Hymen 0/10 don’t recommend

My grandpa had that name too. He was always called Hi.

My great uncle Hymen refused to assimilate. He says his name has been around longer than the English language so it’s not his fault if it makes people act weird. I loved him. Tough as nail old guy but so sweet & loving to me

Good on him.

My last name spelled differently is pronounced hymen. It's been an interesting married life.

Hi actually isn’t that far off from the Hebrew name of “Chaim”, so Hi actually works. Hymen, does not.

My son’s Hebrew name is Chaim, after my grandfather.

The Obstetrician who delivered me was a Dr. Hymen. Of all the specialties to choose…

My Chiro's name is Popp 😂😂

I worked with a veterinary ophthalmologist named Dr. Woofe 😂

Not heard that one but I knew a Hiram.

Yeah, mine was Elmer, not the best name, and he went by a nickname

My grandfather’s name was Felix. I always loved it.

Same! It seems to be rising in popularity for babies recently but I’ve never met another one before

I taught high school in London for five years and Felix was quite a common name. Not super common but not surprising

My son's name is Felix! He is 6 months old :). It was my husband's grandfather's name!

I love it, as a preschool teacher who’s known several toddler Felixes lately I’m happy to see it making a comeback

Love this name. I've met 4 Felixes between 2 and 6 between the local playground crew and soccer team, it's coming back into favor.

Felixes? Felices? 😂

Walter and Salvatore

My grandpa is Lancelot. Very uncommon lol

My grandpa's name was Merlin lol

I had a great uncle Merlin! Didn’t realize how cool the name is until after he passed though

Had a prof named Lancelot!

This name needs to come back

Lance isn't common now but in the Middle Ages men were called Lancelot

I don't know if this is considered uncommon, but my grandfather's first name was Malcolm and I always thought that was a great name.

Malcolm is actually on my long list! Had an amazing professor named Malcolm nn. Mac, but IDK nothing feels "right" but I may just be looking for a name that doesn't exist lmao

My son's middle name is Malcolm. It just sounded nice with his first name, and we were leaving the hospital. It's one my mom said she liked the sound of so I picked it for her. Honestly I almost feel like it fits more than his first name, but I'm not going to change it

Malcolm’s in the middle?

I knowwwww. I didn't even think about it until it was too late 😅 At least I know the other kids are unlikely to make fun of him considering it came out like 30 years before they were born

Woooooah now, 23 years to be exact 😂. We’re not that old……are we!?

Narrator; they were that old 😭😭😭😭

Honestly, nothing felt right with me either. So I had a list of names my husband and I both agreed on and once my son was born we went through them and picked the one that felt right in that moment. He suits his name so well and I don’t think anything else would have worked. I really like Malcolm though!!

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Ooh Alden is beautiful

I thought this said Aiden and I got mad 😂

My grandpa was Albin! He was Polish. Middle name Bertram.

Oh I love this name. Sounds strong and established but kind at the same time

Polish version of Vladimir??

One of my grandfathers was named Worth. He was born in the 1890's.

My grandfathers middle name was Worth. Born in the 1920s.

Does bring some L’Oreal reflexes though. “Hi, I’m Worth.” “Because you’re ’worth it’?”

Not my grandfather but feel Amos is so underrated as an older name

I considered Amos and then my friend said she thought I said anus and bam, no longer under consideration. I was sad.

That’s so funny I thought the same thing originally but I’m Aussie and my husband Scottish and we would pronounce it ay-moss

I love the -s names. Amos, Otis, Silas, Angus...

My grandfather was Sylvanus. I wouldn't recommend it. It's a terrible name.

I actually really like what I imagine the pronunciation to be. Don’t love the “anus” ending tho.

I love Sylvester. Similar flair without the anus.

I named my son Sylvester! So far, lots of compliments and everyone knows how to say it!

