Way OT: The Aging of Names
Karen Johnson
be one for "Pat" and "Karen" too, btw) made me think about the aging
of names for a bit.
Isn't it odd how women's names become dated? I look at my mom's group
of friends, and so few younger women bear the same names: Muriel,
Shirley, Dorothy, Imogene, Georgeanne ... I mean, the names are still
used, but they seem pretty rare, whereas I know several over-65 women
bearing each name in my old neighborhood.
And in my own generation (40-50 now), there was the standard core
group of names, where there'd be 3 or 4 of us in every class: Karen,
Susan, Kathy, Ellen, Lori/Laurie/Lorey., Patricia/Pat/Patsy/Patty.
What names are timeless? The only ones that come to my mind are Mary,
Margaret and Elizabeth.
And isn't it fun to see the names that are coming back? There are a
rash of "Sofies" and "Sophies" around here; "Ruth" is making a
come-back (much to my mother's consternation, who hated being "Ruth");
I even heard of a baby being named "Ruby" the other day.
What are the popular names right now? And what other names are
timeless?
Karen Johnson
Woodland Hills, CA
int...@pacbell.net
Lonewolf
Courtney or Ashley. Brianna was another one, although not as popular as
the other two.
As for the timeless names, how about Catherine? From that, I suppose
you get Cathy and Katy
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Debbi Kulick
Jason. I am a Debra, still don't see too many of those, although when I
was in school there were 5 of us in one class.
My daughter is 13. There are a ton of Amandas. There are also a zillion
Ashleys (spelt all different wasy-- Ashliegh, Ashlee, etc). There is a
Catherine in Matthew's 4th grade class, but she is the only one in the
entire 4th grade (she is one of a triplet).
The weirdest one in the fourth grade is-------------Sanaz. When my son
first transfed to this school and was in her class, I yelled at him for
calling a child a name (I thought the name was a nickname referring to
her nose). When I went to the class one day, I asked the teacher which
child she was, I was in shock to realize that was her given name.
Debbi
Connie Einarson
Mary, and Elizabeth. They are in their seventies and eighties now and
I'll bet they never knew they are timeless!!! They are characters,
though; they had to move to four different states in order to get along!
Connie (a very dated name, belongs with the Lindas, Carols, Karens, and
etc.
Kathy Morris
just found out not to long ago that it's one of the fastest rising names in the
country. There aren't a lot of them, but it's on the way up. The most popular
name for girls last year was still Jessica, as I recall. Oh well, I still love
my DD's name, McKenna Ridley Morris. We picked it out because we thought it
would look good on business cards if she decides to be a professional, and
because I wanted some of my Irish heritage in there.
+Kathy, who never went to school with another Kathy, ever and who hated being
Kathy. Always wanted to be Katie!
Chris
My DH and I have been talking about having another baby and if a girl naming
her "Sydney." We also thought the same for a boy only "Sidney".)
Chris
Karen Johnson <int...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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: The roll call for "Carols" and "Nancys" (and there should definitely
Carolyn NH
starting with J are - Jason, James, John, Jessica. I named my son
Timothy, thinking it was a 'timeless' yet not very popular name.
Wrong! Out of 80 kids in my son's grade, 3 are Tim (and all have the
last initial 'H')! One other name that used to be common is my DD1's
name, Diane. Not too many of those around any more (although Diana is
probably pretty common, but don't EVER call her that). And of course,
DD2 is named Sarah, which is also very common now.
Carolyn NH
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Names that I like when I have children are:
girl: Lauren Mae
boy: Christopher Stephen
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Before you buy.
Marie Lewis
<int...@pacbell.net> writes
>What are the popular names right now? And what other names are
>timeless?
In the UK, according to the registrars of births, in 1999, for the
second year running, the top names were Sophie for girls and Jack for
boys.
--
Marie
Countrygirl
Kindergarten on there as always been another Ashley in her class (except for
4th grade....but her teacher, age 24, was Ashley).
From another Kathy who also never had another Kathy in her class, and always
thought it was so "plain"!
Kathy Morris <kmo...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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Countrygirl
they've been around a while also.
Kathy
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J J
Great Aunt Emilie) near here, truck loads of Sara's and Sarah's, quite a lot
of Jades, but don't look up the meaning on that one. I'm a Joann but it's
the same as Joan, whereas there's more JoAnn's and Joannes, loads of Annies,
but not a lot of Anns, or Anne's anymore. My mother (me mammy) was Marie-
accent on the last syllable, husband's aunt was MArie, accent on 1st
syllable. What's next?
Karen Johnson <int...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> The roll call for "Carols" and "Nancys" (and there should definitely
> be one for "Pat" and "Karen" too, btw) made me think about the aging
> of names for a bit.
>
> Isn't it odd how women's names become dated? I look at my mom's group
> of friends, and so few younger women bear the same names: Muriel,
> Shirley, Dorothy, Imogene, Georgeanne ... I mean, the names are still
> used, but they seem pretty rare, whereas I know several over-65 women
> bearing each name in my old neighborhood.
>
> And in my own generation (40-50 now), there was the standard core
> group of names, where there'd be 3 or 4 of us in every class: Karen,
> Susan, Kathy, Ellen, Lori/Laurie/Lorey., Patricia/Pat/Patsy/Patty.
>
> What names are timeless? The only ones that come to my mind are Mary,
> Margaret and Elizabeth.
>
> And isn't it fun to see the names that are coming back? There are a
> rash of "Sofies" and "Sophies" around here; "Ruth" is making a
> come-back (much to my mother's consternation, who hated being "Ruth");
> I even heard of a baby being named "Ruby" the other day.
>
> timeless?
>
>
frood
hear from her DH that she prefers Kate. No one calls her Kate, except
her DH. Everyone still calls her Kathleen. I guess when you've called
someone a name for 20 years, it's hard to switch!
Wendy (who has a yucko name!)
frood
or granny named Mabel), Henry and Sofie. I didn't realize Sofie/Sophie
would be making a comeback when I named her!
I'm looking forward to the challenge of naming 2 at once!
Wendy
frood
have always been at least 2 Emily's in her classes since she started
preschool!
