all the kids in my child's daycare/preschool/kindergarten are named...

[Anonymous]

Connor/Conor
Caden/Cade, etc
Owen
Jackson or Jack
Jacob or Jake
Braden/Braedon
William

Oliva
Sophia
Anna
Ella
Ellie
Isabella/Bella
Zoe

Two friends have had baby girls and named them Callie recently. Is that an up-and-coming name?

[Anonymous]

so, if you choose a name that DOESN'T have family significance, what does that make the name? Dirt?

Not sure where you thought that this was implied?
Chill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love this thread! I just found out I am pregnant with #2 and want to choose something a little different (but not TOOOO different). I thought I chose something a little unique for my daughter and have met quite a few little girls with the same name! Oh well! I have been looking way back at family trees for unusual names, but there are some real doozies back in the 1700s and 1800s!

In our daycare/classes/friends, we have multiple Sophie/Sophia/Sofie, Henry, Caroline, Lily/Lilly/Lillian, Alexandra, Jake, Jackson, Elle/Ellie...


What do people think about names with the same last syllable? My current top girl name has the same last syllable as baby 1. Is it cheesy to have rhyming names?

I have a sister Colleen and a sister Kathleen. One goes by Coco and the other by Kate. They are ten years apart in age, and Colleen was already Coco before Kate was born. I can't lie and say we have never laughed about it, but mostly because Colleen and I have the same middle name, and we think my parents ran out of ideas.

[Anonymous]

My opinion is that you choose a name that you love and has family significance and not because you want it to be unique. I'm not going to saddle my kid with a crazy name just because I happen to live in yuppy central where all the classic names are super popular.

Gee, no idea where I got that from..."saddle my kid with some crazy name" or the previous statement about choosing a name you love with family significance and NOT uniqueness. Unique and crazy don't necessarily go together - I didn't name my child Suri or Pilot Inspektor, for goodness sakes!

[Anonymous]

Seems like there are tons of 2-4 year old boys named Connor and Aidan. And tons of 5-6 year old girls named Madison and MacKenzie.

[Anonymous]

Too funny that so many of you named your kid Liam because of a grandfather named William - other than sharing letters at the end the two names have nothing in common and have completely different origins...if you knew any little bit of Irish history whatsoever you should probably know that most Williams would turn in their graves to know that any of their descendents bore the name Liam!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

I had no idea Liam was from William.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too funny that so many of you named your kid Liam because of a grandfather named William - other than sharing letters at the end the two names have nothing in common and have completely different origins...if you knew any little bit of Irish history whatsoever you should probably know that most Williams would turn in their graves to know that any of their descendents bore the name Liam!!!!!!!!

I had heard the connection before, but looked it up on my favorite, Wikipedia, (for what it is worth):

Liam is a common male given name in Ireland, England, Scotland, and Sweden. Although less popular in the United States, the name has seen a sudden increase in popularity in recent years, coming from the 604th most common male name in 1990 to the 98th most common male name in 2006 [1]. The Irish diminutive of William, originally a German name, will + helm "desire + helmet" and suggests "strong protector." It is currently a very fashionable name in Ireland and across the world [2].

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems like there are tons of 2-4 year old boys named Connor and Aidan. And tons of 5-6 year old girls named Madison and MacKenzie.

Might be interesting to know where everyone lives. I've never encountered a Madison or a MacKenzie, but we seem to be awash in girls named Sophie/Sophia, Isabella, Ella/Ellie, and Caroline. (We live in NW DC.)

[Anonymous]

Jackson (I know at least 5 of these)
Emma
Isabelle
Sophia (my DD's middle name - and there must be 8 of them in her school)

[Anonymous]

I am due in three weeks and we are naming our daughter "Sabine." My mother's response? "All your friends' children have normal names."



I can't find Sabine on any list. We just liked it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am due in three weeks and we are naming our daughter "Sabine." My mother's response? "All your friends' children have normal names."



I can't find Sabine on any list. We just liked it.

We have a neighbor whose daughter is named Sabine. She's around age three or four, so probably just a coincidence and not a trend, LOL.

[Anonymous]

I love these baby name threads.

We wanted to use a family name or at least a classic name, but also wanted to make sure that our child wasn't the fourth or fifth person in her class with the same name... it's tricky! We ended up choosing a family name that is classic (but not super common -- it might be in the top 500 now, but not by much), but will use a nickname anyway. My name concerns were that it should be an actual name and not just a word (like some celebrity babies), be fairly easy to spell/pronounce, and not be overdone or trendy.

[Anonymous]

Discuss amongst yourselves: According to the book "Freakonomics" baby names migrate through the population from higher socionomic levels to lower ones. So, a lot of names popular in NW DC, MoCo, etc. may not be so popular nationwide, but in a few years they will be widespread...

Here's a good summary: http://www.babynamesgarden.com/freakonomicswatch.aspx

[Anonymous]

I work for a non-profit downtown and I never see a Sophia, Jackson, Owen, Grace, or Connor. The parents I work with are much more creative.