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in reply to a message by Ottilie
Yeah, they're classics and that makes them seem less dated. They're only dated in the way Mary or Anna is dated. I guess Robert is a better example of a dated classic name.
But people are naming very few kids Thomas and Nicholas anymore, compared to in the past (midcentury for Thomas, 80s-90s for Nicholas). Maybe it's mostly because of increased name diversity rather than the names going out of fashion ... but I think people probably expect a Nicholas or Thomas to be an adult rather than a child, and to me that is kinda what "dated" is - the image of a name as being more likely to be one age than another.
Yay, someone who likes Sherry!
- mirfak
But people are naming very few kids Thomas and Nicholas anymore, compared to in the past (midcentury for Thomas, 80s-90s for Nicholas). Maybe it's mostly because of increased name diversity rather than the names going out of fashion ... but I think people probably expect a Nicholas or Thomas to be an adult rather than a child, and to me that is kinda what "dated" is - the image of a name as being more likely to be one age than another.
Yay, someone who likes Sherry!
- mirfak
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