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ArchivesRe: Narelle, the mystery Australian name
in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans
Being Australian, I have known a few Narelle's. I also have given very little thought as to where it came from.
I suspect however, it is a created name dating maybe back to the 1950's, as I know my mother-in-law's sister (Jenelle) was going to be a Narelle, but they didn't agree on the name. I haven't known of a Narelle older than 60 either. This is just conjecture however, and could be wrong.
I also think perhaps it is a combined variant of Norma and the French suffix elle. Probably an attempt to make it sound more classy (and failing miserably in my opinion!)
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I suspect however, it is a created name dating maybe back to the 1950's, as I know my mother-in-law's sister (Jenelle) was going to be a Narelle, but they didn't agree on the name. I haven't known of a Narelle older than 60 either. This is just conjecture however, and could be wrong.
I also think perhaps it is a combined variant of Norma and the French suffix elle. Probably an attempt to make it sound more classy (and failing miserably in my opinion!)
ed typo
This message was edited 6/18/2007, 5:03 AM
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