THE OLE' APOTHECARY'S BOOK OF BABY NAMES
In eight years of working in a hospital with a nursery and a pediatrics ward, I find the given names being chosen for newborns in recent years to be extremely bland. In fact, the issuance of these dull names has been going on for about a quarter of a century. So, after considerable reflection and numerous yawns, I'd like to write my own "book of baby names."
If you wish to be certain that your child's name has not been duplicated since the Bicentennial, please consider choosing from the following lists:
FOR BOYS: David, Michael, Paul, Andrew, John, George, Philip, Henry,Christopher, Charles, Mark, Robert, Samuel, Leonard, Arthur, Harvey, Theodore,Neil, Bradley, Albert, Martin, Gary, Stanley, Steven, Gerald, James, Bruce,William.
FOR GIRLS: Mary, Jane, Linda, Angela, Cheryl, Evelyn, Ellen, Helen,Karen, Marcia, Ann, Judy, Alice, June, Nancy, Christine, Lisa, Donna, Eileen, Kathleen,Ruth, Lois, Barbara, Patricia, Margaret, Elizabeth, Joan, Pamela, Sharon, Marilyn,Shirley.
Not only will these names stand out from those in the current repetitive pack, but they have one added advantage---they will be instantly recognizable,and will only need to be spoken once in order to be understood. . .
That is, unless so much time has passed that people don't recognize them any more. This may have already happened to me. My name is one of those listed in the boys' column above, and, this year, I did have one cashier ask me to
spell my one-syllable name.
If you wish to be certain that your child's name has not been duplicated since the Bicentennial, please consider choosing from the following lists:
FOR BOYS: David, Michael, Paul, Andrew, John, George, Philip, Henry,Christopher, Charles, Mark, Robert, Samuel, Leonard, Arthur, Harvey, Theodore,Neil, Bradley, Albert, Martin, Gary, Stanley, Steven, Gerald, James, Bruce,William.
FOR GIRLS: Mary, Jane, Linda, Angela, Cheryl, Evelyn, Ellen, Helen,Karen, Marcia, Ann, Judy, Alice, June, Nancy, Christine, Lisa, Donna, Eileen, Kathleen,Ruth, Lois, Barbara, Patricia, Margaret, Elizabeth, Joan, Pamela, Sharon, Marilyn,Shirley.
Not only will these names stand out from those in the current repetitive pack, but they have one added advantage---they will be instantly recognizable,and will only need to be spoken once in order to be understood. . .
That is, unless so much time has passed that people don't recognize them any more. This may have already happened to me. My name is one of those listed in the boys' column above, and, this year, I did have one cashier ask me to
spell my one-syllable name.
Lauren for girls...... (Comment this)