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Linda was popular in the mid-1950s. My sister had 3 Lindas in her kindergarten class. We had a friend named Donna as well. Lisa was very popular in the early 1960s.
Zappa's daughter is Moon Unit, and his son is Dweezel.
People made a HUGE deal out of those names and said the kids would be held up for ridicule and become victims of bullying. Doom was predicted. Between the names and having Frank for a dad people said they'd never be "normal". I know someone who is very close to the Zappa family. He says they're all very normal, well-adjusted, nice and have a strong work-ethic. Just like their parents. (Frank was, apparently, very grounded.)
I think every generation comes up with names that make older generations cringe.
I'm 46, so people my age are already becoming grandparents. It's intriguing to me to hear teens and young adults talking about names. For instance, Olive. No one in my generation would have even given this name one second thought, but I have heard of several baby Olives recently. And then there's Matilda. I have to fight the urge to say "MATILDA, really?!" Hazel, yes, lots of them, and Cora, Nora, and Violet. For boys, Oscar, Jasper, Oliver, Henry. I'm trying to get with the program but all these names still scream "old" to me.
Fast forward to the 1970s to 1990s, baby names have changed dramatically as conformity shifted to uniqueness. For boys, it was Michael (Mike), Christopher/Kristopher (Chris/Kris), Joshua (Josh), Brandon, John, Adam, Jordan, Andrew, Jason, and Patrick (Pat)
None of those names are unique. Most are even biblical names.
I think every generation comes up with names that make older generations cringe.
I'm 46, so people my age are already becoming grandparents. It's intriguing to me to hear teens and young adults talking about names. For instance, Olive. No one in my generation would have even given this name one second thought, but I have heard of several baby Olives recently. And then there's Matilda. I have to fight the urge to say "MATILDA, really?!" Hazel, yes, lots of them, and Cora, Nora, and Violet. For boys, Oscar, Jasper, Oliver, Henry. I'm trying to get with the program but all these names still scream "old" to me.
I confess, I like Hazel. Maybe as a middle name.
Olive will always be Olive Oyl. Olivia, I like.
Matilda could be Tillie or Mattie. Maybe someone's grandma was a Matilda? It's not bad. Better than Clothilde or Hortense or Delores.
I like all the others, particularly Violet (we had an Aunt Vi) and Henry (considered that one for our son).
Did you make that up, or is it a different language?
No, I didn't make it up. It's the original Dutch spelling of Brooklyn, New York. BTW, my first name is Dutch, although most people would not recognize it as such.
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A lot of that increased diversity is just alternate spellings, though. I think if you combined all the forms of Catherine/Katie together they would probably exceed the number of Jessicas and Ashleys in the 1980s/1990s, for example.
I think every generation comes up with names that make older generations cringe.
I'm 46, so people my age are already becoming grandparents. It's intriguing to me to hear teens and young adults talking about names. For instance, Olive. No one in my generation would have even given this name one second thought, but I have heard of several baby Olives recently. And then there's Matilda. I have to fight the urge to say "MATILDA, really?!" Hazel, yes, lots of them, and Cora, Nora, and Violet. For boys, Oscar, Jasper, Oliver, Henry. I'm trying to get with the program but all these names still scream "old" to me.
That might come from the Roald Dahl book and then film, which was huge for my generation and I bet before as well.
Oliver was my best friend's name. I love it as a name for a boy and if I wasn't already settled on Aslak for a boy I'd probably go for Oliver.
Nothing wrong with unique...... our 2 year old is named Jovie... we figured it was unique enough and something that would not get her ridiculed/teased as she grew up.. lol.. because lets face it, that stuff happens no matter what generation you grew up in!
I like to read obituaries to see the names over generations. A woman dying in her 90's might be named Mabel or Ruth. Her daughter born in the 50's or 60's will be Linda or Karen. Her granddaughter born in the 80's or 90's will be Jennifer or maybe Caitlyn. Her newborn great-granddaughter will be Emma, or maybe....Mabel.
I think every generation comes up with names that make older generations cringe.
I'm 46, so people my age are already becoming grandparents. It's intriguing to me to hear teens and young adults talking about names. For instance, Olive. No one in my generation would have even given this name one second thought, but I have heard of several baby Olives recently. And then there's Matilda. I have to fight the urge to say "MATILDA, really?!" Hazel, yes, lots of them, and Cora, Nora, and Violet. For boys, Oscar, Jasper, Oliver, Henry. I'm trying to get with the program but all these names still scream "old" to me.
Yep. I'm 53 and on one in my generation would have dreamed of naming their kids those names. But I do like them.
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