Comments on: Dr. Hurlbutt proposes bird names for your baby http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2009/10/22/dr-hurlbutt-proposes-bird-names-for-your-baby/ Archelaus takes a relentlessly upbeat look at operating a small greeting card business in Washington, DC. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:02:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dr. Allardyce Hurlbutt http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2009/10/22/dr-hurlbutt-proposes-bird-names-for-your-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-3646 Dr. Allardyce Hurlbutt Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:58:52 +0000 http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/?p=1063#comment-3646 Alas, no Fringallas appear in the Death Index. Yes, Peregrine is an old name. In addition to <i>The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle</i> (published in 1751), there was, for example, Peregrine Bertie (1686-1742), Second Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. Although Raven has been used for over a century for a variety of reasons (and for both genders), I don't think it was random chance that the peak of its popularity as a girl's name in 1991 coincided with the appearance of the black child actress Raven-Symoné on <i>The Cosby Show</i> from 1989 to 1992. I see that I inadvertently omitted Drake (214), although, as with some other names (Finch, Crane), many of the recorded instances presumably represent transferred use of surnames. Alas, no Fringallas appear in the Death Index.

Yes, Peregrine is an old name. In addition to The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (published in 1751), there was, for example, Peregrine Bertie (1686-1742), Second Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.

Although Raven has been used for over a century for a variety of reasons (and for both genders), I don’t think it was random chance that the peak of its popularity as a girl’s name in 1991 coincided with the appearance of the black child actress Raven-Symoné on The Cosby Show from 1989 to 1992.

I see that I inadvertently omitted Drake (214), although, as with some other names (Finch, Crane), many of the recorded instances presumably represent transferred use of surnames.

]]> By: Calypso Spots http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2009/10/22/dr-hurlbutt-proposes-bird-names-for-your-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-3640 Calypso Spots Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:58:28 +0000 http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/?p=1063#comment-3640 I've run across people named Raven (personally I think this is more common for neo-pagans and former hippies than for African Americans), Eagle, and Wren. Peregrine is used early on, as in the novel <i>Peregrine Pickle</i>. Dodo is sometimes a nickname for Dorothy. Swan is occasionally a variant spelling of Sven. Were there any Fringillas (Latin for finch)? An early 20th century Czech writer went by that pseudonym. Whether parents who named their children Moa knew what a moa is seems questionable to me, but you never know! I’ve run across people named Raven (personally I think this is more common for neo-pagans and former hippies than for African Americans), Eagle, and Wren. Peregrine is used early on, as in the novel Peregrine Pickle. Dodo is sometimes a nickname for Dorothy. Swan is occasionally a variant spelling of Sven.

Were there any Fringillas (Latin for finch)? An early 20th century Czech writer went by that pseudonym.

Whether parents who named their children Moa knew what a moa is seems questionable to me, but you never know!

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