tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243806052011-04-21T11:26:19.777-07:00theNameUndergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14660043259163213544noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24380605.post-1165820583637592062006-12-10T22:37:00.000-08:002006-12-10T23:06:09.666-08:00Gender: female<br /><br />Rank of name in United States:<br />2005: 528<br />1990: 333<br />1975: 215<br />1960: 121<br />1945: 82<br />1930: 132<br />1915: 67<br />1900: 137<br />1885: 173<br /><br />Namesakes: poet Sylvia Plath; photographer Sylvia Plachy<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6674/2527/1600/614981/sylvia1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6674/2527/320/406337/sylvia1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />A great meaning (into the woods!) and a pretty sound, yet it retains a slight frumpy feeling; parents who dig the nickname Sylvie or who are looking for an alternate to Sophia may well bring it back to the realms of cool.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24380605-116582058363759206?l=thenameunderground.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>theNameUndergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14660043259163213544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24380605.post-1142837942092133172006-03-19T22:47:00.000-08:002006-03-19T23:16:56.790-08:00<B>Gender:</B> male<br /><B>U.S. rank in 2004:</B> 383<br /><B>U.S. rank in 1900:</B> 108<br /><B>Namesake:</B> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar">a certain emperor</A> <P><br /><br />A more solid variation on the soft-sounding Julian, though the generation that frequented malls in the '80s may forever be reminded of a slushy orange drink.<br /><br />Discuss!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24380605-114283794209213317?l=thenameunderground.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>theNameUndergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14660043259163213544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24380605.post-1142836156690992182006-03-19T22:15:00.000-08:002006-03-19T23:16:28.456-08:00<B>Gender:</B> female<br /><B>U.S. rank in 2004:</B> not in the top 1000<br /><B>U.S. rank in 1900:</B> 178<br /><B>Namesake:</B> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Flanders">Matilda of Flanders</A>, England's smallest queen!<P><br /><br />Despite its non-pacifist origin (it means "mighty warrior"), today Matilda is slyly hip, shaking off its great-grandma status. Tillie is a cool flapperesque nickname, far preferable to Miranda's Randy.<br /><br />Discuss!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24380605-114283615669099218?l=thenameunderground.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>theNameUndergroundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14660043259163213544noreply@blogger.com0