Old fashioned names

[bohemianvegan.livejournal.com]

I have noticed that many names from 80 years ago and fell out of fashion are being resurrected.
Examples are for girls: Hazel, Eleanor, Adelaide, Edith, Stella, Margaret, etc. I haven't heard of Edna or Millicent much.
Boys: (some are names that can also be a surname) Ashton, Broderick, Preston, Weston, etc.

What do you think? I think it's making a statement.

I like Edith, Hazel, and Millicent(Millie) a lot. Ashton is nice, it's my own last name though.

Comments

[xx-imagination.livejournal.com]

I like Stella and Margaret. I always think of a witch when I hear Hazel, idk why. Preston is cute, but I'd never use it.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

yes, witch hazel is an astringent. i always have a bottle of it on-hand!

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

There's a place in the town that I'm from called Witch Hazel Hill. :P

[murderprotocol.livejournal.com]

I've really grown to love Ashton, and while I'm not a huge fan of some of the 'old' names, I like Eleanor and I actually met a customer at work a few weeks ago who's name was Millicent - I really like it, have for years. I like the nn Millie too, and would much rather use Millicent as the full name instead of Amelia/Emilia/Amelie.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Millicent reminds me of the children's story 'Millicent and the Wind' :)

[herpickleness.livejournal.com]

My cousin named her daughter ashton. I really like it. I love that these names are coming back!

[subluxate]

I love Eleanor. Hate Stella, and I have no idea why.

I like older names, as evidenced by my personal name picks (Jonas and Delta especially).

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

I like Eleanor and Ashton :)

Preston is okay, too :)

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i really like eleanor, stella, margaret and weston.

i like millie, but not millicent.

[http://users.livejournal.com/____tonightt/]

I like old fashion names like that, I love the name Maeve. My moms name is Roberta, my aunts name is Margaret, and my grandmothers name is Ruth and Martha

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

I work at a supermarket, so I often hear kids names when their parents are talking to them...in the last 2 weeks I've met three little Prestons. None of them over about 3 years old.
Ashton/Asher are definitely popular ones now too.

[littlekitkin.livejournal.com]

I love Edith, that is my biological grandmother's name. I like all the others too, except for maybe Stella, it seems trashy to me for some reason.

Millicent makes me think of Queen Malificent from Sleeping Beauty.

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

Names tend to go in cycles, particularly as people try to honour people in the generation before their parents, so older names come back in as 'fresh' 3 or 4 generations later. Surnames were also popular a few generations ago.

Most of my names are old names, particularly Irena (to honour Irena Sendler), and Franklin (to honour my grandfather).

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I love Hazel, and I think Edith and Eleanor are alright.

The same thing is happening here (in The Netherlands) people suddenly give their children very old-fashioned names again...but I like it.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I love old-fashioned names, but I hate surnames as first names. I'd say that's more trendy than old-fashioned. Historically surnames as first names were usually used because they were a family name. Not always, but usually. So when I see little boys named Ashton and Preston and Weston running around, it just seems pretentious and silly. That's just my opinion, though.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Eleanor is one of my favourites. I've only ever met one though. Lots of Margarets.