Bummed about removing a name
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| Sun, 07-18-2004 - 12:29pm |
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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Shelby
sahm to Haylei
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
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.
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
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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