Looking at the early twentieth century, it seemed to be r, th, l, dis, and dith that were popular sounds for girls names -- Gladys, Edith,
There are all sorts of trends. Bible names. My grandmother and her sister were named Myrtle and Hazel--plant names. Beryl is a stone. Sometimes, I think a certain ethnicity influences the trend. The Hulda/Thelma names are German, aren't they? Gladys and Enid are Welsh. The Kathleen/Julia/Aileen/Eileen/Maureen names were favored by Irish Americans.
The first Madison I met is also nine, and there are a lot of them, now.
See, I date this back to Splash.
I was thinking Moonlighting, but I bet you're right.
My grandmothers were Ethel and Winter Valley.
Bernice and Florence, here. Which strike me as so perfectly early 20th century.
My two grandmothers were/are Mary and Mary.
Dave just pulled my backpack in from the car for me. His response, "This is heavy!". I replied that I mentioned this. And he responded, "but it is heavy to me!". My boyfriend is not a weakling so I guess it is heavy.
I am a very cranky girlfriend this morning, but I am sending Dave to work with food and two of Deb's Chocolate peanutbutter death bombs, which I think makes up for it.
Where does one check for the popularity of names?
There are all sorts of trends. Bible names. My grandmother and her sister were named Myrtle and Hazel--plant names. Beryl is a stone. Sometimes, I think a certain ethnicity influences the trend.
Yup. Flower names were big for a while, as well as stones (Pearl, Ruby), and Irish surnames were huge in the '80s and early '90s, I think. Names are fascinating.
Alice and Phyllis. Rhymey, and yet they were born on different continents.
My grandmothers names were Vincenza (but everyone called her Jean once she came to this country) and Dorothy.
My grandmothers names were Vincenza (but everyone called her Jean once she came to this country)
Oh, that's kind of sad. Was it her choice?
