What are common and/or stereotypical Valley girl names?

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Hi. I am doing a little research on this for a project. I was trying to find a definitive source that lists common and/or stereotypical Valley girl names and this was the best I could find so far:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48687227636_9c50972cb9_o.png

As I mentioned in another thread, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_girl :
a Valley girl is a "socioeconomic stereotype depicting a class of women characterized by the colloquial California English dialect Valleyspeak and materialism."

Also:

From Google Dictionary:
"A fashionable and affluent teenage girl from the Valley in southern California."

From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Valley%20girl :

": an adolescent girl from the San Fernando Valley"
also : one whose values, mannerisms, and especially speech patterns resemble those of such a girl"

Please help- thank you.

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[+3] - cherrie - 09/06/2019You've got lists of names there already. How many more could you need?

@JGoldman10,

You've got lists of names there already. How many more could you need?

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For some reason, "Holly" strikes me as sounding like a Valley girl name.

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@cherrie,

Firstly, I don't know what book those names are from in that pic.
Secondly, some of those names are hard to make out.

I tried to search for the book based on what's presented in the image. I have not found out what book those names are from.

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@cherrie,

I'm asking for more names and more resources that contain names because I don't think that one source is sufficient.

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"Becky" and "Heather", and "Molly" which I mentioned earlier, sound like they would be typical Valley girl names.

"Becky" also sounds like it would work as a tomboy name., but this is subject matter for another thread.

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@JGoldman10,

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@JGoldman10,

JGoldman10 wrote:

"Becky" also sounds like it would work as a tomboy name, but this is subject matter for another thread.

-FIXED.

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@maxdancona,

Why are you equating Valley girl names with White trash names? That's not nice. Not all Valley girls are/were White.

Remember Hilary Banks from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air?:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48693403096_d33d6bebc3_o.png

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@JGoldman10,

JGoldman10 wrote:

"Becky" and "Heather", and "Holly" which I mentioned earlier, sound like they would be typical Valley girl names.

-FIXED.

I meant "Holly" not "Molly".

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@JGoldman10,

I posted that video because it is funny. However, I do think there is a large overlap between the two lists.

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@maxdancona,

Really? How are Valley girls "trashy"?

Isn't there an overlap between Valley girls and preppy girls?

What's the difference between the two? Or should I ask about this in another thread?

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@JGoldman10,

Is it just me, or does anyone else remember you asking this question around 10 to 12 years ago?

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@solipsister,

No. This is the first time I asked this. A quick search will confirm this.

It's just you.

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No one's mentioned "Moon Unit" yet.

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@maxdancona,

Valley girls are still a thing, as far as toons are concerned at least.

There have been Valley girl characters in cartoons since the '80s.

This is a character from a recent kids' cartoon:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48699092186_c0d037088e_o.png

Princess Zange from Mighty Magiswords (2015-2019).

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@solipsister,

Valley girls were a thing in the '80s and '90s and are still a thing now. I want to create valley girl characters to appeal to this gen's kids.

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Then there is the story of a girl named Patty. When she went off to college she started signing her letters home "Pati". So her father started signing his letters "Dadi".

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Are "Bailey" and "Brooke" common and/or stereotypical Valley Girl names? They sound rather Valley Girlish to me, or if not Valley Girlish, Preppy Girlish at least.

"Becky", "Veronica" and "Heather" definitely sound like common and/or stereotypical Valley Girl names if I am not mistaken.

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@JGoldman10,

Lots of names here, all sung with perfect clarity.

Any of those should do.

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