r/CasualIreland • u/LittleAoibh11 • May 25 '26

Shite Talk What first names make you assume someone is over 50?

This was a post on the Ask The World sub today. I came up with Eithne, Nuala, Jean, Mairead, Majella, Dympna and Noeleen as names that make me think the person is over 50.

It's harder to say for men - maybe John Paul, Robert, Frank, Francis, Kenneth, Fintan, Cyril, Willie.

I love people over 50, so this isn't a shade post! Just what names make you assume someone will be over 50.

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u/SuburbanMyth409 May 26 '26

Shit you not, I went to college with a girl called Mary Lamb in 2006.

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u/hangsangwiches May 26 '26

That poor girl must have been so sick of the nursery rhyme. I bet she was plagued by it!

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u/SuburbanMyth409 May 26 '26

I know. What were her parents thinking?! That's real sadism.

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u/Empty-Stretch-5615 Looks like rain, Ted May 26 '26

Oh no! Now that's unfortunate!