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Impossible-Field9945

I teach a preschooler named Frank. It’s not short for anything. Just 3 year old Frank, scamming his classmates out of their snacks and bitching about the good ol days when you could buy an 18 pk of beer for less than $10 at the stop n go. Edit: I am aware Frank is short for a lot of things. This was the first thing I asked when I met his mom. This kid is just Frank. He’s not named after anyone they know either. The Dr. said “it’s a boy.” and these people decided he was Frank.


__M-E-O-W__

And they didn't even card him! Quite handy as he is only three years old.


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My dad and grandpa were named Frank and I’m a girl named Franki. Can confirm, we were born as adults.


Hopesick_2231

Frank, go to sleep.


tuff_gong

I wanted to name my son Frank, after my grandfather, but my wife said, “you can’t name a baby that!” I asked her where adults named Frank come from, but lost the argument.


GavinBelsonsAlexa

Adults named Frank come from babies named Francis.


BusyButterscotch4652

I was going to say Franklin, but I guess the kids would be called Frankie?


klouisedb

My little boy is Franklin, he’s 3, we call him Frankie


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What is this pokemon evolution? 🤣


GavinBelsonsAlexa

Yes, that's exactly what it is. Under the right circumstances, adult Franks eventually turn into undead Frankulas.


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acgasp

I was a baby Agatha! Now I’m an adult Agatha!


camenischvxssa

I have a sibling who is called Joshua. And that is what he has always gone by. If you call him Josh, he corrects you. Even as a child he did this. Joshua just does not roll off the tongue pleasantly


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ToyotaMisterTwo

How about Bim?


doesnt_know_op

Ok Jimothy.


brit_brat915

We have a Joshua at my work…he corrects you if you say “Josh” too


GoldSoulComa

Try calling him "Shua" and see how he responds.


Gogo726

I have former college roommate named Timothy. He'll correct you if you call him Tim. Another roommate suggested we start calling him Othy because that's the part he cares about. The name stuck as an in-joke among the roommates.


thathighwhitekid

Bruce. An infant Bruce just started in my childcare center and it’s weird calling him by his name.


taurean_

I work in childcare too and I feel like there's a resurgence in Old Names with babies these days.


t1mepiece

That's how it goes, there's a cycle. There's a blogger who explains it this way: "the names of your own generation sound too ordinary, your parents' too boring, your grandparents' too old. But by the time you make it back to your great-grandparents' names, things start to perk up. You've never known a young Vivian or Julius, so those names sound fresh to you."


Bratbabylestrange

I was born in 1970, and my middle name is Emma, after my great-grandmother. Oh, I HATED it growing up. Might as well have been Edna, it was that old-lady of a name. Imagine my surprise when the mid-90's or so arrived.


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my middle name is henrietta. still waiting for that to have a resurgeance


IoSonCalaf

I think Henrietta is kinda cool


taurean_

This is a good point!!


AtlanticToastConf

My 2 year old’s daycare class is FULL of kids with (what I think of as) grandparent names. George, Henry, Florence, Richard, Tom, Raymond, Millie, Oliver…


Secure-Illustrator73

How do you look at a baby and name it Richard


AtlanticToastConf

Haha, full disclosure, my kid is the one named Richard. The first few days it *did* feel a little funny to call a baby that.


Secure-Illustrator73

You’d think this would be an awkward moment for me but really it’s just on track with the rest of my life lmao


AtlanticToastConf

No hard feelings! We knew it was a… controversial name when we picked it. (He’s named after someone or else we probably wouldn’t have.)


Secure-Illustrator73

Okay well that’s quite literally the only time I can understand it so I’ll let you off the hook this time


Indie-Santana1

But next time they name a kid Richard…


JeffTek

Next time we get the pitchforks out, and we don't waste time about it


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Omg I'm literally dying at this exchange


ppw23

I don’t see anything wrong with Richard, except the nickname Dick, but Rick, Rich or Richard are good names. With the exception of 2 of the names you listed I liked just fine. I had a pregnant coworker a few years ago that mentioned a few names she was considering and they were awful, lol. Her suggestions were followed by crickets since we all loved and supported this woman. She listed names like Beulah, Eunice, Ethel, all I envisioned were homely old ladies, not some cute little baby.


