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Help[Opinions] Re: Franklyn for a girl?
in reply to a message by chazda
Honestly, my heart missed a beat! :-)
If I want to answer your questions, I'll have to be long, and perhaps boring, but I have to explain one or two things about naming trends in Hungary.
I was born in the middle of the 80s, when "English sounding" names like Andrea or Linda were in for girl. The phenomenon is perfectly understandable: in the 80s my country's separation from the West was coming to an end. Everything from America or Western Europe was trendy, so were names. Also, after hundreds of years, all time classics like Erzsébet and Katalin were forgotten, giving way to sometimes horrible mutants (Dzsennifer, Letícia, Patrícia) that are as strange as a blond Midoriko would be.
On the other hand, another trend has started by the end of the 90s, and this is rediscovering, sometimes reinventing names that were used by Hungarians before converting to Christian faith. This trend, I believe has its roots in the 80s, when it was not yet evident, but noticeable. Names like Réka, Csilla, Csenge fall into this cathegory. These names were not used for centuries, not being Christian names.
All in all, when I was born, my name was not trendy at all, it was almost off-beat, but became fashionable lately, so it has a modern air.
I'm quite happy wth my name, despite this recent popularity. I'd love it if it was more off-beat, but it is fine like that.
All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again.
If I want to answer your questions, I'll have to be long, and perhaps boring, but I have to explain one or two things about naming trends in Hungary.
I was born in the middle of the 80s, when "English sounding" names like Andrea or Linda were in for girl. The phenomenon is perfectly understandable: in the 80s my country's separation from the West was coming to an end. Everything from America or Western Europe was trendy, so were names. Also, after hundreds of years, all time classics like Erzsébet and Katalin were forgotten, giving way to sometimes horrible mutants (Dzsennifer, Letícia, Patrícia) that are as strange as a blond Midoriko would be.
On the other hand, another trend has started by the end of the 90s, and this is rediscovering, sometimes reinventing names that were used by Hungarians before converting to Christian faith. This trend, I believe has its roots in the 80s, when it was not yet evident, but noticeable. Names like Réka, Csilla, Csenge fall into this cathegory. These names were not used for centuries, not being Christian names.
All in all, when I was born, my name was not trendy at all, it was almost off-beat, but became fashionable lately, so it has a modern air.
I'm quite happy wth my name, despite this recent popularity. I'd love it if it was more off-beat, but it is fine like that.
All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again.
This message was edited 3/5/2006, 12:12 PM
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