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HelpRe: 50 forgotten(?) American favourites
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I like:
Myrtle - However, this has never been popular in Britain as far as I know, so it doesn't have that dated feeling to me, it's just a very little-used plant name ... like Juniper, perhaps.
Thelma - though it does remind me of thermal vests
Lois - Again, this has never really peaked in Britain. I've only known one Lois, aged about 17 now, and at school everyone misheard her name as Lewis, which is phenomenally popular for boys. That's probably hindered its usage, in Scotland anyway.
Beatrice - Already making a comeback. There's a teenage princess in Britain called Beatrice, which gives it a fresh (albeit upper-class / intimidating) feel.
Sylvia - I see this becoming the new Sophia in the US. I've seen it on this board so many times, just like I saw Sophia so often here before it hit the jackpot. I prefer Silvia, because of my pathological dislike of Sylvia Plath.
Rosemary - Making a comeback already
Roxana, but not Roxanne
Genevieve
Leona - prefer Leonie
Meredith - Never been popular in Britain, but I'd like to use it one day.
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♥Elinor♥
Myrtle - However, this has never been popular in Britain as far as I know, so it doesn't have that dated feeling to me, it's just a very little-used plant name ... like Juniper, perhaps.
Thelma - though it does remind me of thermal vests
Lois - Again, this has never really peaked in Britain. I've only known one Lois, aged about 17 now, and at school everyone misheard her name as Lewis, which is phenomenally popular for boys. That's probably hindered its usage, in Scotland anyway.
Beatrice - Already making a comeback. There's a teenage princess in Britain called Beatrice, which gives it a fresh (albeit upper-class / intimidating) feel.
Sylvia - I see this becoming the new Sophia in the US. I've seen it on this board so many times, just like I saw Sophia so often here before it hit the jackpot. I prefer Silvia, because of my pathological dislike of Sylvia Plath.
Rosemary - Making a comeback already
Roxana, but not Roxanne
Genevieve
Leona - prefer Leonie
Meredith - Never been popular in Britain, but I'd like to use it one day.
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♥Elinor♥
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Thermal vests!! Ha, that's a fantastic association. I work with a Thelma- you're to blame if I call her Thermal by accident :D
Eugenie probaby can't do much to improve the fate of her name though...
That's funny you should say that about Myrtle- both Myrtles I've ever met were born in London during WWII. Maybe it's just not a Scottish name? (Saying MAIRRh-tul in a Scottish accent in my head convinces me of this argument)
I was going to comment above that "standard" Scottish names- Lewis, Stuart, Douglas, Craig et al had a sort of fashionable period in the middle of the 20th century on this side of the Atlantic, and now people have moved on to the Irish parts of their heritage. That's one thing about most of North America- people can claim heritage of whatever sort of sound strikes their fancy. That also means that fashions are more easy to track- every other 50-year-old Canadian man is called Doug, and there are plenty of Craigs in their 30s and 40s. Brendans are in their teens and 20s, and then there's the proliferation of five-year-old Liams, Aidans and Ronans. I expect the Welsh may be up next- Huw, Aled and Llewellyn, anyone?
Eugenie probaby can't do much to improve the fate of her name though...
That's funny you should say that about Myrtle- both Myrtles I've ever met were born in London during WWII. Maybe it's just not a Scottish name? (Saying MAIRRh-tul in a Scottish accent in my head convinces me of this argument)
I was going to comment above that "standard" Scottish names- Lewis, Stuart, Douglas, Craig et al had a sort of fashionable period in the middle of the 20th century on this side of the Atlantic, and now people have moved on to the Irish parts of their heritage. That's one thing about most of North America- people can claim heritage of whatever sort of sound strikes their fancy. That also means that fashions are more easy to track- every other 50-year-old Canadian man is called Doug, and there are plenty of Craigs in their 30s and 40s. Brendans are in their teens and 20s, and then there's the proliferation of five-year-old Liams, Aidans and Ronans. I expect the Welsh may be up next- Huw, Aled and Llewellyn, anyone?
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