Gertrude Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I would have put money down on the fact that Jada was a much more recent invention. As an aside, I always kinda liked that Jayden and Willow were named after their parents, but with a twist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tears of Lys Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I really love the name Dora. I don't think Dora the Explorer is really a bad connection to have to a name for a girl. Dora the Explorer is a smart little girl who has a lot of adventures. For full disclosure, if I ever have a little girl, she will be named Isadora, and I will likely call her Dora. :)Dora to me will always be David Copperfield's child bride. I do like the name, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angalin Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 In 2011, the 1000th name for girls was given to 250.Thanks. I wondered if the count might have gone up with the population, and it did. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Here is today's column:http://www.omaha.com/article/20121002/LIVING/710029967/1696 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elder Sister Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Great column, Ormond. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillio Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I had a high school crush on an Elliot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 Here's today's column. At least as of this moment, they've forgotten to put my byline on it today. I enjoyed writing this one because Angela Lansbury has always been one of the actresses I have most admired:http://www.omaha.com/article/20121016/LIVING/710169964/1696#angela-grew-in-popularity-in-italy-then-spread-west Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I have a great aunt named Angela, but she's German so it's pronounced An-gay-la, with a hard G. I also used to work with a Greek guy named Angelos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elder Sister Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Ormond, great column. I love Auntie Mame and Jessica Fletcher. My daughter made me watch every "Murder She Wrote" episode ever made when she was a little kid. She's a sadist. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angalin Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Ormond, I hope you'll have something to say about Uma Thurman's new daughter's name. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elder Sister Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Ormond, I hope you'll have something to say about Uma Thurman's new daughter's name. :)Good grief. The poor kid is going to have to wear a name tag 'til she's 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 Ormond, I hope you'll have something to say about Uma Thurman's new daughter's name. :)Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-BussonFlorence seems to be her paternal grandmother's name.I would guess that part of the length is that, given that both parents are in their 40s, they believe this is probably the only child they will have together.Arusha is a city in northern Tanzania; I suppose that has some personal meaning for the parents.I rather like Rosalind myself and wish they were calling her that instead of Luna.Not sure what else I can say about it right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillio Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Luna Park, Sydney, Australiahttps://www.google.com.au/search?q=luna+park&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=UID&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=f4KCUKffOKatiQe6r4HADA&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=687#hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=MzX&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=luna+park+sydney&oq=luna+park+sydney&gs_l=img.12..0l10.178.16230.1.20483.7.7.0.0.0.3.460.2073.2-6j0j1.7.0...0.0...1c.1.kR0gIHLUtvU&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=68590d556d4f50d2&bpcl=35466521&biw=1280&bih=687and wasn't there a Luna in Harry potter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Strikes me as super duper girly. All those A's and U's! At least Rosalind has some consonants, but it's still got that floral, girl-in-a-victorian-bonnet sort of association for me. It's a bit of contrast to what I'd think of as a typical slightly-kooky celebrity kid name (as much as I think of them) which would be sharp and modern and a bit androgynous, like Angelina Jolie's kids. (er, actually, thats all i've got.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tears of Lys Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Luna Park, Sydney, Australiahttps://www.google.c...iw=1280&bih=687and wasn't there a Luna in Harry potter?Yep. Luna Lovegood - one of my favorite characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 http://news.yahoo.com/infographic-how-your-first-name-can-predict-your-politics.htmlMaybe this should go in politics, but what the heck. What say all you to this? Ok, "Cohen" is the most democratic leaning surname, but why are republicans named "Hansen"? And why is Ellen so democratic? Followed by names like - who saw this coming? - Sarah, Judith and Ruth. I don't think of Ellen as a jewish name in the slightest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 I don't have a lot of time to comment on this right now as I have to leave for a dinner appointment in five minutes--But the reason that Willie and Gwendolyn are the most "Democratic" names in terms of donations is that they are overwhelmingly African-American names in the relevant ages ranges. Gwendolyn was especially popular with educated Black parents in the USA about 50 years ago because of admiration for the poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize. So the great majority of Gwendolyns alive in the USA are middle-class African-Americans, people you'd expect to have enough money to donate and who would be overwhelmingly donating to Obama.A link to a biography of Gwendolyn Brooks:http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/gwendolyn-brooksMaybe I'll have time to post some other information about this later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 That's fascinating, thank you. Willie breaks more democratic than Tyrone, (or Gwendolyn!) which I never would have guessed. Any thoughts on why different Hispanic names line up differently? Alejandro is strong republican, and Juan and Jorge mild democrat, but within the range of a few other men's names, while Angel and Enrique are off in Democratic woman's land. Just statistical noise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 I would expect that differences in Hispanic names would have to do with differences in their popularity among Cuban-Americans (who tend to be Republican) vs. other Hispanic groups.Angel is also used as a woman's name by non-Hispanic Americans and probably skews toward African-Americans when it's a woman's name.Ellen's Democratic skew is geographical. Back in the Baby Boom years it was much more common in the northeastern United States than elsewhere, and New England and New York are more Democratic areas. I still haven't figured out why Ellen appealed so much more to people in Massachusetts and New York back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactus Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Gwendolyn is african-american huh? I'd associate it with a middle-aged middle-class british housewife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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