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Help[Facts] Re: What are the snobbiest and most old-fashioned English first names, according to you?
in reply to a message by Anneza
I would agree with you. There is nothing wrong with people using a name which has been used for centuries, it depends on their reasons. I know a lot of people who wouldn't want to give their child a name like Sharon, Samantha, Jade or Darren, Jason or Wayne because they sound "common". What they mean is modern, because a name hasn't been around for hundreds of years or used by royalty then it's not acceptable. I think a lot of people are guilty of this.
What is interesting is that in recent years the top ten names in England have mainly been old-fashioned names and names like Emily, Charlotte, Chloe, Jack, Thomas, and Joshua which are used by people of all classes, wheras 30 years ago only middle or upper class people would have used these names.
I use the computer in the library (in my lunch hour), when I have more time I will have a look through Burke's Peerage. I do flick through The Times (middle class paper) and look at the birth announcements because I've always been interested in names. Names like Oliver, Harry, Archie, George, Alice, Charlotte, Eleanor and Isabel are popular at the moment, these are all "old-fashioned". Although I have seen a couple of unusual names like Caspian, Balthasar, Inca Skye and Echo Maud recently. I feel sorry for those kids!
A bit of a long message I'm afraid!
Rosey.
What is interesting is that in recent years the top ten names in England have mainly been old-fashioned names and names like Emily, Charlotte, Chloe, Jack, Thomas, and Joshua which are used by people of all classes, wheras 30 years ago only middle or upper class people would have used these names.
I use the computer in the library (in my lunch hour), when I have more time I will have a look through Burke's Peerage. I do flick through The Times (middle class paper) and look at the birth announcements because I've always been interested in names. Names like Oliver, Harry, Archie, George, Alice, Charlotte, Eleanor and Isabel are popular at the moment, these are all "old-fashioned". Although I have seen a couple of unusual names like Caspian, Balthasar, Inca Skye and Echo Maud recently. I feel sorry for those kids!
A bit of a long message I'm afraid!
Rosey.
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