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Barack Vs. Michelle? Everything's A Contest
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Barack Vs. Michelle? Everything's A Contest |
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Social Security keeps a list [www.ssa.gov] but there are trends you wouldn't catch on that list because they aren't nationally popular, just popular with your local PTA.
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I'm liking the sound of Lydia and Bryony lately, so those will either be big in a couple of years, or I will have broken my streak.
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My daughter went to day care with a Saoirse in 2002, but I'm inclined to think it's just too hard for Americans to spell or pronounce without help to catch on.
Of course I think Nevaeh is a bitch to spell and pronounce too, and that caught on, but it has that pop-Christian thing behind it.
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Note/cringe worthy: Mr. Foibles wants to name our first boy Rocco. I wish I was kidding. He also likes Skylar. Both sound, to me, like Jerry Springer types. Do not want.
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My parents' dog is Vivian too but they call her Vivi.
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Thanks, Mom.
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Sadie sounds like a Jewish grandma to me. And her husband's name is Sol.
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As if the world needed another "Mike" or "John."
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As a PNW native, I plan to name my future children after local rivers; little Skookumchuck and Humptulips will always be very special snowflakes.
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Being the only Grace in my classes until I reached high school made me feel special and damnit, my kids are gonna feel special too!
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When I was young, I went to school with umpteen Amy's, and I couldn't stand the thought of my kid being one of those known as Amy B., Amy P., Amy G., etc.
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Solution: Name your kid last decade's trend!
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I think you're definitely right about Eunice, though!
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@all: I actually love the name Alma (and my dear Grandma Alma), but I never knew it had such widespread appeal!
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I also love the names Lucy and Molly. I'm not very original.
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My sister's pregnant right now though, and I feel like she might pick one of those for her baby, so I guess I'll have to wait and see!
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Also interesting is the fact that in five years, my lower-income classes will be filled with Amelias and there won't be a Kayleigh in sight. And my higher income classes will be full of some other new name, just now starting to creep up the charts.
Before teaching so much and to so many different groups I hadn't realized how much a kid's name said about the parents.
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