Fri Nov 2, 2012, 11:17 PM
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 It seems like all the old female names of 100 years ago are coming back. (Original post) |
Odin2005 | Nov 2012 | OP |
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Response to OffWithTheirHeads (Reply #1)
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 11:26 PM
2. Ingrid had always stayed popular here in the Upper Midwest.
Response to begin_within (Reply #3)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:04 PM
redwitch (14,795 posts)
117. Mine were Monica and Marion.
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 11:55 PM
4. Gladys and Margaret Dolores
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Margaret is still going strong, the other two, not so much.
I like "Elinor" - the spelling from Jane Austen's time  |
Response to Flaxbee (Reply #4)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 12:15 AM
8. I have an Elinor, she's 17
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She likes her name.
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Response to Momgonepostal (Reply #8)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 08:28 PM
64. It's a lovely name. Glad your daughter likes it..
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Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 12:10 AM
blue neen (12,159 posts)
5. Please not Myrtle...
Response to yawnmaster (Reply #7)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 12:18 AM
blue neen (12,159 posts)
10. IMHO, it is a very old-fashioned and unappealing name.
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I am quite thankful that my parents didn't name me after a great-grandma.
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Response to blue neen (Reply #10)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 12:38 AM
11. nothing inherently wrong with old fashioned...
Response to blue neen (Reply #5)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:28 AM
greatauntoftriplets (174,786 posts)
30. Or Florence.
Response to greatauntoftriplets (Reply #30)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:43 AM
31. That insurance commercial woman is named Flo.
Response to greatauntoftriplets (Reply #30)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:38 PM
LeftishBrit (40,417 posts)
121. I've met several kids called Florence.
Response to LeftishBrit (Reply #121)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 04:50 PM
155. And of course there's Florence Welch from Florence + The Machine.
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Response to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #44)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 08:12 PM
blue neen (12,159 posts)
61. Lois is not too bad.
Response to blue neen (Reply #61)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:00 PM
69. Ruby is another one you don't see too often anymore
Response to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #69)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 02:31 AM
86. Ever since
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she took her love to town?
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Response to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #69)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 07:15 AM
144. Ruby is making a comeback.
Response to blue neen (Reply #5)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 11:55 PM
78. Before I was born, my great-grandmother pitched a huge fit about the "girl" name that
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my parents had picked out. She said that they just had to name me after my grandmothers, because it wasn't often that both grandmothers had the same name. My mother said, "No child of mine is going through life named Myrtle!"
(Thanks, Mom  )
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Response to kcass1954 (Reply #78)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:09 AM
blue neen (12,159 posts)
79. I hear ya!
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It probably was considered a beautiful name in its time, I guess.
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Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 12:12 AM
6. some names bridge generations. You have listed a few there. eom
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 12:43 AM
applegrove (113,562 posts)
13. My grandmother was born Bertha because an aunt Bertha had died
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Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 12:59 AM
14. Gertrude? My fifth grade teacher's name.
Response to Blue_In_AK (Reply #14)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:44 AM
32. I've run into a couple little ones named Elsie.
Response to Blue_In_AK (Reply #14)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 08:30 PM
madinmaryland (64,361 posts)
66. My mother-in-law's name.
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Response to Blue_In_AK (Reply #129)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 11:06 AM
148. I'm Trudy!
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That's my real full name, no Gertrude. I was born in '64 and it was old even then. My bro and sis were named Pam and Peter, I almost ended up being Portia or Patience. I think Portia would have been cool...Portia Penland.
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Response to We are Devo (Reply #148)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 11:39 AM
150. Ha! I almost ended up being Ernestine.
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I loved my dad, Ernest, but I don't think I would have ever forgiven him if he had named me that.
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Response to Blue_In_AK (Reply #150)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:40 PM
152. Haha
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Sounds like you dodged a bullet! Nice to meet you too
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Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 01:03 AM
Aristus (62,706 posts)
15. I always thought Enid was one of the ugliest names I'd ever heard.
Response to Aristus (Reply #15)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 12:47 PM
47. +1 That must have sounded archaic even then
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Euphonious it aint. Another I heard in an old movie was 'Bloggett'.
