Birth announcements

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Here were the birth announcements in the paper today:

Matteo Daniel
Anson Walker
Anya Victoria (sisters: Brittany, Eva)
Daniele George (sister: Angelia)
Shannon Ashley (sister: Sarah)
Tanner Joseph
Aleks Eric
Keltan Nathan Michael (sister: Brynlea)
Talya Emily
Phoenix Sebastian (sister: Shaleah)
Grant William
Grace Isabelle (siblings: Jack, Liam, Sarah)
Emma Asling
Holden James
Caoimhe Melody
Maxxim Jo (sister: Zoee)
Noah Edward (sister: Hannah)
Emma Alisyn
Emma Kathleen (sister: Jessica)

As always, we've got the good, the bad, and the ugly. :-\

Comments

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

do you know if daniele george is a boy or a girl? i would totally say boy, but for the extra e at the end...
i like holden james, grace isabelle, and emma kathleen, and though i really really like phoenix sebastian, i'd probably never use it.

aleks is... um... plural? :S

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Daniele is italian for Daniel, so my guess is it's a boy :)

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

oh... excuse me for being culturally ignorant *blushes*

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

i only happen to know it because i'm from italy :)

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Aleks is actually Serbian or something. I think Daniele is a boy.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I think it'd be hard to see it on a boy, after the popularity of Shannon Doherty :P but then, I've never checked the charts, so I don't really know.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on Shannon, but Ashley has that sing-songy edge to it that makes it feminine to me. Would you happen to have a list of the names that once were boys' names and now are used on girls? :)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

thank you so much, this is so interesting :)
I was really surprised at Camille and Meredith :D

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

it's true about Finley! But I still like it on a boy better :)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I totally see what you mean, but maybe some of those names are less "at risk" than others; for example, I think you can feel safe about Dean, because the name of James Dean will still be popular for a while, so people will associate to a male's name :)
Personally I associate Thorne with the word 'thorn', which is masculine to me, and hopefully to other people.
You can be sure all of our generation knows that Pacey is a boy's name after Dawson's Creek :P and Jeffrey has been so long used as a male's name that I think chances are little that it will be considered feminine.

On the other hand, Morgan and Harvey IMO have more potential, the first because of the rampant popularity of The Mists of Avalon, the latter because Harvey in general hasn't been much heard of in our generation.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

:( You need to move away from wherever you're living immediately.

Haha, but seriously, that sucks... a lot.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Shannon Ashley was a girl, it struck me too when I read the name that they probably unknowingly picked two unisex names for their daughter. And I agree that Maxxim, Brynlea, and Alisyn are terrible. Alisyn especially, as my name is Alison. :P

[maine-girl.livejournal.com]

The only one I really like is Grace Isabelle. I guess the Emma trend is still on...

[http://users.livejournal.com/_x_blackroses_x/]

I don't like the name Emma at all, I find it so plain and wonder why it's so common...anyway...

Kathleen is my middle name and I like that, though.

My faves:
Matteo Daniel
Anya Victoria - Anya is soo pretty
Grant William - I like them both, and they go OK together...just ok...
Maxxim Jo - I'd spell it Maxim. Is this male or female? IMO it should be male, with Jo spelled Joe...
Noah Edward

[americandiva.livejournal.com]

I like the name Matteo but i'd prob never use it.

I used to babysit for a kid named Tanner. I like it but again prob wouldnt use it

I like Noah a lot

and Caoimhe! I love that name! So nice!!

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Phoenix and Shaleah sound hot! I would've like Shalee (Shah-LEE) better, though.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Whoa, let's chiiiill out with the Emma business, folks!

[jordle.livejournal.com]

Maxxim and Zoee??? WTH?

I love Caomimhe and Grace Isabelle, and I could do without most of the others!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_toasterhead/]

i like Holden James. :)

[godmod.livejournal.com]

Gah, I hate Irish spellings.

Not that there's anything inherently wrong with them - I just can't remember the pronunciation rules for them.

I knew Caoimhe had a "v" sound in there somewhere, but all the vowels threw me off as to the pronunciation of the rest.