boy name help - Surname is Irish

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boy name help - Surname is Irish
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Tue, 03-20-2007 - 10:19am

boy name help - Surname is Irish



  • Holden
  • Kellen
  • Noah
  • Aidan
  • Zackery


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Registered: 10-14-2005
Tue, 03-20-2007 - 10:34am

I voted for Kellen, but I love both Holden and Kellen. Both have been on my list at one point or another. I love the literary connection of Holden and the Irish history of Kellen. Both are wonderful.

As for the others...

Noah -- This is so overdone. It seems like every church nursery is filled with Noahs and Jacobs. It's not just popular, it's passe. It was a great refreshing choice 10-15 years ago. Now I'm just tired of it.

Aidan -- the uber-popular name of the decade. In a void, I'd tell you that I love Aidan, especially with an Irish surname. But this name is PAINFULLY popular right now and being massacred daily with a variety of spellings (Aiden, Aidyn, Ayden, etc). It's also part of the rhyme game (Hayden, Caden, Jayden, Zayden, Braden...the list goes on and on). This rhyming group of names is THE most popular naming trend of the decade. And it's still growing. I would RUN from this name.

Zackery -- I'm not sure why you chose this spelling. It looks like you didn't know how to spell Zachary properly and just sounded it out. I like Zachary (not as much as Kellen or Holden, but it's still a nice name) but I would strongly advise you to spell it correctly so he doesn't spend his entire life spelling his name for people.




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Registered: 08-01-2003
Tue, 03-20-2007 - 12:27pm

I voted for Holden, I love that name and you don't hear it much, but enough that it's not considered unusual - I also like Noah a lot and Zachary, but not your spelling

I'd nix the Aiden -there are too many of those names - Aiden, Braden, Caden, Hayden, Jayden, Kaiden, I even recently saw Paden, and Ive seen Zayden - plus, some of those - Aiden, Caden, Jaden, and Hayden - have gone unisex

Kellen has unisex potential also - I know one girl already named that - seems weird since to me it's such a "football" name - Kellen Winslow Sr and Jr (Jr now with the Cleveland Browns)

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Registered: 03-14-2007
Tue, 03-20-2007 - 12:51pm
I voted for Kellen, I love that name. It's also on our list. Almost all our boys names are Irish. I see you also posted for a girls name, Keelin is gorgeous and it's irish as well. You could call her Keely or Keelin. Good luck and let us know what you decide!

Christie


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Registered: 09-29-2005
Tue, 03-20-2007 - 10:44pm
You may also like Killian/Cillian. Just a thought! ;)

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