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Help[Opinions] Re: Jennifer
in reply to a message by Lily
Despite its popularity and perhaps even its datedness, I like the name Jennifer.
I actually think of Jennifer as a late 80s-early 90s name, mostly because a good majority of the Jennifers I know were born between 1989 and 1996.
I know so, so, so many. I'll try to count them, lol. I know at least 25. And my neighbour has a 2-year-old named Jennifer, which really surprised me when she announced it. It really suits her though.
Two went by Jennifer, and the rest went by Jenny, Jen or Jenn. On top of that, there were two Genevieves. A lot of Gen/Jen.
I actually think of Jennifer as a late 80s-early 90s name, mostly because a good majority of the Jennifers I know were born between 1989 and 1996.
I know so, so, so many. I'll try to count them, lol. I know at least 25. And my neighbour has a 2-year-old named Jennifer, which really surprised me when she announced it. It really suits her though.
Two went by Jennifer, and the rest went by Jenny, Jen or Jenn. On top of that, there were two Genevieves. A lot of Gen/Jen.
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You mention that the majority of the Jennifers you know were born between 1989 and 1996. Jennifer was so popular for so long that I know even by the time my husband's college friend named his daughter Jennifer in 1984, upon reading the birth announcement, I rolled my eyes and said, "Oh, come on! Could they not come up with something a little more original than that?" That's literally what happened, I remember it. If I heard of a newborn Jennifer between 1989 and 1996, I probably would have had an apoplexy, but then, I put a lot of importance on avoiding popular names, which not everyone does.
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