Posted on 05/15/2025 5:06:10 AM PDT by Red Badger
In recent years, out-there, creative or trendy baby names were all the rage — now it seems like the classic, old-fashioned ones are popular again.
According to Jennifer Moss, founder and CEO of BabyNames.com and baby-name consultant Taylor A. Humphrey, grandma-like names such as Eleanor, Eloise, Elodie, Alma, Margaret, Nora and Bennett, are “super trendy” for girls this year, originally reported by Yahoo! Life.
“On the boys’ side, we’re seeing the ‘trad name,’ or old-fashioned names, stick — like Theodore, Oliver, Owen, Silas and Jasper,” Colleen Slagen, author of the forthcoming book “Naming Bebe,” also told the outlet.
“…I’m hearing Hayes, Lachlan, Palmer, Soren, Sterling and Theodore,” added Humphrey.
“These names feel grounded, elegant and sturdy; they offer just the right mix of vintage soul and modern edge.”
Why are these dated names gaining traction again?
“I think vintage names evoke a sense of nostalgia. I get a lot of clients who pull out their family tree, looking to grandparents and great-grandparents for name inspiration,” Slagen said.
“…Nursing homes and graveyards would be great sources of name inspiration.”
And according to Sophie Kihm, editor-in-chief of Nameberry, a baby naming website, today’s parents are leaning more towards simpler names for their babies.
”More families in the US come from mixed cultural backgrounds, and I hear parents commonly request that they want their child to travel and have a relatively easy-to-understand name,” she said.
In regards to which names are getting the baby bump, at least for a while — ones with “aden” in it, like Braden or Jayden, according to the experts.
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My maternal grandfather’s name was “Stonewall”, middle name “Jackson”. Went by “Jack”.
The name Cletus has Greek origins, meaning “called forth” or “summoned.” It is sometimes used as a short form of the name Anacletus, which was borne by a pope in the early Christian church, also known as (he shor got a) ‘Purty Mouth’.
My nephew just named his baby son Jack.
My son's twin boys are Jack and Oliver. The names seemed "vintage" 6 years ago. Last Saturday, there were three kids named Jack playing in their Little League game and we have run across tons of Olivers.
Add “Bono” after it and do a web search.
I named my new oak tree Leaf Erickson. The fruit tree is called Peach Schnapps.
Might was well throw away the name Joseph or Thomas because they were the given names of US presidents who were potatoes.
Unfortunately Chastity, like Star and Destiny, have become stripper names. Every Chastity that I’ve known seemed to be trying to live down that name.
Except for ancient versions in the original language, like Aiden, the recent “aden” names for boys are like Brandy and Tiffany for girls. No class.
Charles, Thomas, Christopher, Richard, Andrew, Matthew, Christine, Patricia, Ruth, Judith, Helen...
Christians, who recognize that Jesus was a Jew, utilize the entire Hebrew Bible along with the New Testament, and call all names found therein, whether Hebrew-origin or mentioned in the gospels (where there were many Greek-origin names), to be "Bible names."
No hope for “Edna”?
There are different kinds of “old-fashioned” names.
1) The commonest “American” names.
2) Biblical and Puritan names.
3) Victorian (often Anglo-Saxon) names.
4) Last names as first names (which aren’t necessarily something old-fashioned).
If you name your daughter “Bennett” that’s not really an old-fashioned name, especially for a girl.
Dead
I couldn’t remember the boy’s name!
What fun is it for the rest of us when your parents give you a weird name to begin with? What’s to ‘mock’ about that? ;)
When I was in Junior High, I decided I wanted people to call me, ‘Di’ as I had read it in a book and liked it as short for, ‘Diana.’
That lasted for about 15 minutes until my bratty little sister was telling people, ‘She wants you to call her, ‘Di’ because her given name is, Diarrhea.’
Very cleaver for a little twerp. She thought fast on her feet; I give her credit. ;)
You should have Karate kicked her. 😎
Lots of babies in a short period of time. 🤔. I know what you do in your spare time. 🕺
Got a grandson named Gűnther.
Well, not anymore :-) My wife passed in 2019.
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