Ormond Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 11 hours ago, Lady Winter Rose said: Ormond, do you think parents are more likely to choose traditionally male name on girl or is it just nameberry site's things? I am not quite sure what you are asking, but it is certainly true that people in English speaking countries are much more likely to give a traditionally "male" name to a daughter than they are to give a traditionally "female" name to a son. This is just sexism at work -- giving a daughter a "male" name elevates her to a higher status, while giving a "female" name to a boy would "contaminate" him, in terms of sexist beliefs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Winter Rose Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 17 hours ago, Ormond said: I am not quite sure what you are asking, but it is certainly true that people in English speaking countries are much more likely to give a traditionally "male" name to a daughter than they are to give a traditionally "female" name to a son. My question is - is this becoming more widespread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 7 minutes ago, Lady Winter Rose said: My question is - is this becoming more widespread? Only in the sense that as modern parents continually search for "different" names for their babies that every way of doing this is more widespread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) Here is today's column:https://omaha.com/evans-we-can-thank-pop-culture-for-scores-of-gen-x-amys/article_bc61a822-7627-11eb-ae15-6b3ebb897de2.html This was one of those columns I had a lot more information than I had room for. I did mention that back in the late 19th century Amy skewed toward African-Americans in the USA. I didn't get to mention that when it came back in the 1970s it was just the opposite -- it was a mostly White name then, with many Black parents in the USA avoiding it. Perhaps it was still associated with slavery in their minds. I found only two African-American Amys with any sort of fame in my research. Amy Dubois Barnett (born 1974) was the first African-American woman to edit a major magazine (Ebony). Though her parents always told her to identify as Black, her father is actually a White Jewish man from New York City. Amy Sherald (born 1973) painted the official portraits of President Obama and Michelle Obama. Her father's name is Amos, so her parents probably used Amy as a feminine form of that name. Also -- every since I wrote this column I just can't get "Once in Love with Amy" out of my head!! That song sure was catchy. Edited February 28, 2021 by Ormond adding a P.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 Here is the link to today's column: https://omaha.com/lifestyles/trevor-was-a-grand-slam-in-the-1990s-thanks-to-baseballs-all-stars/article_3b1085f4-827a-11eb-8862-f359ebbe0cc5.html Trevor is interesting as a name which will have a very different image for Americans than it does for people in the UK because of its usage pattern. The typical Trevor in England is turning 66 this year, while the typical American Trevor will be only 23. Madame deVenoge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 Here is the link to today's column: https://omaha.com/cleveland-evans-kara-cara-holds-supergirl-appeal/article_4597beba-8cc1-11eb-a5d9-47cc566f50f9.html Historically Kara has also been used as a male by-name and a surname in Turkey and Albania, where it means "black", with metaphorical connotations of "courageous" or "mighty". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 Here's today's column. It will be interesting to see if this name does switch genders soon. https://omaha.com/lifestyles/cleveland-evans-percy-sounds-aristocratic-but-disney-series-could-change-that/article_e7e7f264-97b3-11eb-8485-4be578d031e5.html Fragile Bird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 The only Percy I know IRL is a spaniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Maltaran said: The only Percy I know IRL is a spaniel Not surprising. Though Percy was much more common in the UK than the USA for men born in the early years of the 20th century, it's been extremely rare in Britain since 1940. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Winter Rose Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 19 hours ago, Ormond said: Here's today's column. It will be interesting to see if this name does switch genders soon. https://omaha.com/lifestyles/cleveland-evans-percy-sounds-aristocratic-but-disney-series-could-change-that/article_e7e7f264-97b3-11eb-8485-4be578d031e5.html noooo, I like Percy for a boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Winter Rose Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 does anybody have text on different site because I'm European and want to read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 5 hours ago, Lady Winter Rose said: does anybody have text on different site because I'm European and want to read it. If you send me an email address in a personal message I will be happy to send you a copy of the column. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Winter Rose Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) thank you, will read it now. edit: read it, wonderfully informative, as always. Edited April 14, 2021 by Lady Winter Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 Here is the link to today's column: https://omaha.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/cleveland-evans-among-boomers-there-are-plenty-of-andrews/article_8180e954-a2a8-11eb-b652-af7720db3f8a.html I do not know why the editors of the Omaha.com website wrote the headline they did, since the column itself clearly states that Andrew is more common in the USA among GenXers and Millennials than it is among Boomers. The headlines are not the same on the website as they are in the paper version, where the headline is "Staying Power Makes Andrew A Smash Hit", which makes more sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 Here's the link to today's column: https://omaha.com/lifestyles/celebrating-mom-today-thank-anna/article_5b0e9cee-ada7-11eb-841e-fb4c59e4dda9.html And happy Mother's Day to all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Winter Rose Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 (edited) Hey Ormond, are you doing USA top names analysis? Do you got any comments on the list? Nameberry did this: https://nameberry.com/blog/top-baby-names-2020-the-playground-analysis Edited May 21, 2021 by Lady Winter Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Lady Winter Rose said: Hey Ormond, are you doing USA top names analysis? Do you got any comments on the list? Nameberry did this: https://nameberry.com/blog/top-baby-names-2020-the-playground-analysis Yes, my column on Sunday will be my annual one on what the most common names really are when one adds together spellings that are probably pronounced the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Ormond said: Yes, my column on Sunday will be my annual one on what the most common names really are when one adds together spellings that are probably pronounced the same. If you did that in the UK you'd probably get the various versions of Mohammed coming top every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 8 hours ago, Maltaran said: If you did that in the UK you'd probably get the various versions of Mohammed coming top every year. Quite probably, though the last year I can find quickly where someone has done that on the Internet for England & Wales is 2017. Muhammad was #1 that year with spellings combined. (Scotland's data never seems to get added in to create an overall UK list.) Muhammad was only #153 on my combined spellings list for the USA in 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin et al. Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 @Ormond, I meant to post this here a few weeks ago. Even if you don't care about pro sports, I think you'll have a blast with it. Click the link for a 43 minute podcast when you have some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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