Main those must have been somber times. Of course, the whole world was in black & white then too |
Response to Aristus (Reply #15)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 02:42 AM
87. I used to have a crush on Enid who lived across the street
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She was younger than me, however, and for some reason that was a problem in second grade
I sill can't get this out of my head: "John and Enid sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G ..... I hated that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turns out she had cooties.  |
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 01:04 AM
hunter (37,002 posts)
16. Fannie used to be the most popular girl's name...
Response to hunter (Reply #16)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 04:41 AM
21. A lot of once popular names aren't so much anymore
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My name is Linda. When I was young there were always two and sometimes even three Linda's in all my classes, but you don't hear of too many little girl Linda's now. It's not a bad name, really. And I know there's not supposed to be an apostrophe there, but my iPad is grammatically challenged and I don't feel like fixing it.
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Response to LiberalEsto (Reply #29)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 05:49 AM
143. "Linda" is the feminine form of the Spanish word for
Response to Blue_In_AK (Reply #21)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:45 AM
33. To me Linda and Bob are the stereotypical Boomer names.
Response to LiberalEsto (Reply #38)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 02:14 PM
PassingFair (22,434 posts)
51. You forgot "Mary"...
Response to LiberalEsto (Reply #54)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 09:29 AM
jumptheshadow (3,265 posts)
147. Yep, Mary was a very popular Catholic name (nt)
Response to PassingFair (Reply #51)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 02:55 AM
89. Mary isn't so much a Boomer name as just a perenially popular one.
Response to PassingFair (Reply #51)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 04:59 PM
115. Names from the Bible will always be popular
Response to LiberalEsto (Reply #38)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 08:32 PM
a la izquierda (11,693 posts)
67. Three women in my family have those names...
Response to LiberalEsto (Reply #38)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:44 AM
83. Boomer names: Kathy, Debbie, Sherry, Vicki, Linda, Karen, Sharon, Sandy, Carla.
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Connie, Donna, Darla, Julie, Janet, Susan, Diane, Deanna, Nancy, Joanne, Rhonda.
Guys: Steve, Mark, Mike, John, Larry, Jerry, Terry, Chuck, Ronnie, Raymond, Patrick, Don, Gerald. Boomer names. Barbara was popular thru the 30s, 40s and 50s. Betty was quite popular in the 20s and 30s. Variations on Cheryl: Sheryl and Sherrill. (Sherrill Milnes is a famous male baritone.)
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Response to Manifestor_of_Light (Reply #83)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 05:47 PM
116. Kathy is an example of nicknames shifting
Response to marzipanni (Reply #107)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 04:50 PM
hunter (37,002 posts)
113. It's a common name in my family tree.
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 01:06 AM
17. I like old fashioned names! They're unique! :D
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Not to mention, you don't have an entire generation of old women in their 60s and 70s with the names Tiffany, Heather, Amber, etc. At least with the old fashioned names, you can have a nickname (Debbie, Patty, Lily, etc.) when you're younger and when you're older, you can use the more formal name, if you choose.
Think of it...Grandma Tiffany, or Grandma Amber! 
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Response to DearHeart (Reply #17)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:48 AM
35. My sister's name is Heather, LOL
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My niece will be 14 in January, so in 10 years my sis may be a grandma!!
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Response to Odin2005 (Reply #35)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 06:33 PM
60. Although, come to think of it, Grandma Tiffany
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has a wonderful ring to it!
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Response to Danmel (Reply #90)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 02:55 AM
91. Not intended! LOL
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Didn't even realize I had made a pun until you pointed that out! Good catch!
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Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 01:39 AM
18. Along with being a bit old-fashioned, they're also very vowely, which is extremely trendy these days
Response to cemaphonic (Reply #18)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 03:10 AM
92. I like the names Amelia and Madeline..very pretty :)
Response to DearHeart (Reply #92)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:44 PM
LeftishBrit (40,417 posts)
122. I know kids with all the names you mention liking
Response to LeftishBrit (Reply #122)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 08:12 PM
134. Don't think that anyone is named Zilpha or Elva anymore...
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probably not too many when they were alive!
