To be clear, I'm NOT asking for names that are currently only common among old people. I'm asking for names that were popular once upon a time, but are carried by next to no living people today.

In (East-)Flanders, some of the most popular names in the 17th-19th centuries were:

  • Judocus (Joos)
    • Male name
    • The Dutch version 'Joost' is still used, but the original Latin and the Flemish version are not.
  • Judoca (Josijn)
    • Female version of Judocus
    • Completely disappeared in all forms.
  • Livina
    • Female version of 'Lieven' (which is still fairly common)

Some other names from that time: Scholastica, Blandinus, Blandina, Norbertina, Egidius…


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