Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, my name ends in a "y", but not low class. Far from it. Inherited the name from long line as well as a substantial trust.

Insecure much?

why would answering the OPs question make me insecure? Far from it. Sounds like you are, though. Why make such a judgment without knowing anything about me except for one letter in my name and that I am well off?

Mary is fine and of course not low class in the least.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, my name ends in a "y", but not low class. Far from it. Inherited the name from long line as well as a substantial trust.

Is your name "Buffy"?

You really think "Buffy" would be passed down for generations? Hopefully not giving myself away, but my first name is Mary.

why do the "high-class" nickname their girl children after female private parts?
muffy, buffy, kitty, ect?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, my name ends in a "y", but not low class. Far from it. Inherited the name from long line as well as a substantial trust.

Is your name "Buffy"?

Please... My husband's ultra-WASP family has 5 women named "Elizabeth' in it. They all have WASP-y nicknames, including "Buffy." (Betts, Buffy, Betty, Bitsy, Boots). Other super-WASPy nicknames are: Kiki, Molly, Kitty, Tippi, (or Tipper), Muffy. It's only "low class" to social climberswho were born without any class.

Anonymous wrote:I must be the bottom of the heap
Name ends in an "i"
And I pick my nose, drive an suv, am divorced

You mean like Tiffani?

Anonymous wrote:Right, because the names "Mary" and "Emily" are sooooo trashy.

I think y'all know what we are talking about here.

Anonymous wrote:Sylvia

Fine.

Right, because the names "Mary" and "Emily" are sooooo trashy.

Anonymous wrote:So when you say names with a "Y" are you talking about the full name having a y, or do nicknames count too...

For example, Elizabeth does not have a y, but "Betty" does...so is a girl named Elizabeth not classy if she goes by Betty...or is she only not classy if her name is actually Betty--on her birth certificate and everything?

Elizabeth does sound more classy than Betty, yes. But if she goes by Betty, she woudl not sound low class. Depending upon how you look at it, she'd sound either a) like an old grandma or b) like funky hipster vintage.

Sylvia

Anonymous wrote:I don't get it. What's the problem ?

Missy? Mindy? Lesley? Andy? Jordyn? Yvonne? Yael? Yves?

Missy - dated, not fine
Mindy - ugh
Lesley -- seems like a male spelling; prefer "Leslie" for a girl
Jordyn -- this is pushin' it and trying to be too trendy
Yvonne -- classic name, fine
Yael -- classic name, fine
Yves -- classic name, fine

So when you say names with a "Y" are you talking about the full name having a y, or do nicknames count too...

For example, Elizabeth does not have a y, but "Betty" does...so is a girl named Elizabeth not classy if she goes by Betty...or is she only not classy if her name is actually Betty--on her birth certificate and everything?

Anonymous wrote:'Kathryn' is actually a traditional spelling that goes waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy back on my Irish/Celtic side of the family.

It is traced back to the 1880s. It is not of the current 'y' trend. Although---I guess the Irish were considered the low class/peasants back then.

Yes, I agree with you. "Kathryn" is fine.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the name "Kelly" is fine. It is a classic name. However, I don't care for names such as "Tracy," "Stacy," "Darcy," Wendy," "Cindy," hmm, what else? Those are the ones I can think of right now.

But some of those are actually nicknames for longer names without a "y"...like I had a neighbor named Anastacia, and she went by "Stacy." "Cindy" is usually a nickname for "Cynthia", etc.

Also I know of a "Tracie" and a "Stacie"--do they have more class than "Tracy" or "Stacy?"

True (to the part I've bolded and underlined above). However, the ones I personally know, who tend to have been born in the late 60's/early 70's, don't seem to have these names as nicknames. These born in this time period seem only to have the names such as "Stacy," Wendy," "Tracy," etc. All these gals are a few years older than I. It just seems like in the late 60s/early 70s, the parents were really going in for these types of names! I kind of think "yuck" when I hear them. But that's just me personally. I'd think the same thing if they ended in "ie."