names...

[ilovenames89]

What names do you miss that no one uses anymore but they are hidden gems for boys and girls?

[flowermae]

I like these (but clearly others don't!)

Joyce
Helen
Phyllis
Beulah
Gloria

Clyde
Hoyt
Matthias
Chester

[ilovenames89]

I know a Phyllis thats my age
I love Beulah!!!
And friends of mine were going to use Gloria but had a bot Daniel
Hoyt i love!!!

[lori johnson]

What a fun topic -- thanks for starting this thread!

Hidden gems for boys [in my opinion ]:

First/Middle Favorites:
Abelard / Alaric / Algernon / Aloysius / Ambrose / Arthur / Averill / Avery / Barnaby / Bertram / Bradford / Bramwell / Brigham / Cadmus / Callum / Calvin / Carbery / Casimir / Caspian / Cedric / Chauncey / Chester / Cicero / Clancy / Dawson / Desmond / Destry / Deveraux / Durham / Edmund / Ellsworth / Everett / Felix / Ferdinand / Fergus / Filbert / Gentry / Gilbert / Grey / Harrington / Henry / Hugo / Ingram / Jack / Jasper / Jonah / Maxwell / Latham / Leopold / Lorenzo / Newton / Nickleby / Oliver / Pendleton / Peregrine / Pomeroy / Prentice / Radcliff / Rafferty / Ralph [nickname: Rafe] / Remington / Roderick / Roland / Rupert / Rutherford / Selwyn / Spencer / Sterling / Stuart / Sutton / Talbot / Tate / Thackeray / Thatcher / Truman / Walter [nickname: Watson] / Werther / Whittaker / Willoughby / Winsome / Winston / Winthrop / York

Guilty Pleasures:
Belvedere / Bruno / Brutus / Clement / Clifford / Conrad / Egbert / Elmer / Ernesto / Gaylord / Geronimo / Grover / Gulliver / Gustavo / Harold / Heathcliff / Hector / Horace / Horatio / Ignatius / Ivanhoe / Lancelot / Ludovic / Lyle / Lysander / Malcolm / Massimo / Maverick / Maynard / Melvin / Milton / Mordecai / Morris / Mortimer / Napoleon / Nemo / Nicodemus / Nimrod / Orville / Oscar / Otis / Palermo / Peabody / Reinaldo / Roscoe / Rufus / Sylvester / Waldo / Zebedee / Zebulon

[elisabeth rae]

Susannah, Georgia, and Jane girls.

Neal and Lane for boys.

[ilovenames89]

What a fun topic -- thanks for starting this thread!

Hidden gems for boys [in my opinion ]:

First/Middle Favorites:
Abelard / Alaric / Algernon / Aloysius / Ambrose / Arthur / Averill / Avery / Barnaby / Bertram / Bradford / Bramwell / Brigham / Cadmus / Callum / Calvin / Carbery / Casimir / Caspian / Cedric / Chauncey / Chester / Cicero / Clancy / Dawson / Desmond / Destry / Deveraux / Durham / Edmund / Ellsworth / Everett / Felix / Ferdinand / Fergus / Filbert / Gentry / Gilbert / Grey / Harrington / Henry / Hugo / Ingram / Jack / Jasper / Jonah / Maxwell / Latham / Leopold / Lorenzo / Newton / Nickleby / Oliver / Pendleton / Peregrine / Pomeroy / Prentice / Radcliff / Rafferty / Ralph [nickname: Rafe] / Remington / Roderick / Roland / Rupert / Rutherford / Selwyn / Spencer / Sterling / Stuart / Sutton / Talbot / Tate / Thackeray / Thatcher / Truman / Walter [nickname: Watson] / Werther / Whittaker / Willoughby / Winsome / Winston / Winthrop / York

Guilty Pleasures:
Belvedere / Bruno / Brutus / Clement / Clifford / Conrad / Egbert / Elmer / Ernesto / Gaylord / Geronimo / Grover / Gulliver / Gustavo / Harold / Heathcliff / Hector / Horace / Horatio / Ignatius / Ivanhoe / Lancelot / Ludovic / Lyle / Lysander / Malcolm / Massimo / Maverick / Maynard / Melvin / Milton / Mordecai / Morris / Mortimer / Napoleon / Nemo / Nicodemus / Nimrod / Orville / Oscar / Otis / Palermo / Peabody / Reinaldo / Roscoe / Rufus / Sylvester / Waldo / Zebedee / Zebulon

I love your choices some are on my list: Rupert,Mordecai,Thackery,Massimo,Nicodemus(since i was little), and a lot more from your list!!!

[jills]

What a fun topic -- thanks for starting this thread!

Hidden gems for boys [in my opinion ]:

First/Middle Favorites:
Abelard / Alaric / Algernon / Aloysius / Ambrose / Arthur / Averill / Avery / Barnaby / Bertram / Bradford / Bramwell / Brigham / Cadmus / Callum / Calvin / Carbery / Casimir / Caspian / Cedric / Chauncey / Chester / Cicero / Clancy / Dawson / Desmond / Destry / Deveraux / Durham / Edmund / Ellsworth / Everett / Felix / Ferdinand / Fergus / Filbert / Gentry / Gilbert / Grey / Harrington / Henry / Hugo / Ingram / Jack / Jasper / Jonah / Maxwell / Latham / Leopold / Lorenzo / Newton / Nickleby / Oliver / Pendleton / Peregrine / Pomeroy / Prentice / Radcliff / Rafferty / Ralph [nickname: Rafe] / Remington / Roderick / Roland / Rupert / Rutherford / Selwyn / Spencer / Sterling / Stuart / Sutton / Talbot / Tate / Thackeray / Thatcher / Truman / Walter [nickname: Watson] / Werther / Whittaker / Willoughby / Winsome / Winston / Winthrop / York

Guilty Pleasures:
Belvedere / Bruno / Brutus / Clement / Clifford / Conrad / Egbert / Elmer / Ernesto / Gaylord / Geronimo / Grover / Gulliver / Gustavo / Harold / Heathcliff / Hector / Horace / Horatio / Ignatius / Ivanhoe / Lancelot / Ludovic / Lyle / Lysander / Malcolm / Massimo / Maverick / Maynard / Melvin / Milton / Mordecai / Morris / Mortimer / Napoleon / Nemo / Nicodemus / Nimrod / Orville / Oscar / Otis / Palermo / Peabody / Reinaldo / Roscoe / Rufus / Sylvester / Waldo / Zebedee / Zebulon

Love! Plenty of these are on my list, Alaric has been bumped up to our #2 name on the boys side and Roscoe is a huge GP of mine.

[scribe]

Susannah, Georgia, and Jane girls.

Agreed with these girls names. But I prefer the Susanna or Suzanna spellings.

I'd also like to mention Gladys.

[diana_m]

These are some names that I really like, but don't know anyone who has used them recently or would consider using them for babies. I'm not sure if they'd be considered "hidden" gems b/c I think most are familiar with these, but I definitely think they're not used enough these days .

Boys- Fletcher, Albert, Eugene, Ernest, Sebastian

Girls- Carole, Alma, Shirley, Ida, Linda

I agree with many of the names on Lori Johnson's list, especially- Arthur, Hugo, Jonah, Rupert, Walter, Orville, and Roscoe

[miloowen]

Albert, John, Bertram, Waldo, Edgar

Linnet, Helen, Jane, Jennet, Mildred, Berte, Martha