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HelpRe: What do you think of these names I'd consider naming my (hypothetical) son?
in reply to a message by Manipura
I do agree that Gael does feel a bit old, but name cycle out of young and new across the generations. Mildred seems old to us, but in 10 years people will start using it again.
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Yeah, but I meant that since I perceive it as a certain age (same age as Maude, since I think of a married couple named those), it seems a different aesthetic to me (when people do use it nowadays) than what otherwise would seem similar names. Gale or "gayl" seems more stoic to me than Dale partly for this reason, for example; and it seems quiet in part just because I associate it most with a pre-telephone/TV era.
This message was edited 11/12/2024, 3:57 PM