给孩子取名犯难？从《唐顿庄园》里选一个吧！_时事

给孩子取名犯难？从《唐顿庄园》里选一个吧！

2010年有466名女孩取名为“维奥莱特”，去年这个数字上升为709名。在全国排行榜中，“维奥莱特”从第123名直升至第78名。

And highest of all was Elsie, the Christian name of housekeeper Mrs Hughes, which has rocketed into the thousands in just five years. Nearly 1,200 babies took the name last year compared to 535 in 2010.

人气最高的名字为剧中女管家休斯太太 Parenting expert Dr Fin Williams, who founded the group Parent Perspectives based in Devon, was unsurprised by the trend.

在德文郡 She said: 'We pick up our preferences for names based on who we are surrounded by but also our experiences of TV characters who have that name.

她说：“取名时，我们会首选那些熟知的名字，或者是我们看过的电视剧中角色的名字。”

'We are less likely to name our children after someone who we feel hasn't got a very nice character, and more likely to name them after somebody we aspire to.'

“我们很少用品行不端的人的名字来给孩子命名。大多数时候，我们会以我们钦佩的人的名字来给孩子命名。”

Cora, the warm-hearted countess of Grantham, and Sybil, her pretty and modest daughter, are among the names that have rocketed.

格兰瑟姆伯爵夫人科拉为人心地善良，她的女儿茜玻 The figures, released by the Office of National Statistics, show a 55 per cent increase in the number of girls called Cora in England and Wales, while there are now treble the number of Sybils than there were in 2010.