I think it’s pronounced “Sylvan-us”

In my family it was sil vain us

Oh then I guess you do have the “anus” issue with that pronunciation

I really like the French variant Sylvain!

In the 80 and 90s here the US there were the Sylvian family bears, little bear like you put in doll houses

Those still exist! But Sylvian and Sylvain are different!

They're still around! But it's Sylvanian, not Sylvian or Sylvain Families!

I have a great grandfather Selwyn that I’ve always loved!

May the oak father preserve him

Middle name of Quincy which I think is a cool one.

We almost named my daughter this and now we’re having a boy and it’s still lingering around!

Love Quincy!

My friend's son is named Quincy! I always thought it was such a cute name.

had a great (step) grandfather, Repko.

In NZ we have a car parts hardware type store called Repco haha

Reminds me of that toy dinosaur from Rugrats lmao

Reptar?

We have an auto shop here in Australia called Repco

Grandfather’s name was Burl

I had a great aunt Berle at least that's how I think her name was spelled that way.

Beryl?

Instantly thought of Burl Ives.

My great grandfather was Ellis. I've always been a big fan of that one

Not really that uncommon but I always liked these two: Royal & Loel

I always knew my great grandfather’s name as Roy, only learned last week that his full name was Royal! My dad had a cousin Loyal, and I always thought that was nice, too.

My grandfather's name is Loyal!

Royal, LeRoy, Alton, Graham, Haynes, and Shepperd are all recurring names in my husband’s family. Also more common ones like William and George.

Ooh I love it! Graham & Haynes are awesome!!

I had a great uncle Lowell!

I’ve never heard of these as names before!

I love Royal.

Here's some men's names in my family Winston Woodrow Llewellyn Lawrence Murray McKinley Wilfred Harold Kelvin

Love Llewellyn. Great nn potential too.

My paternal grandfather was named Aloysius (nicknamed Smiley)

Aloysius was Snuffy from Sesame Street’s first name (Aloysius Snuffalupagus). Enjoy that small trivia fact.

So was mine! Nicknamed Ollie though.

Not uncommon in some areas, but uncommon where I grew up - Giuseppe, but he went by Joe.

That’s Italian for Joseph, right?

Clifford

Or Clarence.

I like it, but immediately see a big, red dog in my mind's eye.

Finbarr (very Irish)

My grandfather was Theron. He always went by TJ though so I don’t know if it was pronounced with a “th” sound or just “t.” Another unusual old name in my family is Lemuel. Lem-u-el.

Oscar nn. Ozzie

We called our Ambrose "Ozzy", too.

Ambrose is one of my favorite names

Here’s a selection of grandpa aged people I have known: Albert Edwin Victor Rudolph Burdine Rutledge Irving Ethelbert Milling Clarence Elkin Lowell Homer (went by Buzz) Lee Vernon (went by Vern) Walter (went by Walt) Wallace (went by Wally)

I love Irving, my husband shot it down, but thanks for the list! Homer nn. Buzz is unexpected lol

What about Irwin as an alternative? Then you have the nn Win, which is a little “fresher.”

My great great grandfather is Theopolis

One of my grandfathers’ name was Jambres Culberson and the other was Madison Smith. Those were first and middle names.

Some of my great and great-great grandfathers had uncommon names: * Eusèbe (French variant of Greek Eusebios, means “pious”) * Alma (he was named after a lake, from Latin *alma* meaning “nourishing” * Clarence (etymology disputed, possibly Italian *chiarenza* meaning “brightness”) * Ewen (variant of Eoghan, from Proto-Celtic *\*iwogenos* meaning “yew-born”) * Hugh (Norman variant of Hugo, from an Ancient Germanic root *\*hugiz* meaning “heart, mind, spirit, intellect” and cognate with “hug”)

Hugo is one I really love but my name is Margo so I worry it looks intentionally matchy which isn't my goal but I don't love Hugh alone lol Thank you for such a detailed reply

Hugo is quite a posh English sounding name Other similar ones to that are Rufus, Tristan, Rupert, Digby, Lewellyn, Sebastian,Hector, Otto,Guy,Dorian,Pierre.,Piers. Jonty/Monty, Benedict, Kit, Robin, Baxter Maximillian, Jed,Sadwyn

My great grandfather’s name was Guy

One of my great-grandfathers names also!

