[Opinions] Re: Best and Worst Names listed in the "Ladies Home Journal" from 1945
in reply to a message by diamanda
This is cool! Not surprising, though. Seems like every generation prefers names associated with young children and disliked those they hear on elderly people. Trends go in cycles, so much of the lists would be other way around nowadays. It's funny that the disliked list has Adolph of course, but also many Jewish/Hebrew names. But maybe those were just too old-fashioned for the readers.
I had to check Constance's popularity; it strikes me as a 19th century name, but it was apparently most popular in the post-war years.
Liked names I like:
Stephen, Michael, Terry (prefer as a NN for Terrence), Clifford, Sandra, Janet, Ellen, Jacqueline, Kathleen (Wish this one got more love), Marianne, Katherine, Marcia, Marilyn, Elizabeth.
Disliked names I like:
Archibald, Isadore, Ezra, Casper, Clarence, Gussie (NN for Augusta), Melvina, Anastasia, Hortense (also wish this one got more love), Petunia, Bridget.
I too dislike Homer, Ebenezer, Wilbur, Mortimer, Zenobia (I know I'm the minority here), Mamie, Eula (I somewhat like Beulah, though), Purity and Prudence.
My virtual BtN babies:
馃懅 Leonie Sylvia
馃懅 Ngaire Demetria Celeste
馃懄 Dimitri Andreas & 馃懅 Helen Marina
馃懄 Tor Vasileios & 馃懅 Ambra Loreen
馃懅 Tessa Katrina Sky
I had to check Constance's popularity; it strikes me as a 19th century name, but it was apparently most popular in the post-war years.
Liked names I like:
Stephen, Michael, Terry (prefer as a NN for Terrence), Clifford, Sandra, Janet, Ellen, Jacqueline, Kathleen (Wish this one got more love), Marianne, Katherine, Marcia, Marilyn, Elizabeth.
Disliked names I like:
Archibald, Isadore, Ezra, Casper, Clarence, Gussie (NN for Augusta), Melvina, Anastasia, Hortense (also wish this one got more love), Petunia, Bridget.
I too dislike Homer, Ebenezer, Wilbur, Mortimer, Zenobia (I know I'm the minority here), Mamie, Eula (I somewhat like Beulah, though), Purity and Prudence.
My virtual BtN babies:
馃懅 Leonie Sylvia
馃懅 Ngaire Demetria Celeste
馃懄 Dimitri Andreas & 馃懅 Helen Marina
馃懄 Tor Vasileios & 馃懅 Ambra Loreen
馃懅 Tessa Katrina Sky