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Help[Facts] Re: article on British naming trends
in reply to a message by Lethe
Ada, Norah and Mabel are appearing on American naming sites, though ... Ada not as often as Ava but it's there; Nora and Norah would look more popular if you counted them together; and I'm sure I've spotted a Mabel or three in the Telegraph's very own Birth Announcements lately! (In which case it should filter down to us plebs in ten years or so.)
I haven't tried Gurgle.com (lovely name in itself), but in one of our local (South African) papers they printed what the Telegraph showed and also reported the decline of Richard, which had allegedly been "the top name" for boys in 1907 only to sink without trace. I can only wonder where they, or Gurgle, got their stats.
I haven't tried Gurgle.com (lovely name in itself), but in one of our local (South African) papers they printed what the Telegraph showed and also reported the decline of Richard, which had allegedly been "the top name" for boys in 1907 only to sink without trace. I can only wonder where they, or Gurgle, got their stats.
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Old names are returning - I'm English but I have no stats on them -
but my cousin recently called his new son " Hugh " which we were all amazed at.
A niece called her girls Leah Ami and Mercy Tace - more really old names.
To go back years when I was at school I was the only Louise in the school and I'd never heard of any other Louise. Through the years this has become quite a popular name.
As for Gertrude this was never used but " Trudie " was out there and used as a proper name in it's own right.
but my cousin recently called his new son " Hugh " which we were all amazed at.
A niece called her girls Leah Ami and Mercy Tace - more really old names.
To go back years when I was at school I was the only Louise in the school and I'd never heard of any other Louise. Through the years this has become quite a popular name.
As for Gertrude this was never used but " Trudie " was out there and used as a proper name in it's own right.
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I've been seeing a lot more names like that too. In my last bas there was Rose Susan Joyce, Pearl and Archibald.
People's attitudes to what's considered old fashioned are constantly changing and names come back into fashion. I would expect to see some Gertrudes again in the not so distant future. I wouldn't even be surprised if that article inspired a few.
Basically I'm a bit sceptical of the whole study too
People's attitudes to what's considered old fashioned are constantly changing and names come back into fashion. I would expect to see some Gertrudes again in the not so distant future. I wouldn't even be surprised if that article inspired a few.
Basically I'm a bit sceptical of the whole study too
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