Are these names becoming popular?

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Registered: 11-30-2005
Are these names becoming popular?
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Fri, 02-16-2007 - 4:22pm

I really want to stay away from these names if they are becoming popular or trendy. Your thoughts and comments welcome!

Genevieve

Annaliese

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Registered: 06-14-2003
Fri, 02-16-2007 - 4:38pm
I don't personally know of any. I live in central Virginia.
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Registered: 03-20-2003
Sat, 02-17-2007 - 3:24pm

I think both names are moving up in popularity but they both have a long way to go before they could be considered popular.

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sat, 02-17-2007 - 8:14pm
i know of one person who named their baby annelise, but the child's name is Ann Elise (first name, middle name) but she calls her Annelise.

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Registered: 03-03-2005
Sun, 02-18-2007 - 12:44pm

I'm in Boston and have met 3 or 4 Annelises all under the age of 4ish. I worked as a Children's Librarian and had 2 different Annelises (one family, I think, was German or Dutch) in classes and now I have a 15 mo. old daughter and have met a couple of more at playgroups, etc.

It is a very pretty name!

Good luck!

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Registered: 07-13-2006
Sun, 02-18-2007 - 6:38pm

Though Genevieve is higher on the SSA, Annalise seems more "of the moment" to me, though I wouldn't call it trendy. Genevieve seems more classic, and is a personal favorite. If you look at the Baby Name Voyager, you can see that Genevieve was at the height of its popularity 100 years ago, whereas Annalise/Anneliese has only entered the top 1000 in the last 10 years.

Do you have any French or German heritage? That might be a way to choose one or the other.

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sun, 02-18-2007 - 9:37pm

I hear the names discussed a lot on this board, but I don't know of any young Genevieves or Annelises (any spelling) in my area (large midwestern city). I know an adult Annalisa. My DD is Julianna, nn Annie, and we've run into a couple other little Anna/Annies, but that's it.

You can always check the SSA list to see how the names stand nationwide.

Stephanie, mom to Megan Joy (nn Meg) and Julianna May (nn Annie)