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Have you considered Noelle
| Sat, 12-02-2006 - 11:42am |
Have you considered Noelle
- for your December baby girl?
- Yes, considered for a mn
- Yes, considered for a fn
- No, wouldn't consider it for either
You will be able to change your vote.

A friend and I got on the topic of the "standard" mn Noelle for any baby girl born in December, since we both have experience with holiday birthdays (her own and my second dd's).
Her birthday is December 19, and she's always hated "sharing" it with such a major holiday. She said it's amazing how many people forget it altogether or sort of cheapen it by ignoring the actual day "since it's so close to Christmas anyway" (often handing her a Christmas present and saying "consider it your birthday gift as well"). She said she'd rather not get anything. LOL Bear in mind, her family is generally very close-knit, thoughtful and celebratory (birthdays, weddings, graduations, etc. are always a big deal otherwise), so this isn't the norm for them when an event falls during the rest of the year.
She made it a point to mention this when my second dd was born December 15 ("Don't forget to make a big deal of her birthday ... no matter how many holiday things are going on!"). And she's right. We generally celebrate her birthday a few weeks early just to avoid conflicting dates with other holiday celebrations our friends and family might be committed to.
We also grew up with a girl born on Christmas Eve, so her mom thought it would be "cute" to name her Nicole Noelle, and she hates it. Lucky for her, Nicole was a pretty common/trendy name at the time, so most don't think of it as a holiday name. But she stopped using her mn in high school (yes, people DO use their mns LOL). She said she always felt bad her mom didn't put more thought into her name and stuck her with a corny holiday "filler" instead.
No offense to anyone who loves the name, of course. As many have pointed out recently, a child will use their name year-round (not just during the holidays) for the rest of their life, so it can be frustrating to be stuck with a stereotypical holiday name all the time. I think that was kind of her point. And it's not always "fun" to share your birthday with such a heavily-celebrated holiday, since it kind of gets overshadowed by the festivities of the season, so it's nice to be able to keep your own identity separate.
Just some points she made I thought were interesting, and with the December birthdays coming up (including my own dd's), I thought others might enjoy the insight.
I'm also curious to see just how many have really considered Noelle for their December baby girls, since we've been seeing it so often lately. ;)
~Kelli
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Two of my SIL have birthdays in December and both of them are very glad to not have a "holiday" name. One SIL is 12-15 and the other is Christmas day. The SIL who has the 15th birthday gets hers celebrated. The one who has the 25th got Christmas/birhtday does not have hers celebrated. My MIL even tells her to pick out the presents she wanted for her birthday, put them aside and open them later. I can't even imagine how much more irritable the SIL would be if she had a holiday name, too. The funny thing is that her grandfather also has a Christmas birthday so they call him to say Happy Birthday on Christmas/her birthday.