tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post3102327709921982750..comments2024-03-16T13:05:52.650-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: A Family Big Enough For CousinsJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-67208651028803530682013-06-27T10:08:53.980-07:002013-06-27T10:08:53.980-07:00I have a girl cousin named Clyde (we are several r...I have a girl cousin named Clyde (we are several removes so she lived back around 1890-1940s).<br /><br />I found an article (the link for which I've emailed you) with a cousin of yours that I'm trying to locate - I've a name and where she's from.... but don't know where she went!Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-25105323532671452802013-02-26T22:30:48.150-08:002013-02-26T22:30:48.150-08:00I wouldn't have known, either, if I hadn't...I wouldn't have known, either, if I hadn't stumbled upon this tidbit. I'm resisting the urge to try to uncover the impetus for the name's popularity, back then, for girls--and what made it shift to the way we know it now: as a boy's name.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-17687396004088664202013-02-25T23:43:50.520-08:002013-02-25T23:43:50.520-08:00Clyde a girls name..I never would have thought tha...Clyde a girls name..I never would have thought that..good luck finding some cousins! Lucky them..they will have lots of family info!! :)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-19516473960486040262013-02-25T04:25:37.986-08:002013-02-25T04:25:37.986-08:00Now there's a name I never would have imagined...Now there's a name I never would have imagined even making a popularity list! Now I'm wondering what drove the popularity. Mothers didn't have soap operas for inspiration back then. Was Clyde a heroine in some penny dreadful? You don't have to answer that - just wondering out loud.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-80090380809417269412013-02-24T19:02:25.881-08:002013-02-24T19:02:25.881-08:00Well, I just found the answer to my own question, ...Well, I just found the answer to my own question, thanks to a brief visit to Google. <a href="http://www.babynametrain.com/meanings/girl/clyde/" rel="nofollow">This graph</a> shows the popularity of the name Clyde as used for a girl, from 1880 to the present, and <a href="http://www.babynametrain.com/popularity/girl/clyde/" rel="nofollow">this table</a> shows a year-by-year breakdown from 1880 to 1932--the last year in which Clyde was in the top thousand names for girls in the United States. The name peaked in popularity as a girl's name in 1890--the year our Clyde was born--with a rank of 366.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-17647536944128705242013-02-24T18:50:47.182-08:002013-02-24T18:50:47.182-08:00Oh, I hadn't even thought of that, Wendy! And ...Oh, I hadn't even thought of that, Wendy! And I just ran across another in-law with that sort of situation (a man named Evelyn). Wonder if there is any historic list of "This Year's Most Popular Names" like there is now?Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-83271055677793144822013-02-24T03:25:31.893-08:002013-02-24T03:25:31.893-08:00There was a lady at my church named Clyde. Now I&...There was a lady at my church named Clyde. Now I'm wondering how common "Clyde" was as a girl's name. Think how confusing it would have been if her husband had been named Beverly, Shirley, or Evelyn.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com