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Re: Scarlett
by Elinor (Elly747)
1/10/2008, 11:32 AM
in reply to a message by SelmaBouvier
I think it's getting *much* too trendy, so obviously because of Scarlett Johansson. And while I like SJ more than I like Keira Knightley (Keira also experienced a surge recently), I just think these names are going to be dated 20 years down the line.Anyway, part of Scarlett's charm lay in its edginess, which it will lose when there are several Scarletts in a school.
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- lola77   +2
1/10/2008, 1:14 PM
I don't think it will loose its edginess- I don't know why we are so obsessed with our children never meeting another child with the same name. Why does a name become disliked just because many start to like it? There are plenty of names that experience surges because of pop-culture- I don't think this makes them bad names. I also think more people notice when names such as Scarlett rise in popularity because they are interesting and memorable names-
just my opinion:)
edited: I also don't know why a name that is #297 on the SSA list is considered over-used and trendy- Yes it has gone up on the list but a child with this name is unlikely to meet another- it's not even top 100.

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- Elinor (Elly747)
1/11/2008, 11:57 AM
Can you think of any "edgy" names in the top 20, though? I can't. Names aren't interesting anymore when there's used that often.Scarlett is well into top 100 in the UK, where I live, so perhaps that's why it seems more popular to me :)
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- tursiopschic
1/10/2008, 3:07 PM
IMO - It's not that I wouldn't want them to never meet another XXXX, but that they are individual enough to not be called by their first name only. When I was growing up, I was the only Olivia in the whole school/town (hard to imagine now, i know). But I liked having a recognizable, but individual name. I knew that if I heard my name being called in a grocery store, it was for me. I'm sad that is no longer the case.I know that some people like having a common and strong name. But that is not what i like.
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