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Faced with the avalanche of María, José or Lucía in the civil registry, there are obsolete names that are no longer heard. Names that were very popular for a long time but that over the years began to lose prominence.
We offer you a list of global names that are being discontinued around the world, until they are considered names on the verge of extinction. Go through this list of names on the brink of extinction for boys and girls.
Many of these names may sound familiar to you, and you think: 'if I know several people who are called like that'. But the point is that they are names that have remained 'old' and among the new generation they are no longer used. We go over the list of names on the brink of extinction, for both boys and girls, around the world:
1. Bertram: Male name of German origin. Bertram has a strange meaning: 'bright raven'. This animal represented wisdom in German mythology. It was widely used in Victorian times, also with its variant 'Bertran' or 'Beltrán'.
2. Debra: Debra is a variant of the feminine name Debora. Its origin is Hebrew, and the meaning, 'bee'. Hence this other meaning is attributed to the girls who bear this name: 'working woman like a bee'. Deborah, in the scriptures, was a judge of the Israelites.
3. Cecil: Male names of English origin, although it comes from the Latin Caecilius, which means 'blind'. However, it has also been used as a surname in Welsh and the meaning was 'sixth son'. Other slopes are Cecilio and Cecilia.
4. Beverley:Female name of English origin, which means 'Hill of beavers'. It was actually used as a surname, but it also happened to be a first name. It became very popular thanks to the famous Beverley Hills, one of the most expensive and popular areas of California (United States).
5. Clarence: Name that is used for both boy and girl and that comes from Latin. Among girls it means 'clear' or 'illustrious'. The most widely used variant however is 'Clara'. However, the name is also used among children. It was the name of a duchy that King Edward III created for his son Lionel. It meant 'the one who lives near the river'.
6. Joanne: Female name of French origin. It comes from Joan, 'Juan' or 'Juana', which means 'Faithful to God'. Another variant is Yamel.
7. Leonard: Leonard or 'Leonardo' is of Germanic origin. It means 'one who is strong like a lion'. However, it is also thought that it may come from Leo, of Latin origin and whose meaning is 'lion'.
8. Carol: Female name derived from Carolina. It is of Latin origin and means 'strong woman'. It also has as derivations: Carla, Carlos or Karl. The saint of all Carol is July 16.
9. Cyril: Male names of Greek origin. It means 'sir, authority'. It is also used as Cyril, Ciril or Kiril.
10. Doris: Female name that comes from the Greek. It is a name from Greek mythology. She was an oceanid, daughter of the ocean. According to mythology, he had 50 daughters, the Nereids. The name means 'gift' and its saint is June 5.
11. Clive: Male name of English origin. It means 'of the cliff' (in English Cliff means cliff).
12. Diane: female name of Latin origin. It means 'divine woman', and is also popular in its 'Diana' side. In Greek mythology Diana was the goddess of the moon and the hunt.
13. Geoffrey: Male name. French variant of a German name. It means 'territory of Peace'. The Normans brought the name to England and it became widely used among the nobles.
14. Wendy: Female name that comes from English and means 'true friend'. It was very popular following its appearance in the play Peter Pan. It has been widely used in America.
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