Tim Nau LLL Mississauga Nov 6 2018 Outline I Name Meaning II First Names over the Centuries III Girls Names vs Boys Names IV Canadian Names V First Names Today and Tomorrow ID: 759648
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First Names First
A Talk by
Tim Nau LLL MississaugaNov. 6, 2018
Slide2Outline
I: Name “Meaning”
II: First Names over the Centuries
III: Girls’ Names
vs.
Boys’ Names
IV: Canadian Names
V: First Names Today and Tomorrow
VI: Common Words Derived from First Names
Slide3Part I: Name “Meaning”
Seven Kinds of Significance for the name Timothy
Slide41. Etymological Meaning: “Honoring God”
Slide5Paul “Means” ShortCecelia “Means” Blind
Slide62. Group Identity
Slide7Another Kind of Group Identity: Re-Using a Family Member’s Name
Slide83. Getting a Saint on Your Side
Slide94. Invoking a Secular Role Model (Timothy Q. Mouse?)
Slide105. Aspirational Meaning
Slide117. Parental Identity
Slide12Celebrity Babies
Slide13Billion Ayer and KVIIIlyn Mavis
Slide14Part II: First Names over the Centuries
From Anglo-Saxon Times to Our Times
Slide15Who Were the Anglo-Saxons?
Slide16Anglo-Saxon Names
Slide17Wulfgeua & Ethelstan = Wulfstan
Slide18Anglo-Saxon Names Still in Use
Slide19England and Normandy
Slide20Norman Names
Slide21William (Will + Helmet) the Conqueror
Slide22A Saxon Baby Getting a Norman Name?
Slide23Saints
Slide24Popular Saints’ Names
Slide25The Reformation (16
th Century)
Slide26Old Testament Names Favoured by Protestants (esp. Puritans)
Slide27Some Aspirational Puritan Names
Slide28Praise-God Barebone
Slide29If-Jesus-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barebone
Slide30Preserved Fish, Hamilton Fish (and Fresh Fish)
Slide31Last Name > First Name
Robert Bruce (1274-1321)
Edward Seymour (1500-1552)
Slide32Family Names as First Names
Slide33Middle Names
The European Model
Royal Naming
Mother’s Surname > Baby’s Middle Name
Slide34Early Double-Named Princes
Albert Frederick of Prussia (1553-1618)
Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy(1553-1580)
Slide35Charles Edward Louis John Philip Casimir Sylvester Maria Stuart, A.K.A “The Young pretender”
Slide36Charles Carter Lee
Slide37What Were All the Brothers, Uncles and Sons of This Man Named?
Slide38Part III: Different Patterns for Girls’ and Boys’ Names
Tradition
versus Fashion
Slide39Top Ten Names for BoysBetween 1500 and 1950
John Thomas William Richard Robert James Henry George Edward Charles
Slide40Percentage of Boys Who Had One of the Top Ten Names
1500: 85 %
1943: 50%
2017: Less Than 1%
Slide41Publius Cornelius Scipio and Family
Slide42Julia Playing Ball with Julia and Julia
Slide43Girls’ Names Since the Middle Ages
Slide44Traditional Names for Boys“Attractive” Names for Girls
Slide45Girls’ Names from Plays or Novels
Slide46Flower and Gem Names
Slide47Soap Opera Names for Girls
Dynasty
: Fallon, Kristle
The Bold and the Beautiful
: Ashley, Brooke, Taylor
One Life to Live
: Destiny, Dorian, Starr
The Young and Restless
: Avery, Chelsea, Kelly, Tyra
General Hospital
: Alexis, Tiffany
Guiding Light
: Dinah, Holly, Lacey, Marah
Slide48Queens Regnant of England Since 1500
Slide49Spanish Girls’ Names That Refer to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Slide50Boys’ Names That Turned into Girls’ Names
Alexis, Ashley, Avery, Beverley, Blair, Dana, Darcy, Emery, Gale, Hilary, Kim, Leslie, Meredith, Morgan, Reese, Sydney
Slide51A Boy Named Maria (Edward Maria Wingfield)
Slide52Anne de Montmorency (1493-1567)
Slide53Shirley (Shire-Clearing), the Derbyshire Village
Slide54Governor William Shirley (1664-1771)
Slide55A Canadian Miss Shirley
Slide56Shirley
Povitch and Shirley Crabtree
Slide57Shirley the Charlotte Bronte Heroine
Slide58Shirley the Child Star
Slide59Shirley the Sheep with Shaun the Sheep
Slide60Part IV:
Canadian First Names
English and French
Slide61Top Ten Names of Canadian Anglophones Born in the 1930s and 40s
Slide62Most Popular Names for Baby Boys in 1992
Slide63The Marquis of Lorne, Lorne Michaels and Lorne Greene
Slide64General Sir James Murray(1721-1789)
Slide65First Names in Quebec
Slide66Unusual Quebecois First Names
Slide67Papal Names of 19th Century Quebec
Slide68Part V: First Names in 2018
Anything Goes!
Slide69A Girl Called Nutella
Slide70SomeNames Recently Allowed by U.S. Gov’ts
Slide71Texter Names?
Slide72Top Names for Babies Born in Canada in 2017
Boys
NoahLiamJacksonLucasLogan
Girls
Olivia
Emma
Charlotte
Sophia
Aria
Slide73Names in a 2017 Kindergarten Class
Slide74Louis, George, and Charlotte
Slide75Ten Names Jill Slattery Claims will be Commonplace Five Years from Now
Everleigh
,
Oaklynn
, Kairo, Wells,
Kahlani
,
Callum
, Ensley,
Ayan
, Koa, Juelz
Slide76Ten Names Jess Catcher Says are “on the Verge of Becoming Popular”
Arly
, Jagger, Juniper, Rylan, Wilder, Maisie, Guthrie, Leontine, Nile,
Sybella
Slide77Trends ?
Names that Confer Individuality
Names that Suggest “Tradition” (but not the traditions of one’s own family)
Slide78VI: Common Words Derived from First Names
Slide79What Saints’ Names are Behind these Words?
Slide80Dunce, Bobby and Hobby
Slide81Some Recommended Reading
www.behindthename.com
L. A.
Dunkling
,
First Names First
(Don Mills, 1977)
P. Hanks and F. Hodges,
A Dictionary of First Names
(Oxford, 2016)