Baby Names that have been done to death

[agentpleakley]

I prefer traditional, strong names. I always envisioned my sons as some sort of business manager, and I wanted them to have names that could not be confused with the other sex, and something respectful, not trendy.

My oldest is a Thomas. He's was always the only one in his classes.

Middle DS is a Nicholas. I did not realize how popular it was until he started Kindergarten and found out there were 6 of them in his class!

My youngest is Luke. He's the only one in his classes, and the only other one closest is a Lucas.

One of my DSisIL wanted to name her baby Tequila if it was a girl. Thank God he was a boy and named after my brother...Richard. Yikes! I always have to wonder if that's what she was drinking when they conceived!

Tequila -- yikes!

I love Nicholas, that was my choice had DD been a boy.

The trend here has been traditional names: Charlie, William, Henry, George for boys. Mary Katherine, Caroline, and Mary for girls.

About 7 years ago - we went through the whole Friends themed names- - plenty of Rachels, Chandlers, and Monicas in DD's daycare.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

I always though Levi was a more traditional Biblical name..either that or one of kids from "Children of the Corn".

Maybe the mother was wearing Levis and drinking Chardonnay in a Mercedes when she got pregnant with them?

 

[NY Disney fan]

OMG! Someone acutally named their kid "Calamity!!" How horrible. That's like naming your precious child "Avalanche" or "Misery".

 

[agentpleakley]

I always though Levi was a more traditional Biblical name..either that or one of kids from "Children of the Corn".

Maybe the mother was wearing Levis and drinking Chardonnay in a Mercedes when she got pregnant with them?

 

[robinb]

I like my name a lot, it's short, simple, and feminine. So I'm trying to find something along those lines.

May I suggest my DD's name? It's "Celia". Short, simple, feminine and classic. It was also ranked the 597th most popular baby name the year she was born. We have actually met 2-3 other "Celia"s. And YES she was born before Monster's Inc .

Here's the Social Security Admin's list of baby names:
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

 

[MickeySP]

My son picked unusual but not out there name for his daughter.

They did have a couple out there until he was reminded - think of every bad nickname she could be called. He dropped a few real quick.

So now we have Autumn Jade.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

I hear "Calamity' and think "Calamity Jane" not 'disaster'. But that's just me.

I second the vote for either Celia or Cecelia...as long as you don't do something odd and spell it "Seelya" or "Seelea" or "Cesealya" or something.

 

[Hoodie]

My neighbors dog is Isis lol

as far as Rhiannon I like it. I know one who is in her 20's now. After the Fleetwood Mac song.



I have an Isabella but thankfully dont know any others. I didnt even realize it was that popular. I hear it on a Soap Opera and said Thts It!!

I love Isabella. Unfortunately one of my best friends named their cat that so I can't see naming a kid the same thing (I was named the same as my grandparents dog - they actually had to say the dog or the kid. )

Oh well, we'll come up with something!

 

[rie'smom]

There was a Caesar at one of the schools in town-now that's not a name you hear everyday,except in Ancient History or military history classes!

 

[clarabelle]

My girls have biblical first names -very common.
We didn't know how common when we named them -because like a PP mentioned we weren't around that many kids.
Right now though they are the only ones in their grades with them (they go to a small school) -even though we meet many when we are out and about. Sometimes I wish they had something with a bit more flair.
I like maiden names and family names for middle names myself.
I know a Camille and a Cecily -I am partial to those names.

 

[robinb]

OMG! Someone acutally named their kid "Calamity!!" How horrible. That's like naming your precious child "Avalanche" or "Misery".

There was one little boy who was a nephew (IIRC) of someone here on the DIS. He name was "Rage".

 

[Lizzybear]

I think it really depends on the area.. There are names popular in my city that people I know in other areas of the UK barely hear of at all. My name is Elizabeth and I was always the only one in my school classes; though there were tons of Rachels, Jennifers, Katies/Kates, Sarahs, Emmas and Emilys. I work in childcare now and have heard all kinds of names. One trend I don't like is the 'nickname' types like Ellie and Abby. IMO they're cute for little kids but the full versions may be preferable to them as they grow into adults.

 

[CamColt]

We do have two Katelyn/Kaitlyns on our small cul-de-sac of 14 houses.

As popular as Caitlins (and all variations) are now and have been for the past 10-20 years, I am a Caitlin born in 1971, and grew up with a "strange/different" name. Teachers could never pronounce it because they never heard of it. I was called Katie-Lyn, Cat-Lyn, Catalina, etc... So what may be odd now, could someday become very common and overused. You just never know.

 

[Laura]

May I suggest my DD's name? It's "Celia". Short, simple, feminine and classic. It was also ranked the 597th most popular baby name the year she was born. We have actually met 2-3 other "Celia"s. And YES she was born before Monster's Inc .

Here's the Social Security Admin's list of baby names:
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

Celia is a lovely name, as is Cecelia.

 

[mjkacmom]

Following Lost and Titanic, I'm predicting an influx of Jack and Kate in high schools in about ten years

I have a Jack, Kate, AND a Charlie (but they were all born before LOST).

 

[puffkin]

I'm a Jennifer so I know all about common names. We really debate doing Brayden. Thought it was to common so we went with Brady Austin. What is your Brady middle name?

Brady Kennedy. Honestly just thought it sounded kind of neat together and it flows with our last name. We had a really hard time with the middle name though and seriuosly considered not giving him one until I came up with Kennedy about 2 weeks before he was born!

Brady came from my DH's obsession with the Jaws movie. My DH's family is really into movies, in fact DH and I met working at a movie theater. His cousin had named her little boy Ash after the main character in the Evil Dead movies (her favorite). In Jaws, the one character's name is Brody and my DH suggested that. I said no, but how about Brady and it stuck. It was very early in my pregnancy.

 

[agentpleakley]

That reminds me of a friend of mine - she named her son Ryker -- all I can think of is the prison.

 

[SamIAm21]

The one thing I dislike and it's just me, so no offense meant to anyone, is cutesy boy names that are hard to pull off as full grown men. For example, Cody Lindley, of Hannah Montana. Cody was cute as can be at 12, but when he's 30, Cody might come off as a tad immature.

People need to think ahead when naming their children knowing that they won't always be children.

 

[HelenePA]

LOL about Aidan & Conor! We have and Irish last name, so I wanted to name my child something that would go well with our surname. I named my oldest (14 now) Conor, thinking I had not heard that name much at all. Well Lo & behold. . . .once he was about two, I heard "Conor/Conner/Connor" all over the place!

So, when son #2 was born, I fell in love with the name "Aidan" thinking it was a shoe-in for a unique name. NOT! LOL! I didn't know a single Aidan when I named my son, and they are all over the place now! hehehe!

Abby (Abigail) was NOT common when I named my daughter that.. Now its all over the place, along with Aidan.. I had NO idea it was so popular until after I named him... of course his name fits him perfectly but there are alot of them!

I was the only Helene in my school. I bet there would have been more named that if I was born in the 1900's and NO my name is NOT Helen, that was my grandmother

 

[robinb]

That reminds me of a friend of mine - she named her son Ryker -- all I can think of is the prison.

Is she a Star Trek fan? Maybe she named him after William Riker from ST:TNG.