Quirky yet classically-hipster names?

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Rhoda

Hermia

Gertrude

Marjorie

Ward

Alfred

Percival

Alistair/Alasdair

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Anonymous wrote:Atticus
August
Hazel
Matilda

We moved here from Brooklyn, and I know at least one kid under five with each of there names.

The only one of these names that screams Hipster is Atticus, mainly because it has never been a popular name and the only reference anybody has to it is from Atticus Finch. August, Hazel and Matilda, on the other hand, could be family names (probably aren't, but more likely than Atticus) and just seem more widely used throughout history.

Full disclosure: one of these names was the top contender for my child's first name, but dh could never quite commit. So it's DC's middle name

Those names made PPs list because "hipsters" are the folks bringing old names back into fashion.

I disagree. Were the moms of Sophie and Isabella hipsters a few years back when those names were crazy popular? I think there's a general trend among all parents bringing back older names. But I do agree that "hipsters" are bringing back a certain type of older and quirky name. Maude, Otis, Felix. These names are old and kind of ugly (yet obviously endearing to some), as opposed to old and solid (Henry) or old and pretty/flowy/girly (Lillian, Isabella).

Sophia and Isabella were consistently rising not to mention becoming trendy. Sophia became a child on MTV's teen mom/16 & Pregnant on every tabloid name when Farrah was at the peak of her tv fame. Twilight certainly helped Isabella. Just as Kourtney Kardashian using Mason propelled it into trendy. Deny as many will, without these names making it into pop culture, they would not be as popular in the large number of social circles that they currently are. When you look for names a hipster would select you have to go opposite of trendy in the effort to be "unique" but with doing that you end up with stereotypical hipster names. This group is looking for names that fell off the charts but because of group thinking the names start to enter the charts again.

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Anonymous wrote:The Carys posts make me think of the now-ubiquitous Caitlin and all its variations.

It's pronounced Kathleen in Ireland, but now all of a sudden there are tons of "Kate-lynns."

It's pronounced Kate-lynn here, though.

Only because someone saw the Irish name and mispronounced it. Kind of like if we saw Sean and pronounced it SEEN.

The correct American pronunciation of Sean is Shawn. Which is why the name Sean is sometimes spelled Shawn in the US.

The correct American pronunciation of Caitlin is Katelynn. Which is why the name Caitlin is sometimes spelled Katelynn in the US.

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Huh, I knew a Mabel who was Hispanic - and pronounced with an accent it was SO pretty!

And the only Gideon I know was born to extremely religious parents.

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I know soooo many wannabe hipster lawyers with kids named Atticus, Scout and Gideon...someday they'll form a support group.

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Anonymous wrote:Giving your kids a name that is clearly from a different culture. I'm looking at you, white people (it's usually white people) who give their kids Indian names.

Also, Zooey (or any spelling variation thereof)

Zooey isn't even a name.

Do you mean "Zoe" or any spelling deviation?

Zooey is a character in a Salinger book. It's not an actual name. It would be pronounced "ZOO-eee"

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Anonymous wrote:Giving your kids a name that is clearly from a different culture. I'm looking at you, white people (it's usually white people) who give their kids Indian names

Does this also count for Asians who name their kids things like Eunice and Leon?

I don't know any Indians that would name their kids Eunice or Leon. I don't think it would be uncommon for Chinese or Koreans though. They tend to have a name in their language as well as an "American" name. I've met a couple of Chinese women named Eunice. Seems common to have very old school traditional names.

That said, I believe the PP is referring to Indian names like Maya, Shanti, Shaila, Anjali, Ananda, Aanya, Ahana, Leela, Anika, etc. Though with different spellings a few of those could be from other cultures as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Hands down its Zoey/Zooey

Disagree. Too popular to be hipster any more, irrespective of the spelling.

Doesn't make any sense. By definition, Hipsters are trendy and interested in conformity and popular things.

Besides, I don't think "Zoe" has changed in terms of SSA rankings very much in the last decade. It's been pretty well ensconced in the 30-60 range (i.e., you occasionally run into one, but not terribly common). http://www.parents.com/babynames/censusPopularity.jsp?babyNameId=307571&mode=USPopularity. I mean even now, you only find one Zoe for ever 1.6 million babies or something like that. http://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/girl/zoe

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Anonymous wrote:Hands down its Zoey/Zooey

Disagree. Too popular to be hipster any more, irrespective of the spelling.

Doesn't make any sense. By definition, Hipsters are trendy and interested in conformity and popular things.

Besides, I don't think "Zoe" has changed in terms of SSA rankings very much in the last decade. It's been pretty well ensconced in the 30-60 range (i.e., you occasionally run into one, but not terribly common). http://www.parents.com/babynames/censusPopularity.jsp?babyNameId=307571&mode=USPopularity. I mean even now, you only find one Zoe for ever 1.6 million babies or something like that. http://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/girl/zoe

I don't think you understand the definition of a hipster.

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Veronica. Cuz it's so very.

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Imogen

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Anonymous wrote:Huh, I knew a Mabel who was Hispanic - and pronounced with an accent it was SO pretty!

And the only Gideon I know was born to extremely religious parents.

Same here. I wonder if we know the same family.

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Anonymous wrote:Veronica. Cuz it's so very.

Jeez. Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?

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What's your damage, Heather?