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[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

Im watching a movie on the Lifetime Network. The main character, a woman in her mid/late-thirties has the name Michael. She also recently lost a daughter named Emma. I think its a bit of an over kill for two really popular and recent naming schemes.

WDTY?

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[zorianna.livejournal.com]

Ugh, Michael on a girl is terrible, and I've always hated the name Emma. I wonder if it was based on real people, like a lot of those Lifetime movies are...

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

Well, they say they are but Im gonna guess most of them are def not. This one, the lady Michael finds out that she had amnesia as a child and then was adopted. Later on, she had an anurism and a "little girl inside her head" helped her figure out who her real parents were.

Im gonna go with my insticts on this one, and say this movie was totally factual lol.

[zorianna.livejournal.com]

HAHA, WOW. That is a crazy plot.

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

I know, right?? I totally called it at the end too, when she said, "Im your long-lost, dead daughter!!"

God, I love that drama stuff sometimes hahaha.

[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

Micheal sucks for a female.

I like Emma...but that's just me.

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

Its like.....okay I understand Ryan, maybe. But Michael?? Thats pushing it.

Emma is alright, but its so popular now. It always surprises me how quickly some names can become so popular. Wasnt Aiden a completely unheard name not even 2 years ago??

[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

I actually really like Ryan for a girl. That's about where I stop being okay with the whole "boy names for girls" thing, though. I think it's a rediculous trend. Leave names to their appropriate gender!

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

Im not crazy about Ryan even for a boy. Its like, "You wanted a boy??" lol poor girls.

[decembermalice.livejournal.com]

I once knew a Michael Anne. It's an interesting combo.

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

That reminds me a of a girl I knew in highschool... Mykelann.

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

Im not sure if thats any better!

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

The chick's name was def Michael, nothing female about it. But Michaela....how the hell is that pronounced anyways?!

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Michaela is the true spelling of the recently popular name Mikayla, McKayla, and all its variants....

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

::facepalm::

Thats horrible.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Though boy names on girls certainly does seem to be widespread these days, it's hardly a new phenomenon. A girl named Michael doesn't surprise me. I think there's a model with the name too (stage name? I'm not sure...).

Emma hit the top 100 in 1993 and the top 200 in 1987. So that's not unbelievable either.

[-pickleparty-.livejournal.com]

I was watching some "funniest moments in game show history" kind of show, and one of the contestants on an episode of Family Feud was a lady named Michael. Unfortunately for her, she looked a bit manly as well.

I don't hate the giving girls boy's names trend as much as some people, but I think Michael is terrible for a girl.

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

Lmao, poor lady. Its like people who look like their pets; its funny but really sad at the same time.

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

Lulz, or something even more catchy!!

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

It's like on South of Nowhere, there is a teenaged boy named Aidan and a girl named Madison. I sincerely doubt that 17 years ago, Madison and Aidan were popular names. Then of course there's another girl named freaking SPENCER. It's definitely overkill, as is the movie you were watching. I've never heard of Michael being used on a girl. Blech.

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

Lmao, ohhh I cant stand it when producers and writers think theyre being "hip" by using popular names of today! Drives me crazy.

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

I actually have a friend who is a girl with the name Michael.

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

Really? Im almost surprised that theres some girl who actually has that name. Do you know why her parents chose that?

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

Yes. Her father's name is Michael, and she was expected to be a boy. When she was born a girl, they named her Michael anyway! She was actually adopted out and her foster family changed her name, but when she turned 18 she changed it back to Michael because she liked it.

[danacarlesays.livejournal.com]

That was a really nice story behind it. Besides the foster care and all, but that she stuck with her "family background" through it all is pretty awesome.