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Girls Named Ethel
This chart illustrates how many Girls were named Ethel in the U.S. since 1880.
Records indicate that at least 277,033 girls have been named Ethel since 1880 in the United States.
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User Comments about the name Ethel
Comment left Nov 16, 2009: "According to a survey in August 2008 about old-fashioned names on the verge of dying out in the United Kingdom, Ethel made third place on the female endangered list, preceded by Edna at no.2 and Gertrude at no.1. Personally, all three names aren't that nice - I still think of Ethel Merman or even that chemical called "ethyl". I'm not one to give a name like Ethel (much less Edna or Gertrude) to a child of mine - I may end up having a grandchild called Joyce or Jean or Barbara or Janet and then a grandchild called Tracy or Angela or Jennifer or Stephanie." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Nov 16, 2009: "I'm an Ethel and I love it! I'm the only Ethel in my school and some of the boys (and a few girls) think it's funky! Move over, all you Caitlins and Britneys and Lindsays...Ethel is here!" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Nov 09, 2009: "Assuming the woman in the photo is an Ethel, it's time to welcome this name back. She is HOT!" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Aug 26, 2009: "This always seems to be a name that everybody associates with Ethel Merman or Ethel Mertz! I noticed when I did a Google search on "Ethel" that a lot of Filipino women have this name. Give them credit for bringing this good name back for a new generation!" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jul 30, 2009: "My ladyfriend is an Ethel and I think it's funky! She's not a Jennifer or a Brittany or any other trendy name. I should also mention she's HOT!!!" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Apr 19, 2009: "my name is ethel but im from latinamerica so we pronounce it like etel cause the "h" is sound less. I like it" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Feb 24, 2009: "I love this name so much. Even though I will probably die a virgin because of it, LOLLLLL!" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jun 03, 2008: "The wife of Jeeves And Wooster creator P.G. Wodehouse was called Ethel and she lived until 1984, dying at the age of 99. Her husband, whom she married in 1914, died in 1975 aged 94. There was also Ethel Le Neve, who died in 1967 aged 84, but who in 1910 was both the secretary and lover of the American-born killer Dr Crippen (21 years her senior), who was arrested with Miss Le Neve in 1910 after they were tracked down through radio while on board a ship pretending to be father and, well, son rather than daughter, yet Dr Crippen was the one who was hanged for the murder of his wife Cora Turner (an actress under the stage name of Belle Elmore) while Miss Le Neve was acquitted. Lastly, there was Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg, born in 1915 and married to Julius Rosenberg, born in 1918, and both were executed for espionage in 1953." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 17, 2008: "Talking of singers or actresses or hotel/restaurant manageresses or party hostesses or whatever over the years who were forenamed Ethel or perhaps Edith or Mabel or Gertrude or even Patricia or Joyce or Barbara or Janet (I don't think a Tracy or a Lisa or a Karen would have become any of those until recently), who can forget Ethel Merman who was a well-known singer and actress in her day? But unfortunately, around the time Miss Merman sang 'There's No Business Like Show Business' in the Fifties, the TV series 'I Love Lucy' came on air with actress Vivian Vance in the role of Ethel Mertz, and the "ethyl" associations perhaps discouraged use as well. On the British side of the Atlantic, the name has since 1985 been associated with one of the original characters of the soap 'EastEnders', the dithery Ethel Skinner, always asking "Where's Willy" (as in her pug dog named after the character's late husband). I think going back to the old-fashioned names can in some cases be just as silly as choosing made-up names because no matter what name you choose, regardless of whether they have history or are recent, ANY of those names can become dated again after a few years. Though other "older" names like Grace, Lily, Daisy, Ella, and Ruby are now popular again (and Sarah, Laura, Rebecca, and Rachel were other ones becoming fashionable again in the preceding generation - it was probably bad enough in some cases but not in others choosing THOSE names, let alone the ones of today), I can only picture old ladies of today called Ethel (including Madame Skinner), who may have been middle-aged women in the Fifties/Sixties and youngsters around 1910 or 1920. Even if some of us are actually looking forward to having grandchildren named Patricia or Janet or Shirley and great-grandchildren called Tracy or Lisa, it'd be better to name your daughter Margaret or Beatrice or Mabel or Edith or Violet rather than Ethel - even though, as said, going back to "older" names can, according to some, be just as silly as those Madison/Caitlin/Ashley type names. I don't think a name like Ethel is one to overcome the negative associations anytime soon, and perhaps Edith still has some negative associations of its own (remember Edith Bunker in the U.S. sitcom 'All In The Family'?)." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 14, 2008: "To the singer/entrepreneur named Ethel I say "good for you!" All women, including old ladies, were once young beautiful girls. I would take 1000 Ethels over one Brittany or Ashley or Star anyday! I especially hate the made up names or stupid spellings people use nowadays. Hold your head high, Ethel!" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Apr 23, 2008: "Too horrible and stuffy and also makes me think of that compound chemical 'ethyl' (also pronounced as 'eethill') as well as those primary TV characters of Mesdames Skinner and Mertz in EastEnders and I Love Lucy respectively. It's just as out-of-date as such elaborations that were not at all common (such as Ethelwyn, Ethelbert, Ethelred, Ethelburga, and Ethelinda), but it was very popular in 1900 when American actress Ethel Barrymore and British writer Ethel M. Dell were around." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Mar 04, 2008: "But just think - calling your child Ethel may result in having a grandchild called Maureen or Shirley and then a great-grandchild called Karen or Tracey. A name like Ethel will forever make me think Ethel Skinner in EastEnders (not to mention Ethel Mertz in I Love Lucy the '50s television sitcom on the American side of the Atlantic). Edith may be a better choice than Ethel (partly because of Edith Bowman on radio 1) but, as said, a grandchild called Maureen and then a great-grandchild named Karen may follow." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jan 20, 2007: "Whenever I mention this name I think of Ethel Skinner, that dithery pensioner in the British soap opera 'EastEnders', or any other elderly woman in general. Personally, this name has worse connotations than the similar-looking name Edith, which is generally another name associated with old ladies." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Dec 08, 2006: "It's a horrible old person's name, one of the worst ones around, worse than Edith, but not quite as bad as Bertha or Gertrude, yet I believe it levels with Edna somewhat. Whoever would nowadays want to be named after Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Merman, that dithery Ethel Skinner in 'EastEnders', or any old lady called Ethel in general?" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Nov 29, 2006: "My mother, who's now 94, is called Ethelwyn, a very unusual name. Are there any others around?" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Oct 30, 2006: "Its my name.I all 23 years of my life i met only one or two persons with the name,(although i have been out there in the world travelling).All older.people spell it wrong all the time.People never get it the first time.people find it strannge but sweet.It makes me all unique.I love my name.It makes me just what it means!" (Report as inappropriate)
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