Anonymous
Post 01/31/2022 08:11     Subject: s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Barbara
Joan
Eugene

Hoping DD takes one of these as her confirmation name
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2022 08:08     Subject: Re:s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Sally
Holly
Peter
Ted
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2022 08:01     Subject: Re:s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


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.


This.
You might as well name your kid "Irish maid" - but I guess that's kind of in style these days too..Judge, Cooper, Mason, all professional names. We probably aren't too far away from - Laundress, Nurse, Seamstress, and Maid.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2022 07:56     Subject: Re:s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Jacinta (and Jacynth)
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2022 07:54     Subject: s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Malcolm
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2022 07:52     Subject: Re:s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


Wow. Names like Gertrude and Mildred sound really ugly. There’s a reason they fell out favor. Those sounds are harsh. Bridget has the same ugly alliteration.


DP. Really? Again?


What are you talking about? I really hope Gertrude doesn’t become fashionable again. Those harsh sounds are so bad!
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2022 05:01     Subject: s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Always like seeing some of the more classic 80s baby names from my school days. Maybe they’re in for a resurgence?

When’s the last time you heard of a new baby named Carl, Scott, Kevin, Jeff, Keith, Eric, Nick, Marvin, or Aaron, or Lauren, Amanda, Gabrielle, Adrienne, Sarah, Maya, Kara, or Joyce?
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2022 02:15     Subject: Re:s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


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.


Really don’t care if it’s low class in Ireland- it’s my favorite aunt’s name. Guess I come from low class people.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2022 01:59     Subject: s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Mallory
Blake
Tyne
Lauren
Marlena
Tara
Jill
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2022 21:40     Subject: Re:s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Anonymous wrote:I finally met a not-elderly Iris and got so excited.

It turned out she had chosen the name for herself as a professional name because her given first and last name are the same as a celebrity. So not an Iris from birth.

I love it, but couldn't use it with our last name. I'm curious if people know children or young women named Iris.


A few Latinas(ee-rees).
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2022 21:33     Subject: Re:s/o Names you like but rarely hear
I finally met a not-elderly Iris and got so excited.

It turned out she had chosen the name for herself as a professional name because her given first and last name are the same as a celebrity. So not an Iris from birth.

I love it, but couldn't use it with our last name. I'm curious if people know children or young women named Iris.


Anonymous
Post 01/30/2022 21:30     Subject: s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Names I love that people don't seem to use:

Desmond
Edward
Astrid
Amelie
Dinah



LOVE Desmond. Would have used it if we had had a boy.

Same. It was on our list but didn’t go well with last name.

OTOH, I think Astrid is the worst name of all time.



I have alwys loved Astrid. Astrid Gilberto!


Too close to Ass-Turd for comfort
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2022 21:21     Subject: s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Audrey
Blythe
Evelyn
Susannah
Juliet
Eve
Rebecca
Genevieve
Diana
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2022 21:16     Subject: Re:s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Girl names from the ‘50s and ‘60s- Susan, Laura, Janet, Deborah, Nancy, Karen, Lisa
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2022 21:07     Subject: s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Calista is a favorite of mine - husband hates it so it’s a no-go, unfortunately. It was the name of one of my grandmother’s best friends - she was so chic and FUN (like, always drinking a martini when I saw her).