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Evelyn as a man’s name, if you want to be really old school.
Yves (pronounced 'Eve') as well.
My grandfather's name was Zälly on his German birth certificate, but when he emigrated to the UK, people laughed because it sounded like "Sally," so he changed it to Solly, and eventually Sol.
I also went to high school with a guy with South African parents who was named Kerrin (which sounds like Karen), which I am guessing is less weird in South Africa.
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Gertrude...who goes by Gertie
May and June. I feel like there's a lot of younger Aprils but the other two month names seem like old lady names.
I used to know a woman named April, and her two daughters are May and June. (Both still under age 12.)
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I want people to go by their first two initials, and then the entire last name. Y'know, "H. G. Wells, J.G. Wentworth".
It just makes everyone sound more fancy and serious.
I'm about to heavily doxx myself so please be cool, but I go by B.E. Moore professionally on account of the fact that those are my initials and last name
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I have 2 first names and I prefer to go by their initials. I’m so used to it that I sometimes don’t notice when someone calls me by my actual first name.
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Perhaps not as old as requested but
Ronald, Marianne, Cynthia, Evangeline, Melinda, Caesar, Magdalena, Betty, Rosetta, Balthazar, Thadeus, Lazarus, Otto, Bartholomew, Miranda
I went to school with most of the names on that list. Not picking on you, just feeling old. 😆
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My friend has little sons named Ray, Malcolm and Ernie. It suits them immensely to have these old man names and they are so adorable.
I have a relative named Agnes in her early twenties. Don't do it. I find the Texas A&M jokes to be unbearable and I'm sure I hear less than 10% of what she hears
Mildred, Evelyn, Opal all names of my aunts +3 generations older than mine. Also try Betty as a diminutive for Elizabeth, Gerald, Hank, Errol, Mabel, Jerome, and Cordelia. These all scream white Midwestern US farmer to me.
Errol is most likely to have gotten into a bit of trouble and really seen the world when he was drafted for WWII.
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I would say Marceline, but adventure Time kind of kicked that overdue revival into high gear.
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Mordechai
How about Wanda. I had an aunt Wanda. She was kinda mean, but she had a lot of boyfriends.
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Any common ancient Roman name. Not enough "imuses" or "cleses" suffixing names.
Kolanakimus Huskerclese
A classics professor goes to a tailor to get his trousers mended.
The tailor asks: “Euripides?”
The professor replies: “Yes. Eumenides?”
Had me in stitches that one.
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Dutch names.
Truitje Fiep Toos Wies (my grandma) Pleun Fons (my uncle) pronounced Funs in South Limburg
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Constantine
My twelve year old is Evelyn. My 14 year old is Genevieve. Which is apparently still out there but I thought it was pretty uncommon when we named her.
Both pretty names! I'm particularly fond of "Genevieve."
I suspect there are several names no longer common in the US that are more common in other countries. I think "Genevieve" is still fairly common in France, and it's making a comeback in the states! You're doing your part!
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I know a 10-year-old Agnes! And also a 40s/50s-ish Agnes (I can’t guess adult ages well).
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My wife liked the idea of Eleanor if we had a girl, I never liked it, but luckily we had a boy, so we didn't have to cross that bridge.
At work, we named the old, decrepit copier Opal in an effort to humanize it and get people to treat the old girl with more love and patience.
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