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All articlesFreddie, not Frederick: the nicknames on Britain’s birth certificatesOne boy in ten born in England and Wales last year was registered under a pet name: Freddie, Archie, Alfie, Albie, Charlie. In America it is one boy in 134. But America did this first. In 1947 one American boy in eleven was a Larry, a Jerry, a Billy or a Bobby, and in 1881 one American girl in six was a Minnie, an Annie or a Nellie. Where the nicknames went, and which of Britain’s are crossing the Atlantic now.Pearl, Crystal, Ruby: the girls named after jewelsIn 1982 Crystal was the ninth most popular girls’ name in America, and one American girl in 51 was named after a gemstone. Since 1880 five different jewels have led: Pearl, then Ruby, Crystal, Amber and Jade. Britain’s jewel is Ruby, 38th here and twice as common per head as in America. America’s is Jade, eight times as common there.Grace, Hope, Destiny: the girls named after virtuesOne American girl in 47 has a name that is a word for a virtue, a feeling or a blessing. In England and Wales it is one in 86, and nearly half of them are Grace. Britain’s virtue names are the old words, Grace, Felicity, Hope and Faith. America’s are Genesis, Serenity, Trinity and Destiny, words that were not names before the 1970s. Genesis is 37 times as common there as here.
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