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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 07:12 PM
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Most popular baby names in 2008
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

I'm surprised that Evelyn is so popular right now. Not because it isn't a nice name (I think it's pretty), it just seems a little out of place next to Addison and Madison and the other newfangled names. :shrug:
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 07:30 PM
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1. Some of the old school names are making a come back.
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 07:36 PM
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2. We're having a hard time coming up with boy's names...
My wife likes Sawyer and Emerson. I can live with Sawyer but Emerson - I'm not having my son named after a piece of crappy home electronic equipment.

An "old time" name we would have loved to use would have been Percy - especially as there were Percy's on my side of the family. However when I was told it sounded too much like "Pussy" in the southern US accent it wouldn't be fair to give my son that name.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 07:39 PM
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4. I vote for Percy. My brother's name was Percy.
He was a 4th. He is gone now. He was Percy Shields Byrnes, IV. We are as southern as you get, and I swear, it doesn't sound like that.
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blue_onyx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 09:24 PM
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7. I think Sawyer is cute
I agree with you...not a big fan of Emerson. It reminds me of middle school since that was the school's name. I like the names Elliot and Preston. I don't plan to have children but maybe for pet names.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 10:56 PM
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23. stick with it, mwool
Emerson is indeed awful - and honestly, Percy is too :o
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lutefisk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 12:22 AM
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26. Carefully consider what nicknames might go with those names: "Emo" for example...
But at least Emerson makes a better name than Lucky Goldstar (LG), as far as electronics themed names.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 12:43 AM
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28. How about "Perry"?
It's one letter off from Percy, but unlikely to get your son beaten up like Percy might.
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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 04:18 AM
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31. Charles is a good name for a boy
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 11:41 AM
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33. it is my oldest sons name !
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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 11:53 AM
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36. Nah, go with a cool name
Joe :D
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 07:48 PM
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5. i noticed that
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Dulcinea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 02:28 PM
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39. Hooray!
Edited on Wed May-13-09 02:47 PM by Dulcinea
Here in the South, people give girls barf-awful genderless names like Sloane, Shelby, Kendall & Madison (I REALLY detest Madison.) Those names are for Old English sheepdogs, not little girls.

I'm waiting for Lucinda to make a comeback. I like that name.

I named my girls Genevieve & Meredith.
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 07:38 PM
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3. Hey stranger!
:hi:
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 08:08 PM
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6. Hello... Mod.
:evilfrown:
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 10:16 PM
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14. Hahaha...surprised?
:P
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 09:40 PM
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8. Emma? Really?
Wow.

When I have a girl, her name is going to be Lily Rose. Or maybe Juliana Pearl.

:)
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 10:10 PM
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9. Juliana is such a gorgeous name...
Of course, my son's name is Julian, so I'm obviously biased. :)
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 10:14 PM
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12. I've always loved that name for a girl.
It just sounds so beautiful to me. The same thing with Lily...I have no idea why I love that name so much, but I do.

:hi:
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blue_onyx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 10:15 PM
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13. I think Juliana is cute as well
I have a young cousin who's named Julian too...also a great name :)
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 11:44 AM
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34. Emma means "healer of the Universe."
And many cool people have that name, including my beloved Emma Thompson.

Lily Rose is a beautiful choice, by the way. Simple, elegant, classic, but not overused, like all my favorite baby names.
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RiffRandell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 10:12 PM
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10. My kids names aren't on there.
Edited on Tue May-12-09 10:16 PM by RiffRandell
I'm so devastated.
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 10:12 PM
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11. I have always thought Lily is a really pretty name for a girl
very cute.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 10:22 PM
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15. That's my girl's name.
:)
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 10:34 PM
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19. our neighbor's newborn daughter is named Lily.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 10:22 PM
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16. All these girls named after a city in Wisconsin.
Madison.

How did that happen?
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 10:25 PM
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17. I think it might even be the movie "Splash"
(the mermaid was named Madison, after Madison Ave.), or the parents want to call their daughters "Maddy" but don't like the name Madeleine. :shrug:
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 10:31 PM
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18. that is funny
Edited on Tue May-12-09 10:32 PM by kwassa
Madeleine, my daughter.

and no, we don't call her "Maddy". Madster, and Madelinska, are the proper terms.
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 10:42 PM
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20. She's so beautiful
:) I like all French names, Madeleine, Isabelle, Sophie...
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 10:56 PM
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22. Our puppy is named Maddy
I take it your daughter is not nicknamed "Matuska?" Short for "Matanuska?" :shrug: :hi:

Cute kid... :D
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 03:54 AM
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29. Kwassa!
Wow, this if the first time I've read the Lounge in months and I come here and see a picture of your adorable little girl.

She is a cutie. And Madeleine is a beautiful name. My daughter's name is Isabella but we call her Bubba. Don't ask. :)
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 02:18 AM
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43. Gorgeous kid! eom
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 10:47 PM
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21. Evelyn is nice. It's my grandmother's name. She's almost 90.
I like old-school names.

I notice my own first name took a precipitous drop into the triple-digits around 1998.



Very possibly, because it also belonged to the most infamous White House intern of all time.
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InvisibleTouch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 10:24 PM
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41. My great-grandmother's name.
She passed away years ago, and lived to be almost 100. Was born in a covered wagon. She was quite the cool lady.
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 11:48 PM
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24. Emily
still there.
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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 12:01 AM
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25. My name never ranks.
My parents named me a boy's name, with a feminine spelling. And the nickname version, at that. I hate my name.
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 10:30 AM
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32. Change it.
My 13 year old ask me if she had been born a boy what name had we chosen and I said Marley Cobain so now she wants to change her first name to Marley. (After Bob Marley of course). Then when I told her there's was Marley's Ghost she was even more excited about it.
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lutefisk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 12:28 AM
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27. Check out this interactive world map of baby names.
http://www.babynamemap.com/
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 04:07 AM
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30. According to that map, "Internal Server Error" is the most popular.
:hide:
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lutefisk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 10:20 PM
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40. It wasn't broken when I left. Honest.
All I remember is that "Jack" is the most popular boys name in Western Australia...I think.
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 11:46 AM
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35. Hmmm. George, Richard, Alberto ... not on the list
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 11:58 AM
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37. Interesting
I have used nine of the top ten female names to name dogs/cats and only one of the top ten male names. Coincidence?

:P
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 12:20 PM
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38. Addison and Evelyn - just like the 20s and 30s or something.
that's funny.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 01:38 AM
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42. My in-laws gave me hell for wanting to name my older boy Ethan
almost 22 years ago.

They said it was too weird. They said he'd be teased because of his name. They said it sounded like a "sissy" name.

My mother-in-law passed away over 10 years ago, and my father-in-law probably doesn't remember complaining about it. So there's nobody to whom I can say, "I told you so". Sux.
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