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Help[Opinions] Re: WDYTO Ciarán?
in reply to a message by Lea M
Ciaran is just way too trendy for me right now, even if it is a legitimate name. I'm just sick of hearing it and things incredibly similar to it right now.
Ciaran Diarmaid has way too much "eer" sound in it for me, but Diarmaid is nice on its own.
Eithne Roisin?
Kilian Sean would be my pick, mainly because I can't stand the name Patrick. I love Kilian though :-)
Ciaran Diarmaid has way too much "eer" sound in it for me, but Diarmaid is nice on its own.
Eithne Roisin?
Kilian Sean would be my pick, mainly because I can't stand the name Patrick. I love Kilian though :-)
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Well first of all, looking at the popularity surprises me. I thought it was much more popular.
Secondly, it's not so much the name within itself that's trendy, it's the feeling and elements of the name. Let's see:
It starts with a K sound
It's two syllables
It's Irish
It ends with -an
It came out of nowhere in 1992 in the US
ETA: Other names I group it with in my mind that have the same sort of Irish-turned-trendy-American-unfortunately feel:
17. Logan 0.694
27. Aiden 0.595
39. Kevin 0.478
40. Evan 0.465
54. Aidan 0.381
55. Connor 0.378
64. Brayden 0.328
92. Caden 0.229
93. Brady 0.225
98. Kaden 0.205
101. Devin 0.199
102. Ayden 0.196
119. Colin 0.164
125. Peyton 0.153
132. Nolan 0.144
156. Braden 0.122
159. Conner 0.119
175. Cayden 0.106
184. Shane 0.101
185. Collin 0.101
186. Kayden 0.099
Also names like Declan, Keenan, Devin, etc.
Secondly, it's not so much the name within itself that's trendy, it's the feeling and elements of the name. Let's see:
It starts with a K sound
It's two syllables
It's Irish
It ends with -an
It came out of nowhere in 1992 in the US
ETA: Other names I group it with in my mind that have the same sort of Irish-turned-trendy-American-unfortunately feel:
17. Logan 0.694
27. Aiden 0.595
39. Kevin 0.478
40. Evan 0.465
54. Aidan 0.381
55. Connor 0.378
64. Brayden 0.328
92. Caden 0.229
93. Brady 0.225
98. Kaden 0.205
101. Devin 0.199
102. Ayden 0.196
119. Colin 0.164
125. Peyton 0.153
132. Nolan 0.144
156. Braden 0.122
159. Conner 0.119
175. Cayden 0.106
184. Shane 0.101
185. Collin 0.101
186. Kayden 0.099
Also names like Declan, Keenan, Devin, etc.
This message was edited 9/27/2008, 4:35 PM
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Huh. I totally get the trend you're talking about, I guess I just don't group it with that trend.
And like I said, I've never met nor heard of one. And it's never even in the top 1000 in the US.
*shrug*
And like I said, I've never met nor heard of one. And it's never even in the top 1000 in the US.
*shrug*
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It's so disappointing that it got trendy...
It kind of stinks going through a Celtic phase at the same time as the rest of the world :(
It kind of stinks going through a Celtic phase at the same time as the rest of the world :(
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