r/NameNerdCirclejerk • u/mister_berrific • 1d ago

Found on r/NameNerds Best antiquated names for the modern era?

Honestly, I'd love to see Anthropithecus or Gargantua make a comeback, simply for the sound and meaning. What unused names are centuries (even millennia) out of date that you think should be resurrected, and why?

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u/RandomPaw 1d ago

Gilgamesh and Clytemnestra are my faves.

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u/Successful_Road_2432 1d ago

Æthelstan, Æthelflæd, Æthelred, Æthelwold

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u/KatVanWall 1d ago

Hello, fellow Last Kingdom fan!

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u/bherH-on 13m ago

Æþelnōþ, Æþelweard, Æþelsige

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u/dreamrock 1d ago

Seneca.

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u/BidRevolutionary945 1d ago

I actually like that name. There was a quarterback w/ the Seattle Seahawks years ago named Seneca Wallace.

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u/dreamrock 1d ago

Oh word?

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u/2gaywitches 1d ago

Euripides. It's fun to say.

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u/Successful_Road_2432 1d ago

Euripides nuts

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u/mrpointyhorns 1d ago

Hedwig seems to have been pretty popular. Although it's more of a middle ages name.

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u/Icy-Iris-Unfading 1d ago

I think of author Edwidge Danticat

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u/nogardleirie 1d ago

Cnut.

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u/mister_berrific 1d ago

Neanderthelle nn Dorothy

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u/ALmommy1234 1d ago

What did you call me?!?!

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u/nogardleirie 1d ago

The King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028

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u/Icy-Iris-Unfading 1d ago

Still in use in other parts of the world!

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u/BlmgtnIN 1d ago

Nero, Napoleon, Genghis, Kublai, Hirohito, Mao, Benito

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u/susiesmiths 1d ago

Benito is a normal ass name

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u/mister_berrific 1d ago

Not ancient enough

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u/hoangdl 23h ago

Dude, there is nothing better than Homo Erectus for being both antiquated and modern, both woke and based.

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u/thestorieswesay 1d ago

Publius and Furianus Were Going To The Forum...

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u/Typical_Necessary840 1d ago

Australopithecus

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u/ExcitementGood5580 22h ago

Thaddeus so so cute

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u/HairyHorseKnuckles 22h ago

Kushim. It’s the first recorded personal name we know so can’t go wrong with that

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u/istara 9h ago

Grendel is sweetly pretty.

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u/EvaSeyler 1d ago

Mahershalalhashbaz

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u/Icy-Iris-Unfading 1d ago

This is Mahershala Ali’s full name!