JCC Names they don't call kids any more.

Felix is actually quite popular in the German-speaking world. My wife suggested it back when we were thinking of names, I vetoed, too closely associated with Felix Unger.

Of those, how many have the full name "Adelheid", for which Heidi is merely a nickname?

 

Dick
Fanny
Randy

 

Hmm, that explains why my friend Heidi was teased by calling her "Adelheid." Never connected that one.

Eunice
Mabel
Marcella
Cynthia

 

On a related note, Oscar seems to have vanished from use.

 

Mildred

 

Jacob is popular, Isabella is very popular although they may call them "Bella" for short.

Edward, not as far as I can tell.

 

Gerald/Geraldine.

 

I went to high school with both a Nathaniel and a Thaddeus (though he went by Thad) and I know quite a few Ronald's, though most of them go by Ron.

I'm happy to have a name that isn't used anymore. I can be pretty sure when I hear my name in a crowd the person is actually looking for me (unless my mother is around).

A name I don't see much is Dorothy.

 

Queequeg

 

Gary Indiana

 

Adolf.

 

Calvin

 

I have a friend my age named Eunice, which always seemed weird to me.

 

Mav, are you named after your mom?

I don't see Agnes anymore (at least, with the younger set).

 

I've actually known quite a few Erics of various ages. And my aunt is named Shirley, but that doesn't count obviously since she's a baby boomer.

I've known a couple of Franks my age as well. Jacob is pretty popular. And I know an Oscar.

What about Gertrude? No one names their daughter Gertrude anymore (thank goodness).

 

I think Julia Roberts named her daughter Gertrude.

Edit: Meet a couple of guys named Luther.

 

Helen isn't too popular nowadays, but it's one of my top picks if I ever have a daughter, after one of my great-grandparents.

Also, the names of my other great-grandparents: Foster and Francis.

Drusilla

Minerva

Luther

Thurston

Lavinia

Edit:

Her twins are Hazel and Phinneas. Still not too common.

 

I wouldn't say Helen's popular, per se, but I don't think it's uncommon. I have a friend named Helen.

 

Guys, maybe we're looking at this incorrectly? It's not a matter of if our peers have these names but whether newborns are currently being named them. Right? I mean, most of us are in our twenties at least so it's not really quite the same.

 

My sister the midwife helped deliver a baby named Agatha the other day.

I hope that one doesn't catch on.

Also, for bonus points, my sister's name is Helen.

 

Svetlana

Athanasius

 

Keenan
Marlon
Zechariah/Zachariah

 

Tin Tin.

 

That's funny, because my paternal grandmother, who was a nurse, was named Helen.

 

I'm actually surprised this isn't around as much. It's a good sounding name.

Music Man?

Dorothy? Really?

You know I don't think I have met anyone named Dorothy...Doris, but not Dorothy...You would think with the Wizard of Oz it would be popular...weird..