magnolia76
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My name is Jillian, which I have always liked. But I've always loved Elton, Miles, Mickey, Jack, Stella, Ruth, and Violet
RitaHayworth said:Not so much Vintage - but my mum liked Hayley after she heard of "Hayley Mills" when she was younger.
So Hayley I became! My middle name Anne....well, that's traceable right back to the Tudor period - very vintage indeed!
tuppence said:I loved watching old Haley Mills movies.
Your name also became popular after Hayleys comet came over late 80's?
My mom Named me Hailey. Same as yours, but different spelling. How neat. She named me after the comet though. lol Mainly, because she got pregnate with me when the comet was passing, and I was a suprise so she thought Hailey would be a special name.RitaHayworth said:Not so much Vintage - but my mum liked Hayley after she heard of "Hayley Mills" when she was younger.
So Hayley I became! My middle name Anne....well, that's traceable right back to the Tudor period - very vintage indeed!
AudreyH said:My mom Named me Hailey. Same as yours, but different spelling. How neat. She named me after the comet though. lol Mainly, because she got pregnate with me when the comet was passing, and I was a suprise so she thought Hailey would be a special name.
RitaHayworth said:I just read somewhere that "Blossom" was popular up until around 1931 - when it disappeared off popular names lists.
Edward said:I just chanced across this thread again, and it occurs to me that in any given era there are three types of name that properly belong:
1] The adults of the era - the people whose generation it truly is. What names did they have? This is probably the biggest influence on how we think of names nowdays. What instantly seem "40s" names to me, for example, were probably picked out between 20 and even 50 years earlier when those adults (the movers and shakers, the musicians, actors, politicans and authors of the day) were born.
2] The babies born in that era. A 1940s name proper, I think, would be names given to people in that era - ie those born then. I suppose though that there could be some commonality with many in group 1], if then as now people named their children after celebrities often. (see e.g. John Winston Lennon, as was his given name).
3] The names people give their pets. This is often overlooked, but I have long believed that the names people give their pets say a lot about them.... and much of the time these are the names that they would really have preferred to give hteir kids but didn't dare! lol
Edward said:I
just chanced across this thread again, and it occurs to me that in any given era there are three types of name that properly belong:
3] The names people give their pets. This is often overlooked, but I have long believed that the names people give their pets say a lot about them.... and much of the time these are the names that they would really have preferred to give hteir kids but didn't dare! lol
Edward said:3] The names people give their pets. This is often overlooked, but I have long believed that the names people give their pets say a lot about them.... and much of the time these are the names that they would really have preferred to give their kids but didn't dare! lol