What’s your favorite “not top 1000” name(s)?

[Anonymous]

Linnea

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Psychoanalyze me if you must, but I did want to find a name where my kid wouldn’t have to go by a last name her whole school career or be in a situation where an entire bleacher section groaned when yet another same name cheerleader was announced. My parents didn’t have the popularity lists/websites for research like I did.

Do I get that there aren’t as many of the same name these days? Yes. That said, as evidenced by this board, naming trends tend to run in peer groups/SES groups. I know so many people with Sophias, Isabelles and Avas. Maybe not all in the same class, but it is bound to happen in some Upper Middle Class school or class.

My girls have normal names. I wasn’t trying to find some crazy unique moniker. Just a name that wasn’t in heavy usage right now. As I said above, it was a fun exercise to find names that worked within my criteria.

We all have our own experiences to work with-sounds like you came to a solution based on yours, yet are judging others for doing the same.

You have to share now that you told us your reasoning. Please?

This lady posts all the time on these name threads. She had a very popular name growing up and was one of many w that same name on a cheerleading squad or something. So she picked names that are known but not currently popular for her daughters. If you hang around here long enough you’ll recognize her posts.

One of her daughters has the same name (but different spelling) as a recent presidential candidate. The other has a name that’s the feminine version of a male name meaning “ruler.” I would post the actual names but then she’ll just have my post removed.