Wendy
XDS2
Jacob and Nicholas. I have a Michael. I wanted a jacob and a Nicholas
but hubby hates those names wahh! As for girls names I am always on the
look out for unique names. I am not one of the people who like for
girls to share names. My daughters name is Kiyah Rhiannon. If I have
another girl I have no clue what I will name her, as it took us clear
until Kiyah was born to find a name for her that was suitable.
Reshae (Mom to Michael Phillip, Zachary Tyler, Dakota Storm and Kiyah
Rhiannon and mystery child)
Chris & Karen wrote:
>
> In my daughter's kindy class of 20 children, there was 3 Joshua's and 2
> Laura's.
>
> Alice's friends were "Joshua, Joshua, Joshua, and Laura"
>
> Karen,
> (mummy to Kate, Rebecca, Alice, Nicholas and Elizabeth)
>
> frood <Fr...@ibm.net> wrote in message news:387A552F...@ibm.net...
MAmadurk
named Kenna!!! Oh, another niece named Jessica!
I have to chuckle at the business card logic. My mom gave my sister and me
the same initials "so we could use the same monogramed luggage on the senior
class trip!!" (which I may add, neither of us ever had monogrammed luggage
and neither of us went on a class trip!!---tho we both venture into other
countries with the Foreign Language Club!)
MAmadurk, who sees an awful lot of Bible names around, lately!
Kathy Morris wrote in message <387a18f4....@news.newsguy.com>...
Ginny Ellsworth
And I thought Samuel would be rare but I have run into about four Sam's so
far around his age. At least no one is named Tycho that we know of! (Sam's
middle name). And when he gets weird in his teens he can call himself
anything he wants.
Cory,on the other hand, I already knew that there were several. But his
full name is Corywn and I haven't met another one of those yet.
sign me, "Just Ginny" and "Glenn is not a four letter word"
Bernadette Calhoun
for the past several years in the state of California. Each name then has a
"count" that shows the number of children given that name...absolutely
fascinating. You want to see some strange names...I can't remember the URL
but somebody pointed me to the site when I was having a tough time coming up
with names for my second son (Andrew MacKinnon Calhoun...MacKinnon is a
family name).
When I named my 11 y.o. daughter Caitlin she was the only one I had every
heard of. Someone in the hospital had a baby girl that same day and also
named her Caitlin...I should have taken that as a sign of things to come.
Bernadette (usually the only one)
mother to Caitlin, John, and Andrew
Schelle
Cheryl. All names that you do not hear very often. As far as male names
Gordon, Bruce, and Henry. There are so many great "older" names out
there but, I think that more people are trying to give their children
unique names so as that they can feel as an individual as possible.
Maybe that is why there are so many spellings for one name.
My children's names are Amanda Michelle, Kobe Alexander, and
Reagan Earl.
Michelle NH
llynnda doerner
she chose, not my name, but how to spell it. Linda and Lynda were just too
plain for her so she "fixed " up Lynda to read Llynnda. It has caused
many problems since the invent of the computer and I am thought of as a
typo. I have even reached the point of considering changing it, until I
cool down and realize it really is my name....... bizarre of not. Llynnda
Woodenspools
Beverly .
Dinosaur Bev on the NorthCoast, so named certainly more than 35 years
ago....
Ginger
Virginia, but I never answered <g>. Never had to worry about there being
more than one person with my name in school. Never thought it was an
unusual name.
Many Aussies, Kiwis and Poms who trained horses with me thought it was
the result of my hair color, so they were surprised it is my "real"
name!
But my siblings also have "different" names: Regina (my mother's real
name but she used Margaret Mary her whole life), Roberta (my father's
name feminized, Peter Scott, and Sally Ann.
Ginger
and proud of it!
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes,
but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust
Dean
C
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Marie Lewis
writes
>Well,
>My DH and I have been talking about having another baby and if a girl naming
>her "Sydney." We also thought the same for a boy only "Sidney".)
>
>Chris
You could always spell it the French way: Sidonie. I think that's very
pretty.
--
Marie
Chris & Karen
Vivien
Anybody else got "Vivien", spelt just like Vivien Leigh? Hmmm. It'll
be unlikely.
As I tell my folks, most people now just don't know who she was. But, I
did go right through High School with another "Vivienne".
BTW, I was determined to give my children names that they wouldn't have
to be SPELLING every time they had to say their names. That is a
definite drawback with mine (I even have close relations who don't spell
my name correctly - and we swap Christmas cards every year so they see
it written down!). Hence DD the elder Elizabeth and DD the younger
Jocelyn (a family name). Mind you, with CAUGHLEY it's their SURname
they spell that out loud for people.
DD#1's friends (all aged about 15) are Sarahs (a lot), Kates (a lot),
Rebeccas (a few), Jessica, Alex, etc. DD#2's friends are drawn from
cosmopolitan Auckland - Pei-Lin, Puja, Shraaddha, Shezani, Niriksha,
etc. Great fun.
BTW, One set of my grandparents were Thomas and Charlotte, both born at
the end of the 1800s. They passed neither of their names on to their
children, and the children in turn did not pass the names on to THEIR
children. But, now, those names are back in fashion. The other set of
grandparents, born at about the same time, were Ernest and Ursella,
(Ernie and Ursie) and the less said about THOSE names the better! (but
they were LOVELY people, and I have fond memories of all of them).
Vivien (as in Leigh, aka Scarlet O'Hara) in Auckland, New Zealand
ddean
Andrew. Not too many Thomas's for some reason. My 2 DGS's are Gaelan
Alexandre and Kyle Connor. I don't envy Gaelan when he goes to school. No
one is going to believe him when he tells them his name or tries to spell
it.
--
Donna in Bellevue, WA USofA
Ginny Ellsworth <gell...@mailer.fsu.edu> wrote in message
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XDS2
Would you believe I have people who ask me how to spell Michael and
Zachary's names. So when I chose the name Kiyah it did not matter to me
that when I said her name people were like "how do you spell that".
Because my name is strange I look at it this way, If they have to spell
it they might remember me (not to say they will remember how to spell it
but they will remember me)
Reshae
Nancy
Matthew and Michael for boys.
I like old fashion names that everyone knows how to spell, but are
unusual, so I named my daughter after my Great Aunt Grace. When people
hear her name they always say "Oh, that's so nice." I read the birth
announcements all the time and I've noticed over the past few years, that
Grace has gone from being an occaisional middle name only, to a frequen
middle and occaisional first name. There's also TV characters named Grace
(Will&Grace, and a few kids programs, and one soap character is named
Grace) so I think it's coming back. Also, I had another Great Aunt named
Rose, so when I got a new dog a few years ago, we named her Rosie.
