Hilary

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Vintagejazz · 10/06/2014 14:12

Hadn't heard this name in years, but in the past month I've heard of it for a new baby and also a mum on the bus talking to her little daughter who looked about 3.
Is it making a comeback?

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minipie · 10/06/2014 16:29

Not for me (never liked H names, somewhat irrationally). I do like Verity though which is of the same ilk.

Nereida · 10/06/2014 16:22

I quite like it! It does remind me of Hillary Clinton, though.

Summerbreezing · 10/06/2014 14:32

I've heard of a few of those kind of names being used recently - Dorothea, Lorna and Jocelyn spring to mind.

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vintagejazz · 10/06/2014 14:22

I quite like it. A Hilary would be good at games and have a best friend called Barbara and have toast and tea by the old nursery fire at half past four on winter afternoons.

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squoosh · 10/06/2014 14:20

Yes, very boarding school story. 'Hilary's Jolly Summer Term at St Hilda's'.

I don't like it very much.

PancakesAndMapleSyrup · 10/06/2014 14:19

Ah I do like this name very much, not sure I would name my child with it though. Very strong name indeed.

Clockingaround · 10/06/2014 14:16

I like it. There's something solid and reassuring about it. Reminds me of old fashioned boarding school stories.

Summerbreezing · 10/06/2014 14:14

It's the kind of name I could see being due a comeback. I would associate it with the 1940s and 1950s and I think those names are starting to become popular again after years of Lilys, Edies and Rubys.

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