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Let’s talk about Ann…

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KAM4 · 24/08/2024 22:07

Just for context I’m not pregnant but did have a baby this year so often think about baby names still. My middle name is Ann (I know it’s a common middle name for a certain generation) and I have aunts on both sides (one Anne & one Ann).
I find it funny to think of both my grandmothers choosing such a simple, one syllable name for their new baby girls when we give names such time and thought now, to choose something so simple (& at the time, common, seems so odd). It makes me wonder if Ann as a name is dead?
I do occasionally hear of names like Mary, Catherine, Margaret (Maggie) for babies but never of Ann.
I think of glamorous actresses like Ann Margaret and think it sounds classic & cool double-barrelled but am I wrong to think it’s just too simple to make a modern comeback on its own?
PS: I know Annie and Anna are still popular but they have that extra syllable so are different to me.
PPS: no offence to any Ann/Annes out there, it’s my middle name also so I feel it’s partly my name too!

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Somuchbetternow · 27/08/2024 21:14

I’m Ann-without-an-e, as I always have to say. I became an Annie naturally by teenage friends and have stuck with that, which I think suits me better.

It’s just boring, and too short - if you say it fast you’d miss it.

KAM4 · 27/08/2024 22:34

deeahgwitch · 27/08/2024 18:28

I the past in Ireland it was very Catholic.
So many women of a certain vintage were called Mary in honour of the Roman Catholic Mother of Jesus, Our Lady- Mary.
If they weren't calked Mary it seemed like they were called Anne or Ann after Our Lady's mother Anne/Ann.

The roll call in primary schools all over Ireland in the 40's, 50's and very early 60s would be full of Marys and Anns/Annes. 😀

Yes definitely, I’m Irish & nearly everyone I know has an ‘Auntie Ann(e)’ (I have two!)

Happy to hear there’s a little Anne Margaret, I hope she loves her name & that it does have a revival in years to come!

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BabaYetu · 26/08/2024 00:02

That’s funny, to me they feel completely different.

Like Catherine and Katherine. Totally different feel because of the letters.

I feel names too. Dislike Stephen but like Steven. Dislike Marc but like Mark because it feels better.
I thought it was just me.

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