Message: "Quadruplets from the 1880's"

Quadruplets from the 1880's

by Pickles (C.M.S.)

6/26/2022, 10:40 AM

I just stumbled upon this, so I wanted to share it. Here are the names of quadruplet daughters born in Pennsylvania in the late 1880's. Tell me what you think:

Adaline
Agatha
Agnis
Alawisha

#quadruplets

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- namesarecool285

6/27/2022, 12:20 PM

I’m not a fan of any of these names, personally. If I had to choose, I’d choose Adaline. I think that name is kind of pretty.

- Dianatiger

6/26/2022, 10:51 PM

Not the worst but not that great. It's already very matchy but Agnis & Agatha in the same set is too much. Just feels lazy by that point. Agnis should have been swapped out for Alyce or similar and it would have been better.

- Wordsmith

6/26/2022, 5:56 PM

While I prefer Aloysia, Alawisha is fun.

I adore Agatha and don't mind Agnis.

- Manipura (glaucous) +2

6/26/2022, 4:06 PM

Agatha and Alawisha are great as sisters. They have so much character. I like that Alawisha has 'wish' in it and that Agatha means 'good'.

I could take or leave Agnis. One potential positive thing about this spelling is that it reminds me of ignis (fire). But I think Annabel, Astrid, or Audrey would sound better with the other names.

For Adaline, I think of someone like the character Amy from Little Women. Stylewise, I feel like it's too frilly yet not frilly enough and would prefer Adele, Adela, Adelaide, Madeline...

This message was edited 6/26/2022, 4:09 PM

- Dianatiger

6/26/2022, 10:45 PM

I second the Alawisha sentiment

- Pickles (C.M.S.)

6/26/2022, 6:28 PM

I like the "wish", too. It's nice.

- Grazz

6/26/2022, 3:36 PM

The names get worse the farther you go down.

- Theodora'sMommy (Nemesis0408)

6/26/2022, 2:19 PM

It started out so promising but midway it really went off the rails.

- Anneza +5

6/26/2022, 1:07 PM

Adaline looks like a compound: Ada meets Adeline.
Agatha is fine, then and now.
Agnis is a spelling error and not as nice as Agatha anyway; silly to put it in the same sibset.
Alawisha?! Can this be Eloisa in disguise? It looks as if it should sound like a stifled sneeze.

- Theophania (blaaarg) +1

6/26/2022, 2:19 PM

Spellings were really not very standardized back then.

- Pickles (C.M.S.)

6/26/2022, 3:36 PM

Yeah, if you ever look at any old records, spellings like Agnis and Alawisha don't surprise you.

- clevelandkentevans

6/26/2022, 1:13 PM

Sorry, no idea why this posted twice.

This message was edited 6/26/2022, 1:14 PM

- clevelandkentevans +1

6/26/2022, 1:13 PM

I think Alawisha must be a phonetical respelling of Aloysia (or Aloisia), a feminine form of Aloysius.

This message was edited 6/26/2022, 1:14 PM

- Pickles (C.M.S.)

6/26/2022, 3:38 PM

I think you're right.

And I kind of like it, lol.

- Gingersnap (Ranchie)

6/26/2022, 12:02 PM

Adaline - nice
Agatha - likeable and fits the time
Agnis - should have been spelled Agnes, but either way is too similar to Agatha, wouldn’t they both get called Aggie
Alawisha - what? I don’t know what it’s supposed to be.

I also don’t like all of the same letters.

- RoxStar

6/26/2022, 11:37 AM

Adaline I could believe was just a knowing variant on the stylish-then Adeline. Agatha was speled correctly. The other two, especially poor Alawisha, make it obvious the parents were semi-literate at best.

- Impala1729

6/26/2022, 10:55 AM

I like Adaline, I don’t like the others.

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