FASHIONS IN NAMES
Fashions in names change with each generation. Caroline. Sjisan and Jane are displacing at the moment the Annes, Pamelas and Dianas of a couple of decades ago. while Grace and Edith, Marjorie and Mabel, have hardly been mentioned at the font for JO years, states a London writer. One might sum it up by saying that "Edith is bringing out her daughter Pamela this year and becoming grandmother to Anne's small Susan!" Elizabeth, Gillian and Nancy are still popular, though Lucinda and Belinda seem to have faded away. Mary and Margaret maintain their popularity unchangingly. The one thing that is not permitted is an abbreviation of anj kind in a name either for boys or giris, Dolly, Maggie, Ned, Will or Dick have been decisively banished.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21938, 23 October 1934, Page 3
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129FASHIONS IN NAMES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21938, 23 October 1934, Page 3
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