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HelpRe: 1940s names - the sequel
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Roy and Leslie seem most dated. Leslie started getting popular for girls in the US around that time and has been more or less popular for quite a while, but it was already fading out for boys at that time. Roy really sounds redneck now.
Graham probably stands a chance of seeing some very modest popularity here.
Joseph is probably the one that's stayed the most consistently popular name here.
Patrick Charles
Philip Joseph
PS: I really cannot stand the spelling Geoffrey. It's so damn posh and somehow effeminate, though of course it's entirely a male name and always has been. Jeffrey is fine, and Jeff is such a friendly, good-guy kind of nn. Geoff just looks like the sound of a bad cough.
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Graham probably stands a chance of seeing some very modest popularity here.
Joseph is probably the one that's stayed the most consistently popular name here.
Patrick Charles
Philip Joseph
PS: I really cannot stand the spelling Geoffrey. It's so damn posh and somehow effeminate, though of course it's entirely a male name and always has been. Jeffrey is fine, and Jeff is such a friendly, good-guy kind of nn. Geoff just looks like the sound of a bad cough.
I think, therefore I judge.
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Geoffrey
This used to be my preferred spelling of the name (even though Jeffrey is much more common here)... until Game of Thrones. Now every time I read the name the 'o' makes me say "Joffrey" first.
This used to be my preferred spelling of the name (even though Jeffrey is much more common here)... until Game of Thrones. Now every time I read the name the 'o' makes me say "Joffrey" first.
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I know someone in the States with this name. He pronounces it like Joffrey too. It's quite annoying. He is usually called Geoff (joff). I think his parents were trying to be upper-class.
It's even more striking because he is one of those hipster fellows who wears a long beard and bald head (by choice), with retro faded clothes from the second-hand store. It's a look, so whatever... but it definitely clashes when you say "Hey, Geoff!".
I think if he was actually named Joff, it would make so much more sense!
It's even more striking because he is one of those hipster fellows who wears a long beard and bald head (by choice), with retro faded clothes from the second-hand store. It's a look, so whatever... but it definitely clashes when you say "Hey, Geoff!".
I think if he was actually named Joff, it would make so much more sense!
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