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Old 09-29-2014, 09:16 PM
 
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When I was a teen, I liked the name Katrina. It's Dutch and we lived in Holland. I was shocked my mother thought it was awful since she named my sister Kathleen. Aren't they both variations of formal names for Kathy? Are people even naming their children Kathy these days? Anyways, I liked the nickname Trina much better. I just checked the popularity, and it peaked in the 1980s, which means I wasn't a trend setter at the time.
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Old 09-29-2014, 09:53 PM
 
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When I was a teen, I liked the name Katrina. It's Dutch and we lived in Holland. I was shocked my mother thought it was awful since she named my sister Kathleen. Aren't they both variations of formal names for Kathy? Are people even naming their children Kathy these days? Anyways, I liked the nickname Trina much better. I just checked the popularity, and it peaked in the 1980s, which means I wasn't a trend setter at the time.
I haven't b heard of a Kathy in years..I know a young Catherine but would never call her Cathy. ..we also have a 6 year old in the neighborhood that is Katrina....but with the big hurricane years back...doubt that name is very popular right now eithet.
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Old 09-29-2014, 10:16 PM
 
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I haven't b heard of a Kathy in years..I know a young Catherine but would never call her Cathy. ..we also have a 6 year old in the neighborhood that is Katrina....but with the big hurricane years back...doubt that name is very popular right now eithet.
I haven't heard the name in a long time either. Kathleen's popularity peaked in the 50s and Katrina's popularity peaked in the 80s. I was a teen (a decade before I had children) and thought it was such a unique name.

I think most people who choose trendy names think they're choosing something unique. My girlfriend named her daughter Amanda in the 80s and was shocked to discover how popular it was when her daughter started school. There weren't just a few Amandas in the school. There were a few Amandas in her classroom. She had multiple friends named Amanda. They gave each other numbers. Amanda 1, Amanda 2, Amanda 3, etc..

I named my children old fashioned names. Solid family names. I wasn't trying to be unique, but it turned out my children have very unique names and rarely meet anyone who has them. I had some really bad alternatives, like Alex for a girl. I'm so glad I didn't choose that name because it peaked in the 90s right when I had my daughter. At the time, I thought it was "different." LOL
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Old 10-01-2014, 07:04 AM
 
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My HS daughter goes to school with a kid named Amadeus. The other kids call him "I'm a dumbass."

There's no end to the creativity....
Oh, the poor kid. I wouldn't have thought Amadeus was too strange. I wonder if the parents were Mozart lovers.
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Old 10-01-2014, 07:20 AM
 
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I named my now 19 year old daughter, Sara, because she was born during the height of that trendy name craze. It is a beautiful name and I did it to rebel a little bit and get away from that trend.
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Old 10-01-2014, 08:51 AM
 
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I haven't heard the name in a long time either. Kathleen's popularity peaked in the 50s and Katrina's popularity peaked in the 80s. I was a teen (a decade before I had children) and thought it was such a unique name.

I think most people who choose trendy names think they're choosing something unique. My girlfriend named her daughter Amanda in the 80s and was shocked to discover how popular it was when her daughter started school. There weren't just a few Amandas in the school. There were a few Amandas in her classroom. She had multiple friends named Amanda. They gave each other numbers. Amanda 1, Amanda 2, Amanda 3, etc..

I named my children old fashioned names. Solid family names. I wasn't trying to be unique, but it turned out my children have very unique names and rarely meet anyone who has them. I had some really bad alternatives, like Alex for a girl. I'm so glad I didn't choose that name because it peaked in the 90s right when I had my daughter. At the time, I thought it was "different." LOL
Catherine/Katherine, however is still very popular. Most of them go by "Katie". My daughter (30) has a friend who belonged to some facebook group "Yes, my name is Katie". And it's still being used today, along with Caitlin and all its variations.

I agree about people thinking these trendy names are unique. My brother and his wife named their daughter Jennifer at the height of that craze. There were three Jennifer's in her pre-school class alone!
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Old 10-01-2014, 09:45 AM
 
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Catherine/Katherine, however is still very popular. Most of them go by "Katie". My daughter (30) has a friend who belonged to some facebook group "Yes, my name is Katie". And it's still being used today, along with Caitlin and all its variations.

I agree about people thinking these trendy names are unique. My brother and his wife named their daughter Jennifer at the height of that craze. There were three Jennifer's in her pre-school class alone!
I know two Catherines. They both use their full name, no nickname. I've found the tendency towards nicknames is definitely on the downswing. No Bobby, Billy, Tommy, Susie, etc.
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Old 10-01-2014, 10:23 AM
 
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Katrina is a nice name. My mum wanted to name me Katariina which is the Finnish version but my dad's name choice won (named after a character in a book - he decided when he was young that he'd either marry someone with that name or have a daughter with that name!)
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Old 10-01-2014, 10:41 AM
 
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I know two Catherines. They both use their full name, no nickname. I've found the tendency towards nicknames is definitely on the downswing. No Bobby, Billy, Tommy, Susie, etc.
I know a lot of Katies, one Katherine, who most call "Kath". There aren't many Bobbys b/c there aren't many Roberts. The Williams are "Will" now, instead of Billy. Few use Susan any more, so there aren't many Susies. I know a few adult women who prefer Susan to "Sue", but I know a few Sues too. Most names end up with some sort of nickname eventually. I know a Sonya who often gets called "Son" (pronounced Sahn), a Gretchen who is "Gretch".
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Old 10-01-2014, 10:48 AM
 
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I know a lot of Katies, one Katherine, who most call "Kath". There aren't many Bobbys b/c there aren't many Roberts. The Williams are "Will" now, instead of Billy. Few use Susan any more, so there aren't many Susies. I know a few adult women who prefer Susan to "Sue", but I know a few Sues too. Most names end up with some sort of nickname eventually. I know a Sonya who often gets called "Son" (pronounced Sahn), a Gretchen who is "Gretch".
I do know a lot of Katies my children's age. I'm glad Will is in favor over Billy. I've always hated the name Billy. They were usually bullies. I haven't met any version of Susan throughout the years of raising my children, but I have many friends my age named Susan. Robert, Bob and Bobby are still common names given to children in my region. They're probably juniors because fathers have a habit of wanting their boys named after them.
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