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It was my grandmother's name, and I've never disliked it, but it does seem a bit weird to me that it's gotten so popular.
The more popular it gets, the duller it sounds to me.
These are my associations/impressions:
Reserved and persnickety. (my grandmother, born in the 1920s)
Sweet and unassuming. (a friend from high school, born in the 1980s)
Quirky-cute. ("Chuck" a character from a TV show, Pushing Daisies)
19th century literature. (Charlotte Bronte, author of Jane Eyre)
Alternative rock, late 1990s-present. (Good Charlotte is a band)
My childhood best friend named her daughter Charlotte "Charlie" last year.
The more popular it gets, the duller it sounds to me.
These are my associations/impressions:
Reserved and persnickety. (my grandmother, born in the 1920s)
Sweet and unassuming. (a friend from high school, born in the 1980s)
Quirky-cute. ("Chuck" a character from a TV show, Pushing Daisies)
19th century literature. (Charlotte Bronte, author of Jane Eyre)
Alternative rock, late 1990s-present. (Good Charlotte is a band)
My childhood best friend named her daughter Charlotte "Charlie" last year.
This message was edited 5/2/2016, 1:33 PM
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It's lovely and gray, with silky pink accents. It's floral without being your grandmother's couch. It's white lace and meadows and fresh spring scents, and slim, white hands that have never been exposed to back-breaking work. It's sweetness and light, but it isn't simple or dim-witted. It's a girl who isn't going to accept the first marriage offer, because she is holding out for something better. It's a girl with backbone who doesn't have to swing a sword. And that is why I like Charlotte. :)
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I have a theory. My dumpy, frizzy brown-haired, thick glasses and orthopedic shoes-wearing, virgin-not-by-choice Charlotte was all those things when she was young, but it turned out she held out too long and there was nothing better, so now she's bitter and let herself go.
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I used to like it.
I used to really like this name - I had the stock combo Charlotte Olivia Florence in my Top 10 for a long time.
Then I got sick of Charlotte. Like really, really sick of it all of a sudden. It just sounded... weightless, but also flabby. Like a flabby feather, if that makes sense. Now whenever I hear it (which is a lot), I scratch my head and wonder why so many parents are choosing a name with so little oomph to it. (It's to get the nickname Charlie, isn't it?)
Present-day, I much prefer Carol. :-)
I used to really like this name - I had the stock combo Charlotte Olivia Florence in my Top 10 for a long time.
Then I got sick of Charlotte. Like really, really sick of it all of a sudden. It just sounded... weightless, but also flabby. Like a flabby feather, if that makes sense. Now whenever I hear it (which is a lot), I scratch my head and wonder why so many parents are choosing a name with so little oomph to it. (It's to get the nickname Charlie, isn't it?)
Present-day, I much prefer Carol. :-)
This message was edited 5/2/2016, 10:20 AM
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Okay, I am going to use "flabby feather" to describe certain names from now on.
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My grandma agrees with you, she practically barfs whenever she hears the name.
I guess it's just another old-fashioned name whose time has come again. It's got royalty (dead and otherwise) behind it. Also it's super-feminine but has a tomboy loophole, so people feel like they have options.
I guess it's just another old-fashioned name whose time has come again. It's got royalty (dead and otherwise) behind it. Also it's super-feminine but has a tomboy loophole, so people feel like they have options.
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I think it's the feminine-name-with-a-boys-nickname that makes it so appealing to modern parents. The ones that feel drawn to the boys-names-on-girls trend, but are too traditional to actually take that step.
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