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Thread: Names and their meaning
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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The Nicks and Matts I know tend to be gay. Some of them don't know it yet.
Scotts are pretty boys who don't always age well.
Emilys need to have control over everything and can't handle confrontation well.
Kathys and Katies (etc) tend to be grounded and no-nonsense people.
Jims are exceedingly loyal.
Daves are reliable, salt of the earth types with terrible romantic histories.
Corys and Shanes are "manly men" who like cars, cheap beer, sports, duct tape, and take forever to grow up.
I keep waiting for my name to come up.... ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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North East Quine
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When I was a solicitor, I did four change-of-names and three were for men who hated their given name of Albert.
I know three Matthews, all of whom are highly intelligent.
Every Catherine I have met has been an all-round capable, head-girl type.
I gave my son my maiden name as a middle name. It was a dull, safe sort of middle name, but a subsequent female pop star has meant that it's now seen as one of the "modern" girls name given by celeb-struck parents ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
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Lothlorien
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My dad's name was Albert, a family name. He hated it and always used his second name, although mum called him Albert. There was even one generation where there was an Alberta instead of Albert. She changed her name when she was about 70.
[ 15. January 2013, 11:35: Message edited by: Lothlorien ]
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Thurible
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Originally posted by North East Quine:
I gave my son my maiden name as a middle name. It was a dull, safe sort of middle name, but a subsequent female pop star has meant that it's now seen as one of the "modern" girls name given by celeb-struck parents
You gave your son the middle name 'Britney'?
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Ariel
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Originally posted by North East Quine:
I know three Matthews, all of whom are highly intelligent.
I can add the two I know to the list. It does make you wonder, doesn't it?
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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Originally posted by Thurible:
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Originally posted by North East Quine:
I gave my son my maiden name as a middle name. It was a dull, safe sort of middle name, but a subsequent female pop star has meant that it's now seen as one of the "modern" girls name given by celeb-struck parents
You gave your son the middle name 'Britney'?
Thurible
![[Smile]](smile.gif) Not Britney. Not Tiffany either, unlike a certain Richard Tiffany Gere, who also got his mother's maiden name as a middle name.
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The5thMary
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The other day, on the local news there was a story about a woman who had been rescued by a neighbor when their apartment building burned down. The rescuer's name? Tertiary Brown (not really his last name) the II.
WHO names their child Tertiary and then names the son after the first Tertiary???
Dear God... how dreadful....
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Adding more Matthews to the gathering.
Daughter-Unit seems to be surrounded by young men named Matthew. She dated a couple of them, and married the best one!
A Matthew who was a very good friend in high school did finally figure out that he's gay. We were waiting for the light to dawn.
Even now, she will call me to ask if I can guess the name of the new co-worker or neighbor. Of course, it's always Matthew. And they are all very intelligent. Just the fact that they like to hang around D-U proves it!
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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I came across an Effiebella in the 1901 census today. Her given name appears to have been Effie Isabel, though. What's wonderful is that she's a pharmaceutical student in 1911; clearly not being held back by her ridiculous name. (Even in 1901 I'm pretty sure Effiebella was a dire name.)
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Amos
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Originally posted by Lothlorien:
My dad's name was Albert, a family name. He hated it and always used his second name, although mum called him Albert. There was even one generation where there was an Alberta instead of Albert. She changed her name when she was about 70.
If she'd just hung on a bit longer it would have come back round into fashion. I hope she didn't change it to 'Kylie.'
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Angloid
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The great Fr Forrest wrote a poem about a child brought for baptism with the name of Gooey. The perplexed priest asked for the spelling and was reassured that it was G-U-Y.
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Mama Thomas
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It wasn't long ago Berthas were old and fat, until the last two I met were young and had the bodies of models. Barbaras all used to be over 70 and now they are getting younger. All Emilys are children. The Tiffanys and Ambers of the world all look well into middle age, though they cannot be. It must be their liftstyles that have aged them so rapidly.
