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Not pregnant, or TTC. Just like names. I have lists. (Most like pry almost everyone else here.)

GIRLS
- Emily
- Amelia
- Samaire (Sah-mee-rah)

BOYS
- Michael
- Ryan
- Danté
- Noble (Fiances great-grandfathers name [i.e. don't love it, but it has meaning.])

Ideally in the future I'd like to only have one child, boy or girl (I am pretty neutral at this point). My absolute favorite names are Emily & Michael but they are so popular. I like them, but I don't want my child to be Emily S./Michael S. all their life.

Should popularity be a deciding factor when it comes to names?

Comments

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

Okay, I love your names. Emily and Amelia are both on my lists (Emily is my #1 and Amelia's in the top 10) and Michael and Ryan are two of my favorite boys' names. I like Dante, too, and while Noble isn't really my style - hey, if it's a meaningful name, I don't see the problem. I'd just suggest, if you use that name, to give a pretty common sounding middle name that he can go by if he doesn't like Noble once he gets into middle school/high school.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

PS - Popularity should be to an extent, but trendiness is more of an issue, I think. A name like Emily or Michael is popular, but it's a timeless name that will never go out of style and will fit them as a child and as an adult.

I shouldn't talk about popularity since my top two names are Emily and Jake, which happen to be the top names in America, haha.