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Old-school baby names

Baby names: alternative suggestions | Alternative boys names | Alternative girls' names
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More and more people are looking at what their grandparents and great-grandparents were called for inspiration for different names.

If your relatives all had very normal names, then why not head to your local cemetery or church graveyard - headstones might provide you with some inspiration.

Old-school boys' names

- Albert
- Cecil
- Cyril
- Len/Leonard
- Morris
- Norris
- Sidney
- Stanley
- Vernon
- Wilfred

Old-school girls' names

- Ada
- Clara
- Elsie
- Ethel
- Gertrude
- Ivy
- Mildred
- Phyllis
- Rita
- Vera

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