Most common baby names

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Cathlete
I don't know why, but it seems to me that almost everyone in recent times, who has had a baby girl gave the baby the name Brittany, Brittney, britny...or what ever other variation there is.( Thanx to Mrs. Spears Federline) Another common name would be Abigail. For boys, the name Jordan tops the most common list.

I long for the days when people invented there own names instead of going along with the latest fad.
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Well, you could be like the celebrities and invent your own name and call the baby Apple, or Shiloh, or Bluebell Madonna. Personally, I'd prefer Brittany.:p

According to the US Dept. of Social Services, below are the most popular baby names for 2005:

Jacob
Michael
Joshua
Matthew
Ethan
Andrew
Daniel
Anthony
Christopher
Joseph

Emily
Emma
Madison
Abigail
Olivia
Isabella
Hannah
Samantha
Ava
Ashley
 
Well, I'm a traditionalist and I tend to like traditional biblical names that are spelled in the traditional way.

No offense to anyone who thinks or has done otherwise, but my opinion is that variant spellings for names don't really look creative. They just look like the poor kid's parents didn't know how to spell!

<slips on flame suit>

Marie
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I totally agree too, Marie. All I can think is that the poor kid is going to spend their life having to spell their name for people.

"No, no, it's Britttttttanqy with 7 t's and a silent q".
 
<slips on flame suit> LOL :7 GOOD ONE

My 1 year old niece's name is Skyler. I don't see her that much and when I do I have to keep remembering her name because it's so different.

I am officially a Candace. When I was young in the 1960's my name was very unusual. I always cringed when a new teacher said my name out loud. The most popular prononciation was "CANDANCE". Oh how I loved hearing that in class x(
 
I like the classics: Emma, Katherine, William, Alexander, ....boring, I know!!

Sparrow


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What I dislike is names that you can't tell the pronuciation of from the spelling. And as a teacher, I sometimes run into those (African American families tend to like them the most, it seems). I hate checking attendance for the first time, and coming to some name that I have NO IDEA how to pronounce.

I agree that taking a traditional name and spelling it in a 'new' way (like "Britny") often just looks like someoone doesn't know how to spell!
 
I know what you mean. I'm just waiting for the day when I'm introduced to someone who says "Hi, I'm John, but it's spelled T-O-M".

Though I can't really talk. For my DD#2, DH wanted to call her Sam - but we had so many friends with Samantha's. One day while folding DD#1's clothes I saw the label said "Samara". Looked it up and it is a Hebrew name - meaning "protected by God". Couldn't go wrong. DH got his Sam, I didn't get a Samantha. Yet while telling that story to a friend, she quipped that if her parents had used that method, her name would be 2T. LOL

Lorrie
 
I intended to use biblical names, got a good start with Elizabeth but I met the most awesome woman named Marley when I was pregnant with my second and as much as I considered other names Marley just kept coming to the fore. I dreamt of her name and used the middle name from the dream, this should redeem me from traditionalist Marie, because, you guessed it, it's Marley Marie:) My 3rd pregnancy wasn't supposed to happen as DH had been rendered 'sterile' by prescribed pharmaceuticals but along she came anyway, we called her Faith:)

Funny how names like Linda, Mary, Darlene, Barbara....the names that I see over and over again in my old year books have all but disappeared..

Take Care
Laurie:)
 
LOL about the weirdo spellings of common names. I work in a hospital and you see some strange names. I have to sympathize with Kathryn too. My church is in the "city" and I have a hard time trying to figure out how to spell or pronounce some of those creative names of the neighborhood kids coming to Bible school. I love own name. Not made up, but not especially common either.
 
All 4 of my DS are named for grandfathers, great grandfathers, great great grandfathers, etc. A vote for traditional family names here.
 
>No offense to anyone who thinks or has done otherwise, but my
>opinion is that variant spellings for names don't really look
>creative. They just look like the poor kid's parents didn't
>know how to spell!

I'm going to have to agree with you there. My sil - who is NOT known for her spelling - named her daughter Emmily Jeniffer... thinking those were the normal spellings, lol. (Her daughter's now 25 btw, so she somehow survived. :D)

I think the list for 2005 has some beautiful and very traditional names.
 
my only child is Jacob Aaron....doesn't get more basic or biblical than that!!! And I always wanted a Rebecca, but the second pregnancy didn't work out. My dh actually named him, and it the name was fine with me...he was born in 1999. Had no idea that his name would be so popular!
 
Well, my DH is named for his father (middle name) and his grandfather (maternal, his first name) and no one knows how to say it or spell it. KurT. so he gets a lot of kirk, curt, etc.

And my name is officially Amanda, so I had teachers call out "ananda" a lot and I was still correcting them, LOL.

I think we're all doomed anyway, and I kind of like all the different names! What's the use (aside from pizza orders) when our last names get more complicated with every generation?

I just hope we can all go with the flow when we correct people- I always WANT to pronounce correctly, and trust that that is enough (and try hard to remember the right pronunciation)!!

I'd be glad to avoid the "this is my son, OshKosh", LOL!!! ;)

And btw, I think the edgier names are most appropriate for fish and birds, then fuzzy ones like our own George and Gracie. :) I'd never be caught dead naming my kids that pair, though. Too much!!! :+

Fun thread!
 
I agree on the tradition names. We chose traditional names that were not too common and not used by really older generations.
 
DH and I also wanted traditional names. We felt it was important not curse the child with a lifetime of having people mispronounce or misspell their names. We were thinking of Moon Unit and Dweezel Zappa for example.

So, we have a Matthew and an Andrew. Neither first name is a family name. However, the middle names are. Matthew is named for his Father (Scott) while Andrew is named for my grandfather (Lewis).

We have family that seemed to go name nutty after a time. I have a cousin with 3 sons. The first two have normal names. The last one is named Blade (?). We were wondering if he was planning for his son to grow up as a serial killer or something.
 
i like different names to an extent, but when you don't know how to pronounce it based on the spelling, that is going too far. my name is gayla, and i did NOT appreciate it as a child, however, as an adult, i love that my name is not common. i am so used to spelling my first and last name that it is automatic. i cant imagine not having to spell my last name. i hate the names that sound like fruit or cars or other inanimate objects. if i had a daughter, however, i would have named her sierra after the mountain range and my favorite kind of beer. but i would never had told her that (about the beer that is)....i guess it is a good thing i wont ever have the job of naming a child....i do like some of the really old fashion names too like lila, annabelle, camille...
 
Oh guys, keep talking!!! I'm having such a hard time deciding on a name for our little one who should be here soon --
My hubbie has no problems, he likes lots of names. But me, for some reason none of them hit me right!! I second guess everything!
Hubbie likes for boys Brandon, Austin, Mark, Owen..
Girls might be Cassandra, Taylor or Heidi...
Anyone like any of those??
:D
 
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