Baby Girl Names

geri1965_2

mildred1978 wrote: »

LOving the reminders about Anne of Green Gables - my favourite set of books and TV series as a child. Wonderful. I had a huge crush on the guy who played Gilbert.

Ha, I remember the guy you mean! I read the Anne books but I wasn't hugely keen. However, I absolutely adored Emily of New Moon.

Emily Byrd Starr - now there is a nice name!

Nicki

emsbet wrote: »

I personally will be choosing a name that is traditional without being too popular (which is tough but not impossible) and will definitely not be picking anything that is in the top 20 of most popular names. The main reason is that my real name is very popular.


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That's not always as easy as it sounds Emsbet. My DD is an Emily and was born in March 2001. In 2000 Emily was not in the top 50 girls names and hadn't been for years. In 2001 for some mad reason it was one of the most popular names and has stayed so since. As she was born early in the year we couldn't have predicted that. I like to think we set the trend

emsbet

Nicki wrote: »

That's not always as easy as it sounds Emsbet. My DD is an Emily and was born in March 2001. In 2000 Emily was not in the top 50 girls names and hadn't been for years. In 2001 for some mad reason it was one of the most popular names and has stayed so since. As she was born early in the year we couldn't have predicted that. I like to think we set the trend

I understand that's always a possibility and my mum has always said that my name wasn't popular when she chose it. I guess my thinking is at least if the name I chose isn't in the top 20/50 at that time there's a chance at least that not every other child will have it by the time (s)he goes to school.
I have nothing against choosing popular names as such it's just that I personally, as a child, never felt there was anything special about my name. TBH now, I quite like it and I appreciate that my parents choice that name especially for me and so that makes it special it's just I always wished that my name was a little less popular.

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mynameissophie

emsbet wrote: »

The main reason is that my real name is very popular. When I was at school there would be at least three or four of us in a class and I hated it especially when one teacher insited on differentiating between us by giving us each a number! :mad: What was wrong in using our full names I'm not sure!

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What's your name? Do mind me asking, as I too use to have 4 or 5 Sophie's in my classes all the way through school

emsbet

mynameissophie wrote: »

What's your name? Do mind me asking, as I too use to have 4 or 5 Sophie's in my classes all the way through school

It's Emma. I don't think there were ever any Sophie's in my class. The most popular names when I was a school appeared to be Emma and Claire/Clare for girls and Andrew and Matthew for boys. There were always lots of those names in my class.

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picnmix

WOW - I remember once someone telling me in a thread that deteriorated from an innocent question, that MSE members could argue in an empty room, and I think that some of this thread headed in that direction.

OP - call your child what you want to and what you would like to.

To suggest that a name will put off future employers I find a bit strange as those future employers will be surrounded by all of these names and they will not be that unusual in the future. I work the healthservice and am involved in shortlisting candidates in our department, we never get to see their names prior to the interview stage. We get a list of applicants and they are given a number, we read applications etc and base our shortlisting on their experience etc. I also have to say that I work with a group of people with all sorts of unusual names, from the top to the bottom of the career ladder, I don't think any of them are chavs and it does not seem to have done their career any harm.

Enjoy your pregnancy, look forward to your new arrival and have fun x

clairec79

For me
There is a Tehya in my daughters class at school and she's horrible so that would put me off the name - I also don't like the look of it written down (though the sound is ok)
Daisy - very sweet for a little girl, but not so keen on it for an adult (but is my choice out of your shortlist)
Emilee - don't like the spelling, Emily is nice though
Tori - to me is a short, I'd be more likely to name her Victoria and call her Tori
Tina - nothing wrong with it, just not my cup of tea

But then you probably wouldn't like my kids names either as we are all different

mynameissophie

picnmix wrote: »

WOW - I remember once someone telling me in a thread that deteriorated from an innocent question, that MSE members could argue in an empty room, and I think that some of this thread headed in that direction.

OP - call your child what you want to and what you would like to.

To suggest that a name will put off future employers I find a bit strange as those future employers will be surrounded by all of these names and they will not be that unusual in the future. I work the healthservice and am involved in shortlisting candidates in our department, we never get to see their names prior to the interview stage. We get a list of applicants and they are given a number, we read applications etc and base our shortlisting on their experience etc. I also have to say that I work with a group of people with all sorts of unusual names, from the top to the bottom of the career ladder, I don't think any of them are chavs and it does not seem to have done their career any harm.

Enjoy your pregnancy, look forward to your new arrival and have fun x

Cannot agree any more!

dizziblonde

It's all well and good saying "name your child what you like" - but doing so without a thought as to the conceptions and connotations that name carries (like poor BJ mentioned before - the "initial" names are very much the big thing in some areas locally) is pretty damned unfair on them when that baby becomes a child, becomes a teenager, becomes an adult who has to live with that name. Naming them something outlandish to reflect on you and how quirky and cool you are as a mummy's more than a little bit selfish really when it's another human being you're labelling for the next 80+ years!

mynameissophie

I don't understand why people are making such as big fuss over what names 'mean'. So your really saying that if someone was called Lilly-may for example, she will become a chav or !!!!!! star, but if you call your child Victoria she is going to become a lawyer? A load of rubbish.

Your child can be whatever she wants to be, if it's a chav or !!!!!! star good for her, if its a lawyer, good for her! It honestly doesn't make one difference as picnmix mentioned that most employeers look at the EXPERIENCE and not their names.