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HelpRe: Which names work best
in reply to a message by Manipura
Ophelia has a long history of usage dating back to before 1880, where it was ranked at around 200 in the US. Its return to usage may track similarly to Willow’s arrival- but Willow was nowhere to be found pre-2000s. One is an older name with fluctuating usage, the other is a modern word name that shot from not in the top 1000 ever to 37 in just over 20 years.
Helena has a more similar trajectory - at 200 in 1880, slower to drop out of fashion than Ophelia (1990 vs 1960) but then, Helena didn’t have the tragic heroine baggage. It also came back earlier and stronger but again, Ophelia has baggage.
Meanings and associations aside, which most people are not going to know anyway. Willa is a different name with a different history. Apples to oranges. I think Ophelia and Willa work well together.
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/56287
Helena has a more similar trajectory - at 200 in 1880, slower to drop out of fashion than Ophelia (1990 vs 1960) but then, Helena didn’t have the tragic heroine baggage. It also came back earlier and stronger but again, Ophelia has baggage.
Meanings and associations aside, which most people are not going to know anyway. Willa is a different name with a different history. Apples to oranges. I think Ophelia and Willa work well together.
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/56287
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