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[arbus.livejournal.com]

NameNerds! Unlike other name popularity lists, we group names by spelling and count overall popularity that way. I think it gives a more accurate picture of a name's popularity. For example, the name Brianna at #22 for 2007, with Briana being #120, Breanna at #138, & Bryanna #448. You'd think that a name pronounced /bree-anna/ wasn't terribly popular, right? However, when you put all the spellings together, the name ranks at #11, 11 points higher than the highest ranking spelling alone. Sure, a Brianna may be quite different from a Breana, but when yelling the name across a crowded playground, a Breana, Briana, Bryanna etc. will all come running if you yell BRIANNA!

NameNerds list HERE

Comments

[compulsivelyme.livejournal.com]

Fascinating!

The funniest thing on that site is the stork images at the top of this page: http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/2009highlights.html

[arbus.livejournal.com]

LOL! I didn't even notice that! :D

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

lmao!!!

[julia-michelle.livejournal.com]

I can't see anything special there... :(

[compulsivelyme.livejournal.com]

Oh, they took it down for the actual list! It was two stork images with the babies they were carrying saying "don't name me Kayleigh!" and "don't name me Kayden!"

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

They have a point.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

No surprises to see Aiden, Jayden and Caden in the top ten for boys.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Ooh interesting!

Such atrocious spellings of Olivia and Emily! I do love Emilie though. I suppose because it's not uncommon over here...and it's a legitimate French spelling.

I also didn't know Christian and Cameron were so popular.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

it's actually the text from the website, not my example :) i would pronounce them the same, but i don't like the name anyway, so that's probably just me because i guess i don't really care enough to see the difference. i could see why if someone loved the name, they would spell it a different way to have it pronounced differently.

i am pregnant, therefore i make no sense. sorry about that!

[aftondays.livejournal.com]

Cool! Thanks for this link.

[aftondays.livejournal.com]

I had a baby in 2008 and named her Sophia...and according to this site, that was the #1 girls' name that year if 'Sofia' is included. Wow! Who'da thunk? :)

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

This is great. I think this is way more reflective of actual naming trends- I thought it was so weird to see Jacob at the top of the list when I knew that there were definitely more Aidens out there.

[julia-michelle.livejournal.com]

Fascinating website! I think I'll be spending some time reading this one!! Only thing I noticed is that there are many names that I would pronounce differently, based on spelling. Like Madelyn and Madeline. I can understand why they're lumped together, but I see them as totally different names.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

An aside, I hate HATE HATE "Bryanna"

I refuse to agree with anyone who says it is pronounced as Brianna.

Bry = cry, try, fry, etc.

Even Bryan or Ryan are not the "ree" sound grr!

*deep breath*