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Help[Facts] Re: Nedra?
in reply to a message by Wordsmith
Nedra is a name inspired from a novel, namely 'Nedra' by George Barr McCutcheon published in 1905. In the novel, Nedra is the name of an island where the protagonists are stranded, but the cover of the novel can give the impression that it were a girl's name. After that, Nedra was reused for several characters in early films. As far as I know, Nedra has no meaning (neither in-story nor externally).
You can find a good post about this on Nancy Man's site here: http://www.nancy.cc/2017/04/19/mccutcheon-baby-names-yetive-nedra/
You can find a good post about this on Nancy Man's site here: http://www.nancy.cc/2017/04/19/mccutcheon-baby-names-yetive-nedra/
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That's great information, and confirmed by the Social Security data. I wonder, though, if the fictional "Nedra," being a place-name rather than a person's name, was inspired by Shakespeare's "Arden," the forest in "As You Like It" in which the play takes place and several pairs of lovers meet. At any rate, I wouldn't be surprised if this was the case.
This message was edited 5/22/2020, 3:11 PM
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I don't know whether there is a connection with Arden, and without some quote from McCutcheon it is probably undecidable. At least I see no special preference for backward spellings in McCutcheon's namings.
This message was edited 5/23/2020, 10:09 AM
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