By old-timey names, I mean ones that you don’t typically associate with anyone alive or younger than like 70.

Examples being:

  • Burl
  • Mildred
  • Herbert
  • Agnes
  • Evelyn (not as rare at the others, but getting there)

I’ve always liked the name “Opal” but I’ve only ever known two in my life. I was like 10-12 at the time, and they were both pushing 90.

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Bort

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Godfried

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Thaddeus, Ulysses, etc. I liked that people used to name their kids after figures of the ancient world.

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Balthazar 🤌

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I actually went to school with a Balthazar.

His parents were hippies in the 60s and never stopped being hippies.

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It’s one of magi!

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On that note, Melchior would make for a metal af middle name.

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Agamemnon

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Clytemnestra

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Doesn’t get more classic than that

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Gilgamesh

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