What are the names of the most recent babies that were born in your social world?

[Anonymous]

90% of these names are hideous. Clark???

[Anonymous]

Genevieve
William
Wright
Benjamin

[Anonymous]

Emma
Calvin

[Anonymous]

Nah
Ishaan
Savannah
Amar
Sadna
Minoo

[Anonymous]

Elodie, one parent is francophone.

[Anonymous]

Juniper

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elodie, one parent is francophone.

Elodie is a very dated name in France. The trend there is towards less florid, feminine names. I wondered if the parents of Clémence up thread were French, that's a popular name there now.

Elodie sounds like Collette to my ear -- a name a non French person would give a French character in a play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:90% of these names are hideous. Clark???

Clark seems fine? Names are cyclical and Clark sounds like someone's grandpa's or great grandpa's name. That's just how baby names work.

I prefer it to a name like Hudson which sounds pretentious to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What happened to good, solid traditional names? Good God Americans are insufferable.

Most of these names are very traditional and have been around for hundreds of years. A handful are more recently invented but people are always doing that and always have, so it's its own tradition.

Did you want everyone to name their kids John and Mary or something?

[Anonymous]

Wynn (girl)
Eloise

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:90% of these names are hideous. Clark???

Clark seems fine? Names are cyclical and Clark sounds like someone's grandpa's or great grandpa's name. That's just how baby names work.

I prefer it to a name like Hudson which sounds pretentious to me.

Agree Clark is fine but Hudson does not read as pretentious to me, it reads "my mom is a 20 year old Utah Mormon mommy blogger."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elodie, one parent is francophone.

Elodie is a very dated name in France. The trend there is towards less florid, feminine names. I wondered if the parents of Clémence up thread were French, that's a popular name there now.

Elodie sounds like Collette to my ear -- a name a non French person would give a French character in a play.

This was my thought, too. Elodie is rare for someone under the age of 40 in France.

[Anonymous]

I wish people would write out their child's name formally and see how it will sound when they are an adult.

Ms. Emma Sampson
Ms. Posey Sampson
Ms. Juniper Sampson
Mr. Maverick Sampson
Mr. James Sampson

Some of these sound sillier than others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elodie, one parent is francophone.

Elodie is a very dated name in France. The trend there is towards less florid, feminine names. I wondered if the parents of Clémence up thread were French, that's a popular name there now.

Elodie sounds like Collette to my ear -- a name a non French person would give a French character in a play.

This was my thought, too. Elodie is rare for someone under the age of 40 in France.

But that’s consistent with the broader trend of UMC Americans giving kids names that remind them of their grandparents.

Most recent baby in my world: Carl. It’s a good name and a good baby.

[Anonymous]

Anne
Benjamin
Sophia
Ryan
Fatima