As for the Nancy roll call, I think there's only 4 of us here.
We're definitely not in the top 10.
Nancy - Toronto
Nancy Carroll
read all 500 messages!!)
~ Nancy - near Baltimore
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EssDee
throwing names back and forth for the baby she's expecting in June ...
she already has a Cassidy (the apple of Nanny's eye). So many
interesting names ....... hmmmmm
Hope this thread goes on for a while. :-)
Sharon :-)
C Doyle
named after my DH's favourite aunt, whom people called "Dinny". I wanted a
distinction there and also wasn't sure I wanted my daughter called "Dinny".
May I ask what your name is short for?
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"Ginny Ellsworth" <gell...@mailer.fsu.edu> wrote in message
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> sign me, "Just Ginny" and "Glenn is not a four letter word"
>
>
JudyP
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: I have not met *anyone* in the last 35 years who has named their child
: Beverly .
: Dinosaur Bev on the NorthCoast, so named certainly more than 35 years
: ago....
You're right, Beverly is not a modern name. One of my best friends, from
the age of 7, is a Beverly (we're 59 and 60 years old now). I can recall
when it was also a man's name.
Judy
:
Ginny Ellsworth
: Ginny, I named my youngest child Virginia. We call her Ginny too. She was
: named after my DH's favourite aunt, whom people called "Dinny". I wanted a
: distinction there and also wasn't sure I wanted my daughter called "Dinny".
: May I ask what your name is short for?
I am just Ginny, literally. My grandmother was the Virginia Ellsworth and
since I never changed my last name I am just Ginny Ellsworth. But I have
gotten many guesses in my life. My favorite so far has been Gueneviere
(SP?) but usually people don't hear the difference and think my name is
Jenny. So, I get a lot of Jennifers too.
Do names seem to run in cycles at work? So far, we have a Judy, Ginny, Jen
for Jennifer, Jeannie, and Julia. Geez!
Ginny
RainLand
naming their baby Rita, though I'm sure someone must have within the past 20
years. However, DH and I have two guy friends who named their dogs Rita. Both
explaining to us that their dogs are friendly, easygoing and full of energy, so
I guess I should be flattered. One of the dogs is also blonde, the other one
gets called black Rita when in my presence. I've told both these guys never to
say Bad Rita in front of me!
Rita in Oregon
Lonewolf
>
> I have not met *anyone* in the last 35 years who has named their child
> Beverly .
> Dinosaur Bev on the NorthCoast, so named certainly more than 35 years
> ago....
My grandparents desperately wanted to name a girl Beverly. Their first
daughter was named Beverly Joan, but she was stillborn. Their second
daughter is Catherine and their third daughter is Mary Fletcher. MSM
was forth and, since they still had no Beverly, she is named Beverly
Jean. Their fifth daughter and final child is named Andrea. The first
names were easy - it is their last name which is so hard (and makes a
*terrific* password <G>): Csizmadia!
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:-) Christina Marie
e...@bellsouth.net
are coming up with for him/her Christina
Singer
Frances in school, except for the spinster first-grade teacher. A couple of
years ago, I was waiting in line in McDonalds, and heard my name. I turned
around, assuming they were addressing me, and realized that a mother was
addressing her @8yo daughter. When I remarked that Frances was my name,
too, and how unusual it is nowadays, the mother said that her daughter was
named for a relative.
I'm named for my father, Francis (Frank). My parents were told they
couldn't have any kids for medical reasons. I, being the oldest, was their
"miracle". Then came my brother, Paul, and my sister, Bridget (another
family name).
My biggest complaint about my name is that no one knows how to spell it
correctly. The trick to remembering that is: *I* is for hIs (FrancIs) and
*E* is for hErs (FrancEs).
As for Beverly.....I went to school with a Beverly. She'd be about 40 now.
Singer (see why I go by Singer?)
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Singer
"funny" names of your ancestors. Along with Beverly, Florence and Fern also
were men's names.
Singer
JudyP <jpu...@home.com> wrote in message
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>
> Woodenspools <sin...@eriecoast.com> wrote in message
> news:85e6ev$k5o$1...@athena.netset.com...
> : I have not met *anyone* in the last 35 years who has named their child
> : Beverly .
> : Dinosaur Bev on the NorthCoast, so named certainly more than 35 years
> : ago....
>
Jill and Marcus Gibbons
child
Beverly .>>
Just wait. "Shelby" is making a comeback, and I think they are
similar names.
Jill in MD
Jill and Marcus Gibbons
Jason". It's not an alphabetical listing. They have different
catagories of names "classic", "super-feminine", etc, and they make
suggestions for over-used names. There is a list of what celebrities
have recently named their children (there's some weird names!) and
they have top-ten lists from other countries, in addition to the
top-50 of the US. Excellent book!
Jill in MD
Karen Keller-Heybey
>
> I think my name is pretty timeless, but everyone asks me if I am catholic
> :-) Christina Marie
>
There are lots of the timeless names present in my family, but I have to
say that the combination I like best is similar to yours - my great aunt
is named Marie Christine.
And on the unusual front, I know a woman named Valentine. She shortens
it to Val though.
Krysia Thompson
Mum have a very unusual and old name - Leokadia. How is that for
timeless....you know, the name the time forgot.. hehe. My Mum has
never been too keen on her name and her firends would shorten it
to Loda or, closer friends would call her ... Lodowka, which in
Polish means a.... "fridge"...
Is my name - Krystyna - timeless, or just plain old fashioned?
Actually I am Maria Krystyna.... mumble... mumble
On the male side Michals, Krzysztofs and Wojciechs are rampant..
all gobbeldygook to you, furriners. One of my
great-great-great...grandfathers was an Albin... do you want me
to carry on??
Krysia
>The roll call for "Carols" and "Nancys" (and there should definitely
>be one for "Pat" and "Karen" too, btw) made me think about the aging
>of names for a bit.
