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

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I know 4 sam/Sammy's in the past year

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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.

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

You just mean you’re white.

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Anonymous wrote:Finn

There are at least 5 Finns in my neighborhood. Older boys.

[Anonymous]

Theodore, Julian, and Alton.

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Jude
Francisco
Carmen
Arthur
Jack

[Anonymous]

Wasn’t there a juniper on that tv show working moms? I wonder if that prompted the junipers.

I assume that Nah is an ethnic name but I think that’s a good example of a name that may be fine in another country but that just doesn’t work in American English. It’s like the reverse of the old joke about how surprised Chevy was to find that the Nova wouldn’t sell in Puerto Rico.

If it’s not an ethnic name and the parents just thought “nah” was cool….that kid is in for a long road!

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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.

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).

where do you hear Thea ?? we are in europe and my one kid can find mugs/ gnomes/coke bottles etc with their name in every country and my one kids named Thea cant find anything!!

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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.

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).

where do you hear Thea ?? we are in europe and my one kid can find mugs/ gnomes/coke bottles etc with their name in every country and my one kids named Thea cant find anything!!

Thea/Théa/Téa are pretty popular all over Europe, but especially Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Though I'm pretty sure Théa is top 100 in France, too. There is also an orangutan at the zoo in Paris named Theodora who I think actually increased the popularity of that name and Théa by extension. There was a period of time when people were also using Thea, without the accent, but the pronunciation without the accent is weird (or ambiguous) in French so people started using the accented version.

I have no idea how they choose the names that go on items in shops like that. I remember as a kid never being able to find my name in those shops even though my name is quite common.

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Anonymous wrote:Arlo
Remy

I really adore the name Remy. Not sure why!

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Remy

I really adore the name Remy. Not sure why!

I like it too. It is one of the few names I genuinely like for either a boy or a girl (I'd use Remi for a girl). I find a lot of other unisex names too trendy or try hard, but Remy/Remi feels so classic to me, and I love how simple and gentle it sounds.

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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.

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).

where do you hear Thea ?? we are in europe and my one kid can find mugs/ gnomes/coke bottles etc with their name in every country and my one kids named Thea cant find anything!!

Thea/Théa/Téa are pretty popular all over Europe, but especially Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Though I'm pretty sure Théa is top 100 in France, too. There is also an orangutan at the zoo in Paris named Theodora who I think actually increased the popularity of that name and Théa by extension. There was a period of time when people were also using Thea, without the accent, but the pronunciation without the accent is weird (or ambiguous) in French so people started using the accented version.

I have no idea how they choose the names that go on items in shops like that. I remember as a kid never being able to find my name in those shops even though my name is quite common.

It is quite popular in the UK as well, has been in the top 100 for over a decade. And Theodora has been really leaping in popularity as well, it has been used by a number of celebs and influencers and seems to be gaining traction.

[Anonymous]

Timothy
Annastasia
Claire
Connor
Lydia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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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.

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).

where do you hear Thea ?? we are in europe and my one kid can find mugs/ gnomes/coke bottles etc with their name in every country and my one kids named Thea cant find anything!!

NP: I know a British Thea - she's about 4 years old.

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Theodora
Katerina

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Adel
Penelope