Old-school.

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

A class list from my husband's great grandfather's school in Kentucky, circa 1897. I bolded the names I like.

Girls:

Ida
Bertie
Lovie
Ella (x 2)
Lula
Rosa
Ada
Gracie
Ora
Emma
Cora
Viola
Gladys
Mattie
Nellie (x 2)
Kate
Leia
Pearl
Alice
Alvie
Annie
Lillie
Fuby (???)
Bessie
Macy
Ethel
Lottie
Lu
Nancie
Irena
Maud

Boys:

Otho
Fred (x 2)
Robert (x 2)
Barner
Nel (short for Nelson?)
George
Hugh
Porter
Tay
Elwood
Urie (yeesh)
Houston
Earnest
Floyd
Daniel
Ollie
Jordan (surprising)
Spirlin
Lulie
Claud
Oscar
Lee

Comments

[blueberrybumble.livejournal.com]

Wow, some of those are really interesting!

I like Lula, Viola, Nellie, Alice, Macy, Lottie, and Jordan.

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

They're all really short. I think Ella was a super-popular name back then. There's two in this class, and my great grandmother was named Ella, as was one of her friends.

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

Spirlin's kind of a neat name.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I like

Elwood
Floyd
Oscar

Ada
Viola
Leia

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

I like: Ella, Rosa, Ada, Gracie, Emma, Viola, Mattie, Kate, Alie, Annie, Maud, Robert, & Porter

[djador.livejournal.com]

Houston? That surprises me. I didn't know that was a name so long ago! cool.

Wow, so many of those girls names are popular still/again right now.

Very interesting post. =D

[farawaysong.livejournal.com]

I like: Ella, Rosa, Ada, Gracie, Viola, Kate, Alice, George, Hugh, and Oscar.

[girlsteve.livejournal.com]

I quite like Tay

[bluekoala.livejournal.com]

Hugh, Lee, and Earnest are such great names.
I love Viola.

[bluekoala.livejournal.com]

I like the spelling Ernest though.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Spirlin makes me giggle

And I'm wondering about Lula/Lulie

[turn-it-upp.livejournal.com]

i love: Ella, Lula, Ada, Gracie, Matie, Kate, Alice, Macy, Lottie and Hugh, Ollie, and Oscar!

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

I love love love Ada, it has been a top favorite of mine for 4+ years now.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

There was a girl named Bunyon in my grandma's yearbook.

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

WOW. Bunyon. That's... wow. Not the most feminine name, that's for sure.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Some of those are actually pretty! Much better than Dutch names back then, IMO 8)
I like Ida, Ella, Lula, Rosa, Emma, Kate, Otho, Porter, Hugh, Elwood & Floyd.

Also, Fuby? Reminds me of a Furby! =P

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

I know! I thought it might have been Ruby when I looked at the original document, but nope, it's Fuby. I don't know if it's short for something, but it's a little odd. My husband's uncle is named Luby. Maybe that's just how they do things in Kentucky! :)

[bohemianvegan.livejournal.com]

I love lots of those old names. They are making comebacks. I like Rosa a lot. I also like (forgive me) Irena.

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

I sort of like Irena, but I prefer it spelled Irina.

[anaphylexis.livejournal.com]

I'm a really big fan of Lula. Maybe because it's sounds a bit country-ish? It's on my list anyway.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I have a cat named Ethel :) I think it's a great name...for a cat.

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

The only ones I like are:
Rosa
Emma
Kate
Alice
Hugh