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Help[Opinions] Re: Popularity
in reply to a message by kizuko
You're hilarious-the thought of it being in the top 200 makes you sick??! That's so funny! I don't like when names are too popular and overdone. Every little girl I meet lately is Emma, Emily or Olivia and it is so boring to me. That said, if a person truly loves a name then they should use it regardless of popularity because it is the name that speaks to them. Names are popular for a reason-a lot of people find the sound is lovely to their ears. I would rather use a name that I absolutely love and that is #5 on the charts than deliberately try to find a name that isn't popular that I may not really like as much in my heart.
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I totally agree with you, you made your point very well. I think if I heard a name and it was overdone to my ears then I wouldn't use it.
But if someone really loves a name, they should use it. Dh and I have chosen the name for our first daughter and it's set in stone- we are going to use it no matter what happens by the time we conceive.
On another note, it's hard enough to find a name that really hits you between the eyes. When you come to that point, you shouldn't relinquish your favorite/s just because other people like them too.
But if someone really loves a name, they should use it. Dh and I have chosen the name for our first daughter and it's set in stone- we are going to use it no matter what happens by the time we conceive.
On another note, it's hard enough to find a name that really hits you between the eyes. When you come to that point, you shouldn't relinquish your favorite/s just because other people like them too.
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I wish I had the same fealty as you two. I'm afraid (and somewhat ashamed) to say that no matter how much I love a name, I'd refuse to use it after it becomes the least bit popular -- I'd like to say I would, but, unless there's a good meaning behind it (if it's a family name, the name of a close friend, etc. Maybe I just haven't found a name that I really like yet. . .
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But...
You'd have no control over if the name you've chosen will become popular in the future. How would you feel then? What if, by the time your child goes to school, there will be other children with the same name as your child? Would you still feel sick about it?
-Lissa Hannah-
My twelve !'s = Kipling, Barry, Mortimer, Miles, Marmaduke, Fletcher, Maris, Blanche, Gladys, Arlette, Glenda, and Juniper
My ten ?'s = Pasquale, Archibald, Humphrey, Nigel, Bernard, Minna, Doris, Shirley, Cordelia, and Gertrude
You'd have no control over if the name you've chosen will become popular in the future. How would you feel then? What if, by the time your child goes to school, there will be other children with the same name as your child? Would you still feel sick about it?
-Lissa Hannah-
My ten ?'s = Pasquale, Archibald, Humphrey, Nigel, Bernard, Minna, Doris, Shirley, Cordelia, and Gertrude
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If I had already named my child, and the name became popular after my baby was born, I would only be put off if a close friend or family member named their child by the same name. I'm not really sure why, I just know that after Gabe was born one of my best friends decided that she adored the name Gabriel, pronounced the same way, and it gave me a twitch every time she brought it up.
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