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Common female names of the 1890s. At the start of the decade elegance was most important comfort was certainly not. Setting the Scene. The shape reappeared in the late 1890s.

Select Decade2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s 1920s 1910s 1900s 1890s 1880s. Severa Dressed for the Photographer. Rank Name Number Name Number.

Bicycles were all the rage and could be ridden with difficulty by a woman in a skirt. William comes from the Old Norman name Willaume. Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year.

71 rows 2. New and exciting chapters began with the opening of Carnegie Hall the Sierra Club was founded Sherlock Holmes appeared for the first time the White House Christmas tree was lit with electric and the Klondike Gold Rush began in Alaska. Kennedy are two famous men with the name of John.

In the early 1890s the dominant skirt shape was the swooping tulip of bell form which was snug and smooth over the hips and flared dramatically to a wide hem. While women formerly participated in equestrian sports or the more sedate croquet young ladies of the 1890s began to engage in a wide variety of activities. Afra - Charlotte Chloe - Kitty Magnolia - Veronica.

The parents of Roy Aquillia 1890 may have had a scholarly interest in Ancient Rome just as the parents of Launcelot 1896 were into the legend of King Arthur. Alma is a Latin name that means soulful. Rank Male Name Female Name.