Old fashioned boys names

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

Ernie, Ted, Sydney, Albert

These are my favourite.

Geoffrey
Richard
Clive
Roy

proper old fashioned names.

Edgar
Stanley
Albert
Alfred

Eric
Montgomery (Monty)
Lionel
Wesley (Wes)
Gregory

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

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

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

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

All due for a comeback.

Abel ?

Gerald & Jeremy, too.

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

Adam

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

Ned is an acronym for "Non-educated delinquent."

Vinnie is a gangster name.

Edwin
Maurice

Dennis
Lionel
Nigel
Norman
Herbert
Raymond

Wilfred
Quentin
Albert
Stanley

Robert

My favourites

Frederick- Freddie
Henry/ Harry
Victor
Vincent- Vinnie
Edgar- Teddy
Edward- Teddy
Leonard- Lenny/ Leo
Lionel- Leo
Ivor
Walter- Walt
John!
Christopher- Kit
Albert
Alfred
Reginald- Rex
Arthur
Roland
Sidney
Clarence
Claude
Clyde
Clement
Alexander
Franklin- Frank
Graham
Douglas- Dougie
Herbert- Bertie
Ernest
Stanley
Eric

Definitely not all to everyone’s tastes 🤣

I quite like Selwyn.

My ds is Christopher and was the only one in nursery and now school .
I teach a Greg , Jeremy , Philip and an Andrew and they are names that I have not seen around much .
Also Marcus , Julian and David are very rare now .

Douglas (Dougie)
Cedric
Peter
Wilbur
Raymond
Lawrence
Terence
George
Alan

Stanley
John
Arthur (Probably more modern now with it being so popular)
Philip
Norman
Percy

Stanley
Archie
Alfred
Albie
Fred
George
Ernest - Ernie
Frank
Wilbur
Henry
Edward
Jack
Louis

Nigel
Lionel
Eugene
Edwin
Derek
Floyd
Victor
Silas
David
John
Hugh

Toby
Noel
Graeme
Leonard
Ivo
Maurice
Claude