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Jul 11, 2008 08:58 AM

The Names are changing

by egglady

I kind of got this idea from the OB/GYN site about names. It seems that at the LTC facility where I work we have suddenly gotten more than our share of Dorothy's!! I have 6 on my hall of 42!! Plus there are 4 more in the building. (and 1 staff with that name). About 10 years ago, we had a whole bunch of Edith and Mables!! What are some of the common names you are seeing?
Thought this might be fun!

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from lpn1313
Old Jul 11, 2008, 10:22 AM

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Marys and Anns here. But then we have a large catholic population, so those names are always popular.
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from nightmare
Old Jul 11, 2008, 10:53 AM

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We've several Mary's and George's but only one Dorothy!
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from scrappingfaye
Old Jul 11, 2008, 11:23 AM

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Hmmm....

Edith, Mary, Florence, Jennie

Bill, Robert, Leroy
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from AnxiousStrawberry
Old Jul 11, 2008, 12:07 PM

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Marrion, Mary, and Helen
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from iteachob
Old Jul 11, 2008, 12:42 PM
Updated Jul 11, 2008 at 12:43 PM by iteachob

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I don't work LTC, but....

Be on the lookout for a bunch of Karens in about 20 years!
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from cmyersRN
Old Jul 11, 2008, 01:37 PM

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Hmmmm......Evelyn, Eleanor, Helen......and Marion seems to be really common right now.....we have several Dorothys too, but two go by Dottie. Richard and Kenneth are our most common male names.........the most original, never seen before name we have right now is Captolia.
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from iteachob
Old Jul 11, 2008, 03:06 PM

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Hmmmm......I just had a thought about why you may be seeing so many Dorothys......."The Wizard of Oz" (1939).
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from egglady
Old Jul 11, 2008, 04:17 PM

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The most common mens names where I am at are any form of "Ed" such as Edgar, Edward, Edwin, etc...
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from taranemcrn
Old Jul 11, 2008, 04:40 PM

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In about 40 years you'll have a bunch of Jennifers, Micheals, and Erins....
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