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I loved the name Michaela after watching Dr. Quinn - Medicine Woman. It seems that name became popular after that show came out because I never heard of it before then.
I loved the name Michaela after watching Dr. Quinn - Medicine Woman. It seems that name became popular after that show came out because I never heard of it before then.
I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing that a person's name is popular.
However, it is good to have a very solid, deeper reason for picking the name to tell your kids when they ask. For example, if a girl is named Ashley it makes for a better narrative to tell little Ashley that you and her grandpa planted an Ash Tree in the yard with the hopes that it would grow tall and strong and beautiful one day and it did (!) and that was what inspired you to name her Ashley.
A bad reason would be to tell her that she was named after some fly-by-night pop star or worse yet, that mommy and daddy made her on a sofa or bed that was bought at the furniture store that shared her name (too much information! ).
Also, bad sounding trendy names are nothing new. After all, the names "Dick" and "Fanny" were popular generations ago.
I loved the name Ashley for a daughter before it took off as a girl's name. Remember Ashley Wilkes from Gone With the Wind? Next thing I know it seems everybody is naming their daughter Ashley.
The lady at my optician's office is named Candida and her last name is about 20 letters long. Candida is the medical term for a yeast infection but I have a feeling she is not from the USA and perhaps where she is from Candida means something completely different. As much as I dislike the name Candy (sounds like a stripper) I would rather go by Candy than Candida. My full name with my husband's last name sounds like a porn star!
My three sons have traditional names but my daughter has Arlene which Ive always liked... however I hate the silly gaelic style names that no one can spell as that child will be spelling for instance this one Irish origin... Aoibheann. Eavan | Say: eve-een. or Ciorstaidh, why do this to a child whos not Gaelic as forever they ll have to tell others how to write their name forever..
I still can't figure out how to pronounce Siobhan which apparently is a rather common Irish name.
My Mom had seven Children. All I know is our names were VERY common in our neighborhood!! She yelled out our baptismal names if she was REALLY angry...And Five Joseph Andrews would show up on at the steps!
To this day its a family joke how sometimes we'd have to correct my mom in her names rants, shed get one of the middle names wrong. Boy ...did we get a whaling then!
My Eldest has a very common first and middle name. He fits it to a Tee.
My youngest ...his name would look great on a Law Firm plague. Regal and stoic in nature.
His Father picked out his middle name and the spelling for it. It grew on me ....and my son doesn't mind it one bit. Its Gaelic in origin and seems to flow when said.
I so wanted a daughter with the Name Rachel. But that was not to be. I even tried to do the family Bribe that who ever named the first granddaughter Rachel would get a 500$ college fund started...was met with ...yeah aint gonna happen Granny! It does break my heart a smidge that all the grand kids have the maternal sides family names . ..
My sons only got the honor of having the kids carry the last name. At least til they marry......
The blessing is...they are happy, healthy and come from a solid family.
My daughters both kept their married names. One spouse's last name just doesn't go with her name at all, two different ethnicities. The other's is the same ethnicity, but she wanted her maiden name.
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Originally Posted by chiluvr1228
I loved the name Michaela after watching Dr. Quinn - Medicine Woman. It seems that name became popular after that show came out because I never heard of it before then.
I think it became popular because Michael was so popular for boys. That seems to be how it works- in my generation Dennis/Denise; Robert/Roberta; Donald/Donna, etc.
Well, one of the most ridiculed names of the recent past, Apple, was defended by Gwyneth Paltrow as being "biblical," since apple *is* in the bible.
Gwyneth Paltrow is wrong. The fruit that Adam and Eve ate wasn't an apple. The book of Genesis doesn't identify it. The idea that it was an apple came from Medieval and Renaissance art. It was made it Europe, and an apple is one of the most common fruits there. So the artists used it in their works, to make them relatable for the masses.
There are schools of thought who say that the fruit was a pomegranate or a fig. The Garden of Eden was allegedly located in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). Its climate is too warm for most apple varieties, but just fine for these trees.
So, Gwynith Paltrow should have defended the name Pomegranate or Fig instead.
My husband and I have biblical names. His has been mentioned here as popular for decades but I think it could have been in the top 10 since the dawn of the US. Mine is the Hebrew spelling and people seem to think it’s perfectly fine to dumb it down by dropping a few vowels because that’s a newer spelling of the name. It would be one thing if they just chose the wrong spelling but it even happens on replies to emails where I have signed my name- obviously spelled the way I spell it. For some reason this has made me adamant to not have unusual spellings. I’m fond of Celtic names and chose 2 common ones and of course they are constantly misspelled. My boys haven’t seemed to notice though. I’ve subbed at my kids’ schools and calling roll these days is not for the faint of heart so I’m glad I picked familiar, although not hugely trendy, names.
Also I hate hate hate my nickname so I chose names that don’t lend themselves to easy nicknames. I’m still happy with my choices and the boys names actually go well together - it ended up sounding like we named them after a Scottish actor we both like but it was coincidence.
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The fruit that Adam and Eve ate wasn't an apple. The book of Genesis doesn't identify it. The idea that it was an apple came from Medieval and Renaissance art. It was made it Europe, and an apple is one of the most common fruits there. So the artists used it in their works, to make them relatable for the masses. 
