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HelpRe: What are some British names in your opinion?
in reply to a message by Lavinia
I think Jolyon, Peregrine, Inigo and Demi would definitely raise eyebrows here. Demi sounds very American to me - like Demi Moore.
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Yeah, I was a bit concerned about my phrasing. Jolyon, Peregrine, and Inigo, I think, would have definite connotations of pretentiousness or trying too hard in the U.K, I think, if that makes sense, but they would be a least somewhat peripherally recognizable, whereas in the U.S. they're just completely unknown? I know that none of those are in widespread use by any means. I think it's a bit difficult for me to explain what I mean. I do agree that they would rise eyebrows. My phrasing was poor.
Demi definitely got way more use in the U.K. than in the U.S. The highest she's ever charted in the U.S. was the low 600's, but in the U.K. she was in the top 100 at one point.
Demi definitely got way more use in the U.K. than in the U.S. The highest she's ever charted in the U.S. was the low 600's, but in the U.K. she was in the top 100 at one point.
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I wouldn't bat an eyelid at Jolyon as I know two, and was almost one myself. But I've never come across a Peregrine outside LOTR, or an Inigo apart from Inigo Jones & Inigo Montoya.
You're dead right about Demi though - I've seen far too many Demi-Leighs and variants in the UK baby name charts. It's a horrible fake-Emily name anyway, but what makes it worse is that I think it might have come via tabloids from the name of a child in some sort of abuse case.
You're dead right about Demi though - I've seen far too many Demi-Leighs and variants in the UK baby name charts. It's a horrible fake-Emily name anyway, but what makes it worse is that I think it might have come via tabloids from the name of a child in some sort of abuse case.
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