Susan is totally unfashionable, but I predict a comeback in the next 5years.
"Old-fashioned" sounding girls' names are very in right now, so a comeback for Susan wouldn't surprise me at all.
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Jan 07, 2009 6:54:21 am PST #9726 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Glamcookie - Jan 07, 2009 6:55:56 am PST #9727 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
It seems like it's just follows fashion trends when a sound catches on. Here's an old article pondering the same question:
Interesting article. And a Buffy mention, too!
Buffy, despite a fanatic cult devotion to the vampire slayer, has not breached the Top 1,000 (although Willow has been climbing modestly since 1998).
Gudanov - Jan 07, 2009 6:56:19 am PST #9728 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
I'm really happy with the names of our kids. I think it is very unlikely there will ever be another one in a class, but they aren't totally out there celebrity kids' names.
Sue - Jan 07, 2009 6:57:09 am PST #9729 of 10002
hip deep in pie
"Old-fashioned" sounding girls' names are very in right now, so a comeback for Susan wouldn't surprise me at all.
I think we have to get past my cohort who all went to school with a tonne of Susans. Actually, I'm turning 40, so my cohort is pretty well passed it's child bearing prime.
Glamcookie - Jan 07, 2009 7:00:03 am PST #9730 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Really, it's the person who makes (or breaks) a name. I once knew a Shirlee who was cute as a button and fun as hell, so the "old lady" name (as I first thought) became a cute and fitting name for her. I also knew a Chantel that ended up being one of my best friends. So, neither name is one I would like, but I have very good associations with both. Hell, my own name probably makes some people crazy but I love it (Monti).
P.M. Marc - Jan 07, 2009 7:01:00 am PST #9731 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I swear, we checked all the popularity data available on Lillian. Did not stop it from shooting up the ranks. Shoulda gone with Esme or Edith.
Glamcookie - Jan 07, 2009 7:02:11 am PST #9732 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Lillian (Lily) is a beautiful, classic name.
Sue - Jan 07, 2009 7:03:03 am PST #9733 of 10002
hip deep in pie
I have a friend who took great pains to find a name that was not too popular and not too out there, so when Adele the pop star starting getting notice about a month after she named her daughter Adele, she was pretty pissed.
tommyrot - Jan 07, 2009 7:03:17 am PST #9734 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Shoulda gone with Esme or Edith.
Or Enid! That hasn't been popular since the 1920s or earlier. (Enid is my mom's name. She was born in the late '30s.)
SailAweigh - Jan 07, 2009 7:03:37 am PST #9735 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I love the name Lillian. It reminds me of a glamour of days gone by, I associate it immediately with Lillian Gish. Not in a celebrity sense, but in a look and style.