Here's an AMUSING ESSAY by a woman who named her children "Olivia" and "Ava," only to see these two previously out-of-fashion, old names suddenly zoom in popularity.
She ends her piece by saying she should have named her daughter "Jane" ;-)
I only know one other little Jane, daughter of my writer-friend Marion Winik.
I love the name "Violet," but can't ever use it now because of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner. I like "Emma" a lot, but every other baby girl I meet these days is named "Emma."
I also like:
Clara
Frances
Genevieve
Anabelle
(No, I am not pregnant!)
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9 comments:
When we thought our son was a girl (u/s goof), we planned on naming him Maren. I love it *almost* enough to consider pregnancy again.
I would never name a kid Emma. sounds too much like enema (and I am quite sure that is noticed by other kids)
My older daughter is Emily. She's 15. When we chose the name, it was not at all common. And now it's #1 or close to it. I hate that because I didn't want a "trendy" name.
Our baby is Lorelei. That is not common, but the newest Name Voyager data shows a spike for it since she was born!
I like all your choices. Anabelle is especially nice because it goes along with the current trendy "ella" ending names but is a little different. I like Arabella myself.
My cousins new baby will be Penelope, that`s a pretty old school name too. Of course I`m partial to Clara. :)
I'm waiting for another girl to have a Lorelei! The spike in popularity is probably due to the show Gilmore Girls. I've been hoping the name doesn't become popular. I didn't like it at first, but now I like it enough that I'd probably use it even if it did become trendy.
A lot of people have said that to me about the Gilmore Girls. I've never seen the show. Apparently the only other spike the name had was in the 50s because of some Marilyn Monroe character. My husband picked the name because he wanted a German first name to go with our German last name. I didn't like it at first either, but everyone--EVERYONE--says how beautiful they think it is.
Olivia has been popular over here in the Uk for years! I liked Ava recently but found another woman has called her baby that.
My daughters ar called Ruby and Sylvie (Sylvia). Ruby has become common here but 6 years ago it was quite rare. I dont know any other Sylvies. It was my grandmothers name.
Im expecting baby#4 now and struggling a bit. I have a Tom , Ruby and Sylvie already. I love simple names for boys and old fashioned names for girls. Martha, Mabel, Lily, Maggie, Nell, ummmm
For a boy we like Sam and Sonny.
We named our son Riley 14 years ago, what we considered to be a rather manly name. It means valiant or courageous. Now every other little girl under the age of 3 is called Riley, or the gag-worthy spelling of Ryleigh. Luckily he is old enough that there aren't any girls with his name in his class.
I just had a baby 9 weeks ago and we named her Kaydence. Hubby thought of Cadence but I wanted it spelt differently.
I also REALLY liked Lillian (after my grandma) and Brooklyn but hubby wasn't thrilled with either. We agreed upon Kaydence and she's beautiful!
A lot of older names are coming out now. My friend has named her daughter Olivia, another friend named her daughter Jillian, another friend Ava, Elle and so on. I love older names.
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