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Re: names that popularities that surprised you

by abbasdaughter

1/18/2009, 6:35 PM

I've met a few Marys under 40, but not many... I can think of 4 Marys, a Maryanne and a Mariana.

as for Jennifer.. yes some of us are sick of it, but w/ it being so overused in the 70s, it's possible there are namesakes for friends and aunts... though I'd look at the person's mn instead

Rachel's still listed in the top 30 in BC

as for Caitlyn, I prefer the spelling Katelyn to either of those spellings...

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- Lily8 +1

1/19/2009, 8:57 AM

hm yeah I was talking about the US list :P I like Katelyn better than Kaitlyn but much prefer Cateline and Caitlin over both.

I don't think it has anything to do with honoring. Most people honor grandparents and I think they'd put something like Jennifer in the middle position.

- abbasdaughter

1/19/2009, 10:40 PM

I don't like most Cate/Cait name spellings with a C... Catherine and maybe on occasian Catrina are the only exceptions, but they're not Cate/Cait(s). Cate somehow doesn't look right w/ a C (in my opinion). Ironically though, Caitlin looks more natural to me than Kaitlin... perhaps because I've seen it more that way though.

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