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I always liked Tiffany. Too cheerleader-ish? Tacky? Trashy? Dated?
How do you imagine a Tiffany and her parents?
I'm quite surprised it's such an old name with such a long history.
It was quite overused in the 80s, how many do you know?
How do you imagine a Tiffany and her parents?
I'm quite surprised it's such an old name with such a long history.
It was quite overused in the 80s, how many do you know?
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I don't think it's that bad. A bit boring, though. I know a lot of Tiffanys. It is pretty dated. I don't think it's that much of a cheerleader name. Enough unpopular girls are named Tiffany to be sure of that.
Tiffany is so common, she could have any kind of parents. They could be rich or poor, white or black (or other race), younger or older, whatever.
Tiffany is so common, she could have any kind of parents. They could be rich or poor, white or black (or other race), younger or older, whatever.
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I knew a Tiffany in grade school although I wouldn't expect her family to use it seeing as they were Asian. I guess I can see the "tacky" connotation but I just think of jewelry, the movie, and that song.
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I like it.
It is one of those names that I have amazingly good associations with. I've only known 5 Tiffanys in my life, 1 who is in her late 70s, one who is about 40, and two around my age (early to mid 20s) and one little girl (she is 8). Every Tiffany I have met has been a pretty extraordinary person and I think it is a pretty name. I can understand why it was so popular. I don't think it was ever overused in Australia so it doesn't have that feel to me.
It is one of those names that I have amazingly good associations with. I've only known 5 Tiffanys in my life, 1 who is in her late 70s, one who is about 40, and two around my age (early to mid 20s) and one little girl (she is 8). Every Tiffany I have met has been a pretty extraordinary person and I think it is a pretty name. I can understand why it was so popular. I don't think it was ever overused in Australia so it doesn't have that feel to me.
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I like Tiffany actually. It was on my list when I knew who I was expecting to have kids with, and I love the connection to the Epiphany, but I am from a Catholic background, so that stands out more to me than it does to most people.
I do think of the 80s cheerleader. Not sure how I picture the family. I have only met one Tifani, in high school.
I do think of the 80s cheerleader. Not sure how I picture the family. I have only met one Tifani, in high school.
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It's super dated - in fact it's got mall hair, it's wearing an oversized stone-washed denim jacket with applique and rhinestones and it's singing 'I Think We're Alone Now'.
Theophania or Théophanie or Tiphaine would be interesting, but Tiffany - nah. It's a brand name! And it's totally froofy.
Theophania or Théophanie or Tiphaine would be interesting, but Tiffany - nah. It's a brand name! And it's totally froofy.
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Ha
I've just looked at the popularity statistics for Tiffany, and even though I like the name, it's giving me great pleasure to see the way its popularity has plummeted in the last ten years. Because I have a dated name, so I'm relishing the thought of all the precious little Tiffanys and Heathers and Jessicas and Jennifers (these last two aren't as low as Tiffany and Heather, but they're sinking) of the eighties and nineties being old ladies with ugly old lady names some day.
Terrible of me, I know.
I've just looked at the popularity statistics for Tiffany, and even though I like the name, it's giving me great pleasure to see the way its popularity has plummeted in the last ten years. Because I have a dated name, so I'm relishing the thought of all the precious little Tiffanys and Heathers and Jessicas and Jennifers (these last two aren't as low as Tiffany and Heather, but they're sinking) of the eighties and nineties being old ladies with ugly old lady names some day.
Terrible of me, I know.
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I know... it would become the Gertrude in about 40 to 50 years.
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This is exactly why I hate "trendy" names.... because if they're trendier enough now, they're bound to be ugly old lady names in 70 years. Hehehehe
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I don't care for Tiffany all that much. The Tiff- part stands out to me, so I think of "tiff" as in argument. Like Brittany, it seems dated.
It seems somewhat too cheerleader-ish to me, but I have met people named Tiffany who weren't cheerleaders, so I don't think of it as entirely a "cheerleader" name. It just sounds like one.
I knew a really sweet, friendly Tiffany, so I want to like this name more because of her, but other associations keep me from liking it, namely the whole cheerleader thing. I can't think of specific books or movies with cheerleader-ish Tiffanys because it has been a while since I read or saw them, but I know that there were some.