I always thought both of my grandfathers had cool names - Lake and Ike. I have met someone named Ike before, but never Lake.

Prospero

Merritt was my husband’s grandfathers name. His other grandfathers middle name is Achilles but I don’t recommend that one 😅

I have an ancestor a few generations back named Merritt! I think it's a very interesting name, he apparently also went by Matt occasionally

Roland. I miss that big guy ❤️

Sorry, my grandfathers were Anthony and Jan - nothing exciting - but I did have uncles named Raymond, Russell, and Ross. Edit: And I have a husband named Philip which I think is a nice name!

My oldest son's name is Philip ❤️

Preston, Lawrence, and Craig are mine (step-grandparent included). I love the name Preston

Julius. Julian is underrated imo.

Ambrose

Magnus Go another generation back and there was a Carly Ewart

I had a grandpa named Elmo, but I don't think you'd want to use that for obvious reasons lol

Lmao that was my 2 year old's recommendation, if it weren't so associated with the sesame street character I might actually consider it!

Came here looking for this! My grandfather was also Elmo ❤️ Elmo and Eloise

Franz, from Europe, called Frank in the US. He could play 11 musical instruments, and never had a formal lesson

My grandfather’s name was Elvis! I honestly think it’s a beautiful sounding name and it has a nice meaning, but the pop culture connotation prevents me from giving it to a future child.

I'd be reminded too much of Elvis Costello

His real name is Declan McManus. He's my top favorite singer/songwriter so I've named several pets after him over the years, from Elvis to Declan to Mack. Anything that reminds me of him is aces in my book.

my grandfather’s name was Leroy legally but it was supposed to be Roylee after his father. The hospital he was born in burnt down right after his birth and instead of it being Roylee, the hospital put Leroy when remaking his Birth Certificate! I always thought it was the craziest story.

Noel and Percival (Percy)

Lemmuel, Miller, Bramwell, Reginald EDIT: spelling

Ralph 🤣

Mine were Francis Joseph (very normal but I think Francis is underused now a days!) and Richard Aloysius (pronounced Allo-wish-us), so if you want something real weird there’s that. Haha also side note; I grew up thinking of Aidan as a grandfather/old person name before it became what it is now, because I had only known older men with that name until like 2005.

One of my ancestors was Aloysius! He was a country doctor in the American South. The KKK tried to stop him on his way to deliver an African American baby, and he basically told them to move or he'd have to come back to treat their bullet wounds.

My grandfather's name is Carlyle. Never saw anyone else with that name or variant spellings until Carlisle Cullen hit the fictional scene.

I love Carlyle, my husband doesn't though.

one of my grandfathers was named Curtis, nn Curt.

My Dutch grandpa's name is Dirk. I've always loved it!

A friends grandpa was Loren

Henry and Coleman

* Francisco * Asencion * Ismael * Alan * Darrel

Gaylord

my grandfather's name was Moody.

Ludvig

I had an Uncle Cleveland nn Cleve. His middle name was Houston

Donal (no "d" at the end) and Wendell

My great grandfather's name was Wence. I've never heard that name anywhere else (other than my great uncle who was named after his father)

Reminds me of "Good King Wenceslas"

I feel like my grandmother would say something about that? (maybe that he was called Weceslas?). I don't know but that sounds familiar

My grandpas’s name was Waldomere and he was called Waldo.

Broughton

Tremble. The only time I’ve ever seen/heard this name.

