1912 School List

[politicking.livejournal.com]

The town I grew up in recently posted some old pictures, including a school list from 1912. These are boys and girls, grades Kindergarten-8th. Rural farming community.

Edna
Clara
Elsie
Carrie
Margaret
Cora
Eva
Charles x4
George x3
Dallis
Lloyd
Cephas
Evens
Domer
Oliver
Jonas
Sylvester
Adam
Ida
Catherine-Mary
Claude
AnnaRebecca
Stansberry
Clayton
Bertha
Mabel
Grace
Meda
Helen
Maryjane
Maud
Lulu
Marion
Ada
Orpha
May x 3
Alma
Ruth x 2
Naomi
Cleo
Nerr
Nevin
Iris
Verna

Comments

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I like:

Margaret
Cora
George
Adam
Grace
Maud
Ada
Iris

[stacyinthecity.livejournal.com]

A lot of these names are names of my grandparents and their siblings and cousins. A farming community, the kids were born in the 1910s and 1920s, most of them 1st generation Americans of ethnic German immigrant parents.

[tyberius-rex.livejournal.com]

I love all these names. I wish my husband would get on board with old timey names. He always teases me when I suggest Ida or Edna. He'll say "We're raising a baby not a little old lady". But the baby WILL be a little old lady (or man) one day!! I personally think April and Derek are silly names for grandmas and grandpas to have but it's still gonna happen.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

I like Ida more than Edna... I actually know a 20ish year old Ida!

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

April isn't an older name to you? I totally think it fits a grandma, just like May or June would.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

I don't see April as particularly young or old. Maybe a little bit younger, but I think it ages fairly well.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

From what I've heard/read (I think someone here linked to an article about it about a year ago), Derek is seen as an "old-man" name in the UK. It goes to show that a name's popularity can peak (much) earlier in one country and later in another.

Also, decades from now, people may consider names like Kaylee or Jennifer or Jayden or Mason precisely because they will sound like "old-lady/old-man" names by that point, just like with Ida and Edna.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Exactly. There was a time when names like Edna, Bertha, Phyllis, etc. would have been considered trendy, and I'm sure many at that time rolled their eyes and said they could never imagine an old lady named Edna! Names which we consider totally normal now, like Jennifer, Jessica, or Ashley, at one point would have been gotten the same reaction from many as names like Nevaeh or Mikayla get today. 70 years from now, Jennifer and Jessica will be old lady names. 100 years from now, Madison and Chloe will be old lady names.

[wolf-shadow.livejournal.com]

Stansberry made me smile and giggle a little. I like, more in a fantasy character way, but it's kinda cute somehow :)

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

Same here! I kind of secretly love it.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Me, too! It's weird and offbeat, but cute and awesome. It sounds almost like a hobbit name.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

I like a lot of these names. What a refreshing sight!

I really like:
Clara
Elsie
Margaret
Cora
Eva
Charles
Dallis
Oliver
Jonas
Ida
Clayton
Grace
Helen
Maryjane
Marion
Ada
May
Alma
Iris

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

Clara - this is my alter ego's name in all of my stories
Margaret
Eva
George
Oliver
Adam - I have adored this name since I was at least 14 years old
Ada - I adore this name too and have since I saw the movie Cold Mountain.
May - I prefer Mae
Iris

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

I like a lot of these:

Clara
Margaret
Cora
Eva
Charles
Oliver
Jonas
Sylvester
Adam
Catherine-Mary
Claude
AnnaRebecca
Stansberry Total guilty pleasure name right there.
Clayton
Mabel
Grace
Helen
Maryjane
Marion
Ada
Alma
Ruth
Naomi
Cleo
Iris

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I like Mary and Iris.

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

I like:
Elsie
Charles
Oliver
Mabel
Ada
May
Naomi