Anonymous wrote: His name fits him, but had a realized it was going to be this popular, I probably would have picked something different.

I feel that way about my Lily. It's perfect for her, and I love the name, but I wish it weren't "common".

Oh, and I like Aiden! It's the original -aden name, and all the kayden and jaydens are cheap knock-offs.

Anonymous wrote:Max, Cooper, Jackson. those are the truly common ones.

then there's a whole long list of slightly less common, yet, well-used names trying hard to capture that distinguishing 'last name as first name' thing. Hate all of those too. Turner, Hudson, Emery, Emerson, Carson, Tucker, Truman, Wilson and on and on and on and on. I feel for ya out there in South Riding.

My coworker calls these Pottery Barn names.

Arabella

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Anonymous wrote:I am pregnant with my second child. I am stealing a name I saw on a cubby at my son's daycare. What about "Sabine" for a girl? I can't imagine it is overused, as I have never heard it. But does it pass the "stripper" test?

What is the "stripper test?" And Sabine is a made up name. Sorry.

Guess you don't know your Roman or Biblical history. Sabine is NOT a made up name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rape_of_the_Sabine_Women

My 4.5 yo want me to call her Annabelle. Not her name. Obviously a hit among the preschool crowd.

Anonymous wrote:I am a 4th grade teacher. There are 2 Jennifers in my class this year. Like a breath of fresh air...

I love 80s names like Jennifer, Heather, Stephanie, Melissa ... but I don't think they are long-lasting historical classical names. Just names that were trendy and now not-so-much.

What do you think of the name Annabelle?

I am a 4th grade teacher. There are 2 Jennifers in my class this year. Like a breath of fresh air...

Anonymous wrote:I am pregnant with my second child. I am stealing a name I saw on a cubby at my son's daycare. What about "Sabine" for a girl? I can't imagine it is overused, as I have never heard it. But does it pass the "stripper" test?

Sabine is a very common name in Germany. I'm in my 40s, and always had tons of "Sabine" in my class. I'm not saying that to discourage you (I like the name), just to let you know that it certainly isn't a "stripper" name.

In German, it's pronounced Sa-bee-neh, with the "S" sounding a little bit like a soft "z". Most Americans seem to pronounce it "Sa-been", more like the French.

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Anonymous wrote:CAN WE OFFICIALLY KILL THIS THREAD? Who the hell cares? People choose their child's name for various reasons. If they choose one you don't like it, STFU and stop making fun of them. These are BABIES and CHILDREN for chrissakes!

Good Lord, have a cocktail, honey. You need to relax. Clearly the children are not reading this thread, nor are they responsible for their own horrid names.

It's alright to make fun of their names behind their back so as long as they don't read DCUM? You are a horrid human being. Go drink your cocktail honey and take your pills.

Not the PP, but: you're quite the moron. Do you know any children who read DCUM? Have you any common sense (oh, wait. nevermind).
Are you the same twit who always says someone is a "horrid human" everytime someone disagrees? Clearly you can't come up with anything remotely clever. I'm continually amazed by how dumb some posters on this forum are, and by how they are completey unable to use any sort of logic.

I actually appreciate it when people name their kids these trendy names because it cuts down on the time I might have to spend trying to find out whether they are boring/cheesy.

Honestly, I don't care what people( especially snarky moms) think of my kids name.

When I named my DS Aiden it wasn't common at all where we lived, but now he has at least 1 other Aiden in every class. His name fits him, but had a realized it was going to be this popular, I probably would have picked something different.

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Anonymous wrote:I am pregnant with my second child. I am stealing a name I saw on a cubby at my son's daycare. What about "Sabine" for a girl? I can't imagine it is overused, as I have never heard it. But does it pass the "stripper" test?

What is the "stripper test?" And Sabine is a made up name. Sorry.

Sabine is not a made up name. It's French. I know multiple people with the name Sabine. I love it.

Sabine is my daughter's name. Old family name on my German mother-in-law's side. We don't know of any others in the area, but I know it is popular in France and Germany.

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Anonymous wrote:I am pregnant with my second child. I am stealing a name I saw on a cubby at my son's daycare. What about "Sabine" for a girl? I can't imagine it is overused, as I have never heard it. But does it pass the "stripper" test?

What is the "stripper test?" And Sabine is a made up name. Sorry.

It's not made up dumb ass.

SABINA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Ancient Roman
OTHER SCRIPTS: ?????? (Russian)
PRONOUNCED: sah-BEE-nah (Italian, Spanish, Polish) [key]
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Feminine form of Sabinus, a Roman cognomen meaning "Sabine" in Latin. The Sabines were an ancient people who lived in central Italy, their lands eventually taken over by the Romans after several wars. According to legend, the Romans abducted several Sabine women during a raid, and when the men came to rescue them, the women were able to make peace between the two groups. This name was borne by several early saints.
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VARIANT: Savina (Italian)
MASCULINE FORMS: Sabino, Savino (Italian), Sabinus (Ancient Roman)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Sabien (Dutch), Sabine (French), Sabine (German), Szabina (Hungarian)

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Anonymous wrote:I am pregnant with my second child. I am stealing a name I saw on a cubby at my son's daycare. What about "Sabine" for a girl? I can't imagine it is overused, as I have never heard it. But does it pass the "stripper" test?

What is the "stripper test?" And Sabine is a made up name. Sorry.

No it's not, it's a form of Sabina which is common in Italy, Spain, Portugal and some Eastern European countries as well as Middle Eastern countries. I've known one Sabina (50+ yo woman from Syria who was a friend of my mom's) and a girl named Sabine from Greece who I went to elementary school with. What makes you think it's made up?