More than a century at least.
I used to work with a girl called Gertrude, but she went by the name 'Trudy'. Think her family were from Europe.
Rosalind/Rose has been in our family continuously since at least the 1870s.
You're not wrong. Some modern names are more like Scrabble accidents than actual names. As an example "Aeyrial" is the daughter of an acquaintance. No idea where that came from.
OT but related, searching for 'bogan baby names' may be enlightening.You're not wrong. Some modern names are more like Scrabble accidents than actual names. As an example "Aeyrial" is the daughter of an acquaintance. No idea where that came from.
There were two girls in my stepdaughter's class at primary school ten years back called "Freedom" and "Destiny". I always joked that they were at philosophical loggerheads but nobody else saw the funny side. Oh well.
THC
Some parents name their children after where they were conceived - perhaps this one was a result of mile-high club membership, but they weren't sure how to spell it.
My bolding -- could Mr. Tolkien possibly be involved here? If I recall correctly, the majority of female hobbits had "flower" or "jewel" names. Maybe this is a thing which the humans got off them
?An amusing thought, but as an avid reader of JRR Tolkien, I think he was reacting to the influences of the late Victorian society in which he grew up. The 'Shire' book company was set up in 1962, the name derived from the fact that their early books were guides to 'Shires' or counties or parts thereof.My bolding -- could Mr. Tolkien possibly be involved here? If I recall correctly, the majority of female hobbits had "flower" or "jewel" names. Maybe this is a thing which the humans got off them
A very quick search finds this:
Wikipedia isn't a primary source, so I did a bit more digging...
www.friendsofdalnavert.ca
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There's a Rosalind in Romeo & Juliet
www.nrscotland.gov.uk
Or they were looking up at their roof and noticed something lashed to a chimney…Some parents name their children after where they were conceived - perhaps this one was a result of mile-high club membership, but they weren't sure how to spell it.
In an ex-colleague’s case, her daughter would have been called Kitchen - she used to say that she knew exactly how long the conception had taken because she could see the clock on the microwave.Some parents name their children after where they were conceived - perhaps this one was a result of mile-high club membership, but they weren't sure how to spell it.
And I had an Aunt Olive (Mother's elder sister) born just after WW1
I new someone called Tryfan after the Welsh mountain on whose slopes he was said to be conceived.Some parents name their children after where they were conceived - perhaps this one was a result of mile-high club membership, but they weren't sure how to spell it.
Better than being called BA456Some parents name their children after where they were conceived - perhaps this one was a result of mile-high club membership, but they weren't sure how to spell it.
I was trying to avoid that particular image!Or they were looking up at their roof and noticed something lashed to a chimney…
I certainly wouldn't want to name any daughter of mine "Speedbird"Better than being called BA456
Would Brooklyn Beckham be an example of that?Some parents name their children after where they were conceived - perhaps this one was a result of mile-high club membership, but they weren't sure how to spell it.
Some parents name their children after where they were conceived - perhaps this one was a result of mile-high club membership, but they weren't sure how to spell it.
