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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can’t worry because even if you pick something unusual, they will be the only one in their class but then if you get unlucky later they’ll be 40 with a trendy 5 year old’s name which sucks in a different way. [/quote]

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Ha! Though if I met a 40-something Olivia, I'd be more likely to think of Olivia Coleman (who I adore) than any of the 5 year old Olivia's out there.

Names are so funny. We fret and fret about them when we name kids, but outside of some truly unfortunate circumstances (names that are just very ugly like Gertrude, or have awful cultural connotations like Adolf, or that develop negative associations like Karen) by the time your kid becomes an adult, most names are fine. Even an issue like having a hyper-popular name sort of disappears as you get older. I had a super popular name as a kid and it annoyed me growing up, but by the time I was out of college, it truly didn't matter anymore. Just... no one cares. I definitely made sure to give my kid a less popular name than I had growing up, but I encounter kids with more common names and like, they will be fine. It doesn't matter.

People obsess over names with kids because it's one of the very few things about your child you have a lot of control over. But really, as long as you don't TOTALLY mess it up, it's will be fine.[/quote]

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