The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-29
oIRLS, NAMES CHANGE
The Decline OF susan. Mary, Jane. Sarnhs
Catherine, and All the Old FHyorItes.

Irop The inns Democrat.
The roll OF honor in the public school affords
emit fashion In girls names. The names OF our
mothers and Rrandmothers largely BIBLICAL 70 cal
and universally In use at the beginning OF tho
century, are out OF favor to-day.
In nearly thousand namos thore Is no
N MAI and ID r
gone almost out OF uso. their being put TWO
recorded and strange to say BON 0 oil TaanI
lotto, no S Catherine, but two Rates and innu.
form that Catherine has taken-Gatherino.
Kate, Katie. sarah, very popular nifty years
Sa Sail and Sadie. Caroline Is also out Of fashion.
superseded by Carrie and Lena. susan uoes
not Gs gS PaSd has
from service in favor OF Lizzie. There are put
three Margarets bit plenty Of Ma Hdaa ds
name but Nellie is still quite popular. ,.
Mary has been thought the most froauent
PLEASANTLY and honoraby assocated. i l.
said that ons.third Of the women ana girlso OF
franco are Varies h Il % nr IN NH" very
small and growing smaller every day. There
are number OF Ntolles and NAMES, and not
q few Maries: indeed. at one time II looked as
II all the Anglo Saxon Marys would be gall
cized into Marie. but SO many bocamo con;
ysrted that rather oyerdid the MsIp b and
may account for the numbe OF girls OF trench
or Sre9e parsnt@ge WHO boar tho hnG'n
ionable, even at this late day. There were
NancSs, Margarets, Caroines, MnTthas, Marios
faHhio n Just t no now. 6Ht we are afTaiI it's
popularity will not last long, for our colorei
doomed It TO the same fate as Violet and
Pnkie. Stella is good second. and Mabel;
Ethel: Alma, Daisy, l.uella Lon eta Ldna and
Rita follow rs in most favor Just ut present.
Any one OF them Will discount Susan. Sarah,
or jRno many times over. and e ven lead Mary
getting rather nutlTua,ed. Tho fanciiul
names of tho last century as amanda an and
came in with Hazel Kirk somc dozen years
ago. did not stick" and Is not increasing.
"birdie }" has been LAUGHED ont and is less ss
common than ten years ago indeed. II number
of BRIDES have converted II into l'erte.
GLADYS Is apparently forcing its Wy TO the
nearly any form of Eoso will do but Rose
has and Kosamonds
shakespeare as we havo said. is prime fa-
vorite for female names. HlsN iola leads them al
in New Orleans. and even OphelIa Is quite com.
mon among the girls. nothwthstandin that
lndys unhappy fate: but apparently no mother
has had the courage to name her daughter
Desd emona. The opera has given us Aida,
Norma, and Carmen-which seem to have
crept in Of lato-al! rather inappropriate names.
ton. LOngfelow's Priscilla has but SINCE
earesentatvSS on The FIX ScSeesa ats
tending the public schools ut this late day =,
But OF pure fancy names. picked up here aud
there from novels or poems, or possibly
Thought out" there Is no end.
1t will be seen that If any ono can suggest a
good name for q girl there are dozens OF moth
ers prepared to adopt 1t at onco. II tho pres:
ont tendency continues, Sarah and susan VIII
become 80 rare in another generation that
they will sound sweet to us again and be
honored by our grandchildren, as they wero
warn godmothers that the Viola. Stella. and
Daisy racket Is being overworked.