[waterstraat]

I predict Mark, Mike John, Bob and Dave

Only because Mark, Michael, John, David are Bible names. Same goes for Sarah, etc. If it wasnt for the Jewish-Christian cooalition, Bible names would not still be popular.

[cajungirl]

"walter" cronkite was on tv today, I thought he was dead,is he dead?

[AppauledAtAppeasementConservat]

"Meanwhile, Madison has hung on for another year as the top name for girls, which as near as anyone can figure comes from the 1984 movie "Splash," starring Daryl Hannah in the role of a mermaid named Madison."

My wife liked Madison two years ago and we named our third (and I made sure it would be our LAST) daughter that. If it had anything to do with "Splash" then my wife probably wouldn't have proposed it. She just liked the ring to it. I wasn't about to drop her original Christian name we decided on previously so as a compromise we made her first name madison and she has 2 middle names (her original Christian names).

My ultra-liberal female boss at the time flat out said that we should dump the Biblical names and go with the popular ones. I really po'd her when I wondered aloud to her one day if the 'secular' names would prevent discrimination...oh the rants she gave for months afterwards were truly amazing. I must have hit the nail on the head.

[Rushmore Rocks]

Biblical names are good...........makes me really glad that we named our children James, David, and Laura. Our grandchildren also have good names...Anthony, Hope, Elizabeth, Andrew, Aaron. Good strong names. I've told my children that not only do the names have to fit the child, but also the adults they become.