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In most cases that's probably quite true. Celebs just tend to be members of the trendsetting subculture, regardless of their celebrity, but depending more on the fact that they are in the entertainment biz; and they name accordingly. They boost the popularity, maybe, but they're under the same influences as the rest of us... soap operas, books, not knowing any bearers because they're all in the dying generation; and perhaps nostalgia for the most recent era that has fallen out of living memory, or for any era whose zeitgeist seems to resonate with the present time.

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I bet Julia Roberts didn't check the pop charts before naming her kids, and thinks she was naming quite uniquely. But even folks on this board were talking about using Hazel and Phineas months before JR gave birth. I've done the same thing -- I thought no one could like Violet, until I started visiting name boards last year and found out it's the latest fad.

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- chazda

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This message was edited 1/11/2005, 9:20 PM