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[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

Hi all! Have been reading through the past few entries on this comm. First off, I'm not a mother, or expecting, and I don't think there'll be children in my future for a good five years yet! But I do find names fascinating. I'm very interested in etymology, and I like knowing the historical background of names.

Also, I like noting the socio-economic/cultural differences between naming. Like, from my quite middle class background, the most popular boys' names were things like James, Alexander etc, whilst my boyfriend, who had a more working class upbringing, knew more Steves, Brians etc. As this community is I think mostly American, I thought I'd share the UK's most popular names as of 2005.

1 Jessica Jack
2 Emily Joshua
3 Sophie Thomas
4 Olivia James
5 Chloe Oliver
6 Ellie Daniel
7 Grace Samuel
8 Lucy William
9 Charlotte Harry
10 Katie Joseph

None there that would surprise you too much, I think. However, a lot of American names that seem quite everyday to you would be unusual here. For instance, Madison, Tyler, Logan, Savannah (all in the US top 100). Sometimes names seem more "flaky" to me, I admit, but that's just due to cultural differences. Anyway, hope this post isn't too dull!

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[morphinae.livejournal.com]

Quick Reminder - There's a post a few weeks back where everyone decided it would be much less spammy to combine posts of the same subject into the original post. Please remember if you're going to repost about an ongoing topic, do it in the form of a comment to the original post. 6 subsequent posts about the same thing gets quite redundant and jams up people's friend pages.

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wrestling baby name

[opalfirefly.livejournal.com]

for those who know about the WWE... Triple H and wife had a baby

http://people.aol.com/people/article/0,26334,640758_1218456,00.html

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[ashadelic.livejournal.com]

I was having a conversation today with a 20 year old girl I work with who is pregnant. We were discussing names and what she planned to name her baby. She already has a 14 month old son named Connor William, which I think sounds lovely! The names she has picked out are: Declan for a boy, and Kennedy for a girl. I really really liked Declan until she told me how she plans to spell it... Deklyn. *exasperated eyeroll* She said, "I just really really love k's and y's! I think they're soooo cool." I was thinking, "Yea.. you and half the rest of the population who's having children after the year 2000." I told her I really like Declan, but really didnt like that spelling. I didn't even want to bother with Kennedy.

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[oh-snitch.livejournal.com]

The answers to this post:

http://community.livejournal.com/baby_names/593761.html?view=11738977#t11738977

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Link and answers!

[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

To start off with, I was doing some research last night and I came across this website about names/naming patterns in Elizabethan England. I thought you guys might find it interesting: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/christian/fairnames/

Second! Here are tne answers to my matching post:

1. Doris Barbara
2. Elsie Naomi
3. Kristen Elizabeth
4. Caitlin Lee
5. Eugene Edward
6. Rebecca Hunter
7. Daniel George
8.Lois Woodruff
9. Ian Charles
10. Laurence Michael

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[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

What is everybody's 'Top Ten List of Names I Hate' (Note: I don't mean to offend anybody whose names are these)

This is mine.

GIRLS:
Emily
Madison
Jane
Brittany
Jennifer
Olivia
Ashley
Bailey
Beatrice
Tatum

BOYS:
Zachary
Maxmillian
Mark
Clayton
Joshua
George
Brody
Ezra
Dylan
Logan

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[darabelle.livejournal.com]

New August Babies

Reagan Daniel Lane
Brooklyn Nykole
Gustavo Joel
Ethan Sky Christian
Kei and Keilana (twins)
Caiden Nicholas
Joylynn Elise
Marissa Jessica (eew is that really necessary? i don't understand why parents do that)
Bryhan Leo
Phoenix Everitt
Hemilynn Jo (I've never heard the name Hemilynn, but it sounds like a blood disorder)
Allyson & Kate (looks like Kate lucked out in this set of twins)
Keaton Reid
Sierra Austyn
Kennedi Skylar (oy)
Avon Charles (what do you guys think of the name Avon? just curious)
Ronnie Ray
Berlyn Annabel
De'Vonne Lerai
Landon Tennessee (I don't like Tennessee as a middle name because it makes the person's name look like a city and state)
Kayleigh Brianne & Randall Duane (twins)
Josiah Moses (ack too biblical)



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[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

I was wondering, how many of you personally know somebody named Aidan/Caidan/Jaydan/etc? My cousin recently had a baby named Caidan. The general reaction has been "Oh, that's so cute! How did you think of that?" Last weekend, my boyfriend's brother and his girlfriend announced that they're expecting a baby. If it's a boy they are going to name him Aidan because they "want something different and not boring." Gah!

So, how many -adans do you guys know?

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[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

I don't mean to be mean (lol) I am just curious.

Why do so many people in this group have problums with popular names? I don't get it, popular just means a lot of people like that name. As I said above I am not trying to be mean or rude, I am just really curious.

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[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about a couple of names lately that I'd like some opinions on.

Hazel -- is it too old lady-ish? When I first started hearing this name, all I could think was "god what a stuffy old lady name!" but it's starting to grow on me.

Corbin -- sometimes seems too young, but the guy I met with this name was in his late 30s/early 40s and it didn't seem out of place on him. I think it's kind of nice. Not terribly common, but not too 'out there' either.

What do you guys think of these two names?

How many names?

[mrsnelson.livejournal.com]

How many names for a child is too many?

Example, Heidi Klum's son's name is: Henry Guenther Ademola Dashtu Samuel

I knew a family that allowed each child to pick a name, so their last child's name had 6 names (all very hilarious: Chewbacca was one of the middle names. Good times.)

What is your absolute limit? What is excessive on any level? How many are you going to name your child?

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August babies at our nearby hospital

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

There's usually a more culturally diverse set of names in my area...

AnnaMaria
Chloe
Jazmyn Syrai-Lalani
Tucker Rothman
Assata Anaya
Matthew Jakob
Marleigh Rayne
Anna Sophia
Eleanor
Adorah Patricia-Yvonne
Meghan Eileen
Sera Francena Ruth
Steila (sic) Ashley
Grey Jameson
Samuel
Derek Chaum Geen
Diana Lee
Liam Kevin
Ruben Alejandro
Adina Lean
Alina Leah
Anais Clara
Christopher Michael
Aidan Patrick
Eoghan
Josephine and Juliette (twins)
Kai Roig
Leander Harrison
Stephen Danilo Cifra
Angelina
Derin
Gabrielle Jocelyn
Micah Dale
Hannah Alyssa
Shaniya Denise
Jackson Alexander
Gavin Patrick
Leonora Francisca
Sophia Lynn