 Had another great grandmother with the middle name of Martelia, never heard of this name either! But, it's kinda pretty |
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 05:08 AM
22. I love the names Anna, Evelyn, Emma, Lilian....
Response to pipi_k (Reply #39)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 12:49 PM
48. Aww, it's not so bad.
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But I'm glad you found a pronunciation that sounds better to you, pipi_k. |
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 05:50 AM
JI7 (87,946 posts)
23. Emma and especially Anna have still been kind of popular ,
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 07:53 AM
sarge43 (28,758 posts)
24. Well, mine was very popular o/a a hundred years ago.
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 08:52 AM
26. Waitin for Dorcas to make a reappearance ....nt
Response to kwassa (Reply #62)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 01:02 PM
101. Oh my Gawd!
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I have a Dorcas in mine as well! In the 1800's I think.
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Response to S_E_Fudd (Reply #26)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:47 PM
eppur_se_muova (35,372 posts)
71. Dorko is an old Central European family name. Imagine Dorcas Dorko ...
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could arise by marriage.
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Response to S_E_Fudd (Reply #26)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 04:58 PM
114. One of my two best neighbor/friends in my childhood (~mid 1950's-early '60's)
Response to S_E_Fudd (Reply #26)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:45 PM
LeftishBrit (40,417 posts)
123. I met a kid called Dorcas about 15 years ago!
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:48 AM
Baitball Blogger (45,775 posts)
27. I remember when someone called their kid Emma over thirty years ago.
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:46 AM
34. I think Susannah should come back
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 11:10 AM
The Velveteen Ocelot (109,045 posts)
40. I am hoping the trend of giving girls names that sound like cities or surnames
Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #40)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 11:23 AM
41. Hey, Taylor is my name!
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I was named after James Taylor.
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Response to Odin2005 (Reply #41)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 11:26 AM
The Velveteen Ocelot (109,045 posts)
42. But you're not a girl.
Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #42)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 03:13 PM
58. When I was a baby they used "Sweet Baby James" as lullaby to get me to sleep!
Response to cemaphonic (Reply #56)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:49 PM
eppur_se_muova (35,372 posts)
72. Is Madison Ave. named after Pres. James Madison ? nt
Response to Manifestor_of_Light (Reply #81)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:40 AM
The Velveteen Ocelot (109,045 posts)
82. So how about naming a kid Broadway, or Wall?
Response to Manifestor_of_Light (Reply #81)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 07:16 PM
127. I have two students named Brooklyn.
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One is Brooklynn, though.
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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #40)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 01:12 PM
geardaddy (24,545 posts)
103. Me too.
Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #40)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 07:12 PM
raccoon (30,822 posts)
124. ITA--if people are determined to give a girl a surname, why not have a girl's name for
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 11:32 AM
TuxedoKat (3,814 posts)
43. One of mine
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 11:36 AM
45. My favorite girl's name has always been Priscilla - is that considered an ancient name?
Response to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #45)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:38 PM
141. That was my nick-name, my dad gave me when I was but a wee babe.
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 02:08 PM
50. Those all sound pretty normal to me, apart from Evelyn, which is a little rare.
Response to harmonicon (Reply #50)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 03:08 PM
PassingFair (22,434 posts)
55. My grandmothers' names were "Mina" and "Williamina"
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So I COULD have been named Mina Williamina or Williamina Mina.
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Response to PassingFair (Reply #55)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 08:37 PM
a la izquierda (11,693 posts)
68. Wilhelmina is one of my favorite names.
Response to a la izquierda (Reply #68)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 02:47 AM
88. I don't really like any of those diminuitive versions of male names
Response to a la izquierda (Reply #68)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 10:17 AM
PassingFair (22,434 posts)
99. Her name was a combination of William and Ina.
Response to PassingFair (Reply #99)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 01:44 PM
a la izquierda (11,693 posts)
105. Ina's cute.
Response to PassingFair (Reply #55)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 07:14 PM
raccoon (30,822 posts)
