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[eatmymedicine.livejournal.com]

hey everyone, I'm new!

any way, I'm having a lot of trouble deciding what to name my little boy. the name my bf and I really like is Aiden Isaiah. what do you think?

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[eatmymedicine.livejournal.com]

in no way am i trying to name my child something that's "popular"! i just personally like the name aiden, and so does my boyfriend. it's a name that i liked ever since i heard it, and it's the only name i can think of that i'd enjoy naming my child.

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

I understand you didn't choose it to fit in! The thing is, every other mom of an Aiden/Aidan/Ayden/Adyn ALSO picked it because she loved it dearly. If it being popular doesn't bother you, go for it, but I'm sure with a baby name book you could find something you liked as well that wasn't as overused. The Baby Name Voyager (http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html) is a great tool for judging how popular a name is. (Aiden is only in the 40s, but it's trendy -- no one used it before the 90's.)

[eatmymedicine.livejournal.com]

i was actually just looking at that, it's really interesting.
oddly enough, the name Isaiah is more popular than the name Aiden.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

Well you have to take in all the spelling variations. Plus -aiden is much more common as a suffix than it may be on it's own. I mean the kid will definitely be surrounded by loads of jaydens, caidens, haydens, etc of both sexes. I'll be shocked when the numbers come out this year if Aiden isn't #1 or at least top 5.