whatever happened to Linda?

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I think it is rather pretty - think Linda Evangalista..

Is it due a revival - does anyone know a Linda and would you consider it for your DDs?

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I know two my aunt and my niece, but since it's a family name I woudn't use it.

It's in that folder marked '60s names - not due for revival yet' along with Susan, Carol, Karen and Sharon

Doesn't it mean 'pretty' in Spanish (or is it Italian?)

It's very plain sounding in English though.

One of my friends is called Linda and there's a nice Caesaria Evora song called Linda Mimosa which makes me think of her...

Linda does mean 'pretty' in Spanish. I wouldn't choose it myself (I like others better), but if you like it, go for it.

It always sounds like there's a bit missing to me. Like it's short for Belinda, or Melinda or something. And agree it's very 60s.

I like Lindy.

I like Lynne and wouldn't mind if that came back

linda is name of heroine of 'the pursuit of love' i think. it is a nice name.

Reminds me of an old busy body i used to work with ...i could never use it! lol

surely she is an admin person in a hospital...

You took the words right out of my mouth Mrs B...

Linda in the Nancy Mitford book names her baby Brenda

hahaha does she? i'd forgotten that. actually brenda is quite nice too once you get away from its connotations.

Lusardi?

As there seems to be a revival of, what I would term dreadful, names from 1920's-Mabel, Elsie, Winifred, Pearl, Ruby etc I would assume that Linda, Janet, Susan, Patricia, Lesley, Barbara, Brenda etc would follow on next!

I thought she called her Moira Masmotheredinchocolate
just read it today and thought it must be due for a revival

Hmmm... Just wondering of the likelyood of being a grandma to a Linda Please no. I went to school with a very large breasted Linda. She was a cow.

whatever happened to Linda?

hmm....

she was hiding away on the slow train home wasn't she?

you are absolutely right Darrel - where did I dream Brenda up ? too much Archers !

is there a Brenda in an Evelyn Waugh novel ?

I think that - well obviously really - that names don't make a comeback until their previous owners are dead.

The trouble is, particluarly with girls names, if you get a name fashionable only 30, 40, 50 yeas ago, it can be ageing, don't you think. Susan, Carol, Karen etc.

I think Jaqueline and samantha are pretty but it'll be a while before they come round again.