Alumni Magazine Names

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

Here are some of the more unusual names of high school students mentioned in the magazine:
Boys:
Roodly
Leslie
Demetrius

Girls:
Kenleigh
Carla
Chesnee
Geraghty
China
Shelby
Montana
Romina
Danika
Sami
Hallianne
Antonia
Connor
Angeline
Emery
Flora
Keelin
Allee
Bailey
Nicholette
Elissa
Siobhan
Dhyana


Kole (Kyle and Kayla)
Owen Alexander (Ava)
Hailey June
Hunter and Fisher
Sawyer Patrick
Piper Elizabeth
Landon Andrew (Jackson)

Comments

[jeweledvixen.livejournal.com]

Roodly - Kids get teased enough in school. Don't give the other kids ammunition.
Connor - For a girl? I don't think so!
Dhyana - The H and the Y just make this so fhymhynyn!
Hunter and Fisher - Twins? Ugh. I don't like either name and putting them together is just too much.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Roodly has me entirely stumped. And I look Dhyana and wonder why someone butchered a really beautiful name. And Connor on a girl? I have never heard that one before.

I like:

Shelby
Antonia
Angeline
Flora
Bailey
Nicholette
Siobhan

Owen Alexander
Sawyer Patrick
Piper Elizabeth

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Sad. My college alumni newsletter always has really awesome baby announcements! Was this for a university or a high school?

I guess Sawyer Patrick is nice. I personally don't like either name, but I get why people like Sawyer, and it is a properly spelled name with a nice sound and cadence. Hunter and Fisher make me twitch a little. And I think of fisher cats. *shudder.*

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

Roodly?? Hahaha what?! Why??

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

I like:
Kenleigh (guilty pleasure name)
Emery
Piper
Geraghty is kind of interesting.
Owen
Kole but with a C

Hailey June is kind of nice, but as a Hali, I'm partial to my own spelling over that one.

I really don't like:
Leslie. -Boy or girl, I hate this name. It just sounds gross to me.

Halliane. Again as a Hali, I HATE Hallie.

Keelin. Seriously, what is that? Sounds like someone saying "killin'" in an accent.

Siobhan. I like the spelling and the idea of it, but think the pronunciation is ugly and very "high school popular girl" to me.

Dhyana. The spelling is just so bad. I don't really like the name even when it's spelled right.

Haha, all I saw at the bottom was Andrew Jackson and Patrick Sawyer ;-p

[tiffanytee.livejournal.com]

Many of those are very normal names. I deleted any of the boys names gone girl and all the unique spellings, but the rest below are very normal.

Boys:
Leslie
Demetrius

Girls:
Carla
China (I actually knew one in grade school)
Shelby
Danika
Sami
Antonia
Angeline
Elissa
Siobhan


Owen Alexander (Ava)
Hailey June
Hunter and Fisher (strangely these are common names)
Sawyer Patrick
Piper Elizabeth
Landon Andrew (Jackson)

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I think it depends on where you live somewhat, and you have to take into consideration the time period. For example, Leslie, while it started out as a male name, is largely used for females these days. Most people would think it was unusual to encounter a high school boy named Leslie, whereas it would be less strange to see it on a 70 year old man.

Demetrius, while heard of, isn't what I would call common in the US. It is currently ranked 581.

Carla may have been more common at one point, but is currently 747. I believe Carla is also more common in some other countries, but I may be mistaken.

I went to middle school with a girl named China so again, not unheard of, but not one you hear everyday. Danika is more commonly spelled Danica in the US. Sami may be a pretty normal nickname for Samantha, but this appeared to be a given name. Antonia and Angeline are not common in the US. Elissa is usually spelled Alyssa, unless they were going for Elisa. Siobhan isn't even on the SSA's list, meaning it has never been in the top 1,000 names.

The part under the cut (Alumni Birth Announcements) was a separate section. I wasn't trying to make any statement on whether or not they were popular.

Erm...I don't mean for this to sound like an "I'm right; you're wrong" comment. I'm just trying to explain my reasons for including the names on the list. And Shelby I may have made a mistake on. I didn't realize it was ranked 33 in 1991.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

Sorry, took me a few days to get to this. It was for a Catholic, private high school.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Your definition of unusual and my definition of unusual are very different.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

What are some of the names you would consider unusual? I was basing the list on things like spelling, the sex of the youth it was used on, and recent popularity of the name in the US (some names may have been in fashion a generation or two ago but aren't commonly heard on the current youth).

I'm genuinely curious as another person said they thought many of the names were quite common. I went into (perhaps too much) detail in my response as to why each name was on the list.

And just in case there is any confusion, I was not making any commentary on the names under the cut. I was simply listing all of the alumni births there.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

I didn't look at the names under the cut.

Carla in particular (I saw your explanation above; unsusual=/uncommon).
Elissa.
Bailey
Angeline
Flora
China