I can't remember how many people named Tiffany I have met. I went to school with one most certainly, and I know that I have encountered it elsewhere. I just can't think of people in particular. I only knew one of them well, and that was my classmate.
It seems somewhat too cheerleader-ish to me, but I have met people named Tiffany who weren't cheerleaders, so I don't think of it as entirely a "cheerleader" name. It just sounds like one.
I knew a really sweet, friendly Tiffany, so I want to like this name more because of her, but other associations keep me from liking it, namely the whole cheerleader thing. I can't think of specific books or movies with cheerleader-ish Tiffanys because it has been a while since I read or saw them, but I know that there were some.
I can't remember how many people named Tiffany I have met. I went to school with one most certainly, and I know that I have encountered it elsewhere. I just can't think of people in particular. I only knew one of them well, and that was my classmate.
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Dated... very dated. I think I know two.
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BLECH.
I'm sorry, but I think this name is awful . It's dated, it's princess-y, it's ditzy, basically all the things I hate in a name.
I knew a few Tiffanys growing up, and they were average girls...I have no idea what their parents were like. I do think they had horrible taste in names, though.
I'm sorry, but I think this name is awful . It's dated, it's princess-y, it's ditzy, basically all the things I hate in a name.
I knew a few Tiffanys growing up, and they were average girls...I have no idea what their parents were like. I do think they had horrible taste in names, though.
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Princessy?
Dated and ditzy, yes, but PRINCESSY? That doesn't make sense. It sounds so normal and boring - a far cry from stuff like Annabella and Biancafiore.
Dated and ditzy, yes, but PRINCESSY? That doesn't make sense. It sounds so normal and boring - a far cry from stuff like Annabella and Biancafiore.
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I think it is pretty, but I also think it is trashy and dated. The only one I knew is a girl I went to school with and she was kind of blech.
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I think Tiffany is more in the uncommon category only because I don't hear it very often. I've only known two. One of them was trashy when I knew her, not sure how she is now. The other one is my co-worker and she's one of the funniest, friendliest people I've ever met in my life.
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I've always liked it. Yes, it is an old name with a long history, which is why I hate to see people lump it into the category of "Names that people use to make themselves look classy but instead they look tacky". You know, an example of that type of name would be Bentley.
I don't think it's at all tacky or trashy, though it may be dated.
I knew one Tiffany, a childhood playmate of my daughter's, who would be about my daughter's age now---thirty.
I don't think it's at all tacky or trashy, though it may be dated.
I knew one Tiffany, a childhood playmate of my daughter's, who would be about my daughter's age now---thirty.
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I knew a few in school, and my daughter's kindergarten teacher this year was named Tiffanie. Very nice teacher too.
I've always liked the name Tiffany, but there's no doubt it has a fairly downmarket image. I am still amazed that Donald Trump used it for his own daughter, it is not the name you might expect a multi-gazillionaire to want to use, except that Trump has a kind of twisted sense (of humor?) and might possibly have been being ironic...or else it was Marla Maples's doing.
I've always liked the name Tiffany, but there's no doubt it has a fairly downmarket image. I am still amazed that Donald Trump used it for his own daughter, it is not the name you might expect a multi-gazillionaire to want to use, except that Trump has a kind of twisted sense (of humor?) and might possibly have been being ironic...or else it was Marla Maples's doing.
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Really? I think it's totally a name someone who was very successful and rich in the 80s or 90s would have used. Back then I think it had a very successful, glitzy image (probabaly because of the jewelry and Breakfast at Tiffany's). I think it was the same with Crystal, I know one who graduated from Yale. I think these names just screamed 'glamour, success, money' in the 80s. They don't now because they're so overused. But I could really see someone like Donald Trump naming his daughter Tiffany. I also like the way Tiffany Trump sounds.
Oh and I read that he named her this because Tiffany + Co cleared a space so he could build his Trump Tower in New York. I have no idea whether it's true or not.
Oh and I read that he named her this because Tiffany + Co cleared a space so he could build his Trump Tower in New York. I have no idea whether it's true or not.
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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.
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
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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.
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"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."
"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."
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I know one very full-of-spunk Tiffany. Born in the 80s, she's great fun, very outgoing, artsy, sews her own clothes, creative like crazy. The Tiffany I know is definitely not cheerleader-ish, although that would otherwise be my impression of the name. Not really tacky, but certainly a little dated.
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