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Help[Opinions] Re: Shirley
in reply to a message by Canielle
Shirley was so enormously popular that there must be a bajillion grandma and great-grandma Shirleys out there - I wouldn't be surprised at all if it gets a little bit more popular via honouring. I was actually expecting it to have a teensy revival after one of the characters in The Haunting of Hill House series was called Shirley, but no dice. I think everyone got into Theodora and Eleanor instead.
There's something appealing about Shirley, and Shirl. It's very feminine in a distinctly vintage way, and I like that.
I like Shirley Claudine a lot from your combos. I think it definitely suits another dusted-off quirky vintage middle name.
I'll play with it a bit:
Shirley Priscilla
Shirley Olivia actually works well
Shirley Rose is very basic, but it's nice
Shirley Francine
Shirley Celeste
Shirley Clementine
Shirley Suzette
There's something appealing about Shirley, and Shirl. It's very feminine in a distinctly vintage way, and I like that.
I like Shirley Claudine a lot from your combos. I think it definitely suits another dusted-off quirky vintage middle name.
I'll play with it a bit:
Shirley Priscilla
Shirley Olivia actually works well
Shirley Rose is very basic, but it's nice
Shirley Francine
Shirley Celeste
Shirley Clementine
Shirley Suzette
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Yeah, my friend named her 4 yo Shirley after a grandparent, so I think you're spot on! We'll start getting a new little generation of Shirleys, I'm sure.
I like Shirley very much, but I do agree with you about the age factor. We had a Latin teacher at high school, then in her early 30s we thought, whose name was Shirley, and ten years later when I was teaching, I had a pupil surprisingly named Shirley. But they were the last that I've encountered.
Thinking about that, it occurs to me that I also like Sheila, and it also seems to be pretty well extinct.
Shirley Margaret
Shirley Rosanne
Shirley Melissa
Shirley Alison
Shirley Theresa
Thinking about that, it occurs to me that I also like Sheila, and it also seems to be pretty well extinct.
Shirley Margaret
Shirley Rosanne
Shirley Melissa
Shirley Alison
Shirley Theresa
Ooh, Sheila! I knew a teenager with that name, so it feels fresher to me than other ‘grandma’ names. It’s quite pretty.