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.
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
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.
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
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.
DavidS - Jan 07, 2009 7:04:46 am PST #9736 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
JZ's cousin just had a baby, and used "Emmett" as the middle name because she liked Emmett's name.
We bump into kids named Emmett occasionally, but it's rare enought that it's remarkable.
We've only met one 93 y.o. Matilda, but lots of people say either that (a) they love the name (because of the book/movie); or (b) that they considered using Matilda. So I think we're maybe a little ahead of the curve on that one and wouldn't be surprised if it starts trending upward.
Sue - Jan 07, 2009 7:05:38 am PST #9737 of 10002
hip deep in pie
I have a friend from another board who just had a baby girl and named her Mathilda.
DavidS - Jan 07, 2009 7:06:06 am PST #9738 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It was interesting to see Ava and Ella on the list, because I've had neighbors who had young girls with those names and it seemed unusual/new at the time.
DavidS - Jan 07, 2009 7:06:29 am PST #9739 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have a friend from another board who just had a baby girl and named her Mathilda.
It's happening already!
Trudy Booth - Jan 07, 2009 7:06:50 am PST #9740 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I know two other babies named Mat(h)ilda.