Most common (overused?) names among infants & toddlers in this area?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Must be Edmund since it hasn't been in the top 1,000 since 1997 when it was ranked 924th.

Bingo.

Snap! I was going to say Edmund! (I posted the guesses). I'm suprised that's not in the top 1000. Does your ds go by a nickname?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

My three kids are all named after ancestors. It is my family tradition, as is using surnames as middle names. I named my kids family names to honor my family, but I don't see why that makes me snooty. I certainly don't give a damn about whether anyone else uses family names, so it sounds to me as though your perceived "subtle air of superiority" says more about you than it does about me.

Oh please. PP clearly isn't trying to implicate everyone who's ever used a family name. If the shoe fits, wear it. If it doesn't, don't. But don't assume the phenomenon doesn't exist simply because you don't engage in it.

You know, there are family names, and then there are family names. I don't think it's snooty to name your son "William Henry Jones" (for example) if William Henry was dear old Granddad's name. But to name him "McIntyre Carruthers Jones" (totally made up example) or some other usage of your ancestors' surnames - that seems pretentious to me. To each her own.

Yes, to each her own (although I don't wholly disagree). But maybe it's more of a family custom, less pretension per se. Our family has traditionally given each child his or her own name, because he/she is a unique person. I'm not a fan of historical baggage.

But old McIntyre Carruthers, not a guy I'd want to chill with, most likely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question for those of you who chose family names for your DC. Would you have done the same thing if people in your family all had awful names, or did you just happen to get lucky that your family members had great monikers?

It feels to me like there's often this subtle (or sometimes not so subtle) air of superiority among those who pick family names for their kids--like parents who (gasp!) choose names they just happen to like are somehow beneath everyone else.

If you're lucky enough that grandma had a beautiful and (surprise!) suddenly trendy name, congratulations, but please don't look down on me for not naming my kid Bernice or Aloysius.

My daughter is named after family members. My Grandmother had a nice name (Hannah). My Grandfathers did not have names we would use. In the Jewish culture some people just use the first letter or the general "sound" of the name and then give their child the ancestor's Hebrew name, which is a good cop out to a particuarly undesirable name This time around we are naming after my husband's Grandmother, who had an okay name, but nothing I'd use for a first name, so it's what I call "Middle name territory". We'll also use it for the Hebrew name, since it is Biblical. I am not named after anyone, but both of my sisters are and I missed having a Namesake because in Hebrew School they would talk about Namesakes (since nearly every Jewish child has at least one). I think it's a good way to connect your child to their heritage and keep a loved one in your thoughts, but I certainly don't look down on people who choose to not name after someone. That's ridiculous if anyone does. These thingsa re very personal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter's name NEVER makes either the "good" or "bad" lists on DCUM!

Do you know what that means? That means YOU WIN! Please see the hostess at the door for your prize.

[Anonymous]

Back to common (over-used) names:
Boys - Jalen and Jack
Girls - Sophia and Isabelle

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Back to common (over-used) names:
Boys - Jalen and Jack
Girls - Sophia and Isabelle

Never heard the name Jalen. Ever. Is it really overused??? With the other three you mentioned, I know several of each.

[Anonymous]

There are at least 10 Jalens at my children's school in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Must be Edmund since it hasn't been in the top 1,000 since 1997 when it was ranked 924th.

Bingo.

Snap! I was going to say Edmund! (I posted the guesses). I'm suprised that's not in the top 1000. Does your ds go by a nickname?

Nope. No nickname just Edmund. Only time will tell if a nickname develops. My grandfather goes by Bud, that is really dated. I do not like Ed or Eddie. If anyone has nickname suggestions I am down. He might go by his initials, which makes his name my dad's name (my dad goes by his initials).

[Anonymous]

jackson, jackson, jackson, oh and jackson -can you tell i hate this name?? carter too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:jackson, jackson, jackson, oh and jackson -can you tell i hate this name?? carter too!

I can't stand the name 'jackson' either. My son's name is "John" and when he was born 2005...seemed to be the emergence of the 'Jacksons"...ugh. I dreaded this because I knew we planned to call DS by his nickname "Jack" and was pissed this surname/western name was in vogue to add to the potential # of future "jack's'. I have been asked if he is a 'jackson' and I cringe everytime somebody asks me this. No. We are not cowboys or related to Janet or Michael.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's wrong with Cecelia? DD had one in her old preschool class.

Cecelia you're breaking my heart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually like Agnes.

This was my grandmother's name, and I've been waiting for it to make a comeback. I think "Aggie" is a cute nickname...

My mother's name was Agnes, she hated it and still goes by her middle name to this day. In school they called her "Baggy Aggie" because she was overweight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Must be Edmund since it hasn't been in the top 1,000 since 1997 when it was ranked 924th.

Bingo.

Snap! I was going to say Edmund! (I posted the guesses). I'm suprised that's not in the top 1000. Does your ds go by a nickname?

Nope. No nickname just Edmund. Only time will tell if a nickname develops. My grandfather goes by Bud, that is really dated. I do not like Ed or Eddie. If anyone has nickname suggestions I am down. He might go by his initials, which makes his name my dad's name (my dad goes by his initials).

I actually love Ned as a nickname (along the same vein as Gus or Max) but maybe that's because I always had a bit of a crush on Ned Nickerson (I'm dating myself, I know). Have actually considered using Edward or Edmund as a given name just to get to Ned, but DH isn't on board. Clearly he wasn't a Nancy Drew fan like me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Must be Edmund since it hasn't been in the top 1,000 since 1997 when it was ranked 924th.

Bingo.

Snap! I was going to say Edmund! (I posted the guesses). I'm suprised that's not in the top 1000. Does your ds go by a nickname?

Nope. No nickname just Edmund. Only time will tell if a nickname develops. My grandfather goes by Bud, that is really dated. I do not like Ed or Eddie. If anyone has nickname suggestions I am down. He might go by his initials, which makes his name my dad's name (my dad goes by his initials).

I actually love Ned as a nickname (along the same vein as Gus or Max) but maybe that's because I always had a bit of a crush on Ned Nickerson (I'm dating myself, I know). Have actually considered using Edward or Edmund as a given name just to get to Ned, but DH isn't on board. Clearly he wasn't a Nancy Drew fan like me.

That's funny, I saw Ted used as a nickname for Edward on either this thread or another and I thought Teddy would be very cute. I can deal with Teddy but I don't know if it fits him yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question for those of you who chose family names for your DC. Would you have done the same thing if people in your family all had awful names, or did you just happen to get lucky that your family members had great monikers?

It feels to me like there's often this subtle (or sometimes not so subtle) air of superiority among those who pick family names for their kids--like parents who (gasp!) choose names they just happen to like are somehow beneath everyone else.

If you're lucky enough that grandma had a beautiful and (surprise!) suddenly trendy name, congratulations, but please don't look down on me for not naming my kid Bernice or Aloysius.

Ha! These are real names in my husband's New England family tree that he suggested we consider for our kids: Lettice, Ebeneezer, Theophilous, Bathsheba, and Ethel. Maybe I'm trendy, but I vetoed them immediately.