Names from 2nd Grade

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Names from 2nd Grade
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Wed, 06-04-2008 - 3:42pm

I went and observed my older sister teaching her second graders today, WDYT of their names?

Anna
Ariel
Hannah
Jane
Jesse
Karolina
Leilani
Livi
Rachel
Sarah
Taylor

Adrian
Alec
Billy
Jack
Joseph
Marco
Quentin
Simon
Zachary NN Zach

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Registered: 06-03-2008
Wed, 06-04-2008 - 3:58pm

What a nice diverse list?

 

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Registered: 12-31-2007
Wed, 06-04-2008 - 4:13pm
Livi and Billy are full names.
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Registered: 08-26-2006
Wed, 06-04-2008 - 6:03pm

ooh fun!

Anna - very nice, will age well
Ariel - I grew-up with an Ariel. She wasn't teased, but people were prone to breaking out in song around her :)
Hannah - I am in the minority, but I don't care for Hannah
Jane - love it!
Jesse - I didn't know people still use this name. I would go with Jessa, nn Jessie
Karolina - hmm...I love Carolina, I am ok with the "K"
Leilani - nmsaa, is the child Hawaiian?
Livi - way to cutesy. Olivia or Liv, nn Livi is much better
Rachel - classic and I rarely see this now days
Sarah - pretty
Taylor - nmsaa

Adrian - handsome, is the child Hispanic?
Alec - cool
Billy - poor kid. William, nn Billy is acceptable
Jack - great name, way too many!
Joseph - perfect
Marco - ahh, one of my favs. Hispanic? Italian?
Quentin - another one of my favs!
Simon - sweet. I hope he is sometimes called Sy - that is so cool!
Zachary NN Zach - this works, not something I would chose, but nice

thanks for sharing!
Brooke

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Registered: 06-26-1999
Wed, 06-04-2008 - 8:10pm

Oh, fun.


My thoughts-


Anna-Very pretty.



Ariel-It's okay, but nms.

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Registered: 06-26-1999
Wed, 06-04-2008 - 8:12pm
Okay, I'm a bit disapointed that Livi & Billy are full names.
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Wed, 06-04-2008 - 9:24pm

Anna: It's common, but it's a classic for a reason--it's got a gentle simplicity that is genuinely likable.
Ariel: It's hard for me to get past the fins and the fact that this is a Hebrew male name.
Hannah: I don't know why, but I just don't like this as well as Anna--but Hannahs are definitely everywhere right now.
Jane: A bit too plain for me (and I like simplicity.) But on the right person, it would work really well.
Jesse: Jesse...father of David...sooooo male.
Karolina: Pretty, but I'm hoping the family is Polish and didn't just think K was cuter than C.
Leilani: Lovely.
Livi: Not as a given name.
Rachel: Nice enough.
Sarah: Nice enough, though overdone in these parts.
Taylor: Yeah, this one's gotten stale.

Adrian: A little too posh for me, but nice enough.
Alec: I really like this one...now, if only people would think of Sir Alec Guiness instead of Alec Baldwin...
Billy: People do seem to forget that these kids will one day be 45.
Jack: My favorite common name.
Joseph: Handsome enough, and Joe is fabulously male.
Marco: It would depend on the surname.
Quentin: Very handsome.
Simon: Also very handsome.
Zachary NN Zach: It's a nice name, though I pitied my cousin when it was tacked on him 28 years ago. But naming norms are more pliant now, so it doesn't sound too out-there anymore.

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Registered: 10-13-2007
Wed, 06-04-2008 - 10:09pm

Anna - beautiful, timeless, wow
Ariel - meh, it's ok
Hannah - overdone but cute
Jane - simple
Jesse - nms
Karolina - pretty
Leilani - stunning! love the meaning of this one
Livi - not sure how to pronounce this one. nms
Rachel - all right
Sarah - again, timeless but slightly too popular for me
Taylor - sweet


Adrian - nms
Alec - nice
Billy - sensational! i love this one
Jack - nice name but way too popular for me
Joseph - classic
Marco - nice, unique (but i really like italian names)
Quentin - it's ok
Simon - fun name, ages well
Zachary NN Zach - very cute but way too popular

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