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Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Those days are over
You don't have to sell your body to the night
So I wouldn't name my kid Roxanne. The song would play in my head every time I said the name. Mary and Susan are too commonplace for a song to "ruin" but less common names are affected that way.
Same thing happens to me when I hear the names Michelle, Layla, Ruby, Lola, Angie, Lucy, Jude and Daniel. Oh to be immortalized by the Beatles, Eric Clapton, the Stones, the Kinks and Elton John!
My name is Jennifer and, for better or worse, my brother has called me "Eight" for years. Yep, it's short for 867-5309.
The irony is I'm a Jennifer. My sister got more of a unique name: Jeanne. (Courtesy of Elton John's song.) People maul her name. LOL
I think there were 5 Jennifers on my block alone. I remember being 1 of 6 in my 5th grade class. Never bothered me though. We all thought it was cool.
Ack...I guess my mom didn't name my sister after Elton's song. The song was released a few years after her birth. Hmmm...I'm going to have to find out what inspired my mom.
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Originally Posted by Inkpoe
I remember when my friends started having their daughters "Ava" was the name du jour.
When a third couple we knew named their daughter Ava, I remarked about the name being very well liked. That actually set them off because they actually thought they picked an unusual/uncommon name. They did get really upset that it turned out to be a new version of Jennifer-- while they were part of the trend, they really had no idea (they claimed they did their research ). Currently she is one of four Ava's in the class, and it's looking like her peers will be referring her "AJ" instead- which they hate. I'm guessing they should've gone with their other choice name (Roxanne).
Yeah, my 8 yo has a lot of Avas in her grade. They're all known as Ava C., Ava D., etc.. I guess it was no different when I was growing up. We either used the last initial or just referred to each other by our full names (first & last.)
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Originally Posted by Marlow
Me too. My daughter's name is simple and easy to pronounce and yet she's never been in a class with another one. We wanted a name that was uncommon but not weird and that's what we ended up with.
Same here. My daughter has yet to meet another Jill. The only problem is some people assume her first name is Gillian, when it's not.
Ack...I guess my mom didn't name my sister after Elton's song. The song was released a few years after her birth. Hmmm...I'm going to have to find out what inspired my mom.
Yeah, my 8 yo has a lot of Avas in her grade. They're all known as Ava C., Ava D., etc.. I guess it was no different when I was growing up. We either used the last initial or just referred to each other by our full names (first & last.)
Same here. My daughter has yet to meet another Jill. The only problem is some people assume her first name is Gillian, when it's not.
I remember when Gillian first came out. It was a character on a soap opera, and suddenly became a popular baby name.
Have you ever Googled your own name? There are hundreds of people with my name. I have fairly common first and last names. My daughter, on the other hand, is likely the only person with her name in the country and probably the world.
I named my daughter Hayley in the early 80s. When I say there weren't that many, it's not that I think I invented the name (Hayley Mills was a childhood favorite) but I mean I hadn't run across any. None. For years.
Now, of course, there are Hayley's of every variety - Haley, Haleigh, Halee, you get the picture. The "big" name at that time was Ashley Nicole.
On another note, I'm rereading a book that takes place pre-WWII through just the end of the war, in Cornwall/London and one of the main characters name - a girl - is Loveday.
I wonder if there's a history or significance of that name or if the author just happened to think it up. Anyone ever hear of that one?
I named my daughter Hayley in the early 80s. When I say there weren't that many, it's not that I think I invented the name (Hayley Mills was a childhood favorite) but I mean I hadn't run across any. None. For years.
I know a few Halleys from the mid 80s because of the comet.
Have you ever Googled your own name? There are hundreds of people with my name. I have fairly common first and last names. My daughter, on the other hand, is likely the only person with her name in the country and probably the world.
I think I share that distinction with your daughter MQ. I have an Irish first name, and a Polish last name from my husband. But, his grandfather shortened the family name drastically when he emigrated, and I've never heard the new version anywhere else. The only way I know the original looong spelling is because it's engraved inside the gold pocket watch my husband inherited.
There is a Frederick on my husband's side. There were 3 others in his elementary class. One was Frederick, one was Freddy, one was Fred, and the last one was Fred last initial. He said the funniest thing is that the versions they were given by the teacher stuck into adulthood.
Same thing happens to me when I hear the names Michelle, Layla, Ruby, Lola, Angie, Lucy, Jude and Daniel. Oh to be immortalized by the Beatles, Eric Clapton, the Stones, the Kinks and Elton John!
My name is Jennifer and, for better or worse, my brother has called me "Eight" for years. Yep, it's short for 867-5309.
There's over 10,000 girls (and 5 boys...) with the same name as my daughter born in the last four years (she was born 3 years ago so these will be the people in her age cohort) and considering the population size of my country she is bound to have several in her class/school with the same name. Yet I still haven't come across one in her age range yet - wonder where they are all hiding?!
By comparison, there are less than 400 people of all ages with my first name in my country (and only 9 women with my last name).
The name I want for a son if I ever have one has only 1700 people of all ages so that's pretty rare.
There's over 10,000 girls (and 5 boys...) with the same name as my daughter born in the last four years (she was born 3 years ago so these will be the people in her age cohort) and considering the population size of my country she is bound to have several in her class/school with the same name. Yet I still haven't come across one in her age range yet - wonder where they are all hiding?!
My name was in the top 15 for the year I was born, and somewhere close to that ranking for about a decade before and after. Even in the state I live in, my name was in the top 20 for my birth year. I have known a total of two other people with my first name, and both were 20+ years older then me. Then there are names that were apparently a lot less popular then my name, and I know dozens of people with that name. Weird how that happens.
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My sister got more of a unique name: Jeanne. (Courtesy of Elton John's song.) People maul her name. LOL
). Currently she is one of four Ava's in the class, and it's looking like her peers will be referring her "AJ" instead- which they hate. I'm guessing they should've gone with their other choice name (Roxanne).
