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Help2023 Jimmy Awards Nominees
The Jimmy Awards are known as the "National High School Musical Theatre Awards" according to their website and are open to new high school graduates from across the United States. I'd assume these kids are around the age of 18, likely born around 2004-2005. WDYT of the first (and, for a few, middle) names of this year's nominees?
Feminine
Alyse
Anna
Anna Shea
Annie
Ashley
Ava
Calista
Callista
Camille
Carly
Emily
Emma
Fabiola
Gabbie
Grace x2
Hailey
Hannah
Helena
Hope
Isabella
Jillian
Jocelyn
Kaitlyn
Katie
Kayla Rae
Kennedy
Kyra
Lainey
Lauren
Layla
Lilly
Lily
Maggie
Makenzie
Maya
Mia
Natalia
Nori Kai
Paulina
Payton x2
Samantha
Samia
Sophi
Taigh
Tiffany
Tirzah
Zoe
Masculine
Ayden
Breton
Calvin
Cameron
Charlie
Christian x2
Connor
Corbin Drew
Croix
Denver
Dylan
Evan x2
Gage
Ian
J.T.
Jack
Jackson
Jacob
Jaxon
Joe
Kavan
Kaylor
Keegan
Korin
Lance
Langston
Logan
Lucas
Luke
Mark
Nic
Noah
Omar Andre
Patrick
Qai
Riley
Savon
Sawyer
Skylar
Steven
Thomas
Trever
Tyler
Whit
Will
Personally, I was unsurprised by most of these names, considering the age group, but I appreciate the use of Annie, a long time favorite of mine! I was also interested to see two Callistas (of varying spelling), a Tirzah, a Croix, a Qai and a Whit (esp. for a teenager!). Taigh is also very intriguing to me, as I've never seen/heard that name before.
Feminine
Alyse
Anna
Anna Shea
Annie
Ashley
Ava
Calista
Callista
Camille
Carly
Emily
Emma
Fabiola
Gabbie
Grace x2
Hailey
Hannah
Helena
Hope
Isabella
Jillian
Jocelyn
Kaitlyn
Katie
Kayla Rae
Kennedy
Kyra
Lainey
Lauren
Layla
Lilly
Lily
Maggie
Makenzie
Maya
Mia
Natalia
Nori Kai
Paulina
Payton x2
Samantha
Samia
Sophi
Taigh
Tiffany
Tirzah
Zoe
Masculine
Ayden
Breton
Calvin
Cameron
Charlie
Christian x2
Connor
Corbin Drew
Croix
Denver
Dylan
Evan x2
Gage
Ian
J.T.
Jack
Jackson
Jacob
Jaxon
Joe
Kavan
Kaylor
Keegan
Korin
Lance
Langston
Logan
Lucas
Luke
Mark
Nic
Noah
Omar Andre
Patrick
Qai
Riley
Savon
Sawyer
Skylar
Steven
Thomas
Trever
Tyler
Whit
Will
Personally, I was unsurprised by most of these names, considering the age group, but I appreciate the use of Annie, a long time favorite of mine! I was also interested to see two Callistas (of varying spelling), a Tirzah, a Croix, a Qai and a Whit (esp. for a teenager!). Taigh is also very intriguing to me, as I've never seen/heard that name before.
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None of these names is surprising, considering the time period in which these students were born.
There are a LOT of names here that, to me, are wildly overused, but I do LIKE some of them. Some commentary follows:
Not a huge fan: Alyse (pronunciation here? If it's akin to Alice, then I prefer Alice; Elise? Then I prefer Elise or Elyse); Anna Shea (just the Shea part, also these two names just don't gel to me); Annie (as a given name, no); Ashley (eh); Ava (overdone); Carly (it's fine, just not my kind of name); Fabiola (I like seeing this used! I just don't care for it); Gabbie (fine as nickname); Hailey (just overdone, I think); Kaitlyn (fine but overdone); Katie (fine as nickname); Kayla Rae (I dislike Rae used in this... and most contexts); Kennedy (not my kind of name); Lainey; Lauren (so overused); Layla; Lilly (I dislike variant spellings of this name); Maggie (kind of bleh as a nickname); Makenzie (not a fan); Maya (fine just not my kind of name); Nori Kai (I feel like there's a story here); Paulina; Payton; Samantha (so overused); Samia; Sophi (just go with Sophie? Sophia?); Taigh; Tiffany; Tirzah; Ayden; Breton; Cameron; Charlie; Croix; Denver; Dylan;
There are a LOT of names here that, to me, are wildly overused, but I do LIKE some of them. Some commentary follows:
Not a huge fan: Alyse (pronunciation here? If it's akin to Alice, then I prefer Alice; Elise? Then I prefer Elise or Elyse); Anna Shea (just the Shea part, also these two names just don't gel to me); Annie (as a given name, no); Ashley (eh); Ava (overdone); Carly (it's fine, just not my kind of name); Fabiola (I like seeing this used! I just don't care for it); Gabbie (fine as nickname); Hailey (just overdone, I think); Kaitlyn (fine but overdone); Katie (fine as nickname); Kayla Rae (I dislike Rae used in this... and most contexts); Kennedy (not my kind of name); Lainey; Lauren (so overused); Layla; Lilly (I dislike variant spellings of this name); Maggie (kind of bleh as a nickname); Makenzie (not a fan); Maya (fine just not my kind of name); Nori Kai (I feel like there's a story here); Paulina; Payton; Samantha (so overused); Samia; Sophi (just go with Sophie? Sophia?); Taigh; Tiffany; Tirzah; Ayden; Breton; Cameron; Charlie; Croix; Denver; Dylan;
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Taigh would probably be an Anglicisation (and genderswap) of Tadgh.
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I like...
Alyse
Anna
Annie
Calista
Callista
Camille
Fabiola
Grace
Helena
Isabella
Kyra
Layla
Lily
Maya
Natalia
Paulina
Samantha
Samia
Cameron
Corbin
Evan
Jack
Jackson
Kavan
Korin
Lance
Langston
Lucas
Nic
Omar Andre
Will
edit- I'm very surprised that a group of 18 year old theatre kids only had binary genders lol. That's definitely not been my experience with theater even in very small towns!
Alyse
Anna
Annie
Calista
Callista
Camille
Fabiola
Grace
Helena
Isabella
Kyra
Layla
Lily
Maya
Natalia
Paulina
Samantha
Samia
Cameron
Corbin
Evan
Jack
Jackson
Kavan
Korin
Lance
Langston
Lucas
Nic
Omar Andre
Will
edit- I'm very surprised that a group of 18 year old theatre kids only had binary genders lol. That's definitely not been my experience with theater even in very small towns!
This message was edited 6/24/2023, 9:43 PM
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I was equally surprised, which is why I organized the names based on their individual masculinity/femininity if that makes sense? Def didn't want to assume people's genders, although I may have mis-organized the names themselves here!!
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