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in reply to a message by Lily
Valerie was to be my name (1964) until my father decided the ride to the hospital was a good time to bring up changing the name. [Good timing, Dad! :-/ ] So I might not be the most objective on the name. But I do like the perkiness of Valerie. It makes me think of jewel tones for some reason. It's known, but not overly used, which is always nice.
Dated? I didn't know any Valeries growing up. So it doesn't scream 60s / 70s the way names like Lisa and Kimberly do. Then again, I'm not that bothered by how dated something sounds. I'm more interested in how it's likely to sound in the future, over the course of the child's life. A forty year time lag doesn't seem as bad as a ten year one, if that makes sense. But my bottom line is that just about any classic will wear well, and Valerie has as good a chance as any.
Valeria is beautiful and I'm glad to see it making the top 100. That sort of surprises me because the only time I've ever seen it on a name board it was hooted out of contention. "It sounds like malaria!" was the general outcry. I was the only one defending the poll parent. Perhaps recent immigrant populations are bringing lovely names like Valeria with them and making them more popular than I realized. (I'm in the U.S. if that matters.)
Between the two I'd go with zippy Valerie.
Dated? I didn't know any Valeries growing up. So it doesn't scream 60s / 70s the way names like Lisa and Kimberly do. Then again, I'm not that bothered by how dated something sounds. I'm more interested in how it's likely to sound in the future, over the course of the child's life. A forty year time lag doesn't seem as bad as a ten year one, if that makes sense. But my bottom line is that just about any classic will wear well, and Valerie has as good a chance as any.
Valeria is beautiful and I'm glad to see it making the top 100. That sort of surprises me because the only time I've ever seen it on a name board it was hooted out of contention. "It sounds like malaria!" was the general outcry. I was the only one defending the poll parent. Perhaps recent immigrant populations are bringing lovely names like Valeria with them and making them more popular than I realized. (I'm in the U.S. if that matters.)
Between the two I'd go with zippy Valerie.
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If you look at the numbers Valerie is a late 50's and 60's name and then saw a brief revival in the 80's. The only Valerie I've ever known well was a friend of my mother and she was either born in the 50's or 60's. You're right that Valerie has never been super popular. At its most popular year which was 1959 it was at number 60.
I personally have always liked the name Valerie. But when I was growing up I kept meeting people who told me that they hated it and I've never understood why. I've only met a few people who like the name Valerie. But I haven't asked in a long time, maybe now people don't view it as being dated and maybe since people have been loving V names it will see a come back.
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I personally have always liked the name Valerie. But when I was growing up I kept meeting people who told me that they hated it and I've never understood why. I've only met a few people who like the name Valerie. But I haven't asked in a long time, maybe now people don't view it as being dated and maybe since people have been loving V names it will see a come back.
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This message was edited 10/1/2012, 12:20 PM
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I think it left the top 100 last year, in 2011. But it made the top 100 for 4 or 5 years before that (I'm too lazy to look it up right now). It never reminded me of malaria. This is the first time I hear of it being associated with malaria.
Not really as dated as Lisa and Kimberly, but it only made the top 100 in the 60s and 70s so I thought it might feel dated to some.
Not really as dated as Lisa and Kimberly, but it only made the top 100 in the 60s and 70s so I thought it might feel dated to some.
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