>
>Isn't it odd how women's names become dated? I look at my mom's group
>of friends, and so few younger women bear the same names: Muriel,
>Shirley, Dorothy, Imogene, Georgeanne ... I mean, the names are still
>used, but they seem pretty rare, whereas I know several over-65 women
>bearing each name in my old neighborhood.
>
>And in my own generation (40-50 now), there was the standard core
>group of names, where there'd be 3 or 4 of us in every class: Karen,
>Susan, Kathy, Ellen, Lori/Laurie/Lorey., Patricia/Pat/Patsy/Patty.
>
>What names are timeless? The only ones that come to my mind are Mary,
>Margaret and Elizabeth.
>
>And isn't it fun to see the names that are coming back? There are a
>rash of "Sofies" and "Sophies" around here; "Ruth" is making a
>come-back (much to my mother's consternation, who hated being "Ruth");
>I even heard of a baby being named "Ruby" the other day.
>
>What are the popular names right now? And what other names are
>timeless?
>
>
>Karen Johnson
>Woodland Hills, CA
>int...@pacbell.net
K.T. - starannie opakowana
Krysia Thompson
"Thlynda" with a good spit at the start...
Krysia
K.T. - starannie opakowana
wilstjb
Several are pretty active in the group and it can really get confusing!
I thought I was being original with Brianna. We had some friends Bryan
and Diana and that was a meeting of the two names. I had never heard
it except in a romance novel when I named my daughter Brianna. That
lasted until the first trip to the pediatrition! She is 15 so I was
ahead of the pack though. Witha name like Taria I would never name a
kid anything that was really different. You wouldn't believe how many
people won't just ask how you pronounce a name they don't know. BTW,
Taria is just like Maria but folks don't get it!
Taria
Countrygirl wrote:
>
> My dd is now 11-1/2 and was the only Ashley I knew at the time. From
> Kindergarten on there as always been another Ashley in her class (except for
> 4th grade....but her teacher, age 24, was Ashley).
> From another Kathy who also never had another Kathy in her class, and always
> thought it was so "plain"!
> Kathy Morris <kmo...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:387a18f4....@news.newsguy.com...
> > I thought that I was naming my daughter with a very unusual name: McKenna.
> I
> > just found out not to long ago that it's one of the fastest rising names
> in the
> > country. There aren't a lot of them, but it's on the way up. The most
> popular
> > name for girls last year was still Jessica, as I recall. Oh well, I still
> love
> > my DD's name, McKenna Ridley Morris. We picked it out because we thought
> it
> > would look good on business cards if she decides to be a professional, and
> > because I wanted some of my Irish heritage in there.
> >
> > +Kathy, who never went to school with another Kathy, ever and who hated
> being
> > Kathy. Always wanted to be Katie!
> >
> >
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Florences in my own generation and none in later ones! I was named for
my mother's sister --maybe Florence was popular in 1908 but I bet it
wasn't!
Florence
Woodenspools wrote:
>
> I have not met *anyone* in the last 35 years who has named their child
> Beverly .
Adrian Brown
brothers name was Allison, now I've heard of Adrian for a boy before but
never Allison. And I think all 6 kids go by their middle name, which I
never understand. If the parents liked that name better, why didn't they
make it the first. Someone sees your name on a form and calls you by your
first name, and your always telling, I go by my middle name, uhgggg!
Lorraine (which is my first name)
MeginOregon
gone by Meg. Until I was out of high school I never met another Meg. Now it
has come back in style, but usually in the form of Megan (Meagan, Meghan, etc.)
Another old-fashioned name that seems to be coming back is Grace (my mom's
name). I've heard of several little girls called Grace lately.
Boys names seem to be more timeless, not as swayed by "fashion", although I'm
sure there are trends there, too. Tyler and Kyle seem to be popular (at least
among my kids' classrooms).
Meg in Oregon
Chris
she's the only one. :o)
Chris
Vivien <caug...@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
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: Kia Ora,
:
: Anybody else got "Vivien", spelt just like Vivien Leigh? Hmmm. It'll
: be unlikely.
:
: As I tell my folks, most people now just don't know who she was. But, I
: did go right through High School with another "Vivienne".
:
: BTW, I was determined to give my children names that they wouldn't have
: to be SPELLING every time they had to say their names. That is a
: definite drawback with mine (I even have close relations who don't spell
: my name correctly - and we swap Christmas cards every year so they see
: it written down!). Hence DD the elder Elizabeth and DD the younger
: Jocelyn (a family name). Mind you, with CAUGHLEY it's their SURname
: they spell that out loud for people.
:
: DD#1's friends (all aged about 15) are Sarahs (a lot), Kates (a lot),
: Rebeccas (a few), Jessica, Alex, etc. DD#2's friends are drawn from
: cosmopolitan Auckland - Pei-Lin, Puja, Shraaddha, Shezani, Niriksha,
: etc. Great fun.
:
: BTW, One set of my grandparents were Thomas and Charlotte, both born at
: the end of the 1800s. They passed neither of their names on to their
: children, and the children in turn did not pass the names on to THEIR
: children. But, now, those names are back in fashion. The other set of
: grandparents, born at about the same time, were Ernest and Ursella,
: (Ernie and Ursie) and the less said about THOSE names the better! (but
: they were LOVELY people, and I have fond memories of all of them).
:
: Vivien (as in Leigh, aka Scarlet O'Hara) in Auckland, New Zealand
:
: Karen Johnson wrote:
: >
: > The roll call for "Carols" and "Nancys" (and there should definitely
: > be one for "Pat" and "Karen" too, btw) made me think about the aging
: > of names for a bit.
: >
: > Isn't it odd how women's names become dated? I look at my mom's group
: > of friends, and so few younger women bear the same names: Muriel,
: > Shirley, Dorothy, Imogene, Georgeanne ... I mean, the names are still
: > used, but they seem pretty rare, whereas I know several over-65 women
: > bearing each name in my old neighborhood.
: >
: > And in my own generation (40-50 now), there was the standard core
: > group of names, where there'd be 3 or 4 of us in every class: Karen,
: > Susan, Kathy, Ellen, Lori/Laurie/Lorey., Patricia/Pat/Patsy/Patty.
: >
: > What names are timeless? The only ones that come to my mind are Mary,
: > Margaret and Elizabeth.
