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[-------1997.livejournal.com]

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

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Emily and Amelia are nice, but very similar, so I wouldn't use them in the same name (e.g. Emily Amelia S...) or as sisters (although you say you only want one child so that should be ok).

Emily and Michael still are very popular, but the thing is, there may be more names being used these days. So let's say that Emily is ranked #1.. well that could mean that only 2% of girls were named Emily, and thousands and thousands of other names were used that were all 1-2% so Emily came out top.... whereas years ago, Emily being number one could mean that 40% of girls were called Emily. So take that into account too.

Samaire - I don't see how you get that pronunciation. To get your pronunciation, I'd spell it Samira. Samaire looks like it could be either "suh-MARE", "suh-MAIR-uh" or "suh-MY-ruh" but not what you are saying.

I don't have much to say on the boys' names. Emily and Michael are good names though, which is obviously why so many people use them.

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

I agree, that's a really good point about how so many other names are being used that even though it's most popular it doesn't mean there's an overwhelming percentage of say, Emily's.

to the OP, personally, I still am not overly keen on using a top 25 (or 50) name unless I LOVED it and hated everything else. I did use to like Emily but was turned off by everyone else overusing it (esp where I live). My first daughter is actually named Amelia so I obviously love that.

I do NOT like Samaire and it also seems way off from your tastes (not that that's bad, but it might not fit your family in the long run).

Michael and Ryan are both ok, if a bit boring bc they've been used by so many people but nothing wrong with them. (also, this feels moreso to me bc everyone on my mom's side of the family is some form of Michael. or John.)

Noble sounds like a good middle name especially bc of the family connotations, but I don't care for it as a first name.