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Help[Opinions] Re: Ludivine
in reply to a message by NelleR
Here is the "Google translate" of what the book "La cote des prenoms en 2004" says about Ludivine:
"Ludivine is the first name of the heroine of Gens de Mogador, a book, but above all a successful television series, broadcast for the first time in 1972. This first name was immediately born, previously out of use. It is extremely rare to be able to identify the event which launched a first name, even if Ludovic perhaps prepared the ground for it. Ludivine appears at the same time in all regions and in all social categories, but develops better in popular circles. Her sudden surge quickly dried up and Ludivine peaked without taking more than one girl out of 160."
I would suspect that as a name that appeared very suddenly in France because of a television character in 1972, and was already seriously going out of style by 1995, that a lot of people in France would see Ludivine as a once-trendy but now rather dated name and so wouldn't see it as "cool" at all. Of course there are lots of examples of names that spread from France to English speaking countries a generation or two after they were popular with French parents. The average Nicole in France is now in her 80s, while American Nicoles are mostly in their 40s. It wouldn't surprise me if Ludivine at some point develops some use in the UK or USA, and that will probably amuse a lot of people in France. :)
"Ludivine is the first name of the heroine of Gens de Mogador, a book, but above all a successful television series, broadcast for the first time in 1972. This first name was immediately born, previously out of use. It is extremely rare to be able to identify the event which launched a first name, even if Ludovic perhaps prepared the ground for it. Ludivine appears at the same time in all regions and in all social categories, but develops better in popular circles. Her sudden surge quickly dried up and Ludivine peaked without taking more than one girl out of 160."
I would suspect that as a name that appeared very suddenly in France because of a television character in 1972, and was already seriously going out of style by 1995, that a lot of people in France would see Ludivine as a once-trendy but now rather dated name and so wouldn't see it as "cool" at all. Of course there are lots of examples of names that spread from France to English speaking countries a generation or two after they were popular with French parents. The average Nicole in France is now in her 80s, while American Nicoles are mostly in their 40s. It wouldn't surprise me if Ludivine at some point develops some use in the UK or USA, and that will probably amuse a lot of people in France. :)
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Thank you for the background information. Interesting! I had never heard of the name before. It goes to show that many factors go into how we feel about a name other than its sound.