: >
: > And isn't it fun to see the names that are coming back? There are a
: > rash of "Sofies" and "Sophies" around here; "Ruth" is making a
: > come-back (much to my mother's consternation, who hated being "Ruth");
: > I even heard of a baby being named "Ruby" the other day.
: >
: > What are the popular names right now? And what other names are
: > timeless?
: >
: > Karen Johnson
: > Woodland Hills, CA
: > int...@pacbell.net
:
Lonewolf
and Moon Zappa!
Lonewolf
I've never met a boy named Allison, but I have met boys names Jesse,
Tracy and Kelly <G>
frood
name book everytime I've been pregnant. The first one was Celtic Names
(still my favorite) although the Saints' Names book has been very
useful, as we give our children Saint's names as their middle names.
Wendy
Sonya
my name, but have to pronounce it, too (long O encase you are wondering). I
like my name though, my Daddy named me. My parents wanted names that
couldn't be shortened, DB is Seth. Even after 10 years, my SO's family never
spells it right.
As for naming children, I didn't think there would be too many Simons
around, DS2 Then our next door neighbors fostered and were later able to
adopt a little boy. They named him Simon! The crazy thing is that their
birthdays are only 2 weeks apart, their Simon is older, but mine had his
name first. I have a feeling that come school time there will be confusion
<G>.
Sonya
e...@bellsouth.net
they think it is a totally cool name. Christina
Singer wrote:
> I've met one Frances who is younger than I (39). There was never another
> Frances in school, except for the spinster first-grade teacher. A couple of
> years ago, I was waiting in line in McDonalds, and heard my name. I turned
> around, assuming they were addressing me, and realized that a mother was
> addressing her @8yo daughter. When I remarked that Frances was my name,
> too, and how unusual it is nowadays, the mother said that her daughter was
> named for a relative.
> I'm named for my father, Francis (Frank). My parents were told they
> couldn't have any kids for medical reasons. I, being the oldest, was their
> "miracle". Then came my brother, Paul, and my sister, Bridget (another
> family name).
> My biggest complaint about my name is that no one knows how to spell it
> correctly. The trick to remembering that is: *I* is for hIs (FrancIs) and
> *E* is for hErs (FrancEs).
> As for Beverly.....I went to school with a Beverly. She'd be about 40 now.
>
> Singer (see why I go by Singer?)
>
> Woodenspools <sin...@eriecoast.com> wrote in message
> news:85e6ev$k5o$1...@athena.netset.com...
Jill and Marcus Gibbons
Jesse,
Tracy and Kelly <G>
>>>
I know 2 men named Kelly and they are both so cool! One Kelly named
his son Declan (deck-lan), to continue the Irish tradition. I also
knew at one time men named Stacy and Tracy. They were both really
cool, also - does it mean that a boy with a girl's name has to develop
a really neat personality to avoid being teased?
Jill in MD
Karen Johnson
>In the UK, according to the registrars of births, in 1999, for the
>second year running, the top names were Sophie for girls and Jack for
>boys.
Thank you for this! I couldn't figure out where all the "Sophie"sand
"Sofia"s were coming from ... but, as usual, we're toddling along
behind the British <s>.
And, btw, the granddaughter next door was named Sofie Marie. So if
you thought "Marie" was disappearing, think again! Sounds like it's
making a comeback.
Carolyn NH
Tracy (girl) and Don (boy). Talk about confusing!
My next-door-neighbors named their kids Malcolm and Duncan. I always
loved both of those names, but DH vetoed them for our kids.
Deena Wells
I end up answering to anything that starts with a D, but
mostly Deanna, or some people hear it as Tina, especially at
a doctor's office.
On a side, I've met four Deenas in my life. Two spelled it
the same, two spelled it Deana, named after their father
Dean. Three of us had the same middle name--Marie.
--
Deena Wells
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EssDee <cla...@nb.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> I'm reading these posts with great interest ... my
daughter and I are
> throwing names back and forth for the baby she's expecting
in June ...
> she already has a Cassidy (the apple of Nanny's eye). So
many
> interesting names ....... hmmmmm
> Hope this thread goes on for a while. :-)
>
> Sharon :-)
ken.and.alison.adams
>
I think Wendy is a very nice name! As for classic names, my DD was
named Sarah after her great great grandmother and if I hadn't named her
that, I would have named her Hannah (after another of her great great
grandmothers). Both seem to be timeless probably because they are
biblical as are Michael and Matthew.
Alison (who has never met another Alison in person)
Lonewolf
> his son Declan (deck-lan), to continue the Irish tradition. I also
> knew at one time men named Stacy and Tracy. They were both really
> cool, also - does it mean that a boy with a girl's name has to develop
> a really neat personality to avoid being teased?
>
> Jill in MD
LOL! Anybody else have Johnny Cash's song "A boy named Sue" come to
mind?
Lonewolf
>
> I bet they pronounce Vivien correctly though. Not only do I have to spell
> my name, but have to pronounce it, too (long O encase you are wondering). I
> like my name though, my Daddy named me. My parents wanted names that
> couldn't be shortened, DB is Seth. Even after 10 years, my SO's family never
> spells it right.
LOL, Sonya! My parents named me Eileen because (they thought) it
couldn't be shortened. I was Lee all the way through high school, and I
still am to some! My DB is Keith which can't be shortened, except when
I call him "Kid" <G>
Lisa Bauer
grandmother is Marjorie Rae. If the time should come to name a girl,
she'll have the middle name Anne, as my mother is Anne, and Jeff's mom is
Ann (short for Anna Maria). Gotta have that 'e'.
Cheers,
Lisa in L.A.
Florence Davis wrote:
> Well, if we want to talk about dinosaur names --I've met very few
> Florences in my own generation and none in later ones! I was named for
> my mother's sister --maybe Florence was popular in 1908 but I bet it
> wasn't!
> Florence
>
> Woodenspools wrote:
> >
RainLand
to be named Cody Francis (boy name) or Codi Frances (girl name) since 2 weeks
after conception!
Rita in Oregon
Sonya
Sony a lot, all through school. The one I could do without is Sony Baloney (or
would that be Bologna), done in a high sing-song voice. SO started to sing that
the other night and got such a look from me, he closed his trap quick and
apologized <G>. Don't want our little mimics to pick that up!
