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Brings to mind the song "Woody" wrote for his girlfriend on Cheers, LOL perfect for their wedding!
Your username is like something cruel that people do. I've only noticed it with whites but apparently there are some who deliberately give their kid the same first and last name. Like Thomas Thomas. I rode a tour bus to Vegas with one guy whose cousin was called Kaye Kaye, like your handle on CD.
Your username is like something cruel that people do. I've only noticed it with whites but apparently there are some who deliberately give their kid the same first and last name. Like Thomas Thomas. I rode a tour bus to Vegas with one guy whose cousin was called Kaye Kaye, like your handle on CD.
Yes, I knew a Russell Russell. It took him until he was around 40, but he finally started using his middle name. I forget what it was--but it was a common name.
I grew up with Scotts and Jeffs and maybe one Amy, but Amy and Jennifer were names that became very popular when I was already an adult.
I find it bizarre as heck that "Isabel" is popular again--that's my mother's age group, and she is 84. As a matter of fact, she is Charlotte, and that one has made a comeback, too!
Wonder if we'll be seeing any little Helens or Bettys anytime soon...
I'm guessing Isabel is popular due to the Twilight craze.
I have encountered a lot of wierd names. In high school we had Michael Hunt; Anita bohn (Bone); Paul Ehinis (P. Ehinis). Later I met a Darhla Darling. I cannot remember others right now, but I posted them before.
I keep wondering when my grandparents names will comes back into vogue - Clyde and Alta.
I for one am glad to see unique names. When I grew up, everyone was named David, John and Greg and all the girls were named Jennifer, Michelle, and Anne. I see those names and think "lame and conservative" I think those names can be special if they have some special connection such as naming your child after a great family member or friend but otherwise, I just don't see the appeal in name your son John or Jennifer...sorry that's my opinion. I think a lot of people limit their names to old school Anglo Saxon Biblical names because they feel like they have to in order to fit in. I noticed this is particularly true in more conservative and Evangelical areas in the country
I didn't want a name that would make June and Ward Cleaver proud.
I have encountered a lot of wierd names. In high school we had Michael Hunt; Anita bohn (Bone); Paul Ehinis (P. Ehinis). Later I met a Darhla Darling. I cannot remember others right now, but I posted them before.
I keep wondering when my grandparents names will comes back into vogue - Clyde and Alta.
When I was growing up in my town full of Dutch immigrants and people of Dutch descent, it didn't always occur to me that other people weren't familiar with some of the names. I was at work one day and played a message out loud from my mother, who was letting me know that "Tuny Van Dyke" had died. My cubicle mate heard that and said, "TUNY?" I told her that his real name was Tunis--Tuny was just a nickname. She said, "TUNIS? Someone named their kid TUNIS?" I laughed, because I knew at least three people named Tunis, all old men by then. And people named Cornelius, or Aalt, or Wilhelmina, or Pietje...
I don't think those names are coming back. I do sort of like Aalt, though.
I for one am glad to see unique names. When I grew up, everyone was named David, John and Greg and all the girls were named Jennifer, Michelle, and Anne. I see those names and think "lame and conservative" I think those names can be special if they have some special connection such as naming your child after a great family member or friend but otherwise, I just don't see the appeal in name your son John or Jennifer...sorry that's my opinion. I think a lot of people limit their names to old school Anglo Saxon Biblical names because they feel like they have to in order to fit in. I noticed this is particularly true in more conservative and Evangelical areas in the country
I didn't want a name that would make June and Ward Cleaver proud.
Ward isn't a name that's used too often! Maybe that will make a comeback.
Jennifer and Michelle were unusual names when I was a kid. Especially Jennifer. I don't think I know any Jennifers in their fifties, but I do know a Michelle or two my age.
Well judging by what some people have named their kids I'd say they took massive amounts of mind altering drugs and then came up with the names.
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