Just saw a birth announcement for a girl named Evelyn Claire and was thrilled to think some of the "old fashioned" names are making a comeback. I don't like the need so many parents have to use the trendiest name du jour (do you know how many Madisons, Avas, and Aidens there are?), then I remind myself that Abelard and Heloise named their son "Astrolabe" which was a high-tech (by medieval standards) instrument for identifying the stars and was for a while a popular name for boys--so there's nothing new about trendy names!
When we were kids (before electricity) I knew a lot of Stevens and Larrys and Davids and the like. Girls were Susan or Barbara.
By the time our nieces and nephews were born (1977-2000) that had changed to Kelly & Tracy, Samantha & Luke, Nathan and then Blythe & Brooklyn and C.J.
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Just saw a birth announcement for a girl named Evelyn Claire and was thrilled to think some of the "old fashioned" names are making a comeback. I don't like the need so many parents have to use the trendiest name du jour (do you know how many Madisons, Avas, and Aidens there are?), then I remind myself that Abelard and Heloise named their son "Astrolabe" which was a high-tech (by medieval standards) instrument for identifying the stars and was for a while a popular name for boys--so there's nothing new about trendy names!
I think the "Madison" thing started after SPLASH.
When we were kids (before electricity) I knew a lot of Stevens and Larrys and Davids and the like. Girls were Susan or Barbara.
By the time our nieces and nephews were born (1977-2000) that had changed to Kelly & Tracy, Samantha & Luke, Nathan and then Blythe & Brooklyn and C.J.
Newest generation: Senna and Bianca.
NTTAWWT
Jeff
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