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Original poster

Old fashioned boys names

37 replies

salharg · 26/03/2022 20:54

Please suggest some, favourites so far include;
Vincent nn Vinny
Francis nn Frank
Ned

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Zillamop · 26/03/2022 21:51

Adam

Wilbur
Raymond
Oswald
John
Frederick
Lawrence
Timothy
Philip
Charles
Victor
Tristan
Miles

Luredbyapomegranate · 26/03/2022 21:51

Laurence nn Laure
Ernest nn Ernie
Arnold nn Arnie
Albert nn Albie or Bertie
Arthur nn Art
Philip nn Pip
John nn Johnny, or Jonty
Gideon
Diggory
Barnaby/Barnabas
Walter
Wilfred
Alberic
Albus
Victor
Leonard nn Lenny or Leo
Lionel
Alistair
Silas
Seth
Josiah

I think Ned is better as a nn for Edward/Edwin/Edmund etc

I think Vinnie is thuggish

Libertaire · 26/03/2022 21:28

Gerald & Jeremy, too.

ploopypleepy · 26/03/2022 21:14

Abel ?

Libertaire · 26/03/2022 21:13

Keith
Nigel
Derek
Kevin
Melvyn
Maurice
Terence
Vincent
Martin
Alan
Graham
Norman

All due for a comeback.

Gettingthereslowly2020 · 26/03/2022 21:12

Cyril
Cedric
Godfrey
Ernest
Eric
Albert
Derek
Cuthbert
Terry/Terence
Tony/Anthony
Gilbert
Walter
Wilfred
Ronald
Dennis
John
Barry
Martin
Geoffrey
Keith
Cecil

Kite22 · 26/03/2022 21:08

Depends how old fashioned you want to go

Folks aged 85 upwards :
Alfred
Wilfred
Henry
Rupert
Sydney
Albert
John
Daniel
Edward
Thomas
Laurence
Arnold

Then perhaps 20 years younger
Alan
Eric
Colin
Geoffrey
Roy
Kenneth
Derek
Earnest / Ernie

The you have
Paul
Michael
Andrew
Simon
Christopher
Richard
Stephen
David
Mark

Some, like Daniel, David, James seem to fit in any generation

ThatPosterIsSoRight · 26/03/2022 21:06

Percy
Wilbur
Clarence
Derek
Edmund
Harold (Hal)
Jeremy (Jen)
Cecil

DoucheCanoe · 26/03/2022 21:05

Eric
Montgomery (Monty)
Lionel
Wesley (Wes)
Gregory

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 26/03/2022 21:02

Edgar
Stanley
Albert
Alfred

MurderAtTheBeautyPageant · 26/03/2022 20:56

Geoffrey
Richard
Clive
Roy

proper old fashioned names.

CoastalWave · 26/03/2022 20:55

Ernie, Ted, Sydney, Albert

These are my favourite.

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