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Re: Nigel
by Mireio (Anna21)
5/26/2014, 2:36 PM
in reply to a message by oak
I don't see it as either edgy or aristocratic. To me a Nigel would be in his sixties, would still live with his elderly mother in a small British village, and would probably collect stamps and be into local politics. It's not used at all here in the UK anymore, and along with Brian and Colin it's one of those names that make people smirk or laugh when they hear it.
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- New_Chloe   +2
5/26/2014, 2:45 PM
Brian and Colin are on par with Nigel in the UK?? That's neat
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- Mireio (Anna21)
5/26/2014, 3:19 PM
Yep, they're old man names in the UK. My grandfather is named Brian and he was born in 1937. Even he considers his name old-mannish and goes by a completely unrelated nickname! I don't know of any Colins younger than around 45. Maybe in 20 years or so they'll make a comeback here :)
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- queenv (guest)
5/26/2014, 2:56 PM
Yeah, it surprised me too. I have a seventeen-year-old nephew named Colin, and while it's never been wildly popular here in the US, it's not an old man's name. And Brian was so popular here in the 70s and 80s that you meet so many Brians who are in their twenties and thirties and you don't blink an eyelash. It's interesting to learn how they're perceived in Britain.
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