s/o Names you like but rarely hear

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I like Demeter, but I don't think I could pull it off.

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Anonymous wrote:This isn't about cultural appropriation people. If I name my kid Saoirse, does it hurt you (or the Irish PP, or anyone anywhere) in anyway? No? Then you don't get to make a fuss about it. Name your kid what you want. And naming is about placing identifiers on your kid. Their last name is their family, the other names can call out their the culture, the meaning, family again, meaningful places or things, etc. Let's not get caught up in the "who is most Irish" game--it's pathetic.

Exactly. Nobody cares. I know a bunch of NA with names like Alex, Michael, and David! Are they culturally appropriating others?! Nope. Millennials and their misguided obsession with cultural appropriation!!

[Anonymous]

Finley! But for a boy

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Anonymous wrote:People - Daisy has been taken over by the dogs. Don't do it.

Um, so was Max.

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Dara
Meredith
Dominic
Raymond

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Clover and Blythe

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Anonymous wrote:Bridget is a classic name I dont hear too much. Mildred is my favorite "old person name" that I think should come back. Millie is adorable in my mind. Im done with all versions of Eleanor and Stella. Those old people names are DONE.

haha! The name Bridget is always interesting to me. Bridget is/was the stereotypical working/low class name in Ireland...it was THE name for Irish domestic maids/servants/the "help" so much so that for a really long time, many women would actually change their names to avoid that stereotype. I'm never sure if Irish American "never been to Ireland but my last name is Sullivan or O'Reilly!!!" crowd doesn't know this or doesn't care.

We know and don't care. Irish American naming conventions are distinct from Irish naming conventions, and this kind of class-nervousness doesn't mesh well with the large contingent of Irish Americans that take pride in the fact that we overcame discrimination.

That said, I have all the side-eye in the world for Irish Americans who've never been to Ireland buying into current bandwagon trend of naming their kids Aelish or Saorsie or Aoife. If someone had to teach you how to pronounce it after the age of 15, it's not your culture.

So what? Cultures don't own names.

So, it's cultural appropriation. So, I side-eye people who appropriate culture that is not their own. So, you get defensive about that. So, you post a nonsensical question about "ownership."

That's what.

The pp is even side eyeing Irish Americans too poor to travel to Ireland and are begrudging them their choice to name their kids Aoife!

[Anonymous]

Naomi
Phoebe
Gideon
Julian

For various reasons I wouldn't use these myself but I like them and don't know any kids with those names.

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Anonymous wrote:Naomi
Phoebe
Gideon
Julian

For various reasons I wouldn't use these myself but I like them and don't know any kids with those names.

I know one of each (varying ages) except for Gideon.

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Anonymous wrote:Bridget is a classic name I dont hear too much. Mildred is my favorite "old person name" that I think should come back. Millie is adorable in my mind. Im done with all versions of Eleanor and Stella. Those old people names are DONE.

My grandmother was Mildred and boy was she a force. Great name. Her sister was Louise which I’ve always liked too.

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Edward
Francesca

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Anonymous wrote:for a girl - Melody, Camille Erica, Suzanne, Yvette, Marion, Celeste

for a boy - Joseph (I know the data says it's popular but I can't recall meeting a single boy with this name since having my oldest 6 years ago); Noah is another one.
others - Reid, Gerard, Phillip

Every other boy under 8 that I know is named Noah.

Last year we were at a trampoline party (remember those in the Before Time?) and there were three Noahs and five Jacobs out of about 20 boys.

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Anonymous wrote:Arthur
Rex
Julio


Agnes
Celeste
Grace

Agnes was my grandmother's name and she HATED it. Would not allow it to be used even as a middle name for any of her granddaughters.

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Helena
Phillip

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Anonymous wrote:Bridget is a classic name I dont hear too much. Mildred is my favorite "old person name" that I think should come back. Millie is adorable in my mind. Im done with all versions of Eleanor and Stella. Those old people names are DONE.

haha! The name Bridget is always interesting to me. Bridget is/was the stereotypical working/low class name in Ireland...it was THE name for Irish domestic maids/servants/the "help" so much so that for a really long time, many women would actually change their names to avoid that stereotype. I'm never sure if Irish American "never been to Ireland but my last name is Sullivan or O'Reilly!!!" crowd doesn't know this or doesn't care.

We know and don't care. Irish American naming conventions are distinct from Irish naming conventions, and this kind of class-nervousness doesn't mesh well with the large contingent of Irish Americans that take pride in the fact that we overcame discrimination.

That said, I have all the side-eye in the world for Irish Americans who've never been to Ireland buying into current bandwagon trend of naming their kids Aelish or Saorsie or Aoife. If someone had to teach you how to pronounce it after the age of 15, it's not your culture.

So what? Cultures don't own names.

So, it's cultural appropriation. So, I side-eye people who appropriate culture that is not their own. So, you get defensive about that. So, you post a nonsensical question about "ownership."

That's what.

The pp is even side eyeing Irish Americans too poor to travel to Ireland and are begrudging them their choice to name their kids Aoife!

The issue is not about affording flights. PP is saying if you didn't know how to pronounce it, it's strange to pick it as a name for your kid. I'm not surprised this is controversial (DCUM is the land of I can do whatever I want) but it's pretty funny to me to see all the pushback. Imagine someone coming on here and saying "I saw this name Olatunde - how do you pronounce that? What does it mean? It looks so pretty I think I want to use it!" It's bizarre.