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slemslempikeI am having way too much fun on this. I love how the patterns change, and the unexpected difference. So did you know that Eileen and Aileen, both popular names in the 1990s that dwindled, appear to be experiencing a brief resurgance? That Mary was a top 1000 boys' name? That the name Victoria was more popular in the 1990s than it was in the 1900s?
You know who else would have loved this? Joey Bettany (Josephine most popular 1910s, apparently there's a rise in 2003). Malvina was the 862nd most popular name for girls in the 1900s. Oh, and Josette was on the list in the 1960s and 1970s! My (correct!) spelling of my name is less popular that the Other way of spelling it.
You know who else would have loved this? Joey Bettany (Josephine most popular 1910s, apparently there's a rise in 2003). Malvina was the 862nd most popular name for girls in the 1900s. Oh, and Josette was on the list in the 1960s and 1970s! My (correct!) spelling of my name is less popular that the Other way of spelling it.
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Date: 2005-02-11 07:22 am (UTC)i love it. freyja, my fave girls name, isn't recorded at any point, but cameron, austin and alexander are all disappointingly common. am now trying to think of less common boys' names that i like.
Joey would have LOVED it! can't you see her finding character names through it?
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Date: 2005-02-11 07:27 am (UTC)Clare
Claire
Clair
Clayre (seriously. I knew someone who spelt it this way.)
Freyja's a nice name. You should also remember that it's an American site, so I think Austin (I like the spelling Austen, more literary!), would be far less common in the UK.
The only problem for Joey is that these are all the 1000 most popular names - too common for her!
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Date: 2005-02-11 09:37 am (UTC)Joey could always put in names to see how common they were, though, and consider them if they didn't get any response (as Freyja didn't).
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Date: 2005-02-11 07:43 am (UTC)It's only common courtesy to make sure it's right when people have names that can be spelt a few ways anyway.
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Date: 2005-02-11 07:46 am (UTC)Catherine
Catharine
Katherine
Katharine
Kathryn
I have yet to come across as Kafrin, but I'm sure it's just a metter of time. I do try to check the spelling before I send/write, but sometimes if I'm thinking of something else it gets sent off.
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Date: 2005-02-11 07:49 am (UTC)Ok, I think you can be let off with the various spellings of Catherine ;)
Kafrin. Please lord no. *stabs*
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Date: 2005-02-11 08:04 am (UTC)I get seriously annoyed if people spell Katie with a "y". When I was 5, though, I went through a phase of spelling it that way, just because everyone seemed to be called Katie and I was sick of being like everyone else! My mum objected and told the school to ignore me! Over here, I usually have to spell it out to people - and because I don't know my German alphabet properly, it doesn't generally help... Kati (pronounced to rhyme with "tarty") is how they spell it and say it if I don't make a fuss.
Um, I'll be quiet now...
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Date: 2005-02-11 07:14 pm (UTC)It is my name!
(having another Arthur Miller moment)
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