Didn't Jack used to be the nickname for a boy named John? Just like Chuck is a nickname for a Charles, Rob/Bob for Robert, and so on.

Jack is the Michael of the 70s. And add Eleanor to the overused girls' list!

But seriously, I've never met children with some of the names at the top of the list. We almost named our 3rd child Emma because we liked it and didn't know any children by that name (he turned out to be a boy and got a very classic name, which is seems is ramping up in popularity again).

Lately I've run into a lot of boys named Leo (3-4ish) and George (1-2).

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my God, Matthew. How completely unoriginal. As are Mark, Luke, and John. Where in heaven did so many people get the insane idea that this is the name they should pick? Just because a famous celebrity hangs out with someone by that name, people shouldn't take his preferences as gospel.

What in Sam's hill are you talking about?

Please. Get a clue. Learn something:

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

You don't have to be a believer to learn something about Christianity.

Nah I'm good. Asshat!

Yes, you are a good asshat, reveling there in your ignorance.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my God, Matthew. How completely unoriginal. As are Mark, Luke, and John. Where in heaven did so many people get the insane idea that this is the name they should pick? Just because a famous celebrity hangs out with someone by that name, people shouldn't take his preferences as gospel.

What in Sam's hill are you talking about?

Please. Get a clue. Learn something:

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

You don't have to be a believer to learn something about Christianity.

Nah I'm good. Asshat!

In 1995 when we picked DD's name, we looked up Sophia on the internet and apparently some survey showed that most people thought of a fat old lady laying on a couch. We went ahead with it anyway, and now look.... These things seem to change fast.

The "ellas" - Ella, Isabella, Bella..

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Anonymous wrote:My 10 year old has a fairly uncommon Irish name that is rarely heard around here. Actually we've never met another and hear that from others too. However in my niece's school in another city there are apparently 8 girls out of 150 with that name!

Kelly?

Siobhan?

Anonymous wrote:My 10 year old has a fairly uncommon Irish name that is rarely heard around here. Actually we've never met another and hear that from others too. However in my niece's school in another city there are apparently 8 girls out of 150 with that name!

Kelly?

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Anonymous wrote:It's a question as a spin-off (hence "s/o") of the other post. The only people getting defensive are those who named their kids with overused names. It's not that we "care," it's just a poll-type question. Defensive, much?

Oh, and yes: JAKE and JACK. So many Jakes and Jacks!

we have a Jake and another J boy name that is well known but not popular. Our naming process came from the Jewish naming tradition. I am sorry that my husband's grandfather passed at a time that his name became "overused" I am not offended-it is a beautiful name inspired by a beautiful person

I should also mention that "Jake" is very easy for my Russian speaking relatives to understand since it translates easily from Yasha/Yacov to Jake and to Hebrew as well On that note, I think it is weird that americans take boy names and make them feminine-Ariel, Sasha etc Personally I think it is your child name him/her what you like.

Anonymous wrote:It's a question as a spin-off (hence "s/o") of the other post. The only people getting defensive are those who named their kids with overused names. It's not that we "care," it's just a poll-type question. Defensive, much?

Oh, and yes: JAKE and JACK. So many Jakes and Jacks!

we have a Jake and another J boy name that is well known but not popular. Our naming process came from the Jewish naming tradition. I am sorry that my husband's grandfather passed at a time that his name became "overused" I am not offended-it is a beautiful name inspired by a beautiful person

We have a Henry (named after DH's father). We had no idea how popular it had become until he started school. If we had known that, we would have gone with a different name.

Frankly, I get the:
Ella
Stella
Bella's in my life confused...

Any -aden name.

PP who thinks all of us are picking "ugly" names to be different...some of these old lady names are in memory of people we loved. My DD is named after her grandmother (Dorrit). And BTW, we think it's beautiful. Names don't have to end in -ella to be classic and lovely.

Aiden