Breaking the Patterns, Part 2

Last year, I did a post on names that didn't use a typical construction, as of 2010. This time, I'm using my analysis of 1940 & 2011 names, which really showed which characteristics were "modern", and which were more constant.

To recap, modern boys' name trends are to start with Br-, and/or end with N (especially -son, -den, -ton) or R. Modern girls' name trends are to end in "lee", "aya", or "ia" (in any spelling), and/or be able to shorten to Addy, Maddy, Bella, Emma, or Lily.

Obviously, the number of names that don't fit these criteria are much more numerous than those that do. So, I'll be limiting this list to names with a history of usage in English, below the SSA's current top 500.

Boys:

• Aldous (AHL-dus)
• Ambrose (AM-brohz)
• Amos (AY-mos)
• Angus (ANG-gus)
• Ansel (AN-sel)
• Arlo (AR-loh)
• Asa (AY-sah)
• Benedict (BEN-eh-dikt)
• Bertram (BER-tram)
• Blaine (BLAYN)
• Byron (BYE-ron)
• Cary (KEHR-ee)
• Cassius (KAS-see-us, KASH-us)
• Cecil (SES-il, SEE-sil)
• Cedric (SED-rik)
• Clarence (CLEHR-ens)
• Clark (KLAHRK)
• Claude (CLAWD)
• Cornelius (kohr-NEE-lee-us)
• Cosmo (KOZ-moh)
• Craig (KRAYG)
• Cyril (SEER-il)
• Cyrus (SYE-rus)
• Dashiell (DASH-yel)
• Dell (DEL)
• Dorian (DOHR-ee-an)
• Douglas (DUG-las)
• Duncan (DUN-kan)
• Edmund (ED-mund)
• Edric (ED-rik)
• Eugene (YOO-jeen)
• Forrest (FOR-rest)
• Francis (FRAN-sis)
• Franklin (FRANK-lin)
• Frederick (FRED-er-ik)
• Harris (HEHR-ris)
• Heath (HEETH)
• Harvey (HAR-vee)
• Howard (HOW-ard)
• Jethro (JETH-roh)
• Kendrick (KEN-drik)
• Lloyd (LOYD)
• Loren (LOH-ren)
• Matthias (mah-THYE-as)
• Myron (MYE-ron)
• Neil/Neal/Niall (NEE-al)
• Nigel (NYE-jel)
• Quincy (KWIN-see)
• Rhett (RET)
• Roderick (ROD-er-ik)
• Roland (ROHL-and)
• Rufus (ROO-fus)
• Simeon (SIM-ee-on)
• Stewart/Stuart (STOO-art)
• Thaddeus (THAD-ee-us)
• Tobias (toh-BYE-as)
• Vaughn (VAWN)
• Wade (WAYD)

Girls:

• Agatha (AG-ah-thah)
• Agnes (AG-nes)
• Aldith (ALH-dith)
• Anita (ah-NEE-tah)
• Avis (AY-vis)
• Blythe (BLITHE ['i' like "eye", 'th' like in "the"])
• Bonnie (BON-nee)
• Clarissa (klehr-IS-sah)
• Clotilda (kloh-TIL-dah)
• Coral (KOHR-al)
• Damaris (DAM-ah-ris, dah-MAHR-is)
• Dana (DAY-nah)
• Davina (dah-VEE-nah)
• Deirdre (DEER-dreh)
• Dinah (DYE-nah)
• Dorothy (DOHR-oh-thee)
• Esmée (es-MAY, EZ-may)
• Faye (FAY)
• Frances (FRAN-ses)
• Geneva (jen-EE-vah)
• Greta (GRET-ah)
• Harriet (HEHR-ee-et)
• Honora (on-OHR-ah)
• Imogen (IM-ah-jen)
• Isadora (iz-ah-DOHR-ah)
• Katrina (kah-TREE-nah)
• Kirsten (KER-sten, KEER-sten)
• Lenore (len-OHR)
• Leona (lee-OH-nah)
• Lois (LOH-is)
• Lorena (loh-REE-nah, loh-REH-nah)
• Magdalene (MAG-dah-leen, MAG-dah-len)
• Mahala (mah-HAY-lah)
• Mara (MAHR-ah)
• Margo/Margot (MAR-goh)
• Marian (MEHR-ee-an)
• Millicent (MIL-lih-sent)
• Petra (PET-rah)
• Philippa (FIL-ip-pah)
• Ramona (rah-MOH-nah)
• Rosamond (ROZ-ah-mund, ROHZ-ah-mund)
• Rowena (roh-EE-nah)
• Sibyl/Sybil (SIB-il)
• Tabitha (TAB-ih-thah)
• Tamara (TAM-ah-rah)
• Ursula (UR-sul-ah)
• Verity (VEHR-ih-tee)
• Willa (WIL-lah)
• Yvette/Evette/Ivette (ee-VET)