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Aimee?
The list of first names is fascinating - thanks! And the odder ones are surprising - many of them seem very American. I guess there are a lot of people living in Scotland who are getting their names from baby-name sites on the Net these days :)
Anyone know why Aimee is so popular, as opposed to ordinary Amy? Is there a celeb child with the name?
The list of first names is fascinating - thanks! And the odder ones are surprising - many of them seem very American. I guess there are a lot of people living in Scotland who are getting their names from baby-name sites on the Net these days :)
Anyone know why Aimee is so popular, as opposed to ordinary Amy? Is there a celeb child with the name?
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I don't know of any particular reason. I think it's just parents trying to be different and more modern. Amy has been popular for a long time and perhaps has a slightly more dated feel for some?
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thanks, I haven't seen the news today so missed it being announced.
Actually after skimming through the whole list, I think it's fairly good. There's definitely much fewer random letters than last year. There are still quite a few howlers though and plenty of y's.
There's still nobdy with my name lol, with all the unique spellings I can't understand why not. Obviously not unique enough.
Some that jumped out at me were
male:
Amen - is that not slightly blasphemous?
Aneurin - yay! Prefer Aneirin though, more user friendly
Blaen and Blaer - they were twins, I posted the ba and commented how horrible this was at the time lol
Blessing - poor boy
Buzby - spelled Busby this is a fairly unremarkable village outside Glasgow?
C (x4) - what, where?
Colin-Junior, David-Junior, Lennon-Junior, Oliver-Jnr. What's going on? It just looks silly.
Costin - me a fortune!
Dido - so much teasing potential never mind the gender confusion.
Dimosthenes - wow there's a name to live up to. Shame they couldn't spell it though.
Domanic - am I the only one who wants to put an extra a in there?
Dryden - v. cultured :)
Evicson - currently being brought up in a cardboard box
Fergus (56) Hamish (60) - yay!
Godsome - like fulsome, but godly?
Hawkai - *headdesk*
Kage - wild child
Law - high hopes
Le'on - arrgh the apostrophe's have arrived, take cover!
Man - hopefully he'll have no problems growing into it
Odhran (4) - on my pnl
Odin - cool
girls:
Alma x 3 - I thought it still had too dated an image here, is this the first signs of it coming back?
Amundsen - on a boy ok, on a girl?
Arden - they obviously don't live near Glasgow, it's a not very nice suburb.
Arwyn - help the y brigade have got hold of Tolkein
Actually after skimming through the whole list, I think it's fairly good. There's definitely much fewer random letters than last year. There are still quite a few howlers though and plenty of y's.
There's still nobdy with my name lol, with all the unique spellings I can't understand why not. Obviously not unique enough.
Some that jumped out at me were
male:
Amen - is that not slightly blasphemous?
Aneurin - yay! Prefer Aneirin though, more user friendly
Blaen and Blaer - they were twins, I posted the ba and commented how horrible this was at the time lol
Blessing - poor boy
Buzby - spelled Busby this is a fairly unremarkable village outside Glasgow?
C (x4) - what, where?
Colin-Junior, David-Junior, Lennon-Junior, Oliver-Jnr. What's going on? It just looks silly.
Costin - me a fortune!
Dido - so much teasing potential never mind the gender confusion.
Dimosthenes - wow there's a name to live up to. Shame they couldn't spell it though.
Domanic - am I the only one who wants to put an extra a in there?
Dryden - v. cultured :)
Evicson - currently being brought up in a cardboard box
Fergus (56) Hamish (60) - yay!
Godsome - like fulsome, but godly?
Hawkai - *headdesk*
Kage - wild child
Law - high hopes
Le'on - arrgh the apostrophe's have arrived, take cover!
Man - hopefully he'll have no problems growing into it
Odhran (4) - on my pnl
Odin - cool
girls:
Alma x 3 - I thought it still had too dated an image here, is this the first signs of it coming back?
Amundsen - on a boy ok, on a girl?
Arden - they obviously don't live near Glasgow, it's a not very nice suburb.
Arwyn - help the y brigade have got hold of Tolkein
This message was edited 12/17/2008, 3:46 PM
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Dido is a male name in Bulgaria. I would suspect that child has parents from the Balkans. See:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dido-Kolev/1001197382
(among others)
And Dimosthenes seems to be a common way to spell this name in modern Greece, so I don't think it's "misspelled"
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dimosthenes-Alexakis/646167828
Efeoghenetobore is probably from a Nigerian language, as both Efeoghene and Tobore come up separately as names of Nigerians when you Google.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dido-Kolev/1001197382
(among others)
And Dimosthenes seems to be a common way to spell this name in modern Greece, so I don't think it's "misspelled"
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dimosthenes-Alexakis/646167828
Efeoghenetobore is probably from a Nigerian language, as both Efeoghene and Tobore come up separately as names of Nigerians when you Google.
