Bummed about removing a name

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Bummed about removing a name
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Sun, 07-18-2004 - 12:29pm
I had thought I came up with the name Erianna on my own (pronounced AIR-E-anna) years ago. Later I discovered the name Airanna actually existed. It made me feel better knowing, even if I used a different spelling, the sound of it would be somewhat familiar. I even did a search on Erianna & found this name is being used.

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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Mon, 07-19-2004 - 2:37am
I think you should go with Erianna, I know it is very popular but you have choosen an offbeat spelling so I think that will make it stand out more than Arianna. But I will go ahead an suggest a few names I think you will like Avonelle,Avalon,Brinny,Calla(like the lily,sounds nice with Liam)and this one is kind of strange what a about Gwenivere(sp?)like the character in King Arthur. I am not a fan of those kind of names BUT I heard that on the television and it seemed so beautiful! I don't know if this are celtic names or not I just think they are very pretty.

Shelby

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Mon, 07-19-2004 - 3:47am
Ok, lets start with pronunciation, I pronounce Arianna/Ariana as Ah-ree-ahn-uh, I think that's it gets said both ways (more your prn. with Arianna), but I really think it's more of a regional thing, so I would suggest, that before giving it up, you write it down (as Ariana & Arianna), and ask your friends/family/co-workers/etc, how they would pronounce it, I don't know if the pronunciation of the name, would be enough to get you to use it though

Second, forget the SSA, go here, it's the official Oregon list, so that may give you a little more 'local' prespective, because with all spellings, it's only at 50 (69 babies, all spellings, last year)

http://www.dhs.state.or.us/publichealth/chs/babyname/babyname.cfm


So it's not really THAT popular, and especially with the pronunciation, so I think if you love it, you should keep it

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Mon, 07-19-2004 - 12:16pm
Hey

I have a cousin in England who's Mom is from Ireland (Dublin) She named her "Niamph" Pronounced 'Neeve'. Very Irish and spelt in Irish.

Hope it helps!

Love Tilly.

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Registered: 05-16-2003
Mon, 07-19-2004 - 1:01pm
I love the name Bronwyn. Another poster mentioned it, but I just wanted to add my vote for that name. Not frilly, sounds like a smart, cool girl name to me.

There's also Siohban, which I pronounce Sha-vonne, so I hope that's pronounciation's correct.

This is not Celtic, but a pretty variation on the Eireanna/Arianna theme. What about Ariadne? (Air-ee-ad-nee) It's a greek mythology name, so it's literally a classic.

: ) Cara

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Registered: 05-04-2004
Mon, 07-19-2004 - 1:49pm

I think that the name you selected and its pronunciation is a little different than the more popular Arianna. I would pronounce the names differently.


Well, I'd pronounce Erianna as AIR-E-anna, b/c that's how you said you'd want it pronounced.


But I'd pronounce Arianna/Ariana as one of the following:


Aa-ree-anna


R-ee-anna


Aa-ree-ah-na


R-ee-ah-na.


So I don't think you have to worry about Ariana/Arianna's popularity. ;-)


I think Erianna is absolutely lovely!! :-)


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