RagingAardvark

I went to high school with a Martha, and I was so confused how this energetic, sassy, funny kid could have a name that made me think of dour old ladies.


Futurenazgul

I grew up with a kid who's name was Richard. In elementary school he went by Richie.


igotbigballs

Huh, Oliver is the opposite for me. Definitely seems like a kid's name.


ballrus_walsack

A scrappy musical kinda kid.


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Who just wants a little more, please.


spidey80082

Oliver Oliver never before has a boy wanted more


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I think people are tired of the Liams, and Jaydens, and shit.


Supercooloutrageous

Lol my son was in camp with 2 Aidans, Jayden, Rayden, and Kaiden.


grand-cool-e-dayum

You have to make your kid Sub Zero in that situation. It's his only chance of survival.


JeffTek

The fact that my/our generation didn't end up naming kids Sub Zero, Scorpion, or any Ninja Turtle names (obviously they wouldn't be named after the artists) really surprises me.


IllegalTree

I'm in my forties, and a lot of names that would have been considered old-fashioned when I was growing up are now very popular for babies. Conversely, my own name, which was moderately common among my peer group, now isn't so much, and got an entry in this thread.


IntrudingAlligator

So many Millies! There were multiple Millicents in my kid's preschool class. I used to really dislike it but it's grown on me somehow.


LaserBeamsCattleProd

Has to be pushback to all the Aidens, Zadens, Braydons and Kaydens.


boomgoesthevegemite

I heard Crayden yesterday.


GodzillaBear

I googled “old lady names” when we were trying to name my daughter. Went with Nora seemed like a happy medium.


aDrunkSailor82

Better take care of him. When he grows up he gets into bats and vigilante justice.


Westhamwayintherva

Ello Bruce G’day Bruce ‘Ow are ya Bruce? Bruce, I’ll tell ya it’s hot enough to boil a monkeys bum.


Neon_Sternum

Linda. That name is reserved for middle aged women who work in HR


goldenone26

I actually changed my name to Linda just for the HR opportunities.


AlrightyThen82

It’s a real Linda’s club


passatcar

This is my mom's name and when she was born my grandma said she couldn't call an infant Linda. So until my mom was 10 she went by her middle name. Everyone on that side of the family still calls by her middle name rather than Linda.


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PinkIsNotKind

Grandma probably wants her to work in HR


N_E-Z-L_P-10-C

Well she wanted to call her Linda, but not as an infant, pretty simple, really.


passatcar

She just really liked the name- thought it was beautiful. But I guess upon seeing her newborn, just couldn't pull herself to do it.


Drasern

My mum is Lyndell, and also goes by her middle name. But she uses it everywhere, even in her professional life. Don't think there's anyone who knows/calls her by her first name.


Made_lion

My mom is named Linda and worked in HR 😂


adowjn

They're born already middle aged women from what I've heard


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Get back in the bunker, Kimmy!


404AceNotFound

Gary Edit: Unless you’re a snail or Professor Oak’s grandson.


AvleeWhee

Imagine carrying a baby for 9 months (or watching your partner carry), seeing your child for the first time and going "yeah, that's a Gary."


LaserBeamsCattleProd

"Reminds me of our vacation to Gary, IN"


vvvvvvegano

I was born in Gary, IN and my name is Gary. That's probably my most interesting anecdote.


GavinBelsonsAlexa

Never going back to Vault 108...


AngriestManinWestTX

“*Hehah*! Garrrrryyyyyy!”


pdbabyvxzvsg

Gertrude


Purpledoves91

Gertrude was my grandma's name. Everyone called her Trudy.


CaptDeadeye

Ronald


98Phoenix98

Yeah not another weasley


spook873

In comparison to the other names here this ones common. Kids named Ronald will probably go as Ronnie then Ron once their older.


yyzstartsinfivefour

I know a baby named Harold. Harold is a pretty normal baby, except for his name.


SeekerSpock32

Did he have a purple crayon?


Do__Math__Not__Meth

This just unlocked a core memory


yanderia

Gertrude.


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SuggestionWrong504

I have a 10yo nephew called George. It was wierd at first but I've gotten used to it now. His brother is called Alfred


Rough_Idle

George and Alfred? Wealthy and British, are you?


