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

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Anonymous wrote:Dean

I love this name.

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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.

Maybe Elodie's parents are avant-garde?

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

No, it would be more similar to an American naming their daughter Jessica or Stephanie. Elodie peaked in France in the 80s and 90s. So it's dated in that way, not like the "old lady" name trends of using names from the 1940-1960s. It's a Gen X/Millenial name in France.

My French family and friends are using names like Manon and Alice. There is also a trend of short "international" names in France and elsewhere in Europe. Names like Maya and Théa. You hear these names all over Europe these days (and I've started to see the trend extend to the US as well).

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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.

They don’t live in France so it doesn’t really matter.

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Raymond
Douglas

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Molly

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Anonymous wrote: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.

I think a lot of names wouldn't go with Sampson, pp.

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Rosalind
Veronica
Charles
Robin (boy)

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Sophie
Nina
Maya

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Esme
Maisie
William

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

Go back to 1961, or wherever/whenever it is you came from.

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Theodore (Teddy)

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Gemma

Theo

Emmett

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Anonymous wrote:

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

Go back to 1961, or wherever/whenever it is you came from.

I’m probably younger than you are, but guess I represent the small minority with good taste these days.

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Finn