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HelpRe: Is Alexander dated or classic/timeless?
in reply to a message by tiramisu
Of course it is classic.
It has never really been completely out of use, especially if you consider the whole world and all the forms of Alexander. It probably won't be out of use in any foreseeable future. So in that sense you might say it is timeless.
It's not timeless in the sense that it's unaffected by fashions.
But I don't think that it'll ever seem like a dated old-man name the way that, say, Reginald or Herbert does now imo. It'll probably just be used gradually less for a while. So, maybe in forty years it could seem about like Stephen / Steven does now (another classic name that isn't totally timeless).
- mirfak
It has never really been completely out of use, especially if you consider the whole world and all the forms of Alexander. It probably won't be out of use in any foreseeable future. So in that sense you might say it is timeless.
It's not timeless in the sense that it's unaffected by fashions.
But I don't think that it'll ever seem like a dated old-man name the way that, say, Reginald or Herbert does now imo. It'll probably just be used gradually less for a while. So, maybe in forty years it could seem about like Stephen / Steven does now (another classic name that isn't totally timeless).
- mirfak
This message was edited 2/1/2024, 11:42 PM
