Spinoff:what is your name and do you like it?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a name that was uncommon in the 80s/90s when I was growing up (Emma) but super common now. I liked it then and now.

FWIW, I think Jennifer is a lovely name and Jenny is an adorable nickname.

I’m a 90s Emma and same - it suits me. The shift from “oh, my great aunt was an Emma” to “my niece is an Emma” was very sudden and funny to me.

My friend with a Heather/Jennifer/Jessica-type name was so concerned with giving her kid a less common name and I just did not see the point. You can’t predict what will suddenly skyrocket!

I have that type of name and I was also very concerned with giving my kid a name that was at least not in the top 10. I have always hated being one of many with the same name.

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I have an old fashioned name that has not come back in style. Think like Edna. I hate it and always have and it’s rare enough that if I posted it here you would be able to identity me there really are that few under the age of 80.

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Anonymous wrote:Old farts on here

Are you a young fart, pp?

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Louise. I’d rather it be Louisa, but it’s fine, except for certain siblings who liked to called me Wheezy.

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Anonymous wrote:Sarah. Always hated it. It’s so bland and it didn’t help that I was in speech therapy for R sounds through elementary school. I always longed for a nickname.

My DD has a very late 80s/early 90s name with endless nickname possibilities and it was basically chosen to make heal 4th grade me.

It's how Ludo said Sarah too!

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Anonymous wrote:My name absolutely dates me-no one has my name anymore. I like it though.

The nicest, kindest woman I know is named Karen so to me it’s a lovely name.

Agree; I know 3-4 Karens, all aged between 50 and 70 and they are the nicest ladies.

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Anonymous wrote:I have an old fashioned name that has not come back in style. Think like Edna. I hate it and always have and it’s rare enough that if I posted it here you would be able to identity me there really are that few under the age of 80.

Thelma, Doris, Althea, Joan, Ethel, Esther, Gertrude, Bertha, etc. these names all had a beautiful sound in their time. I think they will come back around!

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Anonymous wrote:My name absolutely dates me-no one has my name anymore. I like it though.

The nicest, kindest woman I know is named Karen so to me it’s a lovely name.

My name is Karen and I hate it. Also, I reject the idea that just because a person is kind it means their name is great.

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Anonymous wrote:I have an old fashioned name that has not come back in style. Think like Edna. I hate it and always have and it’s rare enough that if I posted it here you would be able to identity me there really are that few under the age of 80.

Just this morning I spoke with an old lady named Helen and told her my grandma's name was Helen. She said nobody's named Helen anymore so when she hears of a Helen, she knows that woman is an old lady. My grandma Helen has been dead since 1994, so I didn't want to say that. Some old lady names came back in style, and some didn't. Helen and Edna didn't.

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Anonymous wrote:My name absolutely dates me-no one has my name anymore. I like it though.

The nicest, kindest woman I know is named Karen so to me it’s a lovely name.

My name is Karen and I hate it. Also, I reject the idea that just because a person is kind it means their name is great.

PP said to her it’s a lovely name, not that it’s great to everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Rebecca here 53 and I love my name…now. I kind of wish that my parents had spelled my name Rebekah because I am old-fashioned and traditional and prefer the biblical spelling.

Funny that I married into a Swiss-German surname and I often assumed to be Jewish.

I am 4th generation Rebecca and never nicknamed. Also forgot to give my only DD my name so guess it ends with me.

Ha, I’m the Rachael from the first page and people often assume I’m
Jewish also. It’s totally fine, just funny that you get it too.

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Wendy and yes

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Elaine. I’ve always felt like it was too dated and an old name.

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Anonymous wrote:It is so weird how names just go out of fashion. No one names their kids Betty, Alice, Carl, or Frank etc anymore.

I have an Alice!

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Anonymous wrote:I have an old fashioned name that has not come back in style. Think like Edna. I hate it and always have and it’s rare enough that if I posted it here you would be able to identity me there really are that few under the age of 80.

Thelma, Doris, Althea, Joan, Ethel, Esther, Gertrude, Bertha, etc. these names all had a beautiful sound in their time. I think they will come back around!

I know several young Jewish Esthers.