Philips can be of any age, as can Philippas. I have never met a young Herbert. I think the Kaydens of the world change their name to Herbert when they turn 80.
People with last names as first names, Johnson, Harrison, etc. seem to be professional people.
Except for religious, all Francises are Franks, and are middle aged and above.
Thomases of course, seem to be 40 or above.
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Boogie
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Originally posted by Mama Thomas:
Thomases of course, seem to be 40 or above.
Thomas is back! There are lots of them in our primary school.
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Angloid
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Sam (as in Samuel as well as Samantha) seems to be having a comeback too.
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ArachnidinElmet
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Originally posted by Mama Thomas:
People with last names as first names, Johnson, Harrison, etc. seem to be professional people.
Except for religious, all Francises are Franks, and are middle aged and above.
All the Harrison's I know (except Ford of course) are teenagers or younger.
All RCC Francises will have the middle name 'Xavier'.
I saw a regional map of names once which was very interesting. More Edwins in Northumberland; Nigels are prolific in East Anglia. Wish I could remember where I read it.
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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I've got a very uncommon name.
When I saw a book on the shelf the other day that claims to offer 100,000 names for your baby, of course I looked for myself.
I'm not there either. (I like being that unusual!)
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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Originally posted by Boogie:
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Originally posted by Mama Thomas:
Thomases of course, seem to be 40 or above.
Thomas is back! There are lots of them in our primary school.
I don't think Thomas ever went away here. I know Thomases of every age, two in primary, one in secondary, one at University....
James is another ever-green name.
I don't know anyone under 40 with my name, though. It's only a matter of time before it becomes an "old lady" name.
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Amos
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Mama Thomas:
Except for religious, all Francises are Franks, and are middle aged and above.
Thomases of course, seem to be 40 or above.
I've known several University undergraduates named 'Francis'--they'd be between 20 and 25 now. None was known as 'Frank.' Also one three-year old--also called 'Francis'.
Francis Spufford, the writer, is not a religious.
On the other hand, how old is the youngest Charles you know who has his name shortened to 'Chuck'? 55? 60?
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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I never knew anyone younger than me with my name, the nearest was about twenty years older. That was until they contracted out the cleaning at work and one of the new cleaners shares it and she is about twenty years younger than me. I wonder if their are a younger batch I am unaware of.
Jengie
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blackbeard
Ship's Pirate
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I'm still waiting to hear from an Ursula; I assume that Ursula is a very sensible girl with a somewhat dumpy figure. Now tell me that Ursulas (?Ursulae) are slim and drop dead gorgeous, and do not at all resemble a little she-bear (am I right there?).
Meanwhile I am trying to come to terms with being an Archangel (I won't say which one, other than it's not Azrael).
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Ariel
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Originally posted by blackbeard:
I'm still waiting to hear from an Ursula; I assume that Ursula is a very sensible girl with a somewhat dumpy figure. Now tell me that Ursulas (?Ursulae) are slim and drop dead gorgeous, and do not at all resemble a little she-bear (am I right there?).
Quite right. I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Ursula Andress yet.
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Piglet
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Originally posted by Firenze:
Chardonnay?
Only in Footballers' Wives. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
When I was growing up the name Karen seemed to be rather trendy (there weren't that many of them, but they were all young). A relative whose given name was Katherine (not sure if she spelt it with a K or a C) started to be known as Karen when she was in her teens, and I remember thinking that I couldn't imagine an old lady called Karen.
She's now in her mid/late 50s; maybe when she hits 60 or 70 she should go back to calling herself Katherine ...
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Sir Kevin
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Samanthas tend to be uniformly beautiful and generally fairly bright: I have dated them, banked with them, had my health insurance problems solved by them and taught them!
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Jack the Lass
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Originally posted by The5thMary:
The other day, on the local news there was a story about a woman who had been rescued by a neighbor when their apartment building burned down. The rescuer's name? Tertiary Brown (not really his last name) the II.
WHO names their child Tertiary and then names the son after the first Tertiary???
