FASHIONS IN NOMENCLATURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 75

FASHIONS IN NOMENCLATURE.

— .The Names of Aristocratic Girls. — Fashions in nomenclature change in England yearly. Sometimes a famous beauty sets a fashion, or perhaps a. popular Koyai personage or even a Royal baby. Just now flower names are the" rage. Violets and Lilys abound among the younger generation. " Lady Angela Forbes called her Mttls girl Marigold. The Duchess of Sutherland has a daughter Rosemary. Lady Algernon Gordon-Lennox christened her child Ivy, and the Countess of Westmoreland and the Earl of Rosslyn have respectively daughters called Gloria and Rosabelle. Some years ago a craze for odd names prevailed. Thus- it happens that Lady Aberdeen is Ishbel, Lady Oranmore is 01wen Verena. Then there are Lady Ela Russell and 1 Lady ' Gtk>Hn« Morrell. La dy Bellingham's name i« Lpl^arde, and Lord Aehburton's three daughters are called Venetia, Aurea. and Alma- The Duke of Bedford".-, eldest girl is named Linrne. Victoria* and Alexandras abound in high society, as they do in more modest circles, ,ns tribute's to two much-loved Queens. Lady Knollys christened her^rirl Louvima, making her name from the first syllables of the names of the King'fi daughters. Seme of the debutante^ of the> last two year? are curiously named. Nesta, Nest, Crystal, Sapphire," Ruby, Dulcibella, Morwe'nni, Myrtle, [one, Ganfreda, Eldrydd, Hyacinth. Laline, Fran, and Noorowz are a few which one reads in accounts of those present at eocial function.". Lady Bra^sey is Idina, and Mi«? Chetham Strode goe<= by the pretty name of Beam. *The Tollemnche family really tops the record for strange names. They include Rhona, Mariota, Elfreyda, Napokona, Hersiha. Artemisia, and Lyon-ewe. One member of the family is called just Matilda Amy Jane Ellen Louise, but still another daughter of a branch of the eare3 family has to her credit Lyonella FrpdR unda Cuthb?rga Ethelwytha ldeth Ysabel Grace Monica Orcmelte . Phvntaeenet ! j Tbe Marchioness of Hamilton has a httle daughter, born in 1896, who bears wit- : nera to her parents' admiration for a great ( man, a& she is called Cecilia Rhodesia.