Baby names & social class
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Anonymous
haha - you and I would be such good friends IRL 
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Anonymous
I actually see quite a few. For the boys there's Anderson, Duncan, Harrison, Hudson, Jackson, Sawyer, Spencer, Truman, Walker. On the girls list are Addison, Sawyer and Sloane. |
Anonymous
And the convertible--don't forget the convertible! |
Anonymous
Oh yes, how could I forget?!? Let's see, what were Bess' and George's boyfriends' names again? One was Chet and let me google the other. . . OH! DALE! Dale is Bess' boyfriend.
Oh wait, I was wrong. There is no Chet. Maybe that was a Hardy boy. George's bf was supposedly named Burt. I don't really remember that one at all, to tell you the truth! And poor Bess -- always described as being "pleasantly plump." 
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Anonymous
Same here. It can be a fun website, but some of the names on the OP's list are wishful thinking. |
Anonymous
DC metro. These kids are all 10-12 years old, and are from the Midwest, south and southwest. Why are you getting so worked up at the idea that the poors, flyover folks and brown people might have been naming their kids something either at the same time and to the same extent as the rich white yuppies? |
Anonymous
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I think Hudson and Hunter have already begun to make headway in Palin country
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Anonymous
| Both my kids are on the list. FWIW, we have doctorates. |
Anonymous
Sorry, I don't think you're right. Aidan is largely responsible for the -den craze. Then, as Aiden took over, parents who previously would have chosen Aidan picked other names. My evidence? http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2010/5/2009s-hottest-and-nottest-baby-names-part-2-the-fallen (and lots more posts by Laura Wattenberg) Aidan was the fasted FALLING name of 2009. Here's what Wattenberg wrote: "Nope, this doesn't mean the "Age of Aidans" is over. The more common spelling Aiden actually rose in 2009. I suspect that the specific decline of this one, most traditional spelling means that the parents who thought of Aidan as an old Irish saint's name are giving up on it because of the flood of Aidyns, Aydens, Aedans et al." |
Anonymous
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Kitty?
Tess? Most of these names are awful!!! |
Anonymous
You're panning a list of almost 100 names on the basis of two you don't like? |
Anonymous
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To clarify, the OP did not make up the list she posted, it came from the Nameberry website. (A few posters seemed to think OP wrote it). I actually sent the link to that list to my DH because 3 of our 4 kids' names are on it, which I thought was funny. We would be considered yuppies, I guess, in our late 30s, both have JDs from highly ranked schools.
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Anonymous
| I think Nameberry relies fairly heavily on what names are currently popular in this demographic in the UK for their US predictions. Barnaby, Ned, Kitty- I've been seeing these names tossed around on the Mumsnet naming boards for years. |
Anonymous
I think this is absolutely correct. |
Anonymous
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It might come as a shock, but "Palin Country" is not particularly backward, contrary to eastern sensibilities. It is full of indigenous people, but this isn't a problem unless you're a bigot.
The best first names are the names your grandmother, great-grandmother, and so on bore: Lydia, Violet, Mercy, Elizabeth, Emma, Catherine, Anna Margaret, Hannah, Sarah, Abigail, etc. Evelyn will do in a pinch; so will Margaret, although it can be iffy. If you come from old WASP stock in the south or New England, just run back the genealogy a few generations. Using a surname reasonable if you have a surname that can carry it - Palmer Hoyt works far better than Mackenzie Garcia. Using a mother's maiden name as a middle name is also good - Catherine Perrine Dill is a good old line WASP example. Nicknames are important - Muffy, Molly and Mopsy are better than Debbie, Lyndie, and Susie. Brittney, Tiffany, Brandy, Victoria - any name from a popular television series character or celeberity is completely inappropriate. The proliferation of boys named Aiden and Declan are a wee bit too prime time - although some will give you points if you name a son Declan for Elvis Costello. Nadine and Fleur work; Bernadette and Madeline, not so well as they reflect popular saints and are wildly popular down scale. No silly spellings, no silly apostrophes, and for heaven sake don't name your daughter after a mushroom or wine unless you are a celebrity who can leave their child a large inheritance. Any name or spelling found in the Urban Dictionary should be bypassed with extreme prejudice. |