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What do you think of Dolly and Dixie? What are longer names they might be nicknames for?
Also, when you think of Southern US names, what names come to mind?
Also, when you think of Southern US names, what names come to mind?
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On Southern US Names.
As a Southerner, I'd say that if you look at what is generally popular in the US, you will find that that is popular in the South too.
A lot of older, more traditional names are also pretty popular.
Mary Something is very popular in the South (Margaret, Katherine, Claire, etc.)
Caroline
Charlotte
Hattie is becoming a big thing here, too.
Harper (a nod to Harper Lee).
Grace & Gracie
Madison
Boys are pretty traditional. Last names as first names are common. Jackson is super popular. I've met so many Olivers.
On the Gulf Coast & near New Orleans most people I know have very Catholic names or French names, either in their first name or last name.
Amelie
Estelle
Claire
Pierre & Jacques... so much.
I know more about the Alabama-Mississippi-Louisiana area. The eastern seaboard & Arkansas/Tennesee/Kentucky might be different.
As a Southerner, I'd say that if you look at what is generally popular in the US, you will find that that is popular in the South too.
A lot of older, more traditional names are also pretty popular.
Mary Something is very popular in the South (Margaret, Katherine, Claire, etc.)
Caroline
Charlotte
Hattie is becoming a big thing here, too.
Harper (a nod to Harper Lee).
Grace & Gracie
Madison
Boys are pretty traditional. Last names as first names are common. Jackson is super popular. I've met so many Olivers.
On the Gulf Coast & near New Orleans most people I know have very Catholic names or French names, either in their first name or last name.
Amelie
Estelle
Claire
Pierre & Jacques... so much.
I know more about the Alabama-Mississippi-Louisiana area. The eastern seaboard & Arkansas/Tennesee/Kentucky might be different.
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They sound like Daisy Dukes' twin sisters who somehow never got on the show.
Dixie for one isn't usually used as a nn, it's just a name all its own. Dolly could be Dorothy or Dolores.
Dixie for one isn't usually used as a nn, it's just a name all its own. Dolly could be Dorothy or Dolores.
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Right now I'm thinking Dolly would work with Dolores, Dorothy, Dorothea, possibly Theodora, Gwendolyn, Dahlia, Magdalena, and Magdalen. A few are a stretch.
I have no idea about longer names for Dixie. The only thing that comes to mind is Dixon and that's far from feminine.
When I think of Southern US names the first to come to mind is Georgia followed by Carolina.
I have no idea about longer names for Dixie. The only thing that comes to mind is Dixon and that's far from feminine.
When I think of Southern US names the first to come to mind is Georgia followed by Carolina.
This message was edited 1/17/2015, 4:18 AM
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