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thanks I know I was being a bit facetious for many, but I didn't know about Dido and Dimosthenes. I kind of guessed about Efeoghenetobore because there's quite a few long African names in there but usually if you googled them it came up. I never thought to divide it. It still seems like a bit of a mouthful to decide to put the two names together :)
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You're welcome!
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Thank you!
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Question about Lewis and Louis
Thanks so much for posting this! It's particularly wonderful that Scotland actually gives the entire list of names used last year, so we can add up spellings that are probably pronounced the same.
I have a question about that. Would Lewis and Louis generally be pronounced the same in Scotland? Most Americans would pronounce both of them as "LOO-iss". But being closer to France, would the Scots pronounce Louis more like "LOO-ee"?
Thanks so much for posting this! It's particularly wonderful that Scotland actually gives the entire list of names used last year, so we can add up spellings that are probably pronounced the same.
I have a question about that. Would Lewis and Louis generally be pronounced the same in Scotland? Most Americans would pronounce both of them as "LOO-iss". But being closer to France, would the Scots pronounce Louis more like "LOO-ee"?
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Hi, I have a Louis and am in the UK and here it's pn'ed Lou-ee. I'm in Scotland a lot as my OH is Scottish and it's mostly pn'ed Lou-ee up there too. There are exceptions to the rule of course!
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How exciting!
I love the complete list of all the names. These stood out as being "Interesting".
Girls:
Alexx
Aleighsha
Amii
Amundsen
Billieleigh
Blaze
Cello
Dari'Jo - first name with an apostrophe I've seen outside the US
Disney
Ebony-Starr
Etienne
Favour
Fortune
Goodness
Jet
Jokebed
Llama
Lybia
Mae'ci' - two apostrophes!
Man - a girl named Man?!
Mikkeilah
Pagan
Pip
Praise
Storm
Tuba
Venice
Venus
Boys:
A
Ace
Aryan - I know this is a legit name (in an Indian language) but it has unfortunate connotations these days, to say the least
Berry
Billy-Jo
Blue
Casanova
Chili
C'Jay
Dang
Dart
Dee-Junior
Denim
Diesel
Divine
Erin
Godlove
Herbie
Jack-Daniel
King
Laird
Law
Le'on
Norbert
Peace
Sid
Socrates
Tin
Ty-rhys
I love the complete list of all the names. These stood out as being "Interesting".
Girls:
Alexx
Aleighsha
Amii
Amundsen
Billieleigh
Blaze
Cello
Dari'Jo - first name with an apostrophe I've seen outside the US
Disney
Ebony-Starr
Etienne
Favour
Fortune
Goodness
Jet
Jokebed
Llama
Lybia
Mae'ci' - two apostrophes!
Man - a girl named Man?!
Mikkeilah
Pagan
Pip
Praise
Storm
Tuba
Venice
Venus
Boys:
A
Ace
Aryan - I know this is a legit name (in an Indian language) but it has unfortunate connotations these days, to say the least
Berry
Billy-Jo
Blue
Casanova
Chili
C'Jay
Dang
Dart
Dee-Junior
Denim
Diesel
Divine
Erin
Godlove
Herbie
Jack-Daniel
King
Laird
Law
Le'on
Norbert
Peace
Sid
Socrates
Tin
Ty-rhys
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Weird how the names that are unfashionable in the US such as Amber are rising yet names that are fashionable in the US such as Ruby and Daisy are falling.
It surprised me to see Freya on the list and I'm kind of sad it's so commmon.
Yes all those nickname names are worrying. I mean come on LEXI? as a full name? Ridiculous.
It surprised me to see Freya on the list and I'm kind of sad it's so commmon.
Yes all those nickname names are worrying. I mean come on LEXI? as a full name? Ridiculous.
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I like:
Isla
Grace
Holly
Lily
Ruby
Charlotte
Iona
Robyn
Neve
Elizabeth
Maya
James
Callum
Logan
Cameron
Jamie
Finlay
Andrew
Charlie
Scott
Harry
Fraser
Christopher
Rory
Archie
Owen
Riley
Craig
Murray
Noah
Luca
I find it worrying the amount of 'cute' baby girl names on the list. Are those names, like Maisie or Millie or Daisy, going to be so 'cute' when the wee girl is grown up?
Isla
Grace
Holly
Lily
Ruby
Charlotte
Iona
Robyn
Neve
Elizabeth
Maya
James
Callum
Logan
Cameron
Jamie
Finlay
Andrew
Charlie
Scott
Harry
Fraser
Christopher
Rory
Archie
Owen
Riley
Craig
Murray
Noah
Luca
I find it worrying the amount of 'cute' baby girl names on the list. Are those names, like Maisie or Millie or Daisy, going to be so 'cute' when the wee girl is grown up?
