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will these become retro-chic?
will these become retro-chic?
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I'm not a fan of Lionel, but mostly because I think of Lionel Richie when I hear the name (which is no bad association, but still). However, I like, let's call them "lion names", such as Leo, Leon, Leonas or Lev.
I really like Henry! This one is really "retro-chic" in my opinion, or how you may call it. I don't really know though whether I would actually use it myself. It still isn't part of my favorites - yet.
I really like Henry! This one is really "retro-chic" in my opinion, or how you may call it. I don't really know though whether I would actually use it myself. It still isn't part of my favorites - yet.
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Decent names
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Henry is already trendy, but I think it's such a classic that it's not retro-chic, it's just people rediscovering an old classic.
Lionel I love. There's a certain old-man fustiness about it, but it's also handsome. I could see it becoming retro-chic, but people nowadays are more into Victorian and mid-century retro than medieval names. When Cecily makes a comeback, so will Lionel.
Lionel I love. There's a certain old-man fustiness about it, but it's also handsome. I could see it becoming retro-chic, but people nowadays are more into Victorian and mid-century retro than medieval names. When Cecily makes a comeback, so will Lionel.
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Henry is already retro-chic in the US. It entered the top hundred in 2006. As for Lionel, hard to say. Maybe, maybe not. It entered the top thousand in 2010, after a an eight year absence, and has risen steadily since. On the other hand, for the vast majority of the years from 1880 through 1996, it was in the top thousand but mostly hovering in the three, four, and five hundreds and never was really popular.
I don't like either name. I had a cat named Henry, and I loved that cat. He was named Henry because I like to give animals people names that I dislike for people. I think Henry just makes me think of a grossly overweight cruel tyrant because of Henry VIII. And Lionel I just can't take seriously. It's one of the three most foppish names there are, the other two being Nigel and Reginald.
Except on a black guy. Black guys can pull off some names that white guys can't. That's why Lionel worked as the name for the character on "The Jeffersons" and it works for Lionel Ritchie. I work with a black guy named Dwight. Dwight is dorky on a white guy, but it's not dorky on the Dwight with whom I work.
I don't like either name. I had a cat named Henry, and I loved that cat. He was named Henry because I like to give animals people names that I dislike for people. I think Henry just makes me think of a grossly overweight cruel tyrant because of Henry VIII. And Lionel I just can't take seriously. It's one of the three most foppish names there are, the other two being Nigel and Reginald.
Except on a black guy. Black guys can pull off some names that white guys can't. That's why Lionel worked as the name for the character on "The Jeffersons" and it works for Lionel Ritchie. I work with a black guy named Dwight. Dwight is dorky on a white guy, but it's not dorky on the Dwight with whom I work.
This message was edited 10/9/2014, 5:45 AM
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Well, I think Henry is more classic than retro. Both of them are chic, and Lionel is certainly more retro.
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One of my cousin's have a son named Lionel. It's not one of my favorites, and I associate it with Lionel Richie and Lionel Messi (my cousin's son is named after him). I'd use Leo as a nickname for it.
As for Henry - I love it. I can't imagine Henry ver becoming retro-chic. Why? Because it's a classic.
As for Henry - I love it. I can't imagine Henry ver becoming retro-chic. Why? Because it's a classic.
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