Good names nobody names their kids anymore

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CenterBHSFan
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Jan 4, 2010 9:21am
Little Danny wrote: All the old grandma/grandpa names aside; here are some names that were fairly common 30-40 years ago you do not see so often:
Amy (I went to school with hundreds of girls with this name
Jennifer (same here)
Melissa/Missy
Susan/Sue/Susie
John/Johnny
Robert/Bob/Robbie

I've always hated Missy! :dodgy:
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gorocks99
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Jan 4, 2010 9:29am
Ezekiel
Jedidiah
Linus
Abraham
Phineas
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zambrown
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Jan 4, 2010 9:40am
Also, girls of my generation were limited to having one of three middle names:

Ann
Marie
Lynn

Seriously, you ask a woman born in the second half of the 50's and 1st half of the 60's what their middle name is, and I swear at least 70% will list one of the above! :)
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Curly J
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Jan 4, 2010 10:01am
Let me thow out some old school names from my Family. (Not saying that they are good names)

Marion (my Grandpa's and a few other males in the family)
Gladys
Verona
Solomon
Dolly
Edward
Clarence
Etta
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power i
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Jan 4, 2010 10:13am
I always wanted to name my boy (never birthed one) Gordon after my Dad's brother who was killed in a car accident back in the '40's.
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justincredible
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Jan 4, 2010 10:33am
Curly J wrote: Let me thow out some old school names from my Family. (Not saying that they are good names)

Marion (my Grandpa's and a few other males in the family)
Gladys
Verona
Solomon
Dolly
Edward
Clarence
Etta
My great-grandpa was a Clarence. I've always liked that name.
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Tiernan
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Jan 4, 2010 11:37am
Wilda, Inez, Ada, Verna, Thelma, Royce, Harold, Rufus, Eli...all my grandpas siblings.
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tigerballonline
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Jan 4, 2010 11:44am
I have a friend names Cleyo, I was thinking Mordecai or seven, Seven is a good name for a boy or girl, Seven Costanza.
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I Wear Pants
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Jan 4, 2010 11:47am
I meet few people with my name.

Bernard/Bernie
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cbus4life
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Jan 4, 2010 12:21pm
Huck.
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j_crazy
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Jan 4, 2010 12:28pm
Here's a list of names we're considering for our future childrens:
Boy:
Howard
Barrett
Michael (family name)
Thomas
Charles (family name)

Girl:
Aubrey (my daughter's name)
Denise (family name)
Patricia (family name)
Marlene (family name)
Elisa
Sofia
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Little Danny
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Jan 4, 2010 12:34pm
I Wear Pants wrote: I meet few people with my name.

Bernard/Bernie
Is this really your name? I hate to get personal but our you Jewish? I would imagine if you go into parts of NY and FL you would find a lot of Bernie's, Morty's, Murray's and Ira's. Not so many in Ohio.
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I Wear Pants
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Jan 4, 2010 1:36pm
Little Danny wrote:
I Wear Pants wrote: I meet few people with my name.

Bernard/Bernie
Is this really your name? I hate to get personal but our you Jewish? I would imagine if you go into parts of NY and FL you would find a lot of Bernie's, Morty's, Murray's and Ira's. Not so many in Ohio.
Haha. Not Jewish at all.
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MontyBrunswick
Jan 4, 2010 1:42pm
Buck
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Tiernan
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Jan 4, 2010 3:44pm
j_crazy wrote: Here's a list of names we're considering for our future childrens:
Boy:
Howard
Barrett
Michael (family name)
Thomas
Charles (family name)

Girl:
Aubrey (my daughter's name)
Denise (family name)
Patricia (family name)
Marlene (family name)
Elisa
Sofia
Like you expect us to believe someone would actually procreate with you? Yeah sure.