Extinct names?

[TwoCentPlain]

Some names you just don't hear anymore:
1)Elmer. First and only time I heard this name was in grade school 38 years ago. Felt sorry for the kid. Never met anyone since with that name. Even the glue needs a new name.
2)Homer. Richard Gere named his kid Homer, after Home run and baseball. Homer Simpson didnt help this name.
3)Jethro
4)Bertha. Never met a girl with this name. Implies big, very big.
5)Adolf. For obvious reasons.
6)Gomer. This name is actually in the bible.
7)Ester. I had an Aunt Ester back when polyester was in style.

Any others? Any you wish were extinct?

 

[peplaw06]

Tyrannosaurus Rex

 

[tomson75]

Bob Sacamano

 

[Route 66]

Barney

Percy

 

[Duane]

Eugene

 

[Route 66]

Chester

 

[DallasCowpoke]

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Damn it, you beat me to it!


Oddly, I'm equally troubled and intrigued, that we think alike. :

 

[vta]

Some names you just don't hear anymore:
1)Elmer. First and only time I heard this name was in grade school 38 years ago. Felt sorry for the kid. Never met anyone since with that name. Even the glue needs a new name.
2)Homer. Richard Gere named his kid Homer, after Home run and baseball. Homer Simpson didnt help this name.
3)Jethro
4)Bertha. Never met a girl with this name. Implies big, very big.
5)Adolf. For obvious reasons.
6)Gomer. This name is actually in the bible.
7)Ester. I had an Aunt Ester back when polyester was in style.

Any others? Any you wish were extinct?

Believe it or not, I went to High School with an Adolf, so I'm betting he's still around somewhere. He was younger than me no less.

It's funny how some of these names have come to have some sort of connotation to them that is negative. At this point, who is going to name anything other than their dog 'Homer', these days?

Jethro, depending on your geographical location carries a negative image of some jug eared farmer in bib-overalls.

I do also know, as Rowdy put up, a Percy (Percival).

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

You don't see young kids with any of these names...

Edgar
Hank
Henry
Harriett
Dick
Frank
Frederick
Gertrude

 

[TwoCentPlain]

I also knew a guy named Lester Manley. He would always introduce himself as "Hi, I'm Les Manley." That is, until one day when he was introducing himself and the other person asked "Less manly than what?" After that, it was back to Lester Manley. I'll never forget that day. I was almost rolling on the floor. Nice guy, just got a lousy name.

 

[TwoCentPlain]

You don't see young kids with any of these names...

Edgar
Hank
Henry
Harriett
Dick
Frank
Frederick
Gertrude

Ah, yes, how could I forget the name Dick?

And you can add Francis to the list.

 

[Route 66]

Otis

Wally

 

[cowboyfan4life_mark]

Alvin
Calvin
Elbert
Dewey
Not so many Georges anymore.

 

[Hostile]

I also knew a guy named Lester Manley. He would always introduce himself as "Hi, I'm Les Manley." That is, until one day when he was introducing himself and the other person asked "Less manly than what?" After that, it was back to Lester Manley. I'll never forget that day. I was almost rolling on the floor. Nice guy, just got a lousy name.

:laugh2:

 

[Yeagermeister]

Trickblue
Hostile
Juke
Big Dog Cowboy
ABQCowboy
Brainpaint

But not Woodysgirl and CBZ40

:laugh2:

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

My grandmother's name is Agnes. That's pretty much extinct.

 

[TwoCentPlain]

Along with my grandmother's name Josephine. And her sister's name Philamena.

 

[Danny White]

I gotta think the name "Monica" took a serious hit around the late 90s.

One of my business partners just named her baby girl "Esther" -- I gotta think that's a pretty rare name these days.

 

[Signals]

Ben Dover

 

[ajk23az]

Wilbur
Fern