Anyone give their child a typical 1950’s, 1960’s name?

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Anonymous wrote:We have a Ruby - not many of those.

Very trendy in my town. I still really like it.

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I love Margo/Margot.

Susan is cute, but I love Suzanne.

Carol, meh, but Caroline/Carolina I love.

My mom's name was Kathleen. Lovely Irish name, Kitty is a common nickname as a PP said.

Other "mom" names from my childhood -- Alice, Joan, Sonia, Eleanor, Frances/Franny, Lilian, Lenore

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Anonymous wrote:I love Margo/Margot.

Susan is cute, but I love Suzanne.

Carol, meh, but Caroline/Carolina I love.

My mom's name was Kathleen. Lovely Irish name, Kitty is a common nickname as a PP said.

Other "mom" names from my childhood -- Alice, Joan, Sonia, Eleanor, Frances/Franny, Lilian, Lenore

I love Sonia and would have considered it for my DD if I didn't have a very good friend with that name. Also love Frances/Franny.

Eleanor and Lilian have become very popular though, especially Eleanor. I honestly feel like all the "E" names are over done these days: Emma/Emily, Eleanor/Ellie, Evelyn/Evangeline/Eva. etc.

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Recently met a little Martha (nn Marty) and thought that was adorable.

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Anonymous wrote:Recently met a little Martha (nn Marty) and thought that was adorable.

Martha! That is a good one. I can imagine it being really cute on a little girl, too. Admittedly I don't love Marty but I bet it would grow on me. I struggle with liking a lot of nicknames at first, but once I associate them with a real person, I warm up to them.

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I have a real soft spot for Dorothy nickname Dot.

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I think Susan is great, esp. Susie as NN. I think many of these late Boomer/early Gen X names will be very popular in 10 years or so when they are the next wave of "grandma names".

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. I think the names like Barbara, Carol, Susan, Linda, Leslie, Elaine, Irene, Sharon, etc. should all be retired.

In favor of what? Britney and Amber?

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I actually like the name Amber.

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My grandmas went by Kitty and Dotty.

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Anonymous wrote:Recently met a little Martha (nn Marty) and thought that was adorable.

I like Martha but if she grows up awkward or fat or ugly having that name just makes her row even longer to hoe.

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Biff.

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My grandma's names were Opal & Rosalie. I've met a little Opal, & a little Agnes.

Jean, Margaret, Marie, Marian, Florence, Patricia, Pamela all seem timeless. Also Ezra, Joseph, Wynn, Merle, and Geoffrey from the same older generation.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. I think the names like Barbara, Carol, Susan, Linda, Leslie, Elaine, Irene, Sharon, etc. should all be retired.

In favor of what? Britney and Amber?

+1

Kayleigh

Madison

Chloe

Khloe

etc
etc

I don't see Susan or Mary etc being worse or less than at all.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a Ruby - not many of those.

I know three little kids named Ruby.

Seriously, I know three kid Ruby and two dog ruby. Ruby has jumped the shark.