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What is the point? I can imagine 80-year-olds with any of those 'names', but I can also imagine that they would have changed them as soon as they legally could; either to more standard versions so they wouldn't have to keep on and on explaining, spelling their names slowly, apologising, doing it again ... or else to James, John, William, Robert or Richard for males, Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda or Carol for females - these being the top five names in 1942.

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ETA, to clarify: in the real world, such fancied-up and illogical spellings of already trendy names are unlikely to be liked by anyone who is old enough to have children. So, really, there is nothing to discuss, IMO.

This message was edited 2/27/2022, 7:21 AM