Old fashioned names we hardly hear today

Thinking about names one I haven't heard in awhile is Elizabeth. It's funny because Elizabeth was my Mom's name, my MIL's name and my sister's MIL's name. I don't know anyone with that name now.
 

Sassycakes said:
Thinking about names one I haven't heard in awhile is Elizabeth. It's funny because Elizabeth was my Mom's name, my MIL's name and my sister's MIL's name. I don't know anyone with that name now.
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My mum's name also...and my auntie's name as well as my sister-in-law!

My mum and auntie were always known as Betty..s-i-l goes by Liz!!

Which reminds me of another aunt of mine..Bessie... not heard that name for a long time!!
 
I had a college class with a woman who had the worst name I ever came across: Dorkus! Who could name their daughter that? Of course, here in Texas, we had Ima Hogg, a governor's daughter who went on to lead a (single) life of great philanthropy.
 
You don't often hear of Alfred, Albert, Victor or Hugh for boys, Muriel, Virginia or Tilly (possibly short for Matilda) for girls these days. However fashions come and go. When we named our daughter Emily, it was pretty unusual. Now it's quite a common girl's name.
 
hollydolly said:
My mum's name also...and my auntie's name as well as my sister-in-law!

My mum and auntie were always known as Betty..s-i-l goes by Liz!!

Which reminds me of another aunt of mine..Bessie... not heard that name for a long time!!
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You reminded me of my Sister-in-laws name was Elizabeth also, but they called her Betty and I also had a Great Aunt named Elizabeth. I had 2 Aunt's named Josephine and 2 Aunts named Concetta. You don't hear those names anymore either.
 
treeguy64 said:
I had a college class with a woman who had the worst name I ever came across: Dorkus! Who could name their daughter that? Of course, here in Texas, we had Ima Hogg, a governor's daughter who went on to lead a (single) life of great philanthropy.
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Loads of women called Dorcas here, mainly among the Irish...
 
Sassycakes said:
You reminded me of my Sister-in-laws name was Elizabeth also, but they called her Betty and I also had a Great Aunt named Elizabeth. I had 2 Aunt's named Josephine and 2 Aunts named Concetta. You don't hear those names anymore either.
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My husbands' grandmother who lived in Maine, was called Constance, (Connie)...hardly hear that today , certainly not among the young!
 
In my 5th Grade class, we briefly had one Sophie Hoppenskipper. My mom and sister didn't believe me, and then Sophie left, after only one day, so I could never prove it.
 
My grandmother's {my dad's mom} name was Blanche,his father's name was George.He died when my dad was 5
Our beloved cleaning lady who was like family as my siblings and I were growing up,her name was Gertrude
 
Reading this it brought back memories of when I had my children. When I had my first baby ,a boy, my husband said we would name him John after him. When we had our second baby, a girl, I said "Gee John we should name her Barbara after me." He looked shocked and said "Well that we would dumb,because then we would have John, John, Barbara, Barbara !" I laughed so hard and then years later we had our grandson, So now we have John, John Jr, and John the 3rd. And still just 1 Barbara. 😀😀😀
 
I once had a mate, Duncan, who was never at school, so everyone used to say, "Duncan is bunkin' again." 😄
 
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