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ArchivesRe: 2597 Italian names...the submitted ones!!
in reply to a message by Felie
If a name was last used in 1998, then it can't be classified as medieval. 1998 was during the lifetime of many users on here, myself included. Medieval would imply that the name hasn't been used in centuries.
"Rare" might be a better moniker if a name sees little to no regular usage.
Not everyone in a given culture is going to be familiar with every single name from that culture. Take the Portuguese Wikipedia's list of names, for example: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_nomes_portugueses
I'm from Brazil, where stranger names tend to get more usage than they do in Portugal, but well over half of the names on the list are names I've never met any people with. Some of them I was surprised to find out were names! Some I've only heard on deceased people, such as people I've found in cemeteries and genealogies.
Even in English-speaking countries, the majority of people aren't familiar with every single name. I doubt many Americans recognize obscure names from the older popularity charts, such as Pinkney, Hilliard, Bascom, Seaborn, Capitola, Savilla, Fleta, Pluma, Clevie, Lutie, and Exie. To give an example: according to names.com, Capitola hasn't been used since 1956. The book it originated from (The Hidden Hand) is no longer widely read either.
"Rare" might be a better moniker if a name sees little to no regular usage.
Not everyone in a given culture is going to be familiar with every single name from that culture. Take the Portuguese Wikipedia's list of names, for example: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_nomes_portugueses
I'm from Brazil, where stranger names tend to get more usage than they do in Portugal, but well over half of the names on the list are names I've never met any people with. Some of them I was surprised to find out were names! Some I've only heard on deceased people, such as people I've found in cemeteries and genealogies.
Even in English-speaking countries, the majority of people aren't familiar with every single name. I doubt many Americans recognize obscure names from the older popularity charts, such as Pinkney, Hilliard, Bascom, Seaborn, Capitola, Savilla, Fleta, Pluma, Clevie, Lutie, and Exie. To give an example: according to names.com, Capitola hasn't been used since 1956. The book it originated from (The Hidden Hand) is no longer widely read either.
This message was edited 12/31/2018, 7:57 PM
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