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I realize that Declan is becoming a more popular name but I just hope it doesn't become as popular and trendy as the whole aiden/brayden/jaden/caden my mommy and daddy are f-ing idiots that like trendy names phenomenon.
Oh, look what I found on a popular baby name site.....
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However, a list of popular names for 2012 was conducted and Declan is becoming increasingly popular and it even stated it may become the new Aiden.
I think a lot of people don't realize how they're influenced. They often think they're coming up with a name that is more unique or old-fashioned, only to be surprised (and sometimes pissed) when they realize that lots of other kids have recently been named that as well. I'm betting when people started naming their kids, Aiden, it sounded unique to them. Only to then take their kid to preschool and find out there are three other Aiden's in the class. This is often how it goes.
I think a lot of people don't realize how they're influenced. They often think they're coming up with a name that is more unique or old-fashioned, only to be surprised (and sometimes pissed) when they realize that lots of other kids have recently been named that as well. I'm betting when people started naming their kids, Aiden, it sounded unique to them. Only to then take their kid to preschool and find out there are three other Aiden's in the class. This is often how it goes.
That's what happened to my brother with "Jennifer" in 1977. I remember being at her baptism. The pastor asked a little girl what her name was during the Children's Sermon, and the child replied "Jennifer". My bro and his wife looked at each other like, "Wow, someone else thought of this name." When my niece went to pre-school, they found out just how popular it was. She did learn her last name fast, as that's how they distinguished all the little Jennys.
I like Declan. It is Elvis Costello's real first name. It is VERY Irish. Just like in the movie, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" where everyone's kids were names Athena, Diane and Nik, in Irish families it is Aidan, Liam and Declan
What things we learn on City-Data! Never knew that. I've known a number of Aidans and Liams but never heard of Declan before. Oh, and Eamon, the Irish version of Edward. Considered that when I was pregnant if I were to have had a boy. My ex's dead father was Edward, but I didn't want that and thought Eamon might be a nice substitute.
I think a lot of people don't realize how they're influenced. They often think they're coming up with a name that is more unique or old-fashioned, only to be surprised (and sometimes pissed) when they realize that lots of other kids have recently been named that as well. I'm betting when people started naming their kids, Aiden, it sounded unique to them. Only to then take their kid to preschool and find out there are three other Aiden's in the class. This is often how it goes.
So true. Some of my favorite girl's names such as Olivia and Charlotte were old fashioned when I was growing up in the 90s. I had never met anyone named either. Now, Olivia is a top 10 name. Many of the parents of these little Olivias are a few years older than me - something must have influenced us all to swing back the other way.
I see Declan as being the next Aidan. Aidan is a great Irish name, but now it seems like every Goldstein, Garcia, and Baranski has a little Aidan in the family. Nothing wrong with it - just a popular name. I know several Declans under the age of 4 - none are from Irish families. It's starting. :P
I think a lot of people don't realize how they're influenced. They often think they're coming up with a name that is more unique or old-fashioned, only to be surprised (and sometimes pissed) when they realize that lots of other kids have recently been named that as well. I'm betting when people started naming their kids, Aiden, it sounded unique to them. Only to then take their kid to preschool and find out there are three other Aiden's in the class. This is often how it goes.
That's so true. When my daughter started kindergarten (1996), she had a classmate with a baby sister named "Brielle". Now this is the name of a TOWN on the Jersey shore, and when you are going down the shore you come to a place on the highway where there are two prominent signs pointing the ways to Point Pleasant and Brielle. So I asked the mother in jest, "Did you name your daughter after the shore town?" and she said yes, that she was pregnant and they hadn't decided on a name and were on the way to the shore and saw the sign.
When it came time to take her younger daughter to kindergarten, lo and behold there was another Brielle entering kindergarten. This is a town of fewer than 7000 residents, mind you.
The local paper actually did an article on this a few years ago. One woman had always dreamed of a baby girl named Julia, and loved it because it was an old-fashioned name not much in use anymore. She gave birth to a daughter, and when the nurse next brought in the babies for their feedings, she announced "Here is Julia!" and handed the baby to the woman's roommate, who had also always loved the name. Day one out of the gate and she found that her baby's name wasn't as unique as she'd hoped.
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