List of historical common names

This is an incomplete list of historical common names. Names may have been changed because they were considered pejorative.

Istanbul

 * Constantinople

Ho Chi Minh City

 * Saigon - pre-1976

Mumbai

 * Bombay - pre-1995

Down syndrome

 * Mongolism

Physically disabled

 * Crippled
 * Handicapped

Tuberculosis

 * Consumption - until 2000s
 * Tuberculosis

Of African descent

 * Nigger
 * Negro
 * Coloured
 * Black - still in use
 * African-American - in the United States

Indigenous peoples of North America

 * Indian - pre-1960s
 * Native American - since 1960s
 * Indigenous - 1980s
 * First Nations

Romani people

 * Gypsy

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

 * Church of Christ - 1830 to 1834
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - 1834 onward