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in reply to a message by m4yb3_daijirou
My first assumption is her parents wanted to name her Chloe but had no idea how to spell it. But even having heard of the name Chloe 90+ years ago seems slim. Perhaps it's pronounced to rhyme with cow, and is some sort of random made up nickname from her family. You get things like that back in the day, I've particularly come across them from people born in the mid-late 1800s.
No matter which it is or what it is, I'm not a big fan. It does remind me a lot of "clown" to look at it.
No matter which it is or what it is, I'm not a big fan. It does remind me a lot of "clown" to look at it.
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I might be wrong but I think there is a Chloe mentioned in the Bible (New Testament) so I can imagine maybe the parents heard it in church but perhaps they weren't very literate and didn't know how to spell it. Or perhaps they thought their way made more sense!
It does look like it should rhyme with cow though.
It does look like it should rhyme with cow though.
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I thought the same thing, but Chloe was in the charts from 1880 until 1943. I think misspellings like this are quite endearing.
This message was edited 8/26/2015, 6:51 PM
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That surprises me to know! I didn't check its popularity first.
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I went and looked it up after reading your post too and was very surprised. Who knew Chloe was such a classic?
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