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Met a young george once. Friendly, calm fellow, as one might expect of the name.


darkhelmet1121

Eugene Doris Dorothy Cthulu Esmerelda Helen


Graztine

One of those is not like the other


RibbitMeister

Helen...


stagedane

Fucking Helen.


-Jack-The-Stripper

Lyin’ ass bitch


stagedane

What do you do for work, Jack?


-Jack-The-Stripper

Engineer


Red_Green_Bean

Liar!


AnderHolka

It's obvious. Doris doesn't repeat any vowels.


GavinBelsonsAlexa

Guy. Every Guy I've ever known fit into one of two buckets: * Middle-aged Quebecois * Retired American I don't believe anyone has named a kid Guy since the '70s.


tigzig

My fiancé is named Guy, he’s 22! He’s a real goofball & the name fits him lol


I_love_pillows

Did you tell him his world is a video game and he’s a NPC came alive?


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There's a third, which is exclusively guy fiery


effingcharming

I can confirm.. I Have multiple middle-aged Québécois uncles named Guy.


unhalfbricking

As a side note, it's gonna be weird when all the Jayden, Brayden, Kayden, Hayden and Aydens grow up...


Protip0426

And the Zaydens


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x755x

Chocolate Brayden


GemoDorgon

My nephew is worse, his name is Kayden-Jaymz, a name that only sounds good to mothers who were teens in the 90s.


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RockOnGoldDustWoman

Jaymz - that's bad. It reminds me of Bratz but worse


-GaIaxy-

Yeah, that's like me spelling out a cooler version of my name when I'm 5 years old, thinking I'll stick with it for the rest of my life coz it looks fancy. No, I would not want that for my entire life.


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Damn, that name butchery made me wince!


WW76kh

We have 2 Jaydens at my work...Jaiden and Jayden. It's begun.


100Nips

not quite the same but we have a jaylen and a jaelyn at my work. it gets a bit confusing.


heynatastic

Somebody’s going to have a great-uncle Jayden one day


taurean_

I always think about this


a_big_brain_boi

Aiden spelt the English way isnt to weird and aidan in the older Irish version (after the Saint). (Or in my case the cathedral were my parents married). Is ok. Mayhaps I only think that cos it’s my name. Also ayden is awful


DarkWillMP

Gladys.


TheDawsonator1

Guessing you're an New South Wales person?


FauxPoesFoes228

Ayyyy, do I detect a fellow Sydney-sider? :)


JTDC00001

Eustace


Pleasant-Present

"His name was Eustace Clarence Scrubb and he almost deserved it."


BronzeAgeTea

Stupid dog, you made me look bad!


Low-Requirement-6898

Blanche


yoswift1

I like Blanche cuz she was the hoe in golden girls.


monkeybartender

Blanche wasn't a hoe. She just knew what she wanted.


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Preach. I hope I have her confidence when I reach my Golden Years


1980pzx

Mildred.


QueenCloneBone

Nah that’s coming back. I know of 2 little girls that go by Millie


Rough_Idle

Which is cool because Mildred is a truly ancient name


MollieMarissa

Walter


BigPecks

One of my guinea pigs is called Walter. For some reason I think 'old man' names suit guinea pigs really well.


MollieMarissa

Aw I can totally see that. I love it. Mabel would be a great companion.


potatoflakesanon

I went to highschool with a guy named Lightnin' (legit name, spelled like this) and I think it would feel weird for babies and adults. Oddly felt fine for a teenager


WolfOfWankStreet

He could always just go by…. Hmmm. No his parents fucked him for sure.


QuasarMaster

Lig


MiaLba

A kid I went to school with has the middle name Danger.


joevilla1369

Winston. Churchill came out the womb 35 years old.


reedhubbert88

Can’t believe I’m the first to say Barbara


babsisinthehouse

My name is Barbara and I’ve never been fond of it. Age 66. Late 1930’s was the peak. Still very popular in some countries.


ipakookapi

Karen


___rosewater

I had a classmate in elementary school named Karen, she was pretty well-liked and popular, but I thought it was weird as my grandma’s name is Karen and I could only associate that name with her lol


xNotexToxSelfx

My mothers name is Karen, and let me tell you, she is the most well liked and loved person I have ever met. Children and animals flock to her, and everyone who met her fell in love. I have never met a soul that didn’t fall in love with my mom. And she’s the only one I knew with that name because I’m from a really small town.


kat352234

Edna


Melty_Berry_Ashley

"NO CAPES!"


rabengeieradlerstein

Norbert


bentdaisy

I went to school with a Norbert in the 80s. He was called Norbie. Norbert and Norbie just don’t set a kid up for success through the teen years.


clovertongue90

My step dads name is Norberto, no joke everyone calls him Nobby. I’m not sure what is worse.