Dear God... how dreadful....
That reminded me of a student nurse who had a placement with us when I was working with district nurses, years ago. He was (I think) Nigerian, and his first name was Surgery. He said that it was very common in his neck of the woods for children to be named after a feature of the place where they were born - I don't think I've come across many people though where that tradition was taken quite so literally!
Our youngest niece and nephew both have names that I would have considered 'old people's names' (they're going to have a brother or sister in a few months' time so I don't know if the tradition will be kept up this time as well). My name was pretty common in the 1970s (in my infant school class there were 4 of us, just in the one class), but I don't think I've come across any much younger than me, so I'm wondering if (like NEQ) my name will end up as an 'old people's name' in a couple of decades' time.
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Jack the Lass
Ship's airhead
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Actually, thinking a bit more about my name - I have always used the contracted form, as did the others I knew, but since being in Scotland I've noticed that the women with my name are much more likely to use the full version. That really surprised me.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Some names are impossible to imagine at certain ages. A columnist admitted to naming her son 'Thurston' - which I have immense difficulty with for anyone under the age of 40. Similarly, I find it hard to visualise an elderly Jade or Kadence or Angel.
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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I was at a graduation 3 years ago, and there was a "Kylie" getting her PhD. I was surprised that a Kylie would be old enough for a PhD.
I tried to search the local newspaper births section for my name, and got dozens of hits! Wow! I thought, it's coming back into fashion! But no. Without exception my name appeared in each birth announcement preceded by "grandchild to...."
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Zacchaeus
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Originally posted by Firenze:
Some names are impossible to imagine at certain ages. A columnist admitted to naming her son 'Thurston' - which I have immense difficulty with for anyone under the age of 40. Similarly, I find it hard to visualise an elderly Jade or Kadence or Angel.
I have never heard the name Thurston at all. sound slike it should be a type of beer..
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Yes, why not 'Theakston' ? It is a bit Ee ba' gum - Thon Thurston Satterthwaite's a reet mardy bugger.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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On which note, I liked the observation that the tennis player Mardy Fish sounds like the successor to Angry Birds.
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ChaliceGirl
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Originally posted by Zacchaeus:
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Originally posted by Firenze:
Some names are impossible to imagine at certain ages. A columnist admitted to naming her son 'Thurston' - which I have immense difficulty with for anyone under the age of 40. Similarly, I find it hard to visualise an elderly Jade or Kadence or Angel.
I have never heard the name Thurston at all. sound slike it should be a type of beer..
Thurston Howe the 3rd was a character on the TV show "Gilligan's Island."
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Lucia
Looking for light
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My name comes from Greek mythology and is not that common in the UK and anyway I'm always known by the short form. However when I was growing up it irritated me that I knew a number of people who had dogs who shared the short form of my name but there was only one other girl with the same name in an all-girls school of nearly 800. I didn't like to think I sounded like I was a dog...
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Sir Kevin
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Originally posted by leo:
In that order?
Yes, Leo: my wife no longer lets me date strange girls - I gave up two other girlfriends for her when we were at university!
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Lymasa
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Naming your son Michael, in at least some parts of the US, is considered to be just asking for trouble. While they may grow up to be model citizens, while young Michaels can be counted on to be stroppy, headstrong, active, and an all-around handful and a half.
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Piglet
Islander
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Originally posted by ChaliceGirl:
... Thurston Howe the 3rd was a character on the TV show "Gilligan's Island."
Thurston Dart was an English conductor and harpsichord player.
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Pomona
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Flicking through the hymnbook at church on Sunday (we use the New English Hymnal) I came across Athelstan Riley - if that's not a Harry Potter name I don't know what is. Speaking of Harry Potter names, JK Rowling came up with some brilliant ones. I love unusual first names with nondescript surnames.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Originally posted by Jade Constable:
. I love unusual first names with nondescript surnames.
A trick first marketed by Richardson with Pamela (Andrews), when that was an exotic name.
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