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HelpRe: Thoughts on these old-fashioned names?
in reply to a message by Rainya
Charlene - I prefer it over Charlotte, it’s more soft spoken?
Flora - not old fashioned imo. Not in the UK anyway as it’s fairly common. Nice name as it reminds of the goddess of flowers.
Fredrick - I dislike this spelling. It find it difficult to picture this on a (non royal) person.
Hubert- My cousin’s (and his son’s) middle name. I like it because of him.
Ida - I love Monument Valley and the main character is named Ida, before that I’d associate it with a great grandmother.
Twyla - Frilly, but there’s something about it that’s alluring. Free spirited and celestial.
Viola - I had a Croatian colleague name Viola (vee-o-la), I prefer that over the English prn as I dislike vye part. vee-o-la lovely and musical, vye-o-la sounds like the school bully.
Wilbur - Maybe as a pet name, as jokey kind of name, but I really can’t picture it on a person.
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Flora - not old fashioned imo. Not in the UK anyway as it’s fairly common. Nice name as it reminds of the goddess of flowers.
Fredrick - I dislike this spelling. It find it difficult to picture this on a (non royal) person.
Hubert- My cousin’s (and his son’s) middle name. I like it because of him.
Ida - I love Monument Valley and the main character is named Ida, before that I’d associate it with a great grandmother.
Twyla - Frilly, but there’s something about it that’s alluring. Free spirited and celestial.
Viola - I had a Croatian colleague name Viola (vee-o-la), I prefer that over the English prn as I dislike vye part. vee-o-la lovely and musical, vye-o-la sounds like the school bully.
Wilbur - Maybe as a pet name, as jokey kind of name, but I really can’t picture it on a person.
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I am in the mood
to dissolve
in the sky.
- Virginia Woolf
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Yes, I prefer Charlene over Charlotte too! Finally someone who agrees! :D
Oh, right, I forget the UK list is very different! Flora is much less common in the US.
I always pictured Viola being pronounced with a vee because of the instrument.
Oh, right, I forget the UK list is very different! Flora is much less common in the US.
I always pictured Viola being pronounced with a vee because of the instrument.