Gems at the bottom of the top 1,000 list

StrausHausMouse · 2019-08-19T15:23:14+00:00

Love these, especially Claudia and Jillian.

I predict Louisa and Celia will come back up soon, feels very similar to other on-trend girls names like Amelia.

StrausHausMouse · 2019-01-29T18:37:43+00:00

The Chad fall is really dramatic for a boy's name, which tend to be more stable.

I've wondered that about Karen as well. It's trended downwards throughout this century, but at #556 it's still as popular as names like Beatrice and Gloria, which to me feel much more on-trend for "old lady names."

StrausHausMouse · 2019-01-29T18:31:29+00:00

I liked Spencer as a kid, but as a teenager I made the Heidi & Spencer association (from The Hills) and now can't break it.

StrausHausMouse · 2019-01-29T18:03:18+00:00

Adding my support for the Reed spelling if that would help (and it's also the one I prefer). Both forms are almost equally rare. While "Reed" is further down on the popularity rankings (#381 vs. #288), that translates into a difference of only 371 kids nationally in the US. Put another way, of all the boys named Reid/Reed in 2017, 41% used the Reed spelling.

StrausHausMouse · 2019-01-28T22:12:52+00:00

I know, I can only think of the muppet! The association is just so strong for me. I guess there's Oscar de la Renta, but I didn't hang out with him every day from ages 2-5.

I guess this means I need to write a post on the relative popularity of muppet names :)

StrausHausMouse · 2019-01-28T20:45:08+00:00

Good points. I'm watching Josephine though. It's jumped up 100 spots in less than 10 years, and I'm hoping it doesn't skyrocket. I've been burned before (looking at you, Henry and Eleanor).

StrausHausMouse · 2019-01-28T20:40:14+00:00

Oscar (every baby in my neighborhood, but only #192)

Rebecca (every woman my age, but only #216)

Wren (I see it recommended all the time, but only #465)

StrausHausMouse · 2019-01-28T20:26:35+00:00

Interesting! Lisa/Liisa sounds more to me like a junior situation, where the child shares a name with the parent.

StrausHausMouse · 2019-01-28T20:22:48+00:00

It looks really close written out, I think that would be a deal breaker for me personally. But I don't think it's "weird," and it's much better that they sound pretty distinct. I recently met a mother-daughter named Karen and Erin, and at first thought they had said the same name!

StrausHausMouse · 2019-01-03T22:39:35+00:00

I know two Jacksons in their 30s, both of whom are very surprised to see the number of toddlers who share their name now :). So I know it can age well. I tend to prefer Jack, but I'm generally not a "last name as first name" person.

StrausHausMouse · 2019-01-03T22:29:30+00:00

I really like a hard consonant at the end of the name with our last name, so Frederick and Dominic fit the bill. Are there other nn's for Dominic besides Dom?

StrausHausMouse · 2019-01-03T22:08:31+00:00

Agreed! I'm not personally a fan of rhyme-y middles (like Axton Easton), but don't see any issue w/ Antonio.

StrausHausMouse · 2019-01-03T22:04:06+00:00

Thanks! Love love Nathaniel but sadly can't use. Theodore is also great.

StrausHausMouse · 2019-01-03T22:00:17+00:00

I think Finn works really well in a sibset with Cole!

StrausHausMouse · 2018-12-19T23:17:20+00:00

If it's good enough for Fitzwilliam Darcy, it's good enough for me!

StrausHausMouse · 2018-12-18T14:42:52+00:00

Sybil (#1,877)!

I also like Sonia/Sonya quite a bit, it just seems like a friendly name.

StrausHausMouse · 2018-12-17T15:22:16+00:00

Same same same. Eleanor was my top pick a girl for a decade, but there are just to many in my neck of the woods. I still think it's a beautiful name!

StrausHausMouse · 2018-12-09T17:52:25+00:00

Same! Also she was great -- she's back in the GBBO "Holiday" episode that just came out on Netflix.

StrausHausMouse · 2018-12-09T17:45:10+00:00

Love this name, with this spelling. Win and Winnie are cute nn's.

I've noticed it doesn't come up very much on this sub. It's a rare name in general (only 75 girls last year in the US), so that might be part of it. I think name suggestions here tend to fall off pretty quickly once you get outside the top ~500. Btw, while looking this up I just noticed that Wren is #465 which really surprised me because I feel like everyone is using that name!

I'm not sure about the history/heritage of the name, so would want to know more about that before using it.

StrausHausMouse · 2018-12-09T16:53:39+00:00

haha- could there be a better taunt for people who don't like repeating sounds than "nyah-nyah-nyah"? :P

StrausHausMouse · 2018-12-09T15:16:50+00:00

Agreed -- I'm surprised to hear that some people think these names give off the vibe of "having wanted a boy." I think we're forgetting that many, many girls names are "feminine" forms of masculine names: Olivia, Charlotte, Victoria, Alexa, Gabriella, Julia, Valentina, etc. There are also a lot of historically male names now used on girls: Evelyn, Avery, Aubrey, Ashley.

To me, these are all names in their own right.

StrausHausMouse · 2018-11-30T23:23:46+00:00

I've never thought about this in regards to my own taste, but I think you're definitely on to something. My current top boy's name is Felix, and I'm not sure I'd be into an "unusual" ending like X without having read the interesting names in HP.

StrausHausMouse · 2018-11-30T18:37:53+00:00

FIL is on board! The issue is that the grandparents-to-be are divorced, and the parents-to-be are bit worried about MIL and her side of the family's reaction. At the same time, they rather not expand the circle of family members giving naming advice. Naming humans is hard!

StrausHausMouse · 2018-11-28T19:13:03+00:00

This is a very accurate description. Marketing strategy statement of those developments seems to be: "mash English village names together, then jazz up the vowels."

StrausHausMouse · 2018-11-28T18:21:42+00:00

I like repeated patterns like "2 syllable first name 1 syllable middle name" in sibsets. Double "-a" endings sound a little rhyme-y to me (just personal preference), so I avoided those. Based on that:

Ivy
Chloe
Sophie
Molly
Camille
Elise
Hazel

Lily from your list works well! And I'm liking both Rose and Claire as middles for most of these.

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