Posted on 05/14/2012 9:15:18 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
A lot of weight rides on the name you choose for your kid. And every year when the Social Security office releases the data on the most popular baby names, parents get upset. As a Michele who faced the extreme popularity of my name way back when, I'm here to tell you that if your child's name is on this list, it's going to be just fine. In fact, take pride in knowing your baby name choice won't be ridiculed.
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They say the number of babies named “Jethro” declined drastically in the early 1960s.
strange how names are like any other fad. I can’t stand it when I hear people naming their babies the currently popular name...especially if it is a name that was nowhere to be found just a few short years prior.
Future pick hits: Barack, Trayvon, and Willard.
Hmmmmm, lets see if Trayvon makes the list next year.
I didn’t see Barack on the boys list.
I didn’t see Barack on the boys list.
It'll become Tr3vaughn.
Unfamiliar with the name Nevaeh, I came across this reasoning: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevaeh)
Is Latrina in there, I actually saw that name once, how about Latoilet or maybe Toiletta?
My surprise was that Jessica didn’t make the cut.
Of course from that Wikipedia link we see that it might also be that people are naming their baby girls after the lady rassler named Nevaeh. I guess if people are going to name their baby after a lady rassler, Nevaeh is a better choice than naming the little girl after the Fabulous Moolah.
I’m surprised there aren’t more English surnames as first names for girls. That seems to be a fad In recent years.
That sounds like a porn star name.
Where’s Patrick and Charles?
In Germany you can’t change your name.
I have a friend who, when he was a hospital chaplain, tried to talk a woman out of the name “Meconium”. (Look it up.) Mom just liked the sound of it.
He was unsuccessful by the way.
What about Sky Low Low and Little Beaver?
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