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The Cheaper by the Dozen sibling sets are both predominantly common names of the time with a couple of wild cars thrown in, Ernestine and Nigel. Lorraine sounds like it would be more at home in the era of the original rather than the remake.

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The Barbie Twelve Dancing Princesses look like a collection of modern names. I would not be surprised to hear that the princesses were named after the daughters of the producers and Mattel big wigs.

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Interestingly, some of the names from Madeleine (1939) sound like quintessential US 80s baby names (Danielle, Nicole, Monique, and to a lesser extent Chloe). I really like Yvette, and it was very much on trend in 1930s France. Nona (the name of one of the three Fates) is unusual.

This message was edited 12/11/2024, 6:46 AM

First two sets are incredibly bland and boring, except I love Nigel.

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For Barbie, I love Blair, Fallon, Genevieve, Isla, Janessa, and Lacey. I also like Edeline.

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For Madeleine, I like Chloe, Danielle, Lulu, Madeleine, Monique, and Nicole.

I like...

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Martha
Jane
Lorraine
Sarah
Jessica
Kyle
Nigel
Courtney
Delia
Edeline
Genevieve
Janessa
Lacey
Danielle
Janine
Monique
Sylvie
Yvette

For girls, I enjoy the names Martha, Delia, Anne, Mary, Janessa, Janine, Sarah, Nora, Jessica, Jane, Genevieve, Kathleen, Yvette, Sylvie, Danielle, Monique, Lorraine, Chloe, and Nicole. For boys, I enjoy the names Henry, Jack, Jake, Fred, Frank, Mark, Kyle, Dan, and Mike.

I like Anne, Martha, Jack, Henry, Sarah, Jake, Mark, Jessica, Genevieve, Kathleen, Chloe, Madeline, Monique, Nicole, Sylvie, Yvette

My favorites are Anne, Ernestine, Martha, Fred (as a nickname for Frederick), Jane, Nigel, Delia, Edeline, Kathleen, Lulu (as a nickname), Nona, and Sylvie.