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[Opinions] Re: Beverly & Shirley

by Irish_Clare

10/17/2006, 9:39 AM

I like Beverly and know two teenagers with this name, so it doesn't sound old to me.

Shirley sounds very old fashioned but is growing on me at the moment. It gives me the impression of elegance for some reason.

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +1

10/17/2006, 9:57 AM

Beverly is much "younger" in England than it is in the USA. The high point for Beverly in the USA was 1937, but it didn't peak in use in England until around 1962. So the average English Beverly is 25 years younger than the average American Beverly.

- Irish_Clare

10/17/2006, 12:44 PM

Thanks, it's interesting how the popularities peaked in very different years.

The Beverlys I know were born in 1989 and 1991.

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