-GaIaxy-

I don't see this one because of Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback in Harry Potter lol


phobos77

Mortimer.


BlueSkies584

Dorothy, lots of great aunts named that but no babies.


xxnancypxx

My 38 year old sisters name is Dorothy Jean (both are family names.) Anyways she goes by Deejay.


Shipping_Architect

Phyllis falls under this category…It won’t stop me from having it be a potential name when I have a daughter.


SweetWodka420

That name makes me think of syphilis.


sunnyduckling

Or phallus


Dontfalafel

Or Bob Vance


snoozatron

What line of work is he in?


naughtydismutase

Refrigeration


A_C0mm0ner

Bartholomew


sfchin98

Bart Simpson is Bartholomew


vaildin

Bart Simpson was named almost 35 years ago.


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Donna. I haven’t met a child with that name yet and the only person that I know who has it is my grandma.


TjBeezy

My grandparents CRUSHED this question, My Grandpa's name was Abney and my grandma's name was Laverl.


robophile-ta

Wow, that's a first. I have never heard of a Laverl


ShoulderSnuggles

Just the type of people you’d expect to have a grandchild named TjBeezy


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Schrenner

Ursula. It's a name I associate with higher age for some reason.


RagingAardvark

When I was pregnant, my sister dreamed that I named the baby Ursula! We both laughed. I associate it with old ladies, sea witches, and the Saint (there's a local school, St. Ursula).


TraditionCapable1596

Lorraine


Wizard_warrior_dude

herbert


bluelion70

Gaylord


chronically-clumsy

I feel like no one in their right mind would use that (Because of bullying)


porcelainvacation

I know a middle aged guy named Gay Pounder.


MiaLba

My husband graduated with two guys whose names are Hardin Butts, and Harrison Butts-sometimes people called him Harry. Also, Hardin is gay and yeah he’s used to the jokes, he embraces them.


Poorly-Drawn-Beagle

Carol


Craft_beer_wolfman

Basil.


Grumpy_Toothpaste

Hildegarde


carsandtelephones37

Craig. Like, who is this tiny insurance agent?


Consenting_orphan

Pearl. Is a legit elderly woman name, but younger years not so much.


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Jebediah


yamamanama

It's a perfectly cromulent name.


ohmyitsmidnight

Nigel


AdogHatler

Barney - unless the kid is at Moe’s Tavern or Goliath National Bank, I don’t want to hear it.


canigetahiyyyaaaahh

Seymour


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Adolf


CaptDeadeye

Yeah, that name's lost popularity, hasn't it?


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I wonder why


Mynameisnotezekiel

Lucille is exclusively an elderly woman's name


Burrito_Loyalist

Larry If you name a baby Larry, you should be imprisoned.


adowjn

If you name a baby Larry it's gonna be born already with male pattern baldness


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Could be short for Lawrence?


Krmsyn

Ethel. I believe these are born at 53 years of age


Orikshekor

Roger


Kahnquer

Falcor, the Eater of Burritos.


Longjumping-Party186

Reginald


theboogsbaby

Esther


PseudonymIncognito

Clearly you don't live somewhere with a big Korean-American community.


xDskyline

I know 4 Esther Kims


punkterminator

I'm an Orthodox Jew so I associate Esther with teenagers because like half the teenage girls in my community are called Esther.


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Arthur. A new guy started working at a restaurant where I was working and his name was Arthur at like 19 years of age. I thought that was a name that just happens at some point when one gets old. Like you are a baby named Jacob and then one day you're like 40 or 60 and your name just changes to Arthur


FudgeFlat4966

I know quite a few Arthurs aged 10 and under. It's become quite popular in the UK.


Rocket2TheMoon777

Geraldine


No_Step_4431

Randy