Question for those of you who chose family names for your DC. Would you have done the same thing if people in your family all had awful names, or did you just happen to get lucky that your family members had great monikers?

It feels to me like there's often this subtle (or sometimes not so subtle) air of superiority among those who pick family names for their kids--like parents who (gasp!) choose names they just happen to like are somehow beneath everyone else.

If you're lucky enough that grandma had a beautiful and (surprise!) suddenly trendy name, congratulations, but please don't look down on me for not naming my kid Bernice or Aloysius.

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I have two daughters with classic names (also family names for us). Neither is in the top 1000.

I have a really hard time believing you found two "classic" names that aren't in the top 1000.

My DS's name is totally classic--think major political philosopher had his name and it is NOT in the top 1000, oddly. It is similar, though, to a name that I think is in the top 10 or at least steadily rising in the top 100.

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Anonymous wrote:FYI, there's an interesting thread over on the Expectant Mom's board about recently named babies. I count at least 8 or 9 Sophia's so far (although some may be the same baby, since we DCUM's probably know people in common) but there are also some less expected choices. A few interesting ones so far:

Girls: Frida, Georgia, Liesel, Margaux, Natasha, Nina, Selma, Sylvia and Talia

Boys: Ari, Desmond, Eitan/Eton, Enzo, Jerome, Matteo, Nolan, Otis and Rocco

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/135312.page

jeezus--those names are atrocious!

Yes, all of the boys names are rediculous. Rocco could be fun if you're super Italian, but would suck if your kid ends up on the dorky side. He's destined to be a meathead or juicehead with a name like Rocco. I kind of like Otis, but lots of people hate it.
Are they ALL atrocious?? My DS has one of the boy names listed above ... and I love it even if others do think it is atrocious ... but just curious ...

I also like several of the girls' names above.

pp that recently met a Rocco and yes, he is super Italian

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Anonymous wrote:FYI, there's an interesting thread over on the Expectant Mom's board about recently named babies. I count at least 8 or 9 Sophia's so far (although some may be the same baby, since we DCUM's probably know people in common) but there are also some less expected choices. A few interesting ones so far:

Girls: Frida, Georgia, Liesel, Margaux, Natasha, Nina, Selma, Sylvia and Talia

Boys: Ari, Desmond, Eitan/Eton, Enzo, Jerome, Matteo, Nolan, Otis and Rocco

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/135312.page

jeezus--those names are atrocious!

Are they ALL atrocious?? My DS has one of the boy names listed above ... and I love it even if others do think it is atrocious ... but just curious ...

I also like several of the girls' names above.

One of the boys names above is our top pick for a boy, so no, they are not all atrocious

Maybe not to you!

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Anonymous wrote:FYI, there's an interesting thread over on the Expectant Mom's board about recently named babies. I count at least 8 or 9 Sophia's so far (although some may be the same baby, since we DCUM's probably know people in common) but there are also some less expected choices. A few interesting ones so far:

Girls: Frida, Georgia, Liesel, Margaux, Natasha, Nina, Selma, Sylvia and Talia

Boys: Ari, Desmond, Eitan/Eton, Enzo, Jerome, Matteo, Nolan, Otis and Rocco

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/135312.page

jeezus--those names are atrocious!

Are they ALL atrocious?? My DS has one of the boy names listed above ... and I love it even if others do think it is atrocious ... but just curious ...

I also like several of the girls' names above.

One of the boys names above is our top pick for a boy, so no, they are not all atrocious

I have an Abigail (Abby), too. We've found it to be popular but she's never had another in her class. I don't really care if it's popular. We liked the name and it suits her.

I went to camp with an Aubrey (boy) back in the '80's but don't know any now. Have multiple friends with kids named Asher, Maya, Eden, Noah, Ruby (who knew?), Madeline, Max, Sam, Aidan, Nathaniel, and Isabelle, plus variant spellings of all.

DD's name is Abigail, and she's currently one of 3 in her class. I think each of the other classes has at least one, as do several of my friends. FWIW, we named her after my dad, who was Abraham (yup, we're Jews) -- I'm sure they all had their reasons, too, including "I just liked it," a la the Jennifer explosion of our childhood. Surprised that nobody on here has mentioned it, but maybe it's a fluke in my circles.

As someone who grew up with an uncommon name, I was kind of psyched that she just received her first personalized cup. I honestly believe that its popularity grew as a result of Sesame Street's Abby Cadabby character.

Anonymous wrote:I read most all of this thread (yes I do have too much time on my hands) and a couple popular girls names came to mind that I don't think were mentioned:

Audrey and Aubrey - I know several who are 4 and under.

FWIW, I prefer a popular or unattractive "real" name as opposed to a made up name...those drive me crazy!!

My friend in Phoenix just named her daughter "Aubrey'. I find it hard to pronounce---it doesn't flow easily out of the mouth. I often find myself almost saying 'audrey' by mistake.

I read most all of this thread (yes I do have too much time on my hands) and a couple popular girls names came to mind that I don't think were mentioned:

Audrey and Aubrey - I know several who are 4 and under.

FWIW, I prefer a popular or unattractive "real" name as opposed to a made up name...those drive me crazy!!

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Anonymous wrote:Well, then, I guess my son's name is both "obsurd" and "rediculous." I'm cool with that.

Ha ha!! You sound like you have the right perspective on these threads, and I'm sure your son's name is completely fine.

Touche. I can't type or spell, so take my taste in baby names with a grain of salt. I'm sure your son is lovely, whatever his name is.

He is! Thanks!

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Anonymous wrote:FYI, there's an interesting thread over on the Expectant Mom's board about recently named babies. I count at least 8 or 9 Sophia's so far (although some may be the same baby, since we DCUM's probably know people in common) but there are also some less expected choices. A few interesting ones so far:

Girls: Frida, Georgia, Liesel, Margaux, Natasha, Nina, Selma, Sylvia and Talia

Boys: Ari, Desmond, Eitan/Eton, Enzo, Jerome, Matteo, Nolan, Otis and Rocco

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/135312.page

jeezus--those names are atrocious!

Are they ALL atrocious?? My DS has one of the boy names listed above ... and I love it even if others do think it is atrocious ... but just curious ...

I also like several of the girls' names above.

I have all boys so I really tend to only look at the boy names. Some of the girl names are not bad. Personally, I think you can get away with a lot more when it comes to girls' names. We always had a 2 page long list of girls' names...but when it came to boys we could only come up with 1 or 2 we could both agree on. It doesn't help that my sister already had 3 boys...and my SIL 2 by the time my boys came along..with first and middle names that was already 10 good boy names!

With boys you don't want the risk of it sounding to feminine or 'non-substantial' which I think a lot of the newer-names tend to be. I am of the 'John, William, Michael, Andrew, Henry etc' preference though (which also happen to be family names)- so take this with a grain of salt. Someone like me is never going to like "Rocco'.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, then, I guess my son's name is both "obsurd" and "rediculous." I'm cool with that.

Ha ha!! You sound like you have the right perspective on these threads, and I'm sure your son's name is completely fine.

Touche. I can't type or spell, so take my taste in baby names with a grain of salt. I'm sure your son is lovely, whatever his name is.

Anonymous wrote:Well, then, I guess my son's name is both "obsurd" and "rediculous." I'm cool with that.

Ha ha!! You sound like you have the right perspective on these threads, and I'm sure your son's name is completely fine.

Well, then, I guess my son's name is both "obsurd" and "rediculous." I'm cool with that.

14:45 here. Sorry, in addition to insulting a pp, I totally butchered my post. "If your DS is Ari..." was my comment in response to the pp that asked "Are they ALL atrocious??"