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Offline ThrelfallYorky

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Re: Old fashioned names
« Reply #108 on: Tuesday 09 August 16 17:16 BST (UK) »
Might not "Perdy" ( often modified to "Purdy") be a short version of "Perdita"? (Shakespeare)
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Re: Old fashioned names
« Reply #109 on: Tuesday 09 August 16 17:23 BST (UK) »

It is on a baby naming site as a diminutive of Perdita and of Latin origin, but I have to be honest I'd never thought of it, she's always been 'Perdy' to everyone.

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Re: Old fashioned names
« Reply #110 on: Wednesday 10 August 16 08:17 BST (UK) »
My contemporaries born mid to late 40s -

Barbara, Sandra, Sylvia, Marjorie, Mavis, Irene, Doreen, Myra, Gillian, Carol, Jean, Shirley, Eileen.

I don't think many of these names are used today for new babies!

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Re: Old fashioned names
« Reply #111 on: Wednesday 10 August 16 09:01 BST (UK) »
My grandmothers were Ethel Gertrude and Cicely Minnie.
My grandchildren are Bentley, Clara and Jessica.

In my tree I have:
Agnes, Archibald, Horace, Mildred, Phyllis, Albert, Alfred, Arthur, Alma, Caleb, Edgar, Josiah, Valentine, Mervin, Amos, Cyril, Claud, Abraham, Agnes, Bertha, Grace

All of which seem old-fashioned to me? ;D
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Re: Old fashioned names
« Reply #112 on: Wednesday 10 August 16 09:03 BST (UK) »
Has anyone seen Daphne  lately?
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Re: Old fashioned names
« Reply #113 on: Wednesday 10 August 16 09:27 BST (UK) »
Quote from: ScouseBoy on Wednesday 10 August 16 09:03 BST (UK)
Has anyone seen Daphne  lately?

No Daphne's lately,however I have recently heard of two new babies named Archie & Reggie !!

We have a Scottish Gt Grandson with the name Chase!
Lancashire- Moss,Broadbent,Olley,Dobson,Dickenson,
Norfolk-Olley,Knowles,Bunn,Pooley,Scott,Vince
Caithness & Dumfries - Evans,Sinclair,Mackay
Belfast-Antrim - Mackay,Connor,Bunting
Liverpool,Wigan & Southport - Ball,Taylor
Isle of Man - Harp,Dougherty
Cheshire - Dickenson
Knighton,Radnorshire - Evans, Broadhurst
Caithness - Sinclair

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Re: Old fashioned names
« Reply #114 on: Wednesday 10 August 16 09:55 BST (UK) »
My grandchildren all have relatively modern names - Paige, a girl,  aged 23, Bailey aged 12 and Cameron aged 10, both boys.  The name Bailey is also used frequently for girls.
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Re: Old fashioned names
« Reply #115 on: Wednesday 10 August 16 11:06 BST (UK) »
Azella my grandmothers middle name.  I've never known anyone else with the name.

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Re: Old fashioned names
« Reply #116 on: Wednesday 10 August 16 11:10 BST (UK) »
I've got quite some Ebenezers in my family, originating in Glasgow and swarming out to London and the US.

On my Belgian side I have one Abulfaragus, and hus cousin (no joke) Julius Caesar.
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