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

[Anonymous]

Caroline was our 2nd choice for our 4 month dd. I knew it wasn't unusual, but I didn't realize it was as popular as you all are saying! I'm glad we went with our first choice instead!

[Anonymous]

Girls:

Lucy
Lucie
Lulu
Lilly
Olivia
Bella
Ava
Caroline
Katherine

Boys:

Jack (John)
Henry
Liam
Connor
James
Ethan
Evan
Bennett

[Anonymous]

I am thrilled that I haven't seen either of my kids' names on these lists!

[Anonymous]

Me too! I'm not giving it up either

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:hmmm....my 15mo son it ALSO named Liam, after his Irish-American dad William! He was born around the same time as Tori Spelling's little boy, and man was I IRKED when I found out she had named him that! We've had lots of trouble with people pronouncing it, too, so we just tell them "it's the second half of William."

Huh? To help people pronounce Liam, you tell them that it's like the "second half of William" Do you pronounce your sone's name "yum"??

[Anonymous]

Huh? To help people pronounce Liam, you tell them that it's like the "second half of William" Do you pronounce your sone's name "yum"??

SNARK

[Anonymous]

Caroline was our 2nd choice for our 4 month dd. I knew it wasn't unusual, but I didn't realize it was as popular as you all are saying! I'm glad we went with our first choice instead!

I wasn't aware it was quite so popular, either, and I'm equally as glad as some of the PPs that our chosen name hasn't shown up in this thread. That said, though, I think names like Caroline are classic for a reason, and given a choice, I'd rather use a name like that (one that has been around forever and is popular because it's just so pretty) than a made-up name just because it's unique.

[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.

Its the name of a town in East Texas

[Anonymous]

I like a PP's suggestion to go back to the popular names of the 50s, 60s or 70s. Amy may have been super popular in the mid-70s, but I have yet to meet a little kid with that name.

Avery seems to be popular now for girls (I know 3 kids with that name). I always liked that name for a boy (a la Murphy Brown).

I like Reed or Reese for a boy. Cool yet tough.

If you like ethnic names, there are tons of cool names derived from Hebrew. I met a kid on the playground named Aviva -- it means "spring."

To the PP who liked Angelina: What about Evangeline? It's close, but doesn't have the obvious Brangelina connection. Speaking of which: how about Vivian? Cute.

How about variations of the popular names (so they sound normal given the names of today -- yet somewhat different). How about these:

Lila
Helena or Elena
Jameson
Nolan
Cyrus (Cy for short)

[Anonymous]

We have a Lila, Reed, and Nolan in our tumbles class!

[Anonymous]

I think the worst names in the world are Madison and Brayden/Caden/Jayden. Ugh! SO trailerpark cheesy...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the worst names in the world are Madison and Brayden/Caden/Jayden. Ugh! SO trailerpark cheesy...

I wouldn't go that far. They are everywhere though.

[Anonymous]

Crap, we named our daughter Caroline. It was ranked pretty low on the ssa website, though clearly not a good sample of this area.
Oh well, I still love the name. I guess you just have to go with a name you like and not worry about its popularity.

I have a unique name and hated it growing up because there were never any t-shirts or stickers or pins with my name on it.
I always wished I was a Jennifer. Of course, am happy now because whenever I call someone I can just use my first name and they know it's me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

If you like ethnic names, there are tons of cool names derived from Hebrew. I met a kid on the playground named Aviva -- it means "spring."

Aviva is a pretty common name in Jewish communities....or at least it was where I grew up. I knew several girls witht that name. My husband brought it up to me the other day after seeing it in a video. He was surprised I had heard it and that I didn't like it. He also brought up "Tzippora", that has the common nickname "Tzippy" and is absolutely horrible to me. My Mother is Israeli, so Hebrew names are pretty normal for me and the way things sound in one language often don't sound as pretty in others. Suri is Araibic, so it's not a weird made up name (someone else suggested it as weird eariler on the board), as is Nahla, what Halle Berry named her own daughter. They both don't seem odd to me because I'm used to mid-eastern names, but keep in mind that when you derive from another language your child will consistantly be assumed to be from that culture and will therefore answer a lot of questions explaining "No, I'm not Jewish" or "No, I'm not Arabic". Name your daughter Aviva and you can be certain people will assume she's Jewish. Derived from Hebrew names are more common, think "Sarah", "Hannah", "Rachel", "Leah" and don't sound Hebrew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If you like ethnic names, there are tons of cool names derived from Hebrew. I met a kid on the playground named Aviva -- it means "spring."

Aviva is a pretty common name in Jewish communities....or at least it was where I grew up. I knew several girls witht that name. My husband brought it up to me the other day after seeing it in a video. He was surprised I had heard it and that I didn't like it. He also brought up "Tzippora", that has the common nickname "Tzippy" and is absolutely horrible to me. My Mother is Israeli, so Hebrew names are pretty normal for me and the way things sound in one language often don't sound as pretty in others. Suri is Araibic, so it's not a weird made up name (someone else suggested it as weird eariler on the board), as is Nahla, what Halle Berry named her own daughter. They both don't seem odd to me because I'm used to mid-eastern names, but keep in mind that when you derive from another language your child will consistantly be assumed to be from that culture and will therefore answer a lot of questions explaining "No, I'm not Jewish" or "No, I'm not Arabic". Name your daughter Aviva and you can be certain people will assume she's Jewish. Derived from Hebrew names are more common, think "Sarah", "Hannah", "Rachel", "Leah" and don't sound Hebrew.

Yeah, I have 3 Avivas in my family alone. And would automatically assume that someone named Aviva is Jewish.