodore, Walter, and Myron.

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From the female names, I really enjoy Agatha, Dorothy, Gloria, Bernice, Janet, Doris, Arlene, Verna, Eunice, Agnes, Mavis, Marjorie, Lucille, Jane, Joyce, Ruth, Lola, Jeanette, Helen, Frances, Mary, Della, Audrey, and Adele.

I like/love(*) the following:

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Adele
Agatha *
Agnes *
Alvin
Bernice (prefer Berenice)
Clara
Clarence *
Clifford
Doris *
Dorothy *
Elmer
Eugene
Eunice
Frances *
Gerardine (Beautiful!)
Gloria *
Gordon
Helen *
Herman
Hildor
Hubert *
Jane *
Janet
Jean
Jerome *
Julius
Lawrence (love and prefer Laurence)
Leonard *
Lillian
Lois *
Louis
Lucille
Mae (prefer May)
Marjorie (love and prefer Margery)
Mavis
Norman
Ralph
Raphael
Rosella
Ruth *
Verna
Vernon
Virgil *
Virginia *
Walter

I love/like:
Adele, Andrew, Elizabeth

Rosella should make a comeback!!