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babynamesEnglish singer-songwriter Lily Allen (Lily Rose Beatrice) and her husband Sam Cooper had a daughter at the end of November, and the name was just released (possibly inadvertently): Ethel Mary.
I do love Mary (though it's a bit plain, and wouldn't be my first choice), but Ethel...I can see what they were trying to do, and I do look like my fair share of "old lady" names, but I don't know if I can ever see that one making a comeback. I think it may be just a tad too old.
WDYT?
I do love Mary (though it's a bit plain, and wouldn't be my first choice), but Ethel...I can see what they were trying to do, and I do look like my fair share of "old lady" names, but I don't know if I can ever see that one making a comeback. I think it may be just a tad too old.
WDYT?
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Date: 2012-01-04 06:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-04 06:53 pm (UTC)I think Ethel could have a comeback. I think it's rather cute like Mabel and Esther... not in the Agnes or Bertha stage yet.
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Date: 2012-01-04 07:10 pm (UTC)So, I guess, like all things, it's just a matter of taste.
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Date: 2012-01-04 07:19 pm (UTC)Ethyl, Aethel, Aythill, Ethelle, A'Thelle?
Opinions may vary.
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Date: 2012-01-04 08:38 pm (UTC)It's bizarre that celebs are having kids called Ethel and Olive and Agnes and suddenly people are liking the names.
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Date: 2012-01-04 09:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-05 10:19 am (UTC)Apple Martin. Wait for her to be called Apple Martini.
Oh, then there's Nicole with her Sunday Rose. Which we were all saying was Sunday Roast.
Kids with weird names get picked on. Older style names may be more popular in the UK than in the rest of the English speaking world, but I'm willing to bet it's more names like Martha and Lillian than Ethel.
She would have been better off with Edith. At least you can get a cute nickname, Edie, out of that one.
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Date: 2012-01-05 05:35 pm (UTC)Lillian is a nice name, I can see that one making a comeback for sure. It lends itself to the nickname "Lily" which will probably be popular among kids who grew up with Harry Potter but might be looking for something to make it different from all the other little Lilys.
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Date: 2012-01-05 10:12 pm (UTC)It also gives a more 'adult' name. Lily is cute, but I can't imagine a CEO of a company with the name Lily.
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Date: 2012-01-05 10:08 pm (UTC)And that's the thing. Unless you suddenly have a huge number of kids called Olive, any child with that name is going to cop that sort of teasing.
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Date: 2012-01-04 10:07 pm (UTC)Mary is really boring, but...not horrible, I guess. *shrugs*
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