Today I was with my mom at Barnes and
Noble, and she ran into a woman named
Mary Ellen she apparently knew and hadn't seen for a long time. Turns out,
Mary Ellen was the mother of two kids,
Julian and
Marcella, who I used to have playdates with when I was 4 or 5.
Now, over the years I've run into people from this playdate group every now and then. It's where I met my friends
Mike,
Patricia and
Shelby, I met a girl named
Emily from this group in the 7th grade, and this kid
Eric from the group dated another one of my friends.
This woman,
Mary Ellen, had moved away years ago though, to a different part of Long Island, so I haven't seen or heard of
Julian or
Marcella since then.
Marcella would be my age (18) and
Julian would be 21.
Now, I like the name
Julian well enough, but I'm really starting to dig the name
Marcella. It sounded so familiar, like it was something I hadn't remembered in forever.
I did some research on it, and found out it's been in the top 1000 from 1900 until 1995, then again in 1997-1999, and then once more in 2002 before dropping out completely.
I also found out that my dad's uncle was married to a woman named
Marcella Barnes. Weird, right?
So, even though I don't like it as much as
Marlena (which is a favorite of mine that everyone else seems to despise), what do you think of
Marcella?
I think it's very pretty and old-fashioned but retro. I'm just hoping it won't be the next
Emma or
Isabella (which I liked before they became outrageously popular, and now probably wouldn't use).