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My own real name - Mark - was very popular of my generation, the 'baby boomers of the '50's and early '60's ... seems to have disappeared off the radar completely for boy's names. Not even in the top 100 in 2010.
How about naming after animals? Tiger is obviously out of favor, but Fox, Bear, Lionel, and Panther were once common.
On what planet?
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Originally Posted by Clark Park
My own real name - Mark - was very popular of my generation, the 'baby boomers of the '50's and early '60's ... seems to have disappeared off the radar completely for boy's names. Not even in the top 100 in 2010.
I know a bunch of girls who hang out on the street near my house. They're always looking for "Johns", so I think that's a popular name I know people want more of.
One of my favorite female names is Irene. I think it is pretty and while growing up we had two very close family friends with that name. Also, I remember and like the song, "Irene, Goodnite".
Middle-school kids can find a way to make fun of any name, not just an "unusual" one. You're only in middle school for three years, while you have to keep your name for the rest of your life.
Not true. I changed my name (finally!) at the age of 47. I dropped my middle name, made my first name my middle name, and named myself the name of my choosing. Most people were respectful of it. My mother refuses to use my legal first name as did a long term friend. Anyway, you're not stuck with your name forever. Granted, it was a bit awkward at first, but I got over it.
I go for classic and not trendy names. BTW, I like Rachel, Sarah, Emily and Kathryn. Oh, and for guys I love Adam and like Michael, Brian and John.
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When I started working through my family's genealogy many years ago, I discovered the fairly common practice among the German immigrants of using the wife's maiden name as the middle name for all of the children -- boys and girls. Then there was the practice of "reusing" a first name if the first child died.
Back in the 1800s, one of my family lines only had daughters. I believe it was the oldest who decided to use her maiden name as a middle name for her firstborn daughter. From there it became a tradition for the next 4-5 generations -- no longer used unfortunately.
I've seen families where three kids have had the same first name, because the older ones died in childhood. I'm not sure I would like to be named after an older dead sibling. I've also seen cases where the younger child is given the dead child's first name as a middle name.
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On what planet? 
How about Irene ?
