Cancelled Baby Names

[exchemist]

I've known one Charlotte. She was tough, but a really good woman.

Lottie is quite tough. Serious businesswoman and brought up five kids. I met her again after 20 years, at a rowing club reunion recently, and she is still firing on all cylinders.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Cornelius, Cornwall, Herbert, Leviticus, Phineas, and Abigail also sound like names from the Wild West now.

There's a young woman at work who is named Abigail, but she goes by Abby. It's not that rare here.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

My own name isn't very popular. People think it's Franklin, which annoys me, as if that's so popular.

 

[exchemist]

There's a young woman at work who is named Abigail, but she goes by Abby. It's not that rare here.

It's a nice name.

 

[JustGeorge]

I don't meet many other Georges.

 

[exchemist]

I don't meet many other Georges.

Female ones, you mean? No, Georgina is quite rare. But plenty of male Georges about, including one of my nephews.

 

[Kathryn]

OK so what about men named womens' names or vice versa. For instance, I really did have an uncle named Uncle Joy. I had an uncle named Uncle Vivian (we called him Uncle V). And then there was the infamous Ashley Wilkes who I always thought was a panty waist.

Though I have to admit that Uncle Joy's parents had some weird names for kids - they were, in order (I think): Joy, Jewel, Freddie, Zettie, Mavis (with a short A, not a long A), Brudge, and Willis. So yeah - none of those do well these days, and for good reason.

I love my granddaughters' names though - they are all classic names. I also found out long after I named my daughter (their mother) that her name and mine were both in the top five female names for business leaders. I like that.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

New OK so what about men named womens' names or vice versa. For instance, I really did have an uncle named Uncle Joy. I had an uncle named Uncle Vivian (we called him Uncle V). And then there was the infamous Ashley Wilkes who I always thought was a panty waist.

Courtney is one of those.

Brudge

The hell???

Freddie is a normal name, though. Jewel is a normal name for girls. Zettie is kinda cute. Lol.

 

[Kathryn]

Courtney is one of those.

The hell???

Freddie is a normal name, though. Jewel is a normal name for girls. Zettie is kinda cute. Lol.

I know, right?

OK so Freddie was my grandfather. That was his name - not Frederick, Freddie. And no middle name. Just Freddie.

The only person I've ever known named Jewel was the singer Jewel and my Aunt Jewel. Never known any other Zettie other than my Aunt Zettie. That was her whole name too - not a nick name.

I totally agree about the whole Courtney debacle by the way!

 

[Revoltingest]

My own name isn't very popular. People think it's Franklin, which annoys me, as if that's so popular.

Do they pronounce it "Frankensteen"?

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Do they pronounce it "Frankensteen"?

No, but I'll accept it if someone ever does. Lol.

 

[JustGeorge]

Female ones, you mean? No, Georgina is quite rare. But plenty of male Georges about, including one of my nephews.

I think I've only met(in person) one George! He was a friend's father(since passed).

 

[Stevicus]

OK so what about men named womens' names or vice versa. For instance, I really did have an uncle named Uncle Joy. I had an uncle named Uncle Vivian (we called him Uncle V). And then there was the infamous Ashley Wilkes who I always thought was a panty waist.

Sounds like A Boy Named Sue.

 

[Heyo]

Sounds like A Boy Named Sue.

Or a man named Jane.

 

[exchemist]

I think I've only met(in person) one George! He was a friend's father(since passed).

Interesting. I wonder if that's an American thing, due to their (slightly ridiculous) animus against George III. A bit like the reason there are no Benedicts in the US, because of Benedict Arnold. When my brother Benedict travelled in the US, he learnt to introduce himself as "Ben",which people took for Benjamin, a nice Jewish name.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

I like Charlotte too. As @JustGeorge knows well.

I've only known two Charlottes and they've both been good eggs. (The other one was at the rowing club and we called her Lottie.)

I had a teacher named Charlotte. She was tough, but fair. Not bad looking either.

 

[exchemist]

I had a teacher named Charlotte. She was tough, but fair. Not bad looking either.

Charlotte in the picture is a farmer's daughter and not afraid of getting her hands dirty.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Charlotte in the picture is a farmer's daughter and not afraid of getting her hands dirty.

She's a good looking woman and practical too it would seem. A good combo.

 

[Rachel Rugelach]

Here are some Hebrew girls' names which have attained cancelled status:

Arnona (ארנונה), formerly a lovely nature name meaning "roaring stream." Today the word is used in Israel to mean "property tax."

Chanana (חננה), formerly meaning "grace of God." Nowadays it's a Hebrew slang word meaning "nerd, dork."

Orna (אורנה), another nature name, created as a feminine form of the Hebrew word for "pine tree" (אורנ). Unfortunately, it too closely resembles the Yiddish word orne (אורנע), meaning "ballot box" or "urn."

Ziva (זיוה), meaning "brightness, brilliance, splendor." However, a modern-day Hebrew word that sounds exactly the same but is spelled with one different letter (זיבה) changes the meaning of this name to "gonorrhea."

The lesson to be learned here is: Don't be charmed by names you find in modern-day baby names books. You could be making a terrible mistake in naming your child one of these names before doing a bit of research on your own.

(And, no, I've never made one of those mistakes. I don't have any kids, but I do love names and their meanings. )

 

[exchemist]

She's a good looking woman and practical too it would seem. A good combo.

Indeed. And she has a lovely County Durham accent. A fellow by the name of Kristian snapped her up a decade or more ago. He must be the luckiest man in Middlesborough. The rest of us can only see her chatty relaxation videos on YouTube. Curiously, her surname appears to be Angel - a case of nominative determinism?