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I have an immense dislike for trendeigh, ukneeque baby names. Misspelled, as a poor attempt to be creative, is just sad.
I changed my given name because it's a total trendy early 80's name that does not pass the Supreme Court Justice test. It isn't the type of name that grows with a person. Just not my style once I made it into early adulthood. Family still uses my given nickname, which is fine, but socially and professionally, nope.
I gave my kids awesome, classic names. I adore their names: Grace, Evangeline, Duncan, Henry, and Ruby.
It was trouble name long before Columbine. See: Dylan McKay from "Beverly Hills 90210."
And, honestly, as someone who grew up around Dylan's, every one I've ever met was a jerk. Brandon's always tend to be terrible people too.
I totally agree about Brandon (and of course, about Dylan). And yet, change just two letters and make it Brendan, and now I'm picturing someone who's friendly and basically harmless. Go figure.
There was a little girl at my school named after her mother, Ursula. I always thought it was the ugliest name I ever heard, and can't think of any "U" names I do like.
One of the biggest differences I have noticed over the years is that kids don't use nicknames anymore. Thomas, Michael, Catherine, etc, are no longer Tommy, Mike and Cathy.
There was a little girl at my school named after her mother, Ursula. I always thought it was the ugliest name I ever heard, and can't think of any "U" names I do like.
One of the biggest differences I have noticed over the years is that kids don't use nicknames anymore. Thomas, Michael, Catherine, etc, are no longer Tommy, Mike and Cathy.
Yes because Ursula Andres certainly lives up to that.....
You right about the use of diminutives has decreased. If people want to want to name their child Cathy for example they name her Cathy.
The English name that was traditionally nicknamed Jenny or Jennie is JANE.
Well then my English ancestors were weird, because the girls named Genevieve were often referred to as Jenny. When I looked it up just a bit ago, I learned that the names Jennifer and Guinevere are related. I had no idea. I learn something new every day.
My daughter's name is a modern American interpretation of a Celtic name. It rose in popularity briefly in the '90s, but never broke the top 200. We always thought she'd be the only one in her class, but we know three girls with the same name here in Colorado. My oldest son and youngest son have extremely popular and classic names. Strangely, the youngest has never been in a class with a boy who has the same name despite it being in the top ten for many years.
Well then my English ancestors were weird, because the girls named Genevieve were often referred to as Jenny.
No, not weird, but Jane > Jenny is a factoid that most people don't know, as they assume that Jenny comes only from Jennifer. And then they find it strange that "Jennie" was so popular in the 19th c. when Jennifer was virtually unknown.
Incidentally, my grandmother had a friend named Genevieve, born around 1910, who went by Gennie.
Best article and best baby name sites I've seen on the topic.
Husband's name was the 4th most popular boy's name in the 70s. Mine doesn't even make the top 1000 list. I'm not even on the chart. I love having a unique name. Having to spell it out is far outweighed by not have 4 Chris's (Christopher, Christina, Christine, Cristy, Cristian, etc) in every single class or at work for my entire life.
My daughter's name is a modern American interpretation of a Celtic name. It rose in popularity briefly in the '90s, but never broke the top 200. We always thought she'd be the only one in her class, but we know three girls with the same name here in Colorado. My oldest son and youngest son have extremely popular and classic names. Strangely, the youngest has never been in a class with a boy who has the same name despite it being in the top ten for many years.
My name was in the top 15 for the year I was born, yet I've never met another person in my age group with my name. I actually only know two other people with my name, one is about 15 years older then me and the other is 30 years older.
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