[crystalk]

I could see naming children Virginia or Georgia, or maybe even Carolina, but I never thought this Dakota thing would catch on. You notice they never say WHICH Dakota they are naming the child after...chances are it was conceived in a pickup named Dakota, that was the closest it came to blizzard land.

We have a boy in Sunday School here named Madison, but I do not think I see even one boy by that name on the Social Security list.

I notice that the extreme popularity of Madison as a name does NOT extend to Wisconsin, where it disappears. This even though other states like South Dakota which have cities by that name, go right ahead and name the kids that.

Stupid leftist university has given the Wisconsin left-trap a bad name.

I notice people in Dakota do not name their kids that.

[Amelia]

At least Virginia, Georgia, and Carolina are names that have been around for a while.

Would you want Dr. Dakota Jones performing surgery on you? Would you hire Montana Smith as your attorney? Sounds like pro ballplayers or the children of aging hippies to me. Not that I'm opinionated or anything. ;-)

[archy]

I notice people in Dakota do not name their kids that.

People in Dakota would know enough to name their kids Lakota if so inclined. But I've known a few in Wyoming on that state's eastern border with the Dakotas who've named their kids with Lakota names.

Mostly Oglala, Sicangu and Hunkpapa.

-archy-/-

[glory]

Unfortunately, I did know of a woman with a son the same age as my daughter and her child was named Arizona(she lived in that state at the time). Wonder how many other kids were named that in 1998. Btw, it sounded so foolish when she called the child by his name and he was only an infant then.

[glory]

Thought this would be of interest as well...
Top 20 names in the UK

Girls' Names


Chloe
Emily
Megan
Jessica
Sophie
Lauren
Charlotte
Hannah
Olivia
Lucy
Ellie
Amy
Katie
Georgia
Rebecca
Molly
Bethany
Emma
Holly
Ella
Caitlin
Abigail
Grace
Jade
Mia
Shannon
Eleanor
Alice
Jasmine
Courtney
Leah
Amelia
Elizabeth
Anna
Amber
Lily
Laura
Sarah
Rachel
Phoebe
Erin
Millie
Zoe
Abbie
Nicole
Paige
Niamh
Daisy
Natasha
Alexandra

Boys' Names


Jack
Thomas
Joshua
James
Daniel
Harry
Samuel
Joseph
Matthew
Lewis
Luke
Oliver
William
Benjamin
Callum
George
Adam
Ryan
Jake
Alexander