Sonya
Cate MacLean
I'm fairly new to reading this group. I was born Catherine Ann 35 years
ago. I was always called Cathy. There was no other Cathy in my public
school while I went there and only 3 others in my H.S. of 1200 the whole 4
years. College - none in my class. DH's brother married a Cathy five
years after we got married. I was the only Cathy at work. Then suddenly,
a Kathy MacLean, Kathleen and another Kathy. About 6 years ago, I started
using Cate because of work. I'm now known as Cate except to my folks who
just loved the name Cathy.
DS#1 is Mitchell Alexander (5) (our mother's maiden names) and DS#2 is
Bryce John (2) (just liked the name Bryce, John is both of our Dad's
middle names.
DH and brothers - Mark (36), Doug (33), Jeff (31) and Jason (29)
My brothers -William Alfred (Bill) (33) and Christopher Daniel (Dan) (32)
My Parents - Beverley Jane Elizabeth and Martin John (early 60's)
DH's folks - Ann Marlene and Merlin John (goes by Mac) (early 60's)
Nieces and Nephews - Zachary (8), Morgan (5)(girl), Colby (2) and Connor
(2).
My grandparents - Will and Lavaione & Nellie and John
DH's grandparents - Edward and Ethel & Jock and Mabel
I love this topic. :)
BTW, this is a wonderful group. I'll try to respond more.
Cheers,
Cate
Cate MacLean
Cate
JudyP wrote:
> Woodenspools <sin...@eriecoast.com> wrote in message
> news:85e6ev$k5o$1...@athena.netset.com...
> : I have not met *anyone* in the last 35 years who has named their child
> : Beverly .
> : Dinosaur Bev on the NorthCoast, so named certainly more than 35 years
> : ago....
>
> You're right, Beverly is not a modern name. One of my best friends, from
> the age of 7, is a Beverly (we're 59 and 60 years old now). I can recall
> when it was also a man's name.
>
> Judy
>
> :
orca
masculine name, too. And what about Evelyn (as in E. Waugh)?
Ruth in Happy Camp
JudyP <jpu...@home.com> wrote in message
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Karen Keller-Heybey
is short for Diana and her family is Lithuanian (I think?).
kenar
Marie Lewis
<int...@pacbell.net> writes
>
>And, btw, the granddaughter next door was named Sofie Marie. So if
>you thought "Marie" was disappearing, think again! Sounds like it's
>making a comeback.
>
Mmm. But it's nearly always a second name though.........
--
Marie
Deb Richardson
great-niece named Frances who is around 7 or 8 years old (I lose track!)
--
Deb
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4237/ (my quilts)
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4237/ffthome.html
Food For Thought Challenge Pix
Singer wrote ...
Puddin'
my first. DH hated Marie and wanted Christine Melissa. So we settled
on Christina Melissa. However, Chrissy decided to be a Christopher
Robert. When DH found out that several of my high school friends where
Christophers, Roberts and even a Robert Christopher (a total
coincidence, and DH picked out the Robert), he insisted on picking out
child #2's names. I wanted Emily Marie (none of that Chris and Chrissy
confusion). DH picked out Jessica Melissa, Jessie most of the time. I
like the Jessica, but I still don't like the Melissa. We never agreed
on a boy name. We were very carefull picking out names, with spellings
and initials. Though we did threaten to DH's parents that we were going
to name our son after DH's two brothers, William and Robert, and call
him Billy Bob. :-)
My name is Karin and I have always hated it because there were so many
other Karens and it was spelled funny. And to make it worse I don't
have a middle name to switch to. No one ever believed that I did not
have a middle name. They always thought that it must be an awful one.
I thought about changing the Karin to Katrin or Katrina, much more
"interesting".
Puddin'
"nom...@spam.com" wrote:
>
> I think my name is pretty timeless, but everyone asks me if I am catholic
> :-) Christina Marie
>
>
Deb Richardson
paternal grandfather is named Shelby and when he was growing up he said
you only heard it as a boy's name, albeit a rather uncommon one, but now
you almost always hear it as a girl's name.
--
Deb
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4237/ffthome.html
Food For Thought Challenge Pix
Jill and Marcus Gibbons wrote ...
>
>Just wait. "Shelby" is making a comeback, and I think they are
>similar names.
>
>Jill in MD
>
>
Katrina Worley
Thompson <krysia_...@fmlc.unn.ac.uk> wrote:
> Is my name - Krystyna - timeless, or just plain old fashioned?
> Actually I am Maria Krystyna.... mumble... mumble
My Mom is a Krystyna! well, she was all her life until she went to get
a copy of her birth certificate and found that some ditsy clerk "fixed"
the spelling to "Christine." Mom was born in 1922 in a Polish
community in Michigan- she didn't speak English until she started
school. Always loved that spelling...
Katrina (whose name is unusual for adults of her age, but more common
among children now)
JulieG
Kimball) in the last decade.
Julie G.
Jill and Marcus Gibbons wrote:
>
> <<<I've never met a boy named Allison, but I have met boys names
> Jesse,
> Tracy and Kelly <G>
> >>>
>
JulieG
He, however has been "Bud" all his life. We thought about
Arie for my son's middle name, but couldn't make it work
without spelling words with the initials.
Julie G.
Krysia Thompson wrote:
>
> One of my Grandmothers was Felicia, my other Grandmother and my
> Mum have a very unusual and old name - Leokadia. How is that for
> timeless....you know, the name the time forgot.. hehe. My Mum has
> never been too keen on her name and her firends would shorten it
> to Loda or, closer friends would call her ... Lodowka, which in
> Polish means a.... "fridge"...
>
> Is my name - Krystyna - timeless, or just plain old fashioned?
> Actually I am Maria Krystyna.... mumble... mumble
>
> On the male side Michals, Krzysztofs and Wojciechs are rampant..
> all gobbeldygook to you, furriners. One of my
> great-great-great...grandfathers was an Albin... do you want me
> to carry on??
>
> Krysia
>
>snipped...
Pat Gallaway
Kathleen? I'm not sure, just asking.
RLBEACH
topic. BOTH of my parents go by their middle names. While Roberta Jean and
Howard LeRoy were searching for names for their first child, they were
looking to combine both of their chosen names. I got the result--which I do
like. There is a lot to be said for having a rare name. It is very
understandable the effort that parents put into choosing and being creative
with names. My name is more common in Europe. Most of the other Reginas
that I've known have been African-American. There's 3 ways to pronounce it:
hard g (my way), soft g, and soft g with a long i (how Canadians pronounce
the capital of Saskatchewan). Before I recently changed professions within
my profession I attended a small conference annually that was attended by
another Regina. We referred to each other as the "other" Regina. It was
fun.
