Message: "Birth Announcements (Part One) - What do you think?"

Birth Announcements (Part One) - What do you think?

by Lissa Hannah (Lissa)

1/15/2005, 11:20 AM

Here are some local birth announcements (Part One). What do you think of these names?

GIRLS:
Judy
Nikki
Leslie
Kelly
Jacklynn
Jennifer
Lauren
Anne
Sabrina
Jill
Farra
Lily
Sidney
Bianca
Brooke
Jamie
Liza
Maggie
Carly
Julia
Lucy
Kate
Stephanie
Bridget
Holly
Lexie
Billie
Georgia
Alexis
Helena
Emily
Kristina
Star
Reva
Michelle
Vicki
Natalie
Cris
Liz
Eve
Damona
Nancy

BOYS:
Gregory
George
Brennan
Guy
Paul
Charlie
Rob
Tony
Ace
Kevin
Range
Richard
Monty
Sonny
Aaron
Rafi
Babe
James
Colby
Ben
Dusty
Henry
Nick
Mike
Ridge
John
Shawn
Boe
Brady
Jordan
Phillip
Nikolas
Luke
Connor
Josh
Jonathan
Sebastian
Danny
Asa
Julian
Malcolm

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I like:
Nikki (I prefer Nicole with Nikki as a nickname)
Jacklynn (I prefer the spelling Jacqueline)
Jennifer
Anne
Jill
Lily
Liza (I prefer Eliza with Liza as a nickname)
Julia
Lucy (I prefer Lucille with Lucy as a nickname)
Kate
Stephanie
Lexie (I prefer Alexis with Lexie as a nickname)
Georgia
Alexis
Helena
Emily
Kristina
Michelle
Vicki (I prefer Victoria with Vicki as a nickname)
Natalie
Cris (I prefer Cristina with Cris as a nickname)
Liz (I prefer Elizabeth with Liz as a nickname)

Gregory
George
Paul
Charlie (I prefer Charles with Charlie as a nickname)
Rob (I prefer Robert with Rob as a nickname)
Tony (I prefer Anthony with Tony as a nickname)
Kevin
Richard
James
Ben (I prefer Benjamin or Benji with Ben as a nickname)
Henry
Nick (I prefer Nicholas with Nick as a nickname)
Mike (I prefer Michael with Mike as a nickname)
John
Shawn
Jordan (I prefer the spelling Jordon)
Phillip
Nikolas (I prefer the spelling Nicholas)
Connor
Josh (I prefer Joshua with Josh as a nickname)
Jonathan
Danny (I prefer Daniel with Danny as a nickame)

I'm really not liking these nicknames as formal names! Why is this becoming so popular?

#BAs

Replies

- SwtNikki87 (guest)

1/15/2005, 5:13 PM

GIRLS:
Judy: Hate it!!
Nikki: Its my name so of course I like it but its a nn for Nicole
Leslie: Hate it
Kelly: Hate it
Jacklynn: Dont like this or Jacqueline how it should be spelled
Jennifer: Hate it
Lauren: Love it
Anne: Love it but as a mn
Sabrina: Hate it
Jill: A nn for Jillian which is ok but I dont like Jill
Farra: Dont like it
Lily: nn for Lillian
Sidney: its ok
Bianca: its ok
Brooke: nn for brooklyn which is ok
Jamie: love it for a boy
Liza: hate it
Maggie: dont like it but thats bc i knwo someone named this who i dont like. also makes me think of dogs
Carly: dont like it
Julia: like it alot
Lucy: nn for lucia
Kate: love ti as a nn for kaitlyn
Stephanie: its ok
Bridget: dont like it
Holly: dont like it
Lexie: hate it
Billie: hate it a boys name
Georgia: hate it
Alexis: hate it
Helena: like it
Emily: love it
Kristina: hate it
Star: dont like it
Reva: dont like it
Michelle: its ok
Vicki: hate it

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- Isla +3

1/15/2005, 2:19 PM

Seriously???? I really dislike the "outdated" ones and the nicknames-as-formal-names:
Judy
Lexie
Star
Reva (Guiding Light fan, maybe?)
Liz
Damona
Nancy
Guy
Rob
Tony
Ace
Range (???)
Monty
Sonny
Rafi
Babe (like the pig?)
Ridge
Nick
Boe
Josh

I really like:
Lily
Julia
Lucy
Georgia
Helena
Natalie
Eve
George
Brennan
Henry
Luke
Sebastian
Asa
Julian
Malcolm

Hmmmmm....Lots of soap opera names in this B.A. list.

- Lissa Hannah (Lissa) +2

1/15/2005, 2:53 PM

Really? I'm not a soap opera fan, so I don't know. A new fad maybe? Oy.

- Isla +1

1/15/2005, 4:22 PM

Yeah. I don't watch them much anymore but I used to watch a lot of them, and I have a crazy memory for names and so they just stuck. Also, some are just common names in general, so it's not a strange thing, but when I saw Reva, Ridge, etc. I immediately noticed a soap opera 'trend.' lol

The ones I recognize from your B.A.'s:
(this is not all-inclusive, but you'll get the idea; I wouldn't doubt if all of these names are on soaps, esp. the common ones, but just to give an example...)

Nikki
Kelly
Jennifer
Lauren
Jill
Lily
Bianca
Brooke
Maggie
Carly (As the World Turns)
Julia (As the World Turns)
Lucy (As the World Turns)
Kate
Stephanie
Bridget
Holly
Lexie (Days of our Lives)
Billie (Days of our Lives)
Georgia (daughter of Billie on Days of our Lives)
Alexis
Emily
Reva

Sonny
Ben (As the World Turns)
Dusty (As the World Turns)
Henry (As the World Turns)
Mike (As the world turns)
Ridge
John
Shawn
Boe (Bo Brady is a character on Days of our lives)
Brady
Phillip
Nikolas
Luke
Danny
Asa

- Lissa Hannah (Lissa)

1/15/2005, 4:24 PM

Wow - that's amazing. Thanks for noticing and posting that. :)

- Ane

1/15/2005, 12:30 PM

I like

Anne
Julia
Stephanie
Helena
Emily
Michelle

Gregory
Brennan
Charlie
James
Julian
Malcolm

- Eva

1/15/2005, 12:15 PM

I like:

GIRLS:
Jill
Lily
Jamie -better for a boy
Maggie
Julia
Lucy* -love it, better as a nn for Lucia though
Kate*
Helena -with the Catalan pronunciation "uh-LEH-nuh"
Liz*
Eve*