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Help[Opinions] Re: Mildred (etc.)
in reply to a message by clevelandkentevans
I like Mildred, not enough to use (this may possibly be influenced by me having a close friend whose grandmother was named Mildred--I'd feel like I was naming a child after her grandmother?) but enough to get excited if I meet one. If my friend shows any interest in naming her own child after her grandmother, I think I'd strongly encourage it.
I think Mildred is significantly better than Millicent. For some reason I tie Millicent to the 70s, so it feels like a much more recently dated name (I am aware it is dated more to the 30s. I'm tying it to the 70s maybe because I know it's Barbie [the doll]'s middle name, or because of the -lis- sound in it-- reminds me of Allison and Melissa). Milbrey seems trendy and made up, like someone liked Aubrey but wanted to have Millie as a nickname.
I am 26 and in the US.
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I think Mildred is significantly better than Millicent. For some reason I tie Millicent to the 70s, so it feels like a much more recently dated name (I am aware it is dated more to the 30s. I'm tying it to the 70s maybe because I know it's Barbie [the doll]'s middle name, or because of the -lis- sound in it-- reminds me of Allison and Melissa). Milbrey seems trendy and made up, like someone liked Aubrey but wanted to have Millie as a nickname.
I am 26 and in the US.
Parisa Ziya Silver
www.behindthename.com/pnl/59411
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