--
Regina Beach
Head, Library Information Technology
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
501-569-8813
Ginger <chanu...@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:21289-38...@storefull-264.iap.bryant.webtv.net...
> I've always been Ginger; it's not a nickname. People tried to call me
> Virginia, but I never answered <g>. Never had to worry about there being
> more than one person with my name in school. Never thought it was an
> unusual name.
>
> Many Aussies, Kiwis and Poms who trained horses with me thought it was
> the result of my hair color, so they were surprised it is my "real"
> name!
>
> But my siblings also have "different" names: Regina (my mother's real
> name but she used Margaret Mary her whole life), Roberta (my father's
> name feminized, Peter Scott, and Sally Ann.
>
> Ginger
> and proud of it!
>
> "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes,
> but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust
>
frood
Casper), Wendy and Peter Pan, what's Wendy short for - Gwendolyn?
Wendy (DH calls me Maggie)
Butterfly
Butterfly
Florence Davis wrote:
> Well, if we want to talk about dinosaur names --I've met very few
> Florences in my own generation and none in later ones! I was named for
> my mother's sister --maybe Florence was popular in 1908 but I bet it
> wasn't!
> Florence
>
> Woodenspools wrote:
> >
frood
Wendy (mom of Mabel, Henry, Sofie and ?? & ??)
Cate MacLean wrote:
> gently snipped for bandwidth<
LN in New England
My middle name is Marjorie (after an aunt) and my sister's name is Rae
(after my dad, Ray). Rae makes a great middle name.
LN
Lisa Bauer <miss...@mediaone.net> wrote in message
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LN in New England
There weren't a lot of Chelsea's around when I named my dd either. I also
didn't hear of any Shea's when my ds was born, but now I have (mostly
girls/women) popping up with the name Shea in various spellings.
LN
Bernadette Calhoun <berna...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:B49FBE71.AF1%berna...@pacbell.net...
[snip]
> When I named my 11 y.o. daughter Caitlin she was the only one I had every
> heard of. Someone in the hospital had a baby girl that same day and also
> named her Caitlin...I should have taken that as a sign of things to come.
>
> Bernadette (usually the only one)
> mother to Caitlin, John, and Andrew
Krysia Thompson
>
>> Is my name - Krystyna - timeless, or just plain old fashioned?
>> Actually I am Maria Krystyna.... mumble... mumble
>
>a copy of her birth certificate and found that some ditsy clerk "fixed"
>the spelling to "Christine." Mom was born in 1922 in a Polish
>community in Michigan- she didn't speak English until she started
>school. Always loved that spelling...
>
>Katrina (whose name is unusual for adults of her age, but more common
>among children now)
And also with a Krystyna you can pronounce it correctly (well,
almost...) in most languages... One of my driving instructors
used to call me Chris and I would never respond as I didn't hear
MY name.Always thought he was mumbling invectives...
As for pronounciation of names goes, we had to shortne DD's name
to spare the sanity of the English who come into contact with her
name; from Katarzyna to Kasia. And they still mispronounce it!!!!
The latest was a doctor who called her Cassia . Kasia said to
thi - "I am not a weed or some tree"! (she knew it was SOME
plant...)
Is your Mum a Krysia or just Krystyna?
Krysia
aka KoKopelli Kid
K.T. - starannie opakowana
Pat Gallaway
mention of planning children, makes me smile. As someone who did the
whole infertility thing for years, I have no concept of "planning"
children. The notion seems so incredibly romantic to me. I would have
loved that.
Eventually, God did bless us with a beautiful son (Sam). Out of
curiosity, we went back to the infertility specialists and asked for a
quick little check to see if the situation had righted itself or if this
was indeed the miracle we thought it was. Word came back that nothing
had changed, and in fact, they "didn't know how [we] got that baby, but
it's a guarantee there won't be a second one." Well, our sonS are three
and a half years apart (DS#2 Mac), so once again, no opportunity to
"plan" a baby.
At the time I became pregnant with DS#2 our schedules were unbelievably
hectic. True ships passing in the night. In fact, we saw so little of
each other I sometimes wonder how it even happened.
Once I realized I was pregnant again, I was talking with DH on the phone
and we were kidding about our schedules being so crazy, and I joked
further that I'd like to make an appointment to talk with him.
Instantly, he came back with, "to talk about you being pregnant." I was
blown away, absolutely speechless. To this day, I still don't know how
he knew, probably never will.
While we missed out on planning children, I thought it was VERY romantic
for him to be so in sync that he already knew.
And that's all I have to say about that.
Pat
P.S. DH's name is Larry Patrick and his entire life never went by
Larry--always Pat. After we married, it became quite a problem. People
would call up and ask to speak to Pat. You are speaking to Pat. No, the
other one. Which other one do you want? Next came the last name. This
is......ARGH!! Too difficult. DH did the gentlemanly thing and began to
go by his given name of Larry. Did I say how much I love him?
Susan Sisk
as well as his father's...Billy Bob, Sr. Go figure!
DH and I plan to name a girl, if we ever have one... Julia Elizabeth...
after our maternal grandmothers. I haven't run into any Julia's lately, I
had a great friend growing up that was Julia. My sister's given name is
Beth, not Elizabeth. Never asked my parents why not the longer name.
Puddin' <tiggersb...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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e...@bellsouth.net
I got to plan some of my children. It was nice. When it comes as a suprise
it seems like I can never get ready <mentally> :-) But there isnt a one
of them I would send back, and I am finally getting excited about the latest
suprise due June 5. Christina
e...@bellsouth.net
name> his grandfather calls him billy bo just to annoy me! We call him Bo,
which was never a problem till we moved south, now everyone wants to spell it
Beau. Christina
Roberta Zollner
DK. Could this be your aunt?
Roberta in DK
"Chris" <cbot...@mcld.com> wrote in message
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> I don't have a Vivien, but I do have an aunt Velda. As far as I know...
> she's the only one. :o)
>
> Chris
>
> Vivien <caug...@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:387B9F...@xtra.co.nz...
