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[breazeale1331.livejournal.com]

hi i'm new. My husband and I are trying to have a baby and we've finialized the name choice. For a boy it's Leonard James after his father and my grandfather and Christopher Kaden. For a girl it's Jadie Grace and Cayleigh Christabella. What do you guys think?

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Do you REALLY want to know what people think?

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

OK. You DID ask.

Kaden: Every other boy under the age of 4 seems to be named something that rhymes with Aiden. This will scream "2006 baby." I'm glad it's only a middle name. Christopher should stand out from the 7 Aidens, Jaydens and Cadens in his class.

Jadie: Jade or Jada would be nice, but Jadie sounds like a nickname, as onedayinjuly said. I think it's a little flaky. If it were me, I'd rather have a stronger, more elegant name. She won't be a little girl forever.

Cayleigh: I am very tired of all the Kayla/Kaylee/Cayley/Kaeghleigh names, in all their permutations. Also, I think that the "y", the "-ay" sound, and the "eigh" ending also makes it very much a "2006 baby!!" name.

Christabella sounds like what I would have named my Barbie when I was 5. Too frilly and sparkly and over the top. What about Christine, or Anabella?

Leonard, James, Christopher and Grace are wonderful.

Not just 2006

[neroli.livejournal.com]

The AY sound has been trendy longer than that. About 8-10 years ago I went through all of the names on the Oregon births list (I think the list was from 1996; definitely before 2000 at any rate) and listed all of the "newfangled" names that featured that particular sound. (Specifically I counted two syllable names that were stressed on the first syllable.) Given that this was several computers ago, I have neither the numbers nor the names, but the list was jaw-droppingly long and contained some real doozies.

So I wouldn't say that the AY sound marks a baby as being born in 2006 specifically, but it does seem like a recent and surprisingly long-lasting fad.

Re: Not just 2006

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Yes, you are right. Ok, "1996-2006 baby!!"
At least, I hope it doesn't last TOO far past 2006 ;)

To me "Cayleigh" seems to be a lovely mix of _a bunch of trends_, including the "ay", which combine to make it particularly unappealing and datable.

It came from the 80s

[neroli.livejournal.com]

Kayleigh is another name that came from an 80s song. (Marillion, "Kayleigh," from 1985.)

"In 2005, it was revealed that 96% of Kayleighs living in Britain were born after 1985 and is undoubted that the Marillion song inspired this amazing rise in popularity of the name Kayleigh" -- from the Wikipedia entry for Kayleigh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayleigh)

Doesn't it make you want to start a band to get some awesome names on people's radar? :)

Re: Not just 2006

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

I always just think they're early millennium babies. like 1995 and on.

Re: Not just 2006

[pregosaurus.livejournal.com]

I don't think the end is anywhere in sight.