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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bridget is a classic name I dont hear too much. Mildred is my favorite "old person name" that I think should come back. Millie is adorable in my mind.  Im done with all versions of Eleanor and Stella. Those old people names are DONE. [/quote]

haha! The name Bridget is always interesting to me. Bridget is/was the stereotypical working/low class name in Ireland...it was THE name for Irish domestic maids/servants/the "help" so much so that for a really long time, many women would actually change their names to avoid that stereotype. I'm never sure if Irish American "never been to Ireland but my last name is Sullivan or O'Reilly!!!" crowd doesn't know this or doesn't care. [/quote]

Yeah, I don't know why anyone would use this name, you are essentially just naming your kid "Maid."
Of course, there is a subset of people who romanticise all things Irish, and for those people, they probably are doing it to celebrate their great great whatever who was a maid, had no education, had 14 kids and lived in a tenament, god bless her.  Should all the current Bridgets aim as high. [/quote]

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