grandpadennis's list "Names I Dig" of 7 great name ideas: Parthenia - Lenore!

Names I Dig

Names I like but might not name a child, names I'd totally name a child, names I might name a pet, names that hold special meaning for me, names I might name myself (I'm agender and searching for one), and names I just like because they're groovy. A lot of old people-type names because I just like those ok

Parthenia

The aristocratic--if not haughty--Roderick was nevertheless consistently in the Top 1000, reaching as high as Number 221 in 1967, when it was not uncommon to run into a Rod or a Roddy. It's at a low point right now, but we can envision it being revived as a neglected, dignified grandpa name, perhaps when Rod is no longer a potentially embarrassing nickname..
 Roderick has lots of literary history, including the novels Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett and Roderick Hudson by Henry James, and Roderick Usher is the main character in the Edgar Allan Poe short story "The Fall of the House of Usher." Roderick, of course, is the full name of Rod Stewart, and TV personality Rosie Pope called her son James Roderick.
 <br/We have to admit that the Spanish version, Rodrigo, has a lot more verve, as does the Irish Rory.

Roderick

Roxanne

Wilfred is one of those Old Man Names that still sounds fusty in the US but is fashionable in the UK. It comes with readymade short forms Will, Wilf, or Fred and might make an adventurous alternative to the ubiquitous William. The central character of Walter Scott's Ivanhoe is the knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe while Wilfred Owen is a well-known British poet, noteworthy for his war poetry.

Names I Dig

Parthenia

Roderick

Roxanne

Wilfred

Winifred

Irene

Lenore