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Re: Top Ten for May

by Mireio (Anna21)

5/2/2014, 7:39 AM

From your top 10 I like Beatrice, Frances, Gwendolyn (prefer Gwendolen or Gwendoline), Martha, Alastair, Arthur, Frederick, George and Henry.

From your combos list I also like Ada, Anna, Evadne, Saskia, Iris, Vivien, Anthony and Samuel.

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- Catalina (Catalina-lirio) +1

5/2/2014, 10:54 AM

I'm really on the fence about Gwendolyn versus Gwendolen - I want to like the -en ending best, because I know that's the traditional female spelling, but Gwendolyn is the one that looks the most classic to me.

- Mireio (Anna21)

5/2/2014, 11:10 AM

Yeah, I would also assume that Gwendolyn is the most commonly used and thus the most classic spelling, but I was interested to see that on this unofficial list of 'most popular names in England and Wales in 1890', Gwendoline is ranked #112 and Gwendolen #198, whereas Gwendolyn doesn't appear on it at all: http://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2012/09/top-200-most-popular-names-in-england-and-wales-in-1890.html Maybe the Gwendolyn spelling was/is more popular in the US?

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