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Help[Opinions] Re: Emily
in reply to a message by Lily
It's a name that I've always felt pretty neutral about--don't love and don't hate. Now the fact that it is so popular has colored my opinion of it a little to the negative. I don't know how I would feel about it if it weren't so popular.
It can only fall, but I'm not sure if it will fall all the way out of the top 100 in ten years. It will definitely become dated, but yes, there's a difference between dated classic names and other dated names.
I've known three. One was a woman I knew about twenty-five years ago, who was at least twenty years older than I am, so she must be in her seventies now. Another was a young woman who's probably in her late twenties now. Another is a friend's daughter who is now fifteen. My fifteen-year-old niece's middle name is Emily. It would have been her first name, as it was her mother's favorite name for a long time, but it was deliberately avoided for first name use because of its popularity. I definitely think Emily the best spelling.
It can only fall, but I'm not sure if it will fall all the way out of the top 100 in ten years. It will definitely become dated, but yes, there's a difference between dated classic names and other dated names.
I've known three. One was a woman I knew about twenty-five years ago, who was at least twenty years older than I am, so she must be in her seventies now. Another was a young woman who's probably in her late twenties now. Another is a friend's daughter who is now fifteen. My fifteen-year-old niece's middle name is Emily. It would have been her first name, as it was her mother's favorite name for a long time, but it was deliberately avoided for first name use because of its popularity. I definitely think Emily the best spelling.
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