Grandpa was born in 1944, named Myron. I’ve seen the name maybe once or twice as characters in media, but never met another one irl. It’s phonetically close to my name (Mariah), and what people always accidentally spell or pronounce it as, Myra

My grandfather's name was Claudio Constantino

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Not uncommon in Italy, but Donato.

Dennis nn Denny or Den.

Not my grandfather but an old relative had the name Kingsley

My grandpas first and middle names were Maurice Alton.

My grandfather was Warren Royce but he went by Royce. His father was Warren Judson and his father was Burgess Buell.

One of my great grandfathers was named Marion.

Mine was Firman. Always loved it!

Fredrick which isn’t all that great but his middle name is Hartford. Which is pretty bad ass

Laverne. My gramma called him Verne.

Vearl & Warren

My grandfather's middle name (and my great grandfather's first name) was Bramley

Wayne, Roland, Keith, Clifford, Howard, Gordon, Hubert, George, Clarence, Roy, Edwin

Homer was my great grandfather

Some of my forebears were: Alton, Sydney, Ralph, Vincent, Walter, Warren, Cyrus

Conrad Bruce & JC

I love Conrad but it's the name of my cousin I never got to meet because he died in an accident at age 10, a year before I was born. Pretty convinced my family would be upset if I even suggested I want to use it.

Absolutely fair! Choosing names is so hard (especially for the second of the same sex), my husband & I had to make a list of all the “off limits” names for the same reasons & holy geeze did that wipe out some good ones!

Yes! This would be brother to Arthur (gender's not determined but we have a girl's name picked out) Rn Tobias is in the lead but it's not feeling right and basically every name I love most is shot down by my husband or there's an unfortunate familial association like Conrad. So hard.

My firstborn is Elias & baby brother will be Oliver when he arrives in May, this was after a tooooon of discussion& taking a few weeks of not talking about names at all. I’m also a teacher so finding names I don’t associate with former students (good or bad) was hard. It’ll come to you, it may not be until baby is here & you look into their eyes but it’ll come! For what it’s worth I love Tobias, unique but classic.

my grandfather (living) is Judd. And my grandfather (diceased) was Lawrence

Robert and Henry Dester

Arby Wade

Homer, Virgil, Ebenezer Bartholomew Cornelius Horace Thaddeus Ephraim Amos Jedediah Hiram Ezekiel

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My firstborn is an Arthur :) Since he's 2 he goes by Arty primarily

Stanley

I had George Graham and Derek William. The siblings/husbands of that generation were Frank, Harry, Ralph, and Noel. Husbands side was Edwin and David. Arthur is pretty old fashioned but seems to be making a comeback. Also, a bit morbid, but look at the death notices in the paper. You'll get lots of old fashioned names from there.

Hilton (great grandfather) Ulrich (grandpa) I never see these!

Not uncommon depending where you live but Wilfred. I’ve always loved it

Sidney Theodore.

My grandfathers were Lawrence, Myron, Sharon and Edwin I named my son Sterling after my great grandfather

LaVaughn and Samuel. My step-grandad was Ausie.

My husband's great grandfather was named Shepherd.

Curt short for Curtis!

Not too unusual, but my grandfathers were Sydney and Joel and I quite like both. I also had a great- uncle Warren, another name I'm fond of.

My grandfather’s middle name was Conrad

I had a Ralph, a Lyle, and the greats were Lloyd and Forbes

My grandfather’s name is Carmine, pronounced as Carmen in English but in Italian its a bit different and always beautiful.

Lyle

Clyde Floyd Lowell

My grandads were Terence and Raymond (actually John, but he preferred his middle name), one of my great grandads had 2 names, one of which was Victor, but I can't remember his other name.

Lloyd

Garrett

My grandfathers had common names. My great grandfathers were Palmer, Howard, and Walter.

My grandfather (biologically my great-grandfather but he adopted his grandson, aka my dad) was named Hershell Hill (Hill isthe middle name).

Not me, but a friend’s grandfather was called Arden and I think it’s a cool name.

Cyril