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Help[Opinions] Re: Alma
in reply to a message by xPrincess27x
Normally, when I reply to an opinions post, I don't read the other opinions until after I've posted my own, because I don't want to be influenced by them. In this case, I initially wasn't going to respond, so I did go ahead and read the previous replies. So I know that they've all except one have been favorable. So I changed my mind and decided to reply just for the sake of giving an opposing viewpoint.
I'm older than most people here, so certain names that were popular from the 1880s to about the 1930s have a different image for me than they do for younger people, because I'm old enough to remember the old ladies who had these names and younger people aren't. Therefore, the names sound fresh and cute and new to younger people, but to me they still scream "old lady". But I've tried to shake that off and I've been able to do that for certain names such as Mabel, Gladys, and Hazel, even Agnes to an extent.
Alma is one for which I just can't shake the "frumpy old lady" image. All I can think of when I hear it is a frumpy old lady. It doesn't sound pretty to me and it doesn't look pretty, either. One of those names that I can't figure out why it was ever popular.
I think that at this time, it's still considered an old person's name, at least in America. Not sure about England because I couldn't find popularity statistics there. Has it been gaining popularity in England? Then it might be on its way to not being an old person's name. If it isn't, then it's still an old person's name, which may or may not change. If you think that being an old person's name renders a name unusable, and if Alma is presently unpopular in England, then I'd say (for you) that it's unusable.
I'm older than most people here, so certain names that were popular from the 1880s to about the 1930s have a different image for me than they do for younger people, because I'm old enough to remember the old ladies who had these names and younger people aren't. Therefore, the names sound fresh and cute and new to younger people, but to me they still scream "old lady". But I've tried to shake that off and I've been able to do that for certain names such as Mabel, Gladys, and Hazel, even Agnes to an extent.
Alma is one for which I just can't shake the "frumpy old lady" image. All I can think of when I hear it is a frumpy old lady. It doesn't sound pretty to me and it doesn't look pretty, either. One of those names that I can't figure out why it was ever popular.
I think that at this time, it's still considered an old person's name, at least in America. Not sure about England because I couldn't find popularity statistics there. Has it been gaining popularity in England? Then it might be on its way to not being an old person's name. If it isn't, then it's still an old person's name, which may or may not change. If you think that being an old person's name renders a name unusable, and if Alma is presently unpopular in England, then I'd say (for you) that it's unusable.
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