Thoughts on Linda

[17caterpillars1mouse]

Yes its a bit dated, but i find it refreshing and at least she'd almost certainly be the only one in her class. Maybe Lindy as an affectionate shortening. Thoughts?

No

Strangely lovely. I would never have thought of the name and it’s def retro but yes, cute…

My mil is called Linda. So for that reason alone…. no.

I like Lisa better

Too old and not made a comeback like Esme, Grace, Ruby etc
Linda isn't awful, but it's just like calling your daughter Pauline or Tracey or Joanne. I hate Belinda and Lindy just makes me think of Lindy hop or Lindy West. Linda, it's Linda Green (Tarbuck lass, old sitcom).

It's due a revival I reckon.

It'll be back in a generation or two, alongside Doreen and Barbara etc. For now, it's a bit too close - her peers' grandmas will be called Linda. Like for my generation naming a baby Ethel would have been unthinkable and now you can't move for Ethels, Peggys and Mabels.

It is dated. I would not saddle a child with this name.

Belinda maybe? You've the choice of Bel then.

Lindy is cute. Linda would be unusual, but someone ha to go first to bring names back. If it is revival names you are after, I love Susan.

Melinda but Mel isn't great nn.

We're not there yet op

Like this idea

Linda is nice, you'd be ahead of the curve!
All names come round again, with very rare exceptions.
She'll be the only one in her class. Make her different from all the Wrens and Margots.

From personal experience I never liked my own name. It was a working class name in the 60s and it still is now.

I’ve always loved Linda. And Lindsay. And Lynne.
Belinda? Not so fond but it’s an option for Lindy.
People are often not capable of reacting to a resurrected name without thinking of the middle aged people that come to mind. But by the time your Linda is 18 it’s about that time those generation of names will start making a comeback. It’s a fascinating subject. I gave two of mine names that surprised people at the time but they’re adults now and the names come up on these threads as fresh and new.

Someone had to have the first modern Theo and Noah and Stanley. Do it!

I LOVE Lindy. I’ve never heard of/met anyone in the uk with it but a lovely American family I nannied for had a Lindy who was an angel.

Linda to me is still very dated and doesn’t have a nice sound.

I’m 36, had a Linda in my class at school and even as a kid I thought that was dated.

I know Rita and Pamela and Wendy are coming back in but I think we need another 10 years before Linda and the likes (Sharon, Cheryl etc) are back.

Obviously if you like it do it, and I assume you’re looking for something that’s not ‘in’ anyway?

My neighbour is from South Africa and is called Lindie. I think it's a lovely name.

I’d just call her Lindy. It’s much nicer than Linda imo.

Lucinda on the other hand would be a big yes from me.

It’s actually such a lovely sound, isn’t it? Lin Dah. Lindy is super super cute. And why shouldn’t Linda be a nice name given people love Linnet etc. But it does suffer from just sounding so 70s. And not in a popular again way. Yet! These names will come back, as the early century ones have. You’d just be ahead of the curve. So depends how much you care if people initially raise an eyebrow and then realise it’s nice. Nothing actually wrong with it!

nb. It’s similar to how Linet is gorgeous and fresh and modern but Lynette is retro and dated and not so classy. But they’re the same sound!

I met a Belinda the other day, must have been in her 30s! Never met one before, thought it was firmly stuck in Enid Blyton books.

Linda was an extremely popular name in the 50/60s, to me it sounds very dated. I have a friend (late 50s) and we call her Linny which I think is nicer.

Awful.

I love Linda.