Quirky yet classically-hipster names?

[Anonymous]

The Nameberry site makes a distinction between names that are "Hipster" and those that are "Yupster". I think a lot of what people are identifying here are actually "Yupster" names. Names frequently (but not always) transition from the "Hipster" to the "Yupster" list after a few years when they become too popular to be counter-culture. Here's Nameberry's definition of a "Yupster":

Yupsters -- a blend of yuppies and hipsters -- prefer baby names that are to the left of the most popular list but far to the right of most choices on this site. The Yupster Baby Names are classic as well as cool, embodying style along with history. The only problem is that you may hear them far more than you want to in the years to come.

[Anonymous]

Here are some Yupster names:

http://nameberry.com/list/217/Yupster-Baby-Names-for-Girls?all=1

http://nameberry.com/list/218/Yupster-Baby-Names-for-Boys?all=1

[Anonymous]

Is Hermione a hipster name yet? Will it become hipster and/or popular once the kids who grew up on Harry Potter start having kids?

All this talk is exhausting me. This thread has convinced me to never look at Nameberry, and to turn a blind eye to what a name says about the parents social status or clique. And to not pay any attention at all whatsoever what any particular name may or may not conjure in the minds of others. Whew.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are some Yupster names:

http://nameberry.com/list/217/Yupster-Baby-Names-for-Girls?all=1

http://nameberry.com/list/218/Yupster-Baby-Names-for-Boys?all=1

Hmm, both my cats are on the boys name list. DS, however, is not. We did get the cats first -- guess we used up our Yupsterness at that time.

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Wilma
Wanda
Barney
Earl
Eunice
Guy

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Anonymous wrote:Giving your kids a name that is clearly from a different culture. I'm looking at you, white people (it's usually white people) who give their kids Indian names

Does this also count for Asians who name their kids things like Eunice and Leon?

Or non-Jews who give their kids Old Testament names? I mean, it's a different culture...

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Anonymous wrote:Huh, I knew a Mabel who was Hispanic - and pronounced with an accent it was SO pretty!

And the only Gideon I know was born to extremely religious parents.

Same here. I wonder if we know the same family.

They moved to the Midwest and have 4 kids now.

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Veronica is our front runner for baby #2.

And I also love the name Heather.

Yes, I get the movie reference (Christian Slater 4ever!), but it doesn't change that I like both names.

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Anonymous wrote:Freida

Gwendolyn

My husband is dying to use the name Freida! I can't figure out if I like it or not

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Anonymous wrote:Atticus
August
Hazel
Matilda

We moved here from Brooklyn, and I know at least one kid under five with each of there names.

The only one of these names that screams Hipster is Atticus, mainly because it has never been a popular name and the only reference anybody has to it is from Atticus Finch. August, Hazel and Matilda, on the other hand, could be family names (probably aren't, but more likely than Atticus) and just seem more widely used throughout history.

Full disclosure: one of these names was the top contender for my child's first name, but dh could never quite commit. So it's DC's middle name

Those names made PPs list because "hipsters" are the folks bringing old names back into fashion.

I disagree. Were the moms of Sophie and Isabella hipsters a few years back when those names were crazy popular? I think there's a general trend among all parents bringing back older names. But I do agree that "hipsters" are bringing back a certain type of older and quirky name. Maude, Otis, Felix. These names are old and kind of ugly (yet obviously endearing to some), as opposed to old and solid (Henry) or old and pretty/flowy/girly (Lillian, Isabella).

The funny thing is that those of us "early adopters" of the Henry trend (my own Henry is graduating from high school) picked it precisely because it was old and kind of ugly. I cannot begin to describe the looks I got from people when I said I had named my son Henry, not unlike the reaction today's Felix or Otis would get in certain crowds. For the record, I am over 50, my children are all teenagers and young adults, and I am no one's idea of a hipster. Two of my four children have names on this nameberry hipster list and another has a name that I am surprised isn't on this list (it's very similar in flavor). I liked old-fashioned, nerdy names. I think these names are just coming around to be trendy now.

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Anonymous wrote:The Carys posts make me think of the now-ubiquitous Caitlin and all its variations.

It's pronounced Kathleen in Ireland, but now all of a sudden there are tons of "Kate-lynns."

It's pronounced Kate-lynn here, though.

Only because someone saw the Irish name and mispronounced it. Kind of like if we saw Sean and pronounced it SEEN.

The correct American pronunciation of Sean is Shawn. Which is why the name Sean is sometimes spelled Shawn in the US.

The correct American pronunciation of Caitlin is Katelynn. Which is why the name Caitlin is sometimes spelled Katelynn in the US.

Um, you know that the Irish pronunciation of Sean is "Shawn," right?

The correct comparison is between Shawn and Kathleen, both phonetic spellings of the Irish Gaelic Sean and Caitlin. The Katelynn thing is more of a bastardization--it's a phonetic spelling of a mispronunciation. If that makes any sense, lol.

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Anonymous wrote:Quinoa

That's more hippy than hipster. Siblings? I like Millet for a girl, Milly for short.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Nameberry site makes a distinction between names that are "Hipster" and those that are "Yupster". I think a lot of what people are identifying here are actually "Yupster" names. Names frequently (but not always) transition from the "Hipster" to the "Yupster" list after a few years when they become too popular to be counter-culture. Here's Nameberry's definition of a "Yupster":

Yupsters -- a blend of yuppies and hipsters -- prefer baby names that are to the left of the most popular list but far to the right of most choices on this site. The Yupster Baby Names are classic as well as cool, embodying style along with history. The only problem is that you may hear them far more than you want to in the years to come.

There are several names that are on both the hipster list and the yupster list: Clementine, Daisy, Flora, Frances, India, Dashiell, Gus, Hudson, Ike, Levi, Milo, Orson, Oscar, Sebastian, Theo.

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The only couple I know with a Linus have two other kids named Ferris and Laurel. I think they're all cute names, and I like most of the names posted on this thread, too, but no one would ever call me a hipster. My son's name is on the name berry yupster list, though.

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Anonymous wrote:The Carys posts make me think of the now-ubiquitous Caitlin and all its variations.

It's pronounced Kathleen in Ireland, but now all of a sudden there are tons of "Kate-lynns."

It's pronounced Kate-lynn here, though.

Only because someone saw the Irish name and mispronounced it. Kind of like if we saw Sean and pronounced it SEEN.

The correct American pronunciation of Sean is Shawn. Which is why the name Sean is sometimes spelled Shawn in the US.

The correct American pronunciation of Caitlin is Katelynn. Which is why the name Caitlin is sometimes spelled Katelynn in the US.

Um, you know that the Irish pronunciation of Sean is "Shawn," right?

The correct comparison is between Shawn and Kathleen, both phonetic spellings of the Irish Gaelic Sean and Caitlin. The Katelynn thing is more of a bastardization--it's a phonetic spelling of a mispronunciation. If that makes any sense, lol.

Yes, it's like if people (mis)pronounced, say, the name "Quinoa" as Quinn-o-a, and then started naming children Kwinnoah.