I don’t love this name, but am curious about it.
I see it dropped off the top 1000 in 1996, but then spiked back on in the 600s in 2006 for a few years.
What happened to explain the bump?
I am wondering if it was something that more influenced Spanish-speaking communities than English?
I am also wondering if this name could start to rise because of the “bel” part of it.
I feel like the sounds of [name]Linda[/name] could be ready to come back in soon.
[name]Lynn[/name] and [name]Lindsay[/name], the two clear competitors, now have their own dated feeling to them.
the -da ending is finding some love in [name]Matilda[/name].
[name]Belinda[/name], [name]Melinda[/name], and all the other -linda names still feel very grandmotherly to me. I could see [name]Belinda[/name] having a better chance than the others because of the “[name]Bel[/name]” sound though.
I’m Canadian, so I think [name]Belinda[/name] Stronach (a once high-profile politician) even though she’s pretty much faded away by now. Maybe because she was one of the first politicians I could name. Other than that, I can see the attractiveness in its sound.
@bonfireazalea, that’s really interesting about Ms. Stronach. I see she was an MP 2004-2008 which really does correspond pretty clearly to the bump. But, you know, here in the US the news media is honestly often not very thorough in covering international politics, and I personally don’t remember hearing about her here (and I try to stay on top of world news). BUT I still wonder if maybe states that border [name]Canada[/name] or even Canadian communities in the US were enough to have a role in the brief re-rise of the name. Was she fairly well liked?
I have to admit I am liking the sound of the name more and more. I don’t love it enough to put it on my list just because I love those names more, but while I agree it feels faintly grannyish / old auntish, I feel like it’s doing so in more of a good way like some other names and less in a bad way.
I see [name]Belinda[/name] and launch into a chorus of Mad About You…
So [name]Belinda[/name] [name]Carlisle[/name] is totally a happy association for me, but the -linda part could feel a little dated. [name]Lindsey[/name] is getting to the point now where it feels more dated than [name]Belinda[/name], which is almost so out it’s cool again. I could see it coming back in the near future, maybe not top 100 material, but up nonetheless.
[name]Ah[/name] yes, I was thinking of [name]Belinda[/name] [name]Carlisle[/name] but couldn’t remember any of her songs! Yes, that’s a happy one!
[name]Will[/name] be interesting to watch in the next couple of years if it does rise.
I agree,it’s in that almost so out it’s in zone. And a baby [name]Lindsay[/name] would sound much more out of place to me than a baby [name]Belinda[/name] or maybe even a baby [name]Linda[/name].
To be honest I don’t remember much about [name]Belinda[/name] Stronach because I was fairly young at the time (still in elementary school) and just starting to hear about politics, sorry. From what I remember: she was romantically involved with another high-profile politician at one time… she tried to run for leadership of her party losing to our current PM, after which she joined the rival party. So people who supported her party probably don’t like her, but no major scandals or anything.
But now that I think about it, most Canadians aren’t that into politics and wouldn’t name their child after a politician. At least, not in my/my parents’ circle.
No need to apologize!!! : D! It’s really interesting to hear about actually. Not helpful in terms of explaining the blip, but just good general learning for me : D.
I started a thread on talk about names that I think got abandoned (by me too) about names that have these weird blips, maybe I should add this one and try to restart the thread.
