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HelpRe: Top Ten for September
in reply to a message by Ismene
Girls:
Elisabeth
Helena
Katharine
Sarah
Jennifer
Susanna
Louisa
Joanna
Eleanor
Miriam
Boys:
Jack
Samuel
Alexander
George
Arthur
Leo
Jonathan
Michael
James
Daniel
Elisabeth
Helena
Katharine
Sarah
Jennifer
Susanna
Louisa
Joanna
Eleanor
Miriam
Boys:
Jack
Samuel
Alexander
George
Arthur
Leo
Jonathan
Michael
James
Daniel
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Is Jennifer a new addition?
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It is! I actually prefer just Jenny (or Jennie) and I like the fact that it was a medieval diminutive for Jane, but I don't know if it's too nicknamey. I usually don't like nicknames used as first names. I guess if I used it in real life I'd just put Jennifer on the birth certificate and call her Jenny most of the time.
It's interesting that in the US Jennifer is considered very dated to the 70's/80's, but in the UK it was in the top 100 in the early 1930s. I know Jennifers in their sixties and seventies - including my cousin's grandma. :)
It's interesting that in the US Jennifer is considered very dated to the 70's/80's, but in the UK it was in the top 100 in the early 1930s. I know Jennifers in their sixties and seventies - including my cousin's grandma. :)
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I love Jenny too! I think it's adorable. So did my mom, incidentally, which is how I got a little sister named Genevieve "Genny."
I actually like Jennifer a lot more than I like most of the names popular during the 70s/80s in the US. I always pair it with Jessica, and I like Jennifer about 10 times more than I like Jessica.
Do you like Jane enough to use it as a formal name? I grew up with a Jane nn Jennie.
I actually like Jennifer a lot more than I like most of the names popular during the 70s/80s in the US. I always pair it with Jessica, and I like Jennifer about 10 times more than I like Jessica.
Do you like Jane enough to use it as a formal name? I grew up with a Jane nn Jennie.
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I also like Jennifer a lot more than Jessica, which I don't like much at all. Genevieve is lovely - I hadn't thought of that as a potential full name. Genevieve was my mum's favourite name when she was a child. :)
I don't know if I like Jane enough to use, but I am starting to like it more and more, and if I made a top 20 it would probably be in there somewhere. It's definitely one to think about!
I don't know if I like Jane enough to use, but I am starting to like it more and more, and if I made a top 20 it would probably be in there somewhere. It's definitely one to think about!
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