Anonymous
Post 08/18/2017 18:12     Subject: Re:s/o Names you like but rarely hear
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Anonymous wrote:Bridget is a classic name I dont hear too much. Mildred is my favorite "old person name" that I think should come back. Millie is adorable in my mind. Im done with all versions of Eleanor and Stella. Those old people names are DONE.


haha! The name Bridget is always interesting to me. Bridget is/was the stereotypical working/low class name in Ireland...it was THE name for Irish domestic maids/servants/the "help" so much so that for a really long time, many women would actually change their names to avoid that stereotype. I'm never sure if Irish American "never been to Ireland but my last name is Sullivan or O'Reilly!!!" crowd doesn't know this or doesn't care.


We don't care. Or rather, we think our ancestresses are kickass women and we are proud of them. So we do care.

But Bridget is a pan-European name with many variations. I prefer Brigitte.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2017 18:11     Subject: Re:s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bridget is a classic name I dont hear too much. Mildred is my favorite "old person name" that I think should come back. Millie is adorable in my mind. Im done with all versions of Eleanor and Stella. Those old people names are DONE.


haha! The name Bridget is always interesting to me. Bridget is/was the stereotypical working/low class name in Ireland...it was THE name for Irish domestic maids/servants/the "help" so much so that for a really long time, many women would actually change their names to avoid that stereotype. I'm never sure if Irish American "never been to Ireland but my last name is Sullivan or O'Reilly!!!" crowd doesn't know this or doesn't care.


We know and don't care. Irish American naming conventions are distinct from Irish naming conventions, and this kind of class-nervousness doesn't mesh well with the large contingent of Irish Americans that take pride in the fact that we overcame discrimination.

That said, I have all the side-eye in the world for Irish Americans who've never been to Ireland buying into current bandwagon trend of naming their kids Aelish or Saorsie or Aoife. If someone had to teach you how to pronounce it after the age of 15, it's not your culture.


So what? Cultures don't own names.


So, it's cultural appropriation. So, I side-eye people who appropriate culture that is not their own. So, you get defensive about that. So, you post a nonsensical question about "ownership."

That's what.


My sons name is Sean. His great grandfather (my father's father) was from Scotland. We don't have any relatives back there, have never been, and my son has never met his great-grandfather. Was I a bad bad girl?
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2017 17:30     Subject: s/o Names you like but rarely hear
I like Adrienne
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2017 17:04     Subject: s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Raphael, Simon

Anonymous
Post 08/18/2017 16:56     Subject: s/o Names you like but rarely hear
I have an Erica

Hi, Heather's mom!

I forgot about the musical names - Harmony, Melody and Cadence.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2017 16:53     Subject: Re:s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Bonnie, Polly, Helen, Mary, Marie
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2017 16:50     Subject: Re:s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Boy names I'd love to hear: David, Gideon, Daniel, Joseph

Girl names: Ruth, Elizabeth (in full), Marigold, Clementine

I have old-fashioned taste, I guess!

Seriously? These are all among the most common names given to children in this day and age.


I have 2 kids and have never met kids with these names.


And I have 2 kids and am also a teacher and I have met tons of kids w/ these names.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2017 16:48     Subject: Re:s/o Names you like but rarely hear
We named our son Dean and I love it! You never hear it anymore.....
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2017 16:48     Subject: Re:s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Anonymous wrote:Boy names I'd love to hear: David, Gideon, Daniel, Joseph

Girl names: Ruth, Elizabeth (in full), Marigold, Clementine

I have old-fashioned taste, I guess!


I know a family with a Gideon. All their kids have biblical names-and they have a half dozen kids
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2017 16:45     Subject: s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Cindy/Cynthia

Gerri
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2017 16:44     Subject: s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Anonymous wrote:I always liked Bryan. You don't hear it on too many little boys these days (although Ryan is still popular). Also like Steven, Peter, Patrick, and Martin.

Girls - I'm also into the 70s/80s names. I like Jessica and Laura a lot.


I'm married to a Bryan.

I know a couple little Lauras, and my older daughter was in daycare with a jessica
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2017 16:44     Subject: s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Anonymous wrote:Zelda is my favorite name ever.


Haha, you've posted before about Zelda, right? You're making me love Zelda too!
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2017 16:40     Subject: s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Anonymous wrote:I really like many 80s girl names: Amanda, Jessica, Heather, Kimberly, Amy, Nicole. Imagine meeting a baby named Amanda!


I know one
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2017 16:04     Subject: Re:s/o Names you like but rarely hear
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

So what? Cultures don't own names.


Yes, because the really troubling thing about cultural appropriation is an American with Irish ancestry naming their kid Saorsie.

So, it's cultural appropriation. So, I side-eye people who appropriate culture that is not their own. So, you get defensive about that. So, you post a nonsensical question about "ownership."

That's what.


I'm the PP you're responding to. My background is Ashkenazi and German. My kids have royalty-of-England names. Cultural appropriation?
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2017 16:03     Subject: s/o Names you like but rarely hear
I know a little boy named Mark - and I was like ' huh, that's unusual.' His cohort is made up of Henry, Theodore, Bodhi, Brody, Lennox, etc. But it's rare to find a Mark or John these days. I find it very refreshing!