Names again
Feb. 17th, 2003 11:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
triskellianI'm fascinated by names, as you probably know. So I was pleased to see that Slashdot has an article about names, which, amongst other things, links to this page, which lets you see how the popularity of your name has changed over time. Mine, unsurprisingly, is in the top ten for every set of data I looked at.
There are some odd and some surprising names in the most popular list for 2001, including, for example, Destiny, at 22nd most popular name for a girl, and Isaiah at number 45 for boys.
Tell me about the rise and fall of your name...
There are some odd and some surprising names in the most popular list for 2001, including, for example, Destiny, at 22nd most popular name for a girl, and Isaiah at number 45 for boys.
Tell me about the rise and fall of your name...
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Not surprisingly...
Date: 2003-02-17 04:30 am (UTC)My sister is probably "worse off" than me, at least my name is recognised in popular culture.
Anyone know of anything called Timandra?
Re: Not surprisingly...
Date: 2003-02-17 05:13 am (UTC)Timandra
The daughter of king Tyndareus and Leda, and sister of Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, Castor and Polydeuces.
Tyndareus had been cursed by Aphrodite for not sacrificing to her, and the curse was that the king's three daughters would all be adulteresses.
Timandra was married to Echemus, son of Aeropus, who succeeded king Lycurgus of Tegea. They had a son, Augeas, and according to some sources Timandra eventually left her husband for Phyleus. This is not certain, though, but makes sense since she was cursed to commit adultery.
Also seems to be used in formal naming of butterflies (Timandra griseata, Timandra comae, Timandra amaturaria)
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Re: Not surprisingly...
Date: 2003-02-17 05:16 am (UTC)What I meant was references in reasonably popular culture people can notice the name from. Andromeda appears in many places, films, companies, books, galaxies. Timandra is a little harder to run into randomly around the place.
Re: Not surprisingly...
Date: 2003-02-17 05:27 am (UTC)Googling was more for my own curiosity - I'm intrigued to where the bufferfly naming thing links in though...