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Julia - Booker did not bring booger to my mind, either. However, I am not a five year old. So, there's a great remedy for school yard teasing my dad taught us kids (we had -the boys still have- a highly susceptible last name). He told us if we're the first to make the joke (inevitable, in our case), we would have a certain immunity. And it was very true. We even had his blessing to interrupt roll on the first day of class to make a wise crack about our name. Just a thought.
Miriam - I had a friend that worked for a DA's office in a major city. He was really taken by how many accused criminals were named Marijuana, Cocaine, Meth, etc. Also, he said Scarface occured more than once.
TXAmy - jm2c, but if Ava is a name thats only drawback to you is popularity, I say use it. I've really done a 180 on this. Really, as Ms. Wattenberg has pointed out, the top ten names aren't as common now as they used to be. Such a fewer percent of children get top ten names now. With two daughters under five, I'm really surprised at how few top tenners I meet (and I'm in Texas, too). I know kids at Church, preschool, dance class, library storytime, playgroup, and the neighborhood, and I haven't met all top ten names for boys or girls. Lately, I've felt I gave my dds the right names, for the wrong reasons. If I have a third daughter, I'll probably take the plunge and name her Emma - a name I rejected twice because it was "too popular", but I had every other reason to choose (family name on both sides of dearly beloved relatives, beautiful sound, exactly my style, easy to spell,etc). Congratulations, and happy naming trails to you!
Oh, and Bo is a great nn for Robert! I'm particularly excited, as my husband AND my brother are Robert Jrs, and both want a III someday. Right now, we have the Bobs, Rob, and Robert.
Was Beowulf separated from his siblings by any meaningful number of years? That might be a clue. (And speaking of naming kids after liquor, Jack and Daniel are an amusing sib set.)
Miriam - I had no idea about the website. Would using the name Bodog be like using Tequila, Vodka, or Whiskey? Or would it be more like using Bailey, Miller, or Macallan?
Sibling for Calvin - very funny someone suggested Wesley, because I immediately thought of Knox (if celebrity association doesn't bother you) and Luther. Longer name for Bo - I don't think I'll ever be able to sell this name, but I once saw Bodog (don't know the correct pronunciation, but in my mind it's Bo Dog), and thought, now there's a cool name. Also, I think Boaz is great. Saw a list of second grader names this evening. Haydena stood out to me.
zoerhenne - letting go of my gut reaction, I have to add these: Jane (Jack, Zane, Dane, etc) Katie (Cody, K.T., Tate) Liz
Blythe - I'm very interested to see your take on the SSA data. With my "research", I'm very frustrated. Any changes I noticed in rising or falling of certain types of names seemed incidental. Like names that were beginning to rise or fall in the twenties just continued in an unremarkable pattern through the thirties. It seemed too tame a change to point to the depression as a cause. (Like Emma was rising before "Friends".) I am going to look at NV with your analysis in mind now.
I know a girl Bradley. Sigh. Hunter is another cross-over head scratcher for me. Jessica - with girls named Justice and Kennedy, I guess you'd have to go classic boy name or uber-masculine name. James, John, etc, or Ford, Stone,Cash, etc. I have to say, I'm a Loveday fan, too. Lovely as a given name is just too risky, imho. How awful to be an awkward, plain teenager named Lovely!
Buttercup - I did a letter sequence (lov) search on NameFinder and got these: Clover - not awful Clovison Foxglove Love - maybe don't mention this one Lovetta - Loretta with the super hot v Lovie Lovisa - I saw credit card
As a twenty-something, my prediction of recession effect on names is that people will turn to family names. I love coming up with theories that can be neither proved nor disproved! MelissaM - Very funny! Some "compromise names" that come to mind are Natalie, Leah, Julia, Julie, and Lydia. (Trying not to repeat previous suggestions, many of which I think are great!)
Oh, and let's not forget the little Ciara's out there - some of them are Keer-a.
Megan - Mark is a good, solid, manly name that doesn't seem to be overused. And, to my ears, Mark is versatile - it sounds right on a cowboy, an engineer, or a dancer. Can you tell I'm a fan?
Haha! Good one!
SarahYRA - When you say it could work, do you mean you want it to actually be a name in each culture, or just that it doesn't in meaning or sound clash with any one of the backgrounds?
bill, hyz - I was thinking the same thing recently! I love both Ruth and Edith, and was wondering if I could do my own Angelina thing someday...
Oh, and I think Coraline has potential to take off. Nora has been steadily climbing (and has appeared on the top 100 list of some indicator states). With the new trends build on old rule of thumb, it could very well make a move to the mainstream.
Just a note on Coraline only NE's would enjoy (or notice). The book includes a paragraph long "story" Coraline writes. The heroine's name is Apple. I wonder if a certain celebrity is a Neil Gaimon fan?
I'd say Greer seems feminine to me, just because it's got a prominent female namesake. I think it's in the Tatum family of names. Bryce seems completely masculine to me - I thought it was a "safe" name. If you'd just listed the sib names, I'd have guessed two girls and a boy.