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Help[Opinions] Re: Swedish christening announcements (with middle names)
in reply to a message by Sigrid
I managed to find 87 (!) spellings of Violet/Vajlet in the Swedish census for 1970 (I figured there might be more alive then than now). And they complain about creative spellings now ...
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There are 87 ways to spell Violet? What? Whoa! I'm impressed! :D
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Yup. Parents in the 1930s and 40s, when the name peaked in Sweden, were just as bad as today's parents. I think all of these are supposed to be Violet:
Vaeijlert
Vaeilet
Vaeileth
Vaeilit
Vaeilite
Vaijlet
Vaijlett
Vaijlit
Vailet
Vailete
Vaileth
Vailett
Vailette
Vailit
Vailith
Vailitt
Vailitte
Vailot
Vajdlett
Vajelet
Vajlert
Vajlet
Vajleth
Vajlett
Vajlette
Vajlidt
Vajliet
Vajliett
Vajlit
Vajlith
Vajlitt
Vajolet
Vajolett
Vajulett
Vaylet
Vayleth
Vaylett
Vaylidt
Vaylit
Vayolett
Veijlert
Vejlet
Vejlith
Vejlott
Vhailet
Violet
Violete
Violeth
Violett
Violette
Violite
Waelith
Waellit
Waihlit
Waijlet
Waijlette
Waijlitt
Waileht
Wailert
Wailet
Wailete
Wailete
Waileth
Wailett
Wailette
Wailit
Wailith
Wailitt
Wajlet
Wajleth
Wajlett
Wajlith
Wajlitt
Waylet
Wayleth
Waylett
Weilert
Weilet
Weilit
Weilitt
Weilotte
Wejlert
Wejlett
Wiolet
Wioleth
Wiolett
Wiolette
There might be others that I missed.
Vaeijlert
Vaeilet
Vaeileth
Vaeilit
Vaeilite
Vaijlet
Vaijlett
Vaijlit
Vailet
Vailete
Vaileth
Vailett
Vailette
Vailit
Vailith
Vailitt
Vailitte
Vailot
Vajdlett
Vajelet
Vajlert
Vajlet
Vajleth
Vajlett
Vajlette
Vajlidt
Vajliet
Vajliett
Vajlit
Vajlith
Vajlitt
Vajolet
Vajolett
Vajulett
Vaylet
Vayleth
Vaylett
Vaylidt
Vaylit
Vayolett
Veijlert
Vejlet
Vejlith
Vejlott
Vhailet
Violet
Violete
Violeth
Violett
Violette
Violite
Waelith
Waellit
Waihlit
Waijlet
Waijlette
Waijlitt
Waileht
Wailert
Wailet
Wailete
Wailete
Waileth
Wailett
Wailette
Wailit
Wailith
Wailitt
Wajlet
Wajleth
Wajlett
Wajlith
Wajlitt
Waylet
Wayleth
Waylett
Weilert
Weilet
Weilit
Weilitt
Weilotte
Wejlert
Wejlett
Wiolet
Wioleth
Wiolett
Wiolette
There might be others that I missed.
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It's kind of bad that I like some of those spellings, isn't it? :D
So judging by all of the spelling variants, Violet was a big hit in 1930s/40s Sweden? How come?
So judging by all of the spelling variants, Violet was a big hit in 1930s/40s Sweden? How come?
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I can't help but admire the parents who thought of the fantastic Vaeijlert.
It would have been in the top 200 somewhere, I think (that would be a top list including both first and middle names because I can't separate them). I don't know why ... Sounds like it would have come from some American movie star or the like, but I don't know of any?
I like to think that the oddly spelled Violets (born 60-80 years ago) named their daughters odd spellings of Madeleine (which was given many interesting spellings 20-50 years ago), and that the oddly spelled Madeleines now name their daughters odd spellings of Hailey (the current name-of-many-spellings).
It would have been in the top 200 somewhere, I think (that would be a top list including both first and middle names because I can't separate them). I don't know why ... Sounds like it would have come from some American movie star or the like, but I don't know of any?
I like to think that the oddly spelled Violets (born 60-80 years ago) named their daughters odd spellings of Madeleine (which was given many interesting spellings 20-50 years ago), and that the oddly spelled Madeleines now name their daughters odd spellings of Hailey (the current name-of-many-spellings).
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Wow! I wonder if their parents just guessed at the spelling.
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