braden, names and nicknames..

[quitmyscene.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm confused. I've been under the impression that Braden (whatever spelling) was only recently trendy... or further.. only recently a name. Yet, in the past week, I've met three different Bradens (two Braden, one Brayden) - all of them born in 1991. Meaning, these Bra(y)dens are all 18 years old. I can't believe the name's been around for so long, weird.

On an unrelated note, some of you may know from seeing some of my comments that I'm basically obsessed with the name Nolan. I've somehow got my boyfriend from thinking "worst name in the world / would never name my son that" to "I'll consider it / if it means that much to you, I could." However, he would prefer us choosing a name we BOTH like (which makes sense - not that I'm even pregnant, but you know). We both like Elliott (unsure if we'd want two ts or just one) and Max for boys, and somehow, despite his hatred of my top boy names (Nolan, Miles, and Desmond), Scarlett is number one for both of us for females.

WITH ALL THAT SAID:
1) I'm not too fond of "full name" versions of Max, but I can't really think of a middle name that flows well with just Max. Any suggestions?
2) Scarlett. Any nice nicknames? I have a cat named Owen who I often just refer to as "O" which sometimes turns into "O-zone (layer)" or some other completely unrelated thing that begins with the "O" sound ... I'd like to avoid referring to a daughter as "Scar face" or "Scar butt" or whatever since uh, it's probably not nice.
3) And while I'm at it, I might as well ask for any suggestions of girl names I might like (based on the boy names I listed) since other than Scarlett, I don't love any girl names. Heck, I hardly like any - I could barely think of 4 for that "create a family" in the previous post!