I’ve noticed that nameberry frequently dismisses names, particularly female names, as sounding “middle-aged.”
When I saw those comments, I always just thought, “Well, shoot, I like that name anyway.”
However it hit me today (when I saw that comment written about the name [name_f]Belva[/name_f]) that I have some questions.
What is wrong with a name sounding middle-aged? We certainly spend more of our lives (hopefully) in our middle years than we do in our childhood.
Is it so bad to have a name that suits a competent and capable woman in her 30’s–60’s? (In the US, we tend to have an optimistic age range for middle-age!). 
And might it not be better to have a name that ages well than a name that might sound a bit fey on an adult ([name_f]Taffeta[/name_f], [name_f]Cricket[/name_f], [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Heidi[/name_f], [name_f]Liesel[/name_f], [name_f]Honey[/name_f])? (Though I love all those names besides [name_f]Honey[/name_f])
Is it so bad to be middle-aged? I’m in my middle years and having a lovely life, and am certainly more confident and sure of myself than I was as a girl, teen, or even young woman.
And finally, I actually think when the “it sounds too middle-aged” comment is made it is actually a euphemism for “it sounds too old lady”, except it’s not PC to note that, hence the middle-age comments.
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