Vintage Names
Names that were everywhere a century ago and then were not. The reliable pattern is the hundred-year rule: a name usually has to feel like a great-grandparent rather than a grandparent before it can come back, because the generation in between still hears it as merely old.
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Christelle Christelle is a French girl's name meaning a follower of Christ.Girl French #8,613 in US
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Gail Gail is a girl's name meaning my father rejoices, clipped from Abigail.Girl Hebrew #8,620 in US
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Peggy Peggy is a girl's name meaning pearl, a pet form of Margaret by way of Meg.Girl Greek #8,640 in US
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A style is our reading of a name. A decade is the register — the names children were actually given, in order, with the counts.