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We named our 6 year old Jack (John) and at the time it wasn't very high on the SSA list. What I didn't count on were the microtrends in names. There are SOOO many Jacks now where we live. And yet I don't really mind too much--it is a solid good name and it suits him, so oh well.
From what I've observed, names from our grandparents generation (not ours or our parents generation) are popular right now, as are Irish/Celtic names, but not of the Sean/Colleen variety (popular in the 70s), but more of the Eaomonn/Orla variety. I've yet to meet anyone under 30 named Brad or Heather! |
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| We named DD Tapioca. No one else seems to have that name ... |
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Are you serious? |
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Are YOU serious? |
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You know, if enough Gentiles name their daughters Aviva, eventually the assumption that the child is Jewish will wane, I think. Could take years though.
I bet everyone reading this in the DC area knows at least one girl named Isabella. Is she actually Italian? Likewise Francesca, Lola, etc. I also assume all the Liams and Conors I meet are not Irish immigrants or 1st generation kids. One name that might not ever be "Anglicized" is Jesus. I just don't see that happening. |
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This thread reminds me very much of when I was an exchange student in a French-speaking country and all the names were so similar to each other in my classes that I had the hardest time telling everyone apart! Just for kicks, here are the names of my graduating class:
Magda Vincianne (3x, is pronounced Vassy-Ann, the feminine of Vincent) Laurence (a girl) Laurent (a boy) Multiple So-and-So hyphenated with Marie, including boys Fabienne (3x, again, a girl's name) Olivier Mireille (pronouncee Me-Ray, nickname is often Mimi) Isabelle (nickname is often Isa) And me with my very 60s American name! |
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My DS1 is named Brady. DS2 is named Keyven. Not pronounced Kevin but KEEV-INN. Also an Irish name. |
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| I was named after a great aunt, and in my travels, nobody my age has ever had my name. I hated that as a child and still do. So there you go. |
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My great aunt was named Beulah, born in 1905. Her sister was named Emma Claire (1907). Isn't it interesting which turn-of-the-century names get recycled and which do not?
I wonder if John and Elizabeth Edwards thought momentarily about naming their younger daughter Beulah instead of Emma Claire? |
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You're not named Mable by chance? That's my great aunts name. Fortunately, it has not been passed down. Neither have her sister's names: Marion and Florence! |
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Wow! You and everyone single person you work with should feel just great about themselves!!! Pat yourselves on the back you creative bunch!!! |
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13:21 is not getting the scenario described by the urban (probably?) services provider. She's not talking about her co-worker naming his child Hugo Etienne. I believe she's talking about her clients (?), um, making up names by stringing letters and apostrophes together.
Am I right?
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i have a question to the parents who named their kids wildly popular names claiming they had no idea they were so popular: did you not consult any naming websites? all the baby sites have lists so you can see, plain as day, which are the most popular names of our day!! it seems like you would have to try very hard NOT to know how common your baby's name is going to be. Now, if you just picked a name you liked or a family name and you don't care, that's fine. just say it!!! stop hiding behind "i didn't know!"
that being said, i safely named my son after his grandfather who was born in 1911. i only know one other baby with that name and they live 50 miles from us. whew! (i grew up with a very uncommon name, hated not being able to buy nameplates or those trendy leather bracelets. now i love it!!) |
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I am the PP who works in the non-profit. I am sure you don't see a lot of these names in your kindergartens:
Diamynd, Anfernee, Navaeh (heaven spelled backwards), Tra'don, and Quaneeshia. that is what I meant by creative. Chill.
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