So Jack Osbourne and his fiancee, Lisa Stelly, have gone and done the unthinkable for Hollywood: Given their new baby girl a normal name. The name, Pearl, is old-fashioned, tried and true, and eternally pretty. I have a couple of Aunt Pearls in my family.
In fact, someone in my family (related only by marriage) went and researched our tree back to the 1600s. He unwittingly came up with one heck of a hardcore antique baby name list. When I first saw it, I thought Holy Moses! And, yes, there’s more than one Moses in our family. And, of course, we have our share of cutesy, old-timey but still-popular today names like Jacob and Hannah.
But we also have some major badass, so-antique-you-never-hear-em-anymore names. Names that, if you’re into the trendy, vintage baby name thing, I would DARE you to give one of these your lil ‘un. Be warned: These names could lead to your kid growing up to be a mariner or charwoman.
The world's hardest core antique baby name list:
- Isaiah
- Ezra
- Statina
- Hatevil (Yes! Hate… evil. Good to know.)
- Mehitable
- Ephraim
- Lurena
- Freeman
- Blanchard (Guy's name!)
- Zedock
- Elbert
- Lyda
- Jasper (I like this one!)
- Huldah
- Eldad
- Loisia
- Minnie (Aww...)
- Phebe (Not Phoebe)
- Franlin (Not Franklin)
- Jeremiah
If any of these old-timey monikers appeal to you and you name your baby one of them, just thank me!
What do you think of these old-time names? Would you give any of them to your baby?
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I like the traditional names. I have a Bethany, Jeremy and Annabelle. The most recent addition is a more "on trend" name however (that's only cuz daddy named him!)
Edwin is another old fashioned name. And, so is Wilhelmina.
Ezra is on my list. Too many Isaiahs in my family but I do like it. . IJasper (and Casper) is really cute.
My name is Virginia. The last time it made it to the top 20's list was in 1937. The last time it made it to the top tens was 1928. The year I was born it was #165. (all info gathered from the social security web site.) My ex bf said I had an old ladies name. >.< I love my name and would probly use it if it wasn't weird to have a girl who's a JR. LOL
I have a cousin named Emery - that's an old name too
Okay, so Isiah, Jeremiah and Ezra are not all that uncommon today, and I knew a guy named Ephraim. One of my great-grandfathers was named Collins (with the s) Canada Morgan, and my grandfather was Archie (not Archibald) and we are giving that as a middle name to our son.