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| Sun, 07-18-2004 - 12:29pm |
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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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
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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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.
Good Luck
Finding a name can be frusturating.
Sorry I don't know of more. I do like Brennyn, but I know that's rather common. Good luck!
Jill
#4 9/22 :)
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!
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)
http://www.gbronline.com/entomatada/names.html
One Irish name I've always loved is Brenna....
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