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HelpRe: American "classic" girls" names: one way to define it
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The only one that I find odd is Claudia, since I've never even met one--the idea that it's pretty well-used is an interesting one.
I believe Nina, though. :) If Nina Simone could use it way back when (we'll ignore the fact that she was born Eunice), it's got to be a classic of sorts.
Speaking of Nina Simone, I always thought Simone was a pretty classic name, but it looks like it isn't! Do you have any ideas about why it didn't make the top 1000 until the 60s?
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I believe Nina, though. :) If Nina Simone could use it way back when (we'll ignore the fact that she was born Eunice), it's got to be a classic of sorts.
Speaking of Nina Simone, I always thought Simone was a pretty classic name, but it looks like it isn't! Do you have any ideas about why it didn't make the top 1000 until the 60s?
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A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
You might even provide a Heaven for them. We need You for that. Hell we can make for ourselves.
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Simone was originally a French name. English speakers never seem to have created a feminine form of Simon for themselves. Simone seems to have only become generally used in the USA after 1960, when the French actress Simone Signoret won an Oscar and therefore introduced the name to American parents.
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Thanks for the background--that's interesting.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
You might even provide a Heaven for them. We need You for that. Hell we can make for ourselves.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
You might even provide a Heaven for them. We need You for that. Hell we can make for ourselves.
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