Bummed about removing a name

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Bummed about removing a name
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Sun, 07-18-2004 - 12:29pm
I had thought I came up with the name Erianna on my own (pronounced AIR-E-anna) years ago. Later I discovered the name Airanna actually existed. It made me feel better knowing, even if I used a different spelling, the sound of it would be somewhat familiar. I even did a search on Erianna & found this name is being used.

Then today I went to the 2003 Social Security most popular names.

Rank #79 Ariana = 3950

Rank #86 Arianna = 3805

You add those totals together and get 7755 names in 2003. Compare that to other names around that number and you're actually looking at a ranking of around #30 (w/in the TOP 50!)

I'm already upset that in 1994 we knew we'd name our boy Liam. At the time his name ranked #364 with no other variations. We didn't have our boy until 2002 when it rose to #113. Still outside of the 100th mark. (I've read for Portland, OR - our hometown - it is actually w/in the top 10 names for boys in 2003.)

My name was a little outside of the 100th mark & I love it! I love that you rarely know somebody by name. If somebody uess my name there was a very good chance they were talking about me. I loved that it was not a strange name, yet unique. I want to name my children in the same manner.

Yet, somehow all the female names I have thought of over the years are now becoming the most popular names used today. This is really getting frustrating!

Anyone know of any pretty, feminine, not-too-rare, but not-too-popular Celtic sounding names?

Here are the celtic sounding names that are w/in the top 100 so I will not go with:

Brianna

Morgan

Kaitlyn

Mackenzie

Kylie

Makayla

Riley

Leslie

Names DH has already rejected:

Brietta

Tara

Ainsley

Catriona

Kelli

Erica

Aisling/Aishlinn

Alannah

Bridget

Deirdre

Erin

Fionna

Keara

Kerry/Keri

Kelly/Keli

Rachel

Rebecca

Saoirse

Shannon

Sorcha

Victoria

Sinead

TIA!

Bonnie

Liam 3/26/02

Twins ~ii~ 10/11/03

Baby Girl EDD 12/5/04




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Registered: 12-24-2003
Sun, 07-18-2004 - 12:35pm
I know what you mean...everything I used to like is now popular too.

I don't think I'd have a problem coming up with a boy's name, but I'm having a girl and I'm stumped. I don't have any ideas at all and my husband hates the few things I have come up with...

I check that SS site every day, hoping I'll find one that's not in the top 100 -- though really I want one that's not even top 1000

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Registered: 04-06-2003
Sun, 07-18-2004 - 1:21pm

You know, I named my 2 year old Jacob, which has been the #1 name for probably the last 3 or 4 years, yet I have only met one other Jacob his age, who was two days younger than mine. Up until February, we lived in the very populated East SF Bay Area, and I worked in a very busy retail pharmacy. (We moved to the Central Valley in February, and I only work part time now). Anyway, on a daily basis I would see many prescriptions brought in from the nearby pediatrician's offices, and actually very few of them were for kids named Jacob. I have seen the name Ariana about as frequently, which is to say not very often. I think it just depends on the area of the country you live in.


I would say if you love the name, and it seems that there are so many others that have been rejected, I wouldn't worry about what the rest of the country names their girls. JMHO

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Registered: 04-06-2003
Sun, 07-18-2004 - 1:25pm
Oh, also I have a friend named Shilea (pronounced Shi-lay) and she is the person I have ever met or heard of with that name. What about Aine (pronounced An-ya)? You can do a google search for "Irish names" or "Celtic Names" and there are quite a few name sites. Good luck!
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Registered: 01-08-2004
Sun, 07-18-2004 - 1:35pm
I like your name you have chosen...who cares what the SS say - you know that the poplation is so spread out that the odds of meeting another child with that same name is very slim. I'd use it - it seems like you had your heart set on it!

Here are other ideas if you want to change your mind....HTH:

Aileas

Ailsa

Caoimhe (pro. KEE-va) or Anglicized version Keavy (pro. KEE-vee)

Eithne (EN-ya)

Fenella/Finella

Finola

Greer

Iona

Isla

Lachina

Lileas/Lilias/Lillias

Lorna

Malina

Rhona

Seona

Sileas

Una (OO-na)

Good Luck to you...follow your heart.

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Registered: 04-25-2004
Sun, 07-18-2004 - 1:47pm
How about Aofee (pronounced EEE-fa)?

Good Luck

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Registered: 04-10-2004
Sun, 07-18-2004 - 1:48pm

Finding a name can be frusturating.

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Registered: 01-22-2004
Sun, 07-18-2004 - 3:00pm
I know a girl named Phaedra. It's pronounced FAY-dra...very pretty. She's the only one I know with that name, and according to her parents they got it from a fairy-tale. :)

Sorry I don't know of more. I do like Brennyn, but I know that's rather common. Good luck!

Jill

#4 9/22 :)

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Registered: 12-13-2003
Sun, 07-18-2004 - 4:11pm
Dang! I know what you mean! I named my son Coady (Cody) in 1990, and I didn't know ANYONE who used that name! Not in school, neighborhood, family, friends, celebrities, etc... NOT ONE SOUL!! Well, as you know, Cody became a VERY pop. name in the late '90's to early '00's!! So now I'm glad I spelled his name differently!

And there are other names that I like, but I REFUSE to name a child now, just to keep them being the same as everyone else! That's why I like different names!

The more I think of it, the more I like Xylina Arynne and Charla Xianne! I can almost guarantee that no one has THOSE names!

LOL!

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Registered: 12-13-2003
Sun, 07-18-2004 - 4:16pm
Oh! And I, too, came up w/the name Arianne on my own! same as yours, just a dif. variation. I saw it in my house! On a bottle of perfume that I had gotten from Avon. It was spelled Ariane, but I liked it better w/2 n's Arianne. I'd never heard of it before in my life! And I have 4 kids, too! So you'd think I'd hear it in school, girl scouts, thru friends' kids, etc...NEVER! Then after we moved out here to California, now I hear Arianna EVERYWHERE! LOL!

In '96 that was to be my dd's middle name, but I changed it 3 wks before I had her. But...in '98 I had another girl, and that's her middle name! (are-ee-on)
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Registered: 04-18-2003
Sun, 07-18-2004 - 6:59pm
Go to this site.....it has the SSA top 1000 names combined for spelling...Arianna (and all spellings) is 37.

http://www.gbronline.com/entomatada/names.html

One Irish name I've always loved is Brenna....

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