> : Kia Ora,
> :
> : Anybody else got "Vivien", spelt just like Vivien Leigh? Hmmm. It'll
> : be unlikely.
> :
> : As I tell my folks, most people now just don't know who she was. But, I
> : did go right through High School with another "Vivienne".
> :
> : BTW, I was determined to give my children names that they wouldn't have
> : to be SPELLING every time they had to say their names. That is a
> : definite drawback with mine (I even have close relations who don't spell
> : my name correctly - and we swap Christmas cards every year so they see
> : it written down!). Hence DD the elder Elizabeth and DD the younger
> : Jocelyn (a family name). Mind you, with CAUGHLEY it's their SURname
> : they spell that out loud for people.
> :
> : DD#1's friends (all aged about 15) are Sarahs (a lot), Kates (a lot),
> : Rebeccas (a few), Jessica, Alex, etc. DD#2's friends are drawn from
> : cosmopolitan Auckland - Pei-Lin, Puja, Shraaddha, Shezani, Niriksha,
> : etc. Great fun.
> :
> : BTW, One set of my grandparents were Thomas and Charlotte, both born at
> : the end of the 1800s. They passed neither of their names on to their
> : children, and the children in turn did not pass the names on to THEIR
> : children. But, now, those names are back in fashion. The other set of
> : grandparents, born at about the same time, were Ernest and Ursella,
> : (Ernie and Ursie) and the less said about THOSE names the better! (but
> : they were LOVELY people, and I have fond memories of all of them).
> :
> : Vivien (as in Leigh, aka Scarlet O'Hara) in Auckland, New Zealand
> :
> : Karen Johnson wrote:
> : >
> : > The roll call for "Carols" and "Nancys" (and there should definitely
> : > be one for "Pat" and "Karen" too, btw) made me think about the aging
> : > of names for a bit.
> : >
> : > Isn't it odd how women's names become dated? I look at my mom's group
> : > of friends, and so few younger women bear the same names: Muriel,
> : > Shirley, Dorothy, Imogene, Georgeanne ... I mean, the names are still
> : > used, but they seem pretty rare, whereas I know several over-65 women
> : > bearing each name in my old neighborhood.
> : >
> : > And in my own generation (40-50 now), there was the standard core
> : > group of names, where there'd be 3 or 4 of us in every class: Karen,
> : > Susan, Kathy, Ellen, Lori/Laurie/Lorey., Patricia/Pat/Patsy/Patty.
> : >
> : > What names are timeless? The only ones that come to my mind are Mary,
> : > Margaret and Elizabeth.
> : >
> : > And isn't it fun to see the names that are coming back? There are a
> : > rash of "Sofies" and "Sophies" around here; "Ruth" is making a
> : > come-back (much to my mother's consternation, who hated being "Ruth");
> : > I even heard of a baby being named "Ruby" the other day.
> : >
> : > What are the popular names right now? And what other names are
> : > timeless?
> : >
> : > Karen Johnson
> : > Woodland Hills, CA
> : > int...@pacbell.net
> :
>
>
Katrina Worley
Thompson <krysia_...@fmlc.unn.ac.uk> wrote:
> Is your Mum a Krysia or just Krystyna?
Mostly just "Christine", although among her Polish friends, she's
"Krystyna"
Katrina
Adrian Brown
miracles.
My SIL lost a baby when he was 18 months and was already pregnant with her
second. The doctors told her to abort because the chances were high that
that baby would have the same disease. Well, they didn't abort and that 2nd
little boy is 22 yrs. old now and extremely healthy -- thank God they went
with their instincts.
I know it's not quite the same as what you went through, but still kind of a
miracle.
Lorraine
JudyP
JulieG <jkg...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:387B8328...@yahoo.com...
: I always liked my grandfather's given name - Arie (Dutch).
: He, however has been "Bud" all his life.
I had an Uncle Bud and an Uncle Curly. Their real names were Preston and
Garnet, but they were NEVER called that, at least as long as I knew them.
Judy
Two x over
>Margaret and Elizabeth.
>
hey...
i guess my parents knew what they were doing...my "official name" is mary
elizabeth...
betsey
"we do not inherit the earth, we caretake it for our children"
e...@bellsouth.net
guess I would rather have 22 months with a sweet child, than to abort an
imperfect baby and never really get to know him/her. Christina
Singer
My mother has a male cousin named Stacy.
Singer
JulieG <jkg...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Singer
preschool-oriented tv show called "Romper Room" was Miss Fran. She was very
prissy and sappy.
Singer (don't EVER call me Fran!)
nom...@spam.com <e...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> My children all adore those books "breakfast for Frances" and all of
those:-)
> they think it is a totally cool name. Christina
>
> Singer wrote:
>
> > I've met one Frances who is younger than I (39). There was never
another
> > Frances in school, except for the spinster first-grade teacher. A
couple of
> > years ago, I was waiting in line in McDonalds, and heard my name. I
turned
> > around, assuming they were addressing me, and realized that a mother was
> > addressing her @8yo daughter. When I remarked that Frances was my name,
> > too, and how unusual it is nowadays, the mother said that her daughter
was
> > named for a relative.
> > I'm named for my father, Francis (Frank). My parents were told they
> > couldn't have any kids for medical reasons. I, being the oldest, was
their
> > "miracle". Then came my brother, Paul, and my sister, Bridget (another
> > family name).
> > My biggest complaint about my name is that no one knows how to spell it
> > correctly. The trick to remembering that is: *I* is for hIs (FrancIs)
and
> > *E* is for hErs (FrancEs).
> > As for Beverly.....I went to school with a Beverly. She'd be about 40
now.
> >
> > Singer (see why I go by Singer?)
> >
> > Woodenspools <sin...@eriecoast.com> wrote in message
> > news:85e6ev$k5o$1...@athena.netset.com...
Kerry Kimmins
Kerry. My mother's name is Karen (K & E) and my father's name is Barry (R,R
& Y).
Kerry
Pat Gallaway <PGal...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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Singer
and Mariannes.
Singer
orca <or...@sisqtel.net> wrote in message
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> I once worked for a man named Beverly. I've heard Shirley was once a
> masculine name, too. And what about Evelyn (as in E. Waugh)?
>
> Ruth in Happy Camp