View Message

This is a reply within a larger thread: view the whole thread

[Opinions] Re: Tiffany
in reply to a message by Lily
There were 4 or 5 of them in my high school in the 80s, all born in the 70s. I think of it as a 70s babyname, not an 80s babyname, I guess because I was never in touch with 80s-born kids much in my life so I would not have noticed it was more popular in the 80s. I did not like the name then. It made me think of words like fluffy and tiff (like, conflict - sounds aggressive) and spiffy and such, and of Tiffany & Co (pretentious). It wasn't particularly cheerleaderish but it did sound sort of stuckup, in the way that Heather or Stacy or any other name that was fresh on that age group did. Now I like it. I think it's a great name and would not mind being a Tiffany, although I'm not sure I'd use it myself because of the sound. It certainly isn't any trashier or tackier than Stephanie or Nicole or Denise or Megan. Lisa, Kelly, Courtney, and Amber seem tackier than Tiffany (btw I like Kelly and Amber okay).I don't have any negative stereotypes about a Tiffany born today or her parents.

This message was edited 6/15/2012, 12:42 PM

Archived Thread - replies disabled
vote up1

Replies

What? Denise is tacky? I'd never think to put Denise in that group. It peaked like 20 years before those other names - well, except for maybe Lisa, Kelly and Stacy. With Stephanie, Nicole, Courtney, Amber and Megan I'd put Danielle - those are all very mid-80s names. Denise is much more of a mid-60s name.
vote up1
"It certainly isn't any trashier or tackier than Stephanie or Nicole or Denise or Megan.""What? Denise is tacky?"No, I meant these names are NOT tacky.
Lisa, Kelly, Courtney, and Amber aren't either really, but they are more like tacky than Tiffany is IMO.I'm basing my impressions on my personal experience, not on looking at popularity charts. I was born in 1971 and I perceive Denise as a name common in my own age group, along with most of the other names I mentioned. (Amber, Megan, Courtney seem younger, and I agree that Lisa, Kelly and Stacy seem older but they were still common in my age group) I've not personally known any Denises who are older than 45. Danielle seems to me to have been popular for longer than any of the others - there were Danielles in school with me, and I still see them among my daughter's peers - and I think of it as less trendy, so I didn't choose it for comparison to Tiffany for "tackiness."
vote up1