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ArchivesAre Wilhelm & Arnold also considered to be a old-fashioned names in Germany nowadays?
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Hi Lucille,
Yes, they are! I don't know any child with one of these names. The youngest Wilhelm I know is 76 years old and the youngest Arnold is about 55 (don't know the exact age).
Wilhelm is back in the top 100 popular names in Sweden, so maybe it will come back to Germany as well??? Who knows? ;)
Why do you want to know?
Satu
Yes, they are! I don't know any child with one of these names. The youngest Wilhelm I know is 76 years old and the youngest Arnold is about 55 (don't know the exact age).
Wilhelm is back in the top 100 popular names in Sweden, so maybe it will come back to Germany as well??? Who knows? ;)
Why do you want to know?
Satu
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These names are pretty common in my family; for example, my father has got 2 cousins named Wilhelm (they're in their 40's), my grandfather has got a brother named Wilhelm, and so on. Same thing for the name Arnold.
Because those names are pretty frequent in my family, I don't really view them as old-fashioned (especially Wilhelm). But then I saw that these names weren't in the top 10 list of the most popular names in Germany (I wasn't really surprised that Arnold wasn't listed, but mildly surprised to see that Wilhelm wasn't listed). So I wondered. :-)
I don't live in Germany myself, so I don't know much about the popularity of names there (only know these things about my own country, the Netherlands).
Anyway - thanks for your reply, Satu! :-)
Greetings,
Lucille
Because those names are pretty frequent in my family, I don't really view them as old-fashioned (especially Wilhelm). But then I saw that these names weren't in the top 10 list of the most popular names in Germany (I wasn't really surprised that Arnold wasn't listed, but mildly surprised to see that Wilhelm wasn't listed). So I wondered. :-)
I don't live in Germany myself, so I don't know much about the popularity of names there (only know these things about my own country, the Netherlands).
Anyway - thanks for your reply, Satu! :-)
Greetings,
Lucille
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