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Article: Claudia comes of age
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 26, 1994
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London parents are turning to the past to name their newborn
and now Claudia, Daniel, Alexander and Sophie are the Kylies and
Traceys of the 1990s.
An Independent London survey of registrar officers found that
the most popular choices for boys are Daniel, Alexander, Matthew,
James and Thomas - traditional names which have never really
disappeared.
For girls, parents are returning to old-fashioned names,
Olivias, Claudias, Sophies and Graces. "They're being quite
sensible lately,' said Angela Williams of the Westminster
Registrar's Office.
Officers agree that there is a greater diversity of names, as
parents strive to be original. Leslie Dunkling, author of The
Guinness Book of Names ...