Popular Names From the 1950s

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Feminine Names:

Linda- "beautiful" in Spanish and Portuguese

Deborah- "bee" in Hebrew

Pamela- "all sweetness" in Greek

Cheryl- "darling" in French

Denise- "tree of Zeus" in Greek

Christine- "a Christian" in Latin

Teresa- "to harvest" in Greek

Lisa- diminutive of Elizabeth

Laura- "laurel" in Late Latin

Julie- "downy-bearded" in Greek

Paula- "humble" in Latin

Robin- from the English word for the bird

Wanda- "a Wend" in German, referring to the Slavic people who inhabited eastern Germany

Sheila- "blind" in Latin

Lynn- "lake" in Welsh


Masculine Names:

Charles- "man" in German

Jeffrey- "peaceful territory" in German

Gregory- "watchful, alert" in Late Greek

Kevin- "gentle birth" in Old Irish

Douglas- "dark river" in Scottish

Brian- "hill" in Celtic

Scott- "Gaelic speaker" in Latin

Keith- ''wood" in Brythonic

Alan- "little rock" in Brenton

Christopher- "bearing Christ" in Late Greek

Randall- "rim of a shield" in German

Andrew- "masculine" in Greek

Jimmy- diminutive of James

Eric- "always a ruler" in Old Norse

Martin- "male" in Latin

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