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[laminy.livejournal.com]

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard have welcomed their second daughter: Gloria Ray. Their first daughter is named Ramona.

I love Ramona, and I was actually just thinking to myself the other day about whether I liked the name Gloria or not. It does feel old, but gotta love the meaning.

Also interesting: Gloria peaked in the 1940s, and Ramona in the 1930s. So, classic, or just old-lady?

WDYT?

Comments

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

I love the name Ramona because Ramona Quimby is one of my all-time favorite heroines. I have an Aunt Gloria (b. 1953) and I've always liked her name a lot.

I'd say they seem "old lady" right now, but if more and more people start using them, that stigma might wear off. They seem like two names that go through cycles.

[sweethoneybee.livejournal.com]

I've just started reading the Ramona books to my daughter. I loved Ramona when I was a kid!

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

The Ramona book are the best! I hope your daughter enjoys them.

[sparklymoon.livejournal.com]

I always had to skip the part where the cat died... I cried for days.

[countessof-roth.livejournal.com]

Ramona was one of my front runners for my currently incubating girl but got shot down by the husband...

[ninjanette.livejournal.com]

Not really a fan of Gloria but Ramona is my top girls name right now :)

[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

I actually like both. Ramona is adorable and as a sibset, Gloria is great.

[bubblytoes28.livejournal.com]

Gloria makes me think of White Men Can't Jump.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I like that they potentially named her after a famous feminist, Gloria Steinem, but rather dislike the name itself. Also, I know at least one parent is Jewish, so I was wondering if she went for Gloria as a nod to Golda, as in Golda Meir, but if that is the case, I like Golda or Goldie better than Gloria.
Ray as a middle is interesting, if not my style. Is Ramona's middle name known? How does it compare to Ray?

[laminy.livejournal.com]

If Ramona has a middle name, I've never heard it.

[babytalking.livejournal.com]

It would be hard for me not to consider Ramona as a girl's name, because of my fierce love for Miss Quimby. I like Gloria, to be honest. I think a lot of "old person" names are making a comeback thanks to quaint hipster aesthetics, but I personally love them and can't get enough of babies that sound like they should be 87.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Another Ramona fan! *high-fives*

[frost.livejournal.com]

Ramona has grown on me, but I'm not a fan of Gloria.
Neither sounds "old lady" to me.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I like Ramona. Gloria is alright, just not really my style.

[raze--the-rose.livejournal.com]

A (german) friend of mine has a sister named Ramona. I quite like it. Gloria sounds old lady to me, but not so much that it's a bad name.

[eveyalecia.livejournal.com]

I have pretty much opposite reactions than everyone else, lol. I prefer Glory to Gloria and I don't really like Ramona at all. Neither sounds "old lady" to me though.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I LOVE it. I love the sib-set. My SIL said (before she got pregnant) that she wanted to use Gloria after her grandmother. I thought it was a great name.

When she got pregnant they picked Marley--which I hate. But they did use Rae as a middle name, so she could have been Gloria Rae, which made me laugh when I heard this one.

[sarahmarie.livejournal.com]

I really love both. Especially Gloria, because I'm a bit biased on that one, as it's my Aunt's name too.

[gemmagic.livejournal.com]

I like them both, and I do think they go together nicely. :)

[chadwah.livejournal.com]

Rather than Gloria, I like Glory -- grew on me reading Marilynne Robinson's "Gilead" and "Home." Would consider it ourselves only it sounds a little silly with our G last name.

[skate97.livejournal.com]

I think they're classic, but I love old lady names for baby girls, so either works for me. Both are adorable. I have a friend with a 7 year old named Gloria and it suits her well.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I really liked Gloria when I was in my early teens. I never thought of it as an old lady name until people started telling me it was! I still like it.