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Conference oass::babynames

Title:	A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy)
Notice:	BABYNAMES is now on-line and writable! Enjoy...
Moderator:	OASS::BURDEN_D

Created:	Tue Feb 13 1996
Last Modified:	Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	996
Total number of notes:	7139

636.0. "Names of the 90s" by USOPS::GALLANT (dark spider of the heart...) Thu Jan 24 1991 09:59

    
    
    	When my mother and father chose my name, they figured it
    	had that breath of fresh air and was unique.  Little did
    	they know that by the time I hit first grade, there were
    	two or three other little girls with the same name! (although
    	not spelled the same!)
    
    	Now it's time for me to have my first and after reading a 
    	lot of the replies in here on various names, it's easy to
    	see which names my son/daughter will have to "share" with
    	others when I thought they'd be unique.  
    
    	Zachary, Drew, Justin, Jordan, Kayla are just a few I can
    	think of off hand.  These are also some of my favorite names
    	but let's face it, they're "names of the 90s"
    
    	Anyone else have any names out there (be they boy or girl)
    	that seem to have found some sort of sudden popularity?!
    
    	/Kim

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
636.1	Just a few, and ONE	STEREO::FAHEL	Amalthea Celebras	`Thu Jan 24 1991 11:33`	18
	Matthew! Everewhere I turn I see/hear/read about a new Matthew! There are 3 women that I work with who within the last couple of years have had Matthews. I love the name, but I am glad that it was not one of my "chosen" list. Other names that I notice a lot of lately... Travis Tyler Taylor Jessica Jennifer (still!) Justin Jenna Courtney Joshua K.C.
636.2	Sad but true to see great names become so common	VIA::MEHRING		`Thu Jan 24 1991 13:34`	30
	I totally agree!!! Many of my favorite names are just getting too overused these days. There are cons to both extremes - having a name that's too popular may make it harder for a little kid to feel unique & special, but having one that's too unusual may end up in embarrassing moments when people either can't spell it or mistake the sex. However, I think there is still a lot of "middle ground" inbetween, where the names are not too common but also don't sound too weird or trendy. The hard part is finding one that sounds right with the last name and that both parents-to-be don't have previous bad-connotations about!! Some very popular names of the 90's: Ashley Brittany Chelsea Caitlin Tiffany Connor Dillon Adam Cody Kyle Ryan Jason Don't get me wrong - I really like most of these names (i.e. Chelsea became my favorite girls name back in 1981 during a trip to England and Scotland, but apparently it's become quite common these days), but one can't ignore the trends... -Cori
636.3	Popular name or not???	HYEND::KTRAINQUE		`Fri Jan 25 1991 09:37`	18
	I had my first son in 1985, my second son in 1987. I picked Jocelyn Rose in 1985 after my original name (Amanda) became REALLY popular. There were 17 Amandas born while I was pregnant. In 1987 my ex-husband and I picked Cara Marie after our original name (Ashley) again became popluar. My husband and I have sinced divorced and I had a third child during that time. I finally had my girl after considering all the unique names and finding out that they were really popular I finally settled on one that was different but really pretty. My daughter was born October 31, 1989 and I named her Aislynne (Azlynne) Elizabeth Trainque (Traink). Aislynne is Gaelic and it means Vision or Dream. The Gaelic spelling is Aislinn. I have yet to find another Aislynne over here. Most people's reaction is how pretty!!!!! In Ireland it's suppose to be really popular. Kim (one of forty in my class and I hate it!)
636.4		USOPS::GALLANT	dark spider of the heart...	`Wed Jan 30 1991 13:13`	15
	RE: Kim (one of forty in my class..) See! (8 I'll bet your Mom thought you'd be the only one, too!!! (8 RE: Cody, Kyle Awwwww man!! Don't say that!! (8 Those were two choices after we sort of half heartedly dropped Zachary. Man!!! Maybe if I just wrote the alphabet out, pinned it to the wall, and threw a dart at six or seven letters I could come up with something original. (8 /Kim
636.5	Names of Places make interesting names	RAB::MEHRING		`Wed Jan 30 1991 13:44`	20
	Kim, Why not try looking for a name from a different angle -- like maps, history books, hobbies, etc. Some names of places make really nice names (as long as people don't start copying too rapidly) and they were often named after people originally anyway! Names like: Quincy, Madison, Maarten, Austin, Weston, Dakota. I've come up with a couple names I really like this way, especially from places I've travelled to and had great experiences at (I'm hesitant to actually list them since they're still high contenters for my first-on-the-way) but I'm sure you get the idea... Other than that, I guess you just have to go with what you like and remind your- self that there are a lot of very successful, unique, creative Sues, Toms, Johns, and Marys out there so having a "popular" name is not a precursor to failure. Good luck! Any more names people out ther are hearing used often these days??? -Cori
636.6		USOPS::GALLANT	dark spider of the heart...	`Wed Jan 30 1991 14:59`	11
	I can't think of any names off hand that are the names of the 90s but I'm sure I will. As far as maps, history books, etc., I've thought about that... beau isn't too fond of unique names so I've got compromise a lot of times. /Kim ... who'll dig out the Atlas tonight. (8
636.7	How about Tolkien?	CLADA::GRAY		`Mon Jun 17 1991 12:09`	8
	There are some really unusual and beautiful names of places in the book "The Lord of the Rings "by Tolkien.Can't think of many off-hand ,but how about Angerthas or Foraderwaith? There's a conference about Tolkien somewhere,I think DEE :)
636.8		STRATA::FELDMAN		`Tue Jul 02 1991 12:57`	4
	how about Colton..