they get less classic as you go on... thoughts?

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

some of the sib sets in my family (too many cousins to name them all)

Aunts and Uncles, born in the 1940s and 1950s:

Lucille (Lucy)
Susan
John Aloysius (Jack or Olly)
Muriel
Christopher (Chris)
Catherine (my mother, Cathy, also my grandmother, Cay)
Patricia (Patsy)

Donald (my father and my grandfather)
Grace Constance (Connie, aunt)
Bernadette (Bern)
John
Patrick (Pat)
Dorothy-Ann (Deedee, Dot)
Mary-Ellen



Some cousins, born in the 1960s-1980s:

Aloysius John (Olly)
Mecca
Therese Catherine (TC)
Kimberly
Colin
Deirdre (said der-druh, nn Dee)
Kendra
Sonya
Maurice
Catherine
Renee
Fred
Sean (brother)
Denise (me)
Donna


Some cousins Kids names, born in the late 1980s-now:

Gray Phillips (no, no ones last name was Phillips, its a random s)
Anna
Alexis
Cassandra
Shelby
Gabriel (Gabe)
Paul
Catherine (I can count 5 catherines out of my grandmother, mother, cousins and two cousins kids)
Emma
Timothy
Helen (my favourite, and the newest)

on my dads side everyone has irish names (i didnt list them all at all) and oon my moms side its totally random (ie. Mecca and Gray)

Comments

[regretfulsmile.livejournal.com]

I agree. Names get less classic as they remain.

Lucille (Lucy) - I'll never not like this name
Susan - Never liked it
John Aloysius (Jack or Olly) - I like everything here but Aloysius
Muriel - Too oldish for me
Christopher (Chris) - Like it
Catherine (my mother, Cathy, also my grandmother, Cay) - I like it with a K
Patricia (Patsy) - No no

Donald (my father and my grandfather) - Don't like it
Grace Constance (Connie, aunt) - I like Grace not Constance
Bernadette (Bern) - Don't like it
John - Like it
Patrick (Pat) - Don't like it
Dorothy-Ann (Deedee, Dot) - I can't decide
Mary-Ellen - No



Some cousins, born in the 1960s-1980s:

Aloysius John (Olly) - Still don't like Aloysius
Mecca - Like it
Therese Catherine (TC) - Like them both only replace the C with a K
Kimberly - Like it
Colin - Like it
Deirdre (said der-druh, nn Dee) - No
Kendra - Like it
Sonya - Like it
Maurice - Like it
Catherine - With a K
Renee - For a girl? like it
Fred - No
Sean (brother) - Like it
Denise (me) - Like it
Donna - Kind of like it


Some cousins Kids names, born in the late 1980s-now:

Gray Phillips (no, no ones last name was Phillips, its a random s) - I like Gray not Phillips
Anna - No
Alexis - No
Cassandra - Like it
Shelby - No
Gabriel (Gabe) - I like Gabe not Gabriel
Paul - Kind of like it
Catherine (I can count 5 catherines out of my grandmother, mother, cousins and two cousins kids) - Again only with a K lol
Emma - Like it
Timothy - Kind of like it
Helen (my favourite, and the newest) - No but I like Helena

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

I like Helena too, but shes named after her grandmother, so its Helen.
we're opposites about catherine, i only like it with a c, like in my family! guess its just what im used to

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

those are most of my favourites too, except i dont like Gray.

[babyjess8.livejournal.com]

Lucille (Lucy) -- sweet
Susan - nms
John Aloysius (Jack or Olly) - cool name, but i wouldn't use it
Muriel - eugh
Christopher (Chris) -- i like christopher, but not chris
Catherine -- ok
Patricia (Patsy) - meh
Donald - meh
Grace Constance (Connie) - nice
Bernadette (Bern) - nms
John - plain, ordinary
Patrick (Pat) -- GREAT name
Dorothy-Ann (Deedee, Dot) -- don't like the hyphen
Mary-Ellen -- again, the hyphen...
Aloysius John (Olly)
Mecca -- Interesting. Is this shortened from anything??
Therese Catherine (TC)
Kimberly
Colin
Deirdre
Kendra
Sonya
Maurice
Catherine
Renee
Fred
Sean -- cool name
Denise
Donna
Gray Phillips -- LOVE Grey... very nice
Anna -- cute
Alexis -- one of my top fn
Cassandra
Shelby -- eugh
Gabriel (Gabe) -- ADORABLE!
Paul
Catherine
Emma - cute
Timothy -- ok
Helen

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

no, Mecca isn't shortened, its after the holy place Mecca

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I like Lucille, Aloysius John, Alexis, Emma, Helen.

How is Aloysius actually pronounced? I love the way it looks.

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

al-uh-wish-us

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Haha, that NOTHING like how I've been pronouncing it.
Ta!