mw13-see my comment about secret reasons. There are two ways in psak- you have to justify what you are saying (whether you are the Nodah bejehuda or a lonely rov) or you must say that there is a special reason but you cannot disclose the source. In our case, neither of these things happened (unless you accept the point of gilgulim). Therefore, many posters are very skeptical about this whole idea of “old names”.
btw- someone said that “chaim’ is an old name based on the seder hadoros. How far back do we find this name? Middle Ages? certainly not earlier.
yeshivaguy1- I am at loss to understand your point about “aim habonim semaicha”. There are two views about Eretz Yisroel-the satmarer rebbe’s version and Rav Teichtal’s version (the author). I suscribe to Rav Teichtal and Rav kook’s version (yes- I am a black hatter). You may suscribe to the Satmarer rebbe’s version. History will sort this one out. The sefer about names may legitimately quote certain Poskim. the question remains- how do you explain the hundreds-maybe thousands- of names that were invented in the last two thousand years?