Ebony's Pearls

From bevhale: The link to "Name Statistics".

Noddy is a very rare female first name

Very few female first names in the US are Noddy

Be proud of your unique first name!

source: namestatistics.com

I'd best be careful putting my name to anything because it will lead directly back to me. I can't get up to weird hijinks unless I'm willing to have my name associated with it.

Ah well, having a rare name will make it easier to "brand" things with it. And - another up side to having a rare name - it's not likely to be stolen because the thief won't be able to hide among others of a like name.

I know there's a cartoon character bearing my name in England (I say it bears my name because I am older than the cartoon), and there's an old Elizabethan card game called "Noddy" - cribbage before the crib. It was described in Almond for Parrat in 1589.

Since the name's been around for so long, I wonder why fewer people are named "Noddy"?