Yearbooks!

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I am bored and unable to sleep, so I was going through my college yearbooks and found some interesting names--yes, my college was small enough that we had yearbooks with senior photos. Anyhow, I picked out names or spellings that aren't too common, at least in the US, from what I've seen. These people are all now in their mid to late 20's.



Boys:
Eid
Cliff
Brooks
Ying
Jaymes
Byron
Laurent
Al-Malik
Hans
Reed
Erick
Baron
Braedon
Grant (2)
Jayson
Dane
Jerald (goes by Jerry)
Warren
Clement
Kiel
Emmanuel
Raphael
Jeromy
Jungpil
Ghaith
Erich
Anton
Obiora
Dmitriy


Girls:
Mari (arr sound, not like Mary)
Jessann
Netha
Constance
Miriam
Danessa
Laina
Sadia
Christiana
Mayella (Dutch)
Arta (Albanian)
Kauzka
Taneta
Zhankhana (Indian)
Kathryne
Lea
Merideth
Clair
Magdalena
Lynnae
Ingrid
Adrianne
Kristal
Kiandra (went by Kia)
Shile
Andrina (wasn't that one of Ariel's sisters in The Little Mermaid?)
Lysy
Adrian (thought this was the masculine spelling, but ok)
Dominique
Aubri
Eleni
Bradi
Cassidy
Thera
Schenell
Karrissa
Nisha
Carolyn, Marilyn (twins)
Marta
Marlee
Charity
Daisy
Lilia (Bulgarian)
Lindsie (2)
Jami
Ayrin
Meggen
Lora
Tamura
Karie
Marjorie
Kelli
Kyana
Jayceen
Gretchen
Adella
Jelena
Kasey
Andree
Bambi
Kelley
Annika
Soo
Skye
Farrah
Sage
Sandranell
Tselmuun (Mongolian, I believe)
Marikka
Milena
Cayla
Veronika
Angelyn
Kelle Lyn
Alisa
Elisa
Dayna
Emi
Jolene


Just goes to show that some people were already getting "creative" with names back in the 80s!

Comments

[open0heart.livejournal.com]

Mari (i said it MARR-ee without seeing your note lol)
Kiel :)
There are more, but those are my top names

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha, I was interested so I looked at your profile and my friend goes to that college! Her facebook friends always have interesting names, too.

I like:
Hans
Reed
Warren
Anton
Miriam
Ingrid
Adrianne
Marta
Gretchen
Adella
Annika

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Really? What year is she? Granted, I'm an oldie from the Class of 2006 and she probably wasn't even there yet when I was, but...

Valpo's got that German Lutheran tradition going for it, so the vast majority of the names tend to be German in origin!

I like Annika too. And Ingrid. I like Marjorie, but I wouldn't use it for fear my kid would be nicknamed Margarine in school. :-P

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

She's a senior, so she would have been a freshman when you graduated.

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

OMG! Twins, Marilyn and Carolyn!! Like the Babysitters Club!! The Arnold twins grew up!! Haha, okay, okay, I'm done being a nerd for now :P

On the related topic, I really like the name Mari. :) and Daisy is my mom's name (well middle, but she goes by it)

[starshucks.livejournal.com]

Lol, I was gonna mention that book! I just recently read it actually. I was thinking "Did their parents read the Baby-Sitters Club?" LOL. The first thing I thought was the BSC when I saw the names!

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I like Mari as well!

I never even picked up on the Babysitters Club thing! Hahaha. I graduated with their younger sister Melanie.

[starshucks.livejournal.com]

I like:
Boys:
Byron (I actually have a cousin named Byron. So I'm a bit biased)
Breaden
Grant
Kiel

Girls:
Mari
Jessann
Miriam
Sadia
Marideth
Adrianna
Eleni
Cassidy
Adella
Jelena
Kasey
Elisa

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Byron and Grant are nice, I agree! I sort of want to name one of my future sons Grant, but hubby does not like. :(

[starshucks.livejournal.com]

Compermise! Maybe use it as a middle name and call him Grant when sweet hubby isn't around. hehehe.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i like:
Brooks
Jaymes - but without the y
Reed - or reid
Baron
Grant


Clair
Magdalena
Lynnae - linnae
Marlee - marley
Lilia
Annika
Farrah
Sage


how is Eid pronounced?

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I am not really sure, to be honest. He was a senior when I was a junior and I never knew him personally.