Most quintessentially DCUM First Name/Middle Name?

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Anonymous wrote:With boys I feel like the quintessential name is Theodore nn Theo or Teddy. I feel like I see it on here constantly and also hear it in the DMV (in lots of different communities and at lots of different SES levels) all the time. Plus in the last few years I've started hearing lots of Thea for a girl as well (maybe on its own or short for Dorothea or Theodora?). I don't get what it is about Theo/a but people around here are obsessed with it.

You got pretty close to my daughter's name.

Uh, is your daughter's name Thea? Trying to think of a name that is close but not quite... Theia? Althea? Rhea?

Dorothy. On board with the old lady name trend.

My son's name is on here too. lol

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Anonymous wrote:Anything British royal family:
Charlotte
Katherine
Henry
George, etc etc

This.

Including:
William
Charles
Elizabeth

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This board is not all Christian— we are missing some likely names on the list. Ethan? Benjamin? Love those names.

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Anonymous wrote:With boys I feel like the quintessential name is Theodore nn Theo or Teddy. I feel like I see it on here constantly and also hear it in the DMV (in lots of different communities and at lots of different SES levels) all the time. Plus in the last few years I've started hearing lots of Thea for a girl as well (maybe on its own or short for Dorothea or Theodora?). I don't get what it is about Theo/a but people around here are obsessed with it.

You got pretty close to my daughter's name.

Uh, is your daughter's name Thea? Trying to think of a name that is close but not quite... Theia? Althea? Rhea?

Dorothy. On board with the old lady name trend.

My son's name is on here too. lol

Ah, I love that name. I went to high school with a Dorothy who went by Dory, and college with a Dorothy who went by Dot. This was in the late 90s, too, so a bit anachronistic, but it suited them both very well. Ironically I also went to high school with a girl named Thea, but it wasn't short for Dorothy.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s your vote?

I’m plumping for Caroline Emma and Henry Owen

Great names! We have both Henry and Owen <3

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Anonymous wrote:Henry James
James Henry
William James
Alexander James
Benjamin Thomas
Caroline Elizabeth
Grace Elizabeth
Eleanor Anne
Elizabeth Anne
Katherine Elizabeth
Charlotte Anne
Margaret Anne

FWIW those are all “Christian names”

and?

And nothing. Just don’t see that that often in DCUM. The Catholics have been left.

Catholics are Christian.

I don't know what type of Catholics you are referring to as being "left?" Irish Catholics? Polish? Central American? Mexican? Dominican? They all have different popular names.

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Sabine Rose

I grew up with a Sabine Rose in the late 1980s. She was a tennis player. Always loved the name.

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Sabine Rose

I grew up with a Sabine Rose in the late 1980s. She was a tennis player. Always loved the name.

My friend has a toddler daughter named Sabine. Her nickname is "Bean."

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Sabine Rose

I grew up with a Sabine Rose in the late 1980s. She was a tennis player. Always loved the name.

My friend has a toddler daughter named Sabine. Her nickname is "Bean."

My DD's preschool class of eight has two Sabines.

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Sabine Rose

I grew up with a Sabine Rose in the late 1980s. She was a tennis player. Always loved the name.

My friend has a toddler daughter named Sabine. Her nickname is "Bean."

My DD's preschool class of eight has two Sabines.

I came across Sabina as a name and loved it. Guess I'm not so original. :O I love Charlotte too but we already have a royal baby name. Husband joked that we should go with Karen.

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Anonymous wrote:I must be peak DCUM because these are the best names I’ve seen on a thread.

You’re just so used to them, they sound familiar and fine. That’s not the same as “liking” them to most people. You’ve just accepted them like we accept other cultural mainstays. These names are dull. They may be safe. But they’re the equivalent of khakis and a navy blazer.

What clothing do you think people wear in law offices and country clubs?

I go to both, and not that. And the segment that does isn’t classic or was oh, just stuck shopping at BB because it’s easy. It’s very DC. That’s the point.

So people don't wear navy blazers and khakis at law firms and country clubs, except for the people who do, but they didn't mean to? Sorry you've lost the plot. It's ok to not like classic names but they're classic for a reason.

Classic to whom?

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Anonymous wrote:I must be peak DCUM because these are the best names I’ve seen on a thread.

You’re just so used to them, they sound familiar and fine. That’s not the same as “liking” them to most people. You’ve just accepted them like we accept other cultural mainstays. These names are dull. They may be safe. But they’re the equivalent of khakis and a navy blazer.

What clothing do you think people wear in law offices and country clubs?

I go to both, and not that. And the segment that does isn’t classic or was oh, just stuck shopping at BB because it’s easy. It’s very DC. That’s the point.

So people don't wear navy blazers and khakis at law firms and country clubs, except for the people who do, but they didn't mean to? Sorry you've lost the plot. It's ok to not like classic names but they're classic for a reason.

Classic to whom?

The millions and millions and millions and millions of people who chose them.
Sorry but Braxleigh just isn't my cup of tea! You do you girl!

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Karen.

Oh, wait, you meant for babies being born? I have no idea.

But the people posting? Karen.

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Came here for Elizabeth Anne and Alexander Henry, was not disappointed.

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I think things are getting more hipster around here

I’d be expecting some
Mabel
June
Sadie
Louisa
Esme

for the boys a bit more common (so not as “hip”) but not exactly the classic standards either
Miles
Graham
Theo
Frankie as a nn for Francis