Monday, July 27, 2020

A cool website!

I'm fascinated with names, and I often consult this website www.names.org to find out things about names.

Things such as, what are the trending names these days? (Liam, Noah, William; Emma, Olivia, Ava).

Names with English origin now popular for American babies? (Oliver, Maverick, Leo, Lincoln, Grayson; Amelia, Everly, Charlotte, Eleanor, Hazel).

Most popular names in the 1960s? (Scott, Todd, Jeff, Chris, Tim; Lisa, Tammy, Lori, Tina, Robin.)

This one knocks me out: Most popular girl names in the 1920s: Marjorie, Muriel, Bette, Imogene, Eleanore, Dortha, Leatrice, Emogene, Ruthe, Mafalda.

"Mafalda? Dortha?"

Boy names, 1920s: Seymour, Morton, Patsy, Harding, Hoover, Hideo, Toshio, Minoru, Coolidge, Mitsuo.
You know this elementary educator as Seymour Skinner, but his actual birth name is Armin Tamzarian. Please don't ask why I know this.

Most popular names for boys in the US Mideast (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, and PA):  Salvatore, Gerard,  Dominick,  Angelo, Francis, Vincent, Peter, Bernard, Joseph.

Girls, same area:  Rosemarie, Maryann,  Eileen, Antoinette, Maureen, Miriam, Michele,  Joan,  Joanne,  Dolores.

Not from the website, but based on what I hear around town: This week's most popular baby names: Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV.


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