Camp Names
I'm working at a summer camp and I think you all would find the names of my kids interesting. I'll use symbols for any that are at least reasonably uncommon or for siblings. Approx. age will be in parentheses after each name and gender in the siblings section if it's not clear.
Girls:
- Cord3lia (6)
- Lindsay (6)
- J3rianis3 (6) (pron. jer-uh-neese)
- Piper (6)
- Sophie (6)
- Alexandra (6)
- Megan (6)
- Alexa (6)
- Sophia (6)
- Abby (6)
- Jessica "Jessie" (6)
- Si3rra (6)
- Sienna (6)
- 3llis (5)
- N!na (5)
- Olivia (7)
- Zoe (8)
- Lyl@ (8)
- Sabrina (8)
- T@mrin (8)
- Isabella "Bella" (9)
- Audr3y (9)
- Kayla (9)
- Natalie (7)
- Mia (8)
- Maddy (6)
- Claire (9)
Boys:
- Hayden (6)
- Dylan (6) and (9)
- Benjamin "Ben" (6) x3
- Maxwell "Max" (6)
- Andrew (6)
- Mark (6)
- Chase (6)
- J3tt (6)
- Steven (6)
- Ev3r3tt (6)
- Judah (6)
- R4ys (6) (4=h)
- Aaron (6)
- Zachary "Zach" (6)
- Seth (6)
- K@i (6)
- Matthew "Matt or Matty" (6)
- Jesse (6)
- Noah (6)
- Luc@ (5)
- B3ck3tt (5)
- Max (6)
- Samuel "Sam" (7) and (8)
- Peter (7)
- S3rgio (7)
- Jackson (8)
- Th3o (8)
- James (8)
- Henry (9)
- Z@ne (9)
Siblings:
- Ele@nor "Ellie" (6) and C@sey (9-g)
- Dyl@n (5-b), Eliz@ (6) and Chl0e (6)
- Si3nna (6) and S0phie (10)
- S@die (5) and R0ry (8-g)
- D@niel (9) and A@ron (7)
- M0rris (8) and D@phne (10)
- Mi@ (8) and Z0e (10)
Some of my coworkers have interesting names as well. There is an Ori0n (19) and M@ric (16), which is a name I've never heard, but really like.
They all, for the most part, seem to follow trends, with some interesting exceptions like M0rris and D@phne, Cord3lia, and a few others. Some seem a little too old for these kids (Lindsay, Jessica, Mark, Natalie, etc.), like they belong on people 10-20 years older.
By A Rose
Sun, 07/15/2012 - 4:08pm
Sun, 07/15/2012 - 4:08pm
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I haven't seen Ellis used on a girl before, but it does fit right in with existing trends. Thanks for sharing! I love reading these lists.
Others that I forgot:
This isn't quite comparing like with like, but I've been camping with a group of girls this week and thought you might be interested in the names there. They are aged 10-13 and from a fairly rural and affluent part of England.
I've used symbols for just a couple of unusual ones, and asterisked a pair of sisters. There's a question mark on one name where I'm not sure of the full version.
G3orgia and Tar4 are sisters? That really makes me (an American) think of Gone With the Wind. The cotton plantation that Scarlett O'Hare grows up on is called Tara and is in rural Georgia! I hope that either, a) that's what the parents were going for, or b) people in England wouldn't make that connection.
Interesting to see a few names that I associate with my childhood/adolescence the 80's and 90's in the Southwest of the US: Darcy, Holly, Jennifer, Jessica, Kry5ti, Lauren, and Tara (pronounced, tear-ah, as in tear a sheet of paper).
Sorry, that was me, Dorit, apparently not logged in!
You're right, I've read the book and seen the film but hadn't noticed that till now! I think the effect is diluted because they have two other sisters, and also because Tar4 is a middle name which the parents didn't plan to use.
I'm also surprised when I meet young Jessicas and Laurens as I'd also associate them with 80's/90's children - I guess they stayed popular for longer than I realised.