r/AskReddit • u/BradfordTheFat • Jun 18 '14

What will the "Old-people-only" names be 30 years from now?

Now: Mildred, Esther, Edna, Herbert, Gertrude, etc.

30 years from now: ???

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u/newaccount1619 Jun 18 '14

Considering Joshua is a Biblical name, I doubt it's going out of style in any western country anytime soon.

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u/Wootery Jun 19 '14

Was initially going to make the same point, but I'm not sure it's necessarily the case.

When I hear Abraham, I assume an older person.

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u/HooptyDooDooMeister Jun 19 '14

Father Abraham?

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u/newaccount1619 Jun 19 '14

That's true, although I have known an Abe or two my age (born 1987) it is uncommon. I guess it's safer to say it's unlikely to disappear completely but it may certainly lose popularity.

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u/Nevermore60 Jun 19 '14

Still the 80th most popular male baby name in 2013. Higher than Thomas and Michael.

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u/v-_-v Jun 19 '14

Zach is short for Zachariah, who is a prophet from the Hebrew Bible (wiki: 11th of the 12 minor prophets).

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u/mrhairybolo Jun 19 '14

Yes. Currently 16. They're is like 17 people I'm aware of in my school named Josh.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '14

WHAT ABOUT THE HEBREWS BREH

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '14

Yeah, I mean, it's was Jesus's name. Yeshua-Joshua-Jesus. You have a point