The Old Becomes New Again

I have a friend who is compiling a list of old Appalachian names as a list of potential baby names. Below is some of what we've come up with so far (and a good many of them--Edna, Wilda, Everett, Clarence, Omer, Antha, and others--straight out of my family). Use the comments to add some other names you think of, and to share your opinion(s) on any on the list--particularly if you really like one, or know of an interesting story or etymology of one.


GIRLS

Alma, Antha, Bess, Birdie, Celia, Edna, Eleanor, Eliza, Elsie, Emma, Erma, Estell, Esther, Ethel, Fern, Gladys, Grace, Hattie, Hazel, Hilda, Ivy, Jean, Leona, Lola, Lucinda, Lydia, Mae/May, Margaret/Maggie/Peg, Millie, Myrtle, Nellie, Ola, Oma, Opal, Pansy, Pauline or Polly, Penny, Pearl, Sophia, Trula, Wilda, Virginia, Zinnia


BOYS

Albert, Alvis, Asa, Cecil, Clarence, Cyrus, Dewey, Ervin/Irvin, Everett, Ezra, Grover, Harper, Hiram, Homer, Hugo, Jasper, Jebediah, Josiah, Kirk, Lester, Lonnie, Luther, McCager/Micajah, Millard, Moses, Obadiah, Omer, Roscoe, Silas, Solomon