Yeah I knew Algernon was the French term for 'wearing a mustache" but I meant that that is technically terminology, and not a 'name' as such LOL. Please excuse the literature nerd in me! Good to see someone else who is familiar with the name!

I guess Algie in the book wasn't too bright but I love that when he leaves the city to pretend to be Earnest, he shaves off his mustache. Therefore he is not technically Algernon anymore! Yay to the brains and bizarre humour of Wilde!Hahaha...

Okay. We're total nerds in this house. I admit it.

The girls name is "Wendy" which JM Barrie used in Peter Pan. It didn't not exist as a technical name before that - except probably as a nickname to Gwendolyn. JM Barrie used Wendy because he had a young relative (cousin? sister? niece? not sure...) who could not pronounce the word "friend" properly and instead said "you're my fwend". Fwend became Fwendy so they started calling the young lady fwendy as a pet name all because she could not pronounce "friend".

And so the name Wendy was born. Or so the story goes.

I also like the girl's name Florence (Florry), Veerle (veer-la...dutch for "feather" apparently), Phyllida, Violet, Caofhlynn (Cree-lin or kee-lin...an old celtic name).