126. Is your last name Harker? nt
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 02:27 PM
52. I work in child care and I don't see it.
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There's a lot of made up first names that I've never seen before
with both the girls and boys... in fact I googled some of the kids' names cuz they are so weird and I don't find them....so I don't know where the parents are getting these freaky names. I'm telling you they are made up, freaking weird names... and I'm talking along all backgrounds/nationalities. And there is also so much misspelling of traditional biblical names -- it's almost frightening 
I can think of only one Steven, Two Alexanders and Two Charlies, and one Paul. That's the only traditional names I've seen. No Marys for girls or anything like that. Although, we have several Emmas...but I think that name is going to be popular all the time. No Johns or Roberts or Richards for the boys that I can think of. |
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 03:24 PM
The Velveteen Ocelot (109,045 posts)
59. Names of my grandmothers and great aunts and cousins of that generation:
Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #59)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 01:14 PM
geardaddy (24,545 posts)
104. My grandmas were Dorothy and Margaret.
Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #59)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 07:52 PM
131. I think Isabel is coming back in a big way
Response to kwassa (Reply #63)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:53 PM
eppur_se_muova (35,372 posts)
73. Outside of archy and mehitabel, I didn't think that name was actually used ...
Response to eppur_se_muova (Reply #73)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:14 PM
74. oh, I'm a Krazy Kat fan from way back .....
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 08:30 PM
a la izquierda (11,693 posts)
65. My husband's great-great-great grandma...w
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:40 PM
70. I am seeing a few in elementary school.
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:33 PM
Wounded Bear (56,095 posts)
77. Mildred was my mother's name...
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:56 AM
GReedDiamond (5,230 posts)
84. Long Live BEATRICE...and my deceased 102 y.o. Aunt...
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 02:27 AM
85. Nettie Agnes and Mattie Hortense
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my grandmothers
I can almost guarantee that between 4 classes scheduled for next semester I will have Brittany x at least 6 different spellings. I like the old names. |
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:35 AM
eridani (51,907 posts)
93. Beats picking your kid's name off an interstate highway exit sign though
Response to eridani (Reply #93)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 07:56 PM
132. The parents of a girl I knew in college did that
Response to eridani (Reply #93)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 11:55 AM
151. Had I been born a boy, my name would be Dane Deforest, because of and Interstate sign by Madison Wi.
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Response to myrna minx (Reply #151)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 07:50 PM
eridani (51,907 posts)
159. Good grief!
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:46 AM
94. my grandmothers were Elvie and Lula.
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:06 PM
100. My old computer was called Mildred
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 01:06 PM
geardaddy (24,545 posts)
102. I've been noticing that too.
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 02:33 PM
Paladin (27,074 posts)
106. Let Me Know When Margarets Turn Up.......
Response to Paladin (Reply #106)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 03:38 PM
109. I've run into a Margaret who is in her late 20s.
Response to Paladin (Reply #106)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 10:05 PM
138. I know a Margaret who would be in high school now ...
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 03:35 PM
108. Our family first name (girl or boy) is Fayce. I always feel sorry for Baby Fayce!
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 03:46 PM
110. Names always happen in cycles.
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I spend a little time each year outside our kindergarten classrooms looking at what will be coming up the stairs to me in 6 years.
Right now, I have an Emma and an Anna. I also have 6 Madisons, with 6 different spellings. About 7 years ago, it was Michaela and Briana; those are still around, but waning. Currently, a lot of Coltons, Parkers, and Hunters. Several years back, Codies came in great waves. Dakota and Cheyenne are still popular, but beginning to wane. Austin is still popular. I have several versions of Kaylie and McKenna. Some Calebs, Tanners, Tylers, Wades, and Kyles. I also currently have a Mabel, a Hazel, a Joe, an Elizabeth, which has been scarcer for a couple of decades, a Sarah, and a Veronica. So I do see some names coming back into fashion. There are other names, common in my childhood, my mothers, and my grandmothers, that are not. |
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 06:37 PM
LeftishBrit (40,417 posts)
120. I've been noticing this too.
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 08:03 PM
133. My SO is named Ralph, and we have a game
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 08:20 PM
135. Next old fashion female name I see coming back: Clara
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 10:23 PM
140. be very careful when filling out birth certificates
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:49 PM
142. I have a friend who named her two daughters after grandmothers...
Response to madmom (Reply #142)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 08:58 AM
146. I went to school with a Molly, she would have been born around 1989 or so.
Response to Odin2005 (Original post)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 11:08 AM
149. I know a girl named Elouise...
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I always pronounce it Eloise though...
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Response to Caroline-Vivienne (Reply #153)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 11:40 AM
160. I'm suprised Edward hasn't become popular.
