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A coworker just gave birth to a boy and his name is Declan. Everyone in the office just said, "HUH? How do you pronounce THAT?"
I said, "It's popular now--I think it came off of a character from a popular movie or TV show but I'm not sure." I didn't want to tell anyone that the only place I'd ever heard of the name before was on City-Data!
Haha, I am way above the target age group for this show, but I saw an episode of the Degrassi (the new one). I watched the originally Degrassi as a kid so I was curious, and there was a character on there called Declan.
A coworker just gave birth to a boy and his name is Declan. Everyone in the office just said, "HUH? How do you pronounce THAT?"
I said, "It's popular now--I think it came off of a character from a popular movie or TV show but I'm not sure." I didn't want to tell anyone that the only place I'd ever heard of the name before was on City-Data!
A coworker just gave birth to a boy and his name is Declan. Everyone in the office just said, "HUH? How do you pronounce THAT?"
I said, "It's popular now--I think it came off of a character from a popular movie or TV show but I'm not sure." I didn't want to tell anyone that the only place I'd ever heard of the name before was on City-Data!
in HS a kid named aedan used to get the "huh"? now it's a top 10 name. I never heard of liam until liam neeson. now its a top 15 name. Declan might be the next big irish-american name in 5 years.
OK, I was reading my local weekly newspaper and came across a name I had never heard before: Braylena. (Girl, age 2) I think the parents probably made it up.
in HS a kid named aedan used to get the "huh"? now it's a top 10 name. I never heard of liam until liam neeson. now its a top 15 name. Declan might be the next big irish-american name in 5 years.
Probably will be. Not too many people have heard of it yet, though, at least not older people whose friends aren't having children.
One of my coworkers had a son last year. The baby's name is Robert. Imagine that. (They call him Robbie.)
I first heard Declan on the ABC Family show "Kyle XY".
I've never even heard of that show, but I'm not a really big TV fan and I'm sort of out of touch on trendy pop culture (and resulting trendy pop baby names, apparently!). Mostly watch the true crime stuff, but I do find Modern Family very funny.
No, wait--I think I'm really AHEAD of the trendy pop culture stuff. Twenty-one years ago, I named my daughter Adele (after her paternal grandmother). For most of her childhood, people had trouble pronouncing or spelling her name, and she got the occasional "HUH?" even though it's a name that goes back centuries. But now, everyone knows that name!
I've never even heard of that show, but I'm not a really big TV fan and I'm sort of out of touch on trendy pop culture (and resulting trendy pop baby names, apparently!). Mostly watch the true crime stuff, but I do find Modern Family very funny.
No, wait--I think I'm really AHEAD of the trendy pop culture stuff. Twenty-one years ago, I named my daughter Adele (after her paternal grandmother). For most of her childhood, people had trouble pronouncing or spelling her name, and she got the occasional "HUH?" even though it's a name that goes back centuries. But now, everyone knows that name!
Alas, my kid can't sing.
I'm always lost with regard to pop culture. In fact, I was recently teased by my professor in my Sociology of Popular Music class because I was the only one who hadn't heard of the song "Call Me Maybe". What can I say.. I don't listen to radio unless it's NPR!
Occasionally I find out about a show through my older son though, because my mom watches a lot of TV and so when he goes to visit her he is exposed to it then he tells me about it. Otherwise I'd have no clue. As it is I tend to find out about things and watch them a year or more after they have had their run of popularity. But yeah, that is how I found out about Kyle XY and it was a pretty decent show, surprised me.
I didn't know who Adele was until last summer! Again, no radio. No cable. Kids who like "underground" and indie stuff so no exposure there. Oh well!
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