This message was edited 12/17/2008, 9:04 AM
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Scotland, I'm disappointed...
I thought the names in the Top 100 were actually okay, then I took a look at ALL the forenames given this year and there are some pretty rubbish choices (in my opinion, so don't be offended if you are in fact a fan of these names)...
For example (and these are just the GIRLS names and doesn't include most of the terrible 'unique' spellings):
Alexx/Alixx/Amii/Andreea/Brodii/Caryss/Charlii/Danii/Ebonii/Lucee/Romii/Roxxi/Steevie/Tiia/Triianna (was one X/I/E/S not enough? I'm not a fan of pointless double letters)
Amyjo
Angel
Aryan
Atlanta-Jade
Blessing
Blossom (to me this is a cow's name)
Bobbie-Jo
Bowie
Bracken
Breez
Candy
Cello (like the instrument I guess?)
Chase
Chaze-Taylor
Coral-Cher
Crystal
Dari'Jo
Destiny
Dexie
Diamond
Dillynne (feminine form of Dylan, surely?)
Disney (oh... my gosh)
Dixie
Dusty
Ebony-Starr
Echo
Fayth-Skye
Fizza
Goodness (gracious me?)
Honey
Indigo
Jameson
Jenson
Jet
Jewel
Jorgi
Kadeylea
Kaedden
Kane
KC
Kodi
Lawny
Lennox
Maidie
Maisie (62 girls with this name! Ugh...)
Maxi
Memphis
Miley
Minnie
Miracle
Montana
Nahla
Nevaeh (NO! The poor girls!)
Nevis (as in Ben?)
Nuttah
Ocean-Melodie
Pagan
Paisley (not the nicest area to be named after...)
Patti
Peace
Peaches
Pip
I thought the names in the Top 100 were actually okay, then I took a look at ALL the forenames given this year and there are some pretty rubbish choices (in my opinion, so don't be offended if you are in fact a fan of these names)...
For example (and these are just the GIRLS names and doesn't include most of the terrible 'unique' spellings):
Alexx/Alixx/Amii/Andreea/Brodii/Caryss/Charlii/Danii/Ebonii/Lucee/Romii/Roxxi/Steevie/Tiia/Triianna (was one X/I/E/S not enough? I'm not a fan of pointless double letters)
Amyjo
Angel
Aryan
Atlanta-Jade
Blessing
Blossom (to me this is a cow's name)
Bobbie-Jo
Bowie
Bracken
Breez
Candy
Cello (like the instrument I guess?)
Chase
Chaze-Taylor
Coral-Cher
Crystal
Dari'Jo
Destiny
Dexie
Diamond
Dillynne (feminine form of Dylan, surely?)
Disney (oh... my gosh)
Dixie
Dusty
Ebony-Starr
Echo
Fayth-Skye
Fizza
Goodness (gracious me?)
Honey
Indigo
Jameson
Jenson
Jet
Jewel
Jorgi
Kadeylea
Kaedden
Kane
KC
Kodi
Lawny
Lennox
Maidie
Maisie (62 girls with this name! Ugh...)
Maxi
Memphis
Miley
Minnie
Miracle
Montana
Nahla
Nevaeh (NO! The poor girls!)
Nevis (as in Ben?)
Nuttah
Ocean-Melodie
Pagan
Paisley (not the nicest area to be named after...)
Patti
Peace
Peaches
Pip
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Be kind, there were some good choices.
I actually like Memphis, it is a female character in mythology after all.
Echo is a GP of mine. I like it but I wouldn't use it.
I actually like Memphis, it is a female character in mythology after all.
Echo is a GP of mine. I like it but I wouldn't use it.
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Yes I know, that's why I said there were 'some' pretty rubbish choices.
:-)
:-)
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Wow..
Yay, thank you!
So many awesome names..
Aurelien
Ariadne
Aida
Cyprian
Brisa
Delphine
Florian
Echo
Elektra
Eugenia
Ginevra
Guinevere
Hermione
Loki
Noor
Ptolemy
Prosper
Lilias
Rohan
Liv
Rune - YAY!
Magdalene/a
Severin
Somerled - YAY!
Soren
Memphis (f)
Viggo
Neith - YAY!
Persephone
Romilly
Temperance
Rune, Somerled and Neith - who'd of guessed it?!
Yay, thank you!
So many awesome names..
Aurelien
Ariadne
Aida
Cyprian
Brisa
Delphine
Florian
Echo
Elektra
Eugenia
Ginevra
Guinevere
Hermione
Loki
Noor
Ptolemy
Prosper
Lilias
Rohan
Liv
Rune - YAY!
Magdalene/a
Severin
Somerled - YAY!
Soren
Memphis (f)
Viggo
Neith - YAY!
Persephone
Romilly
Temperance
Rune, Somerled and Neith - who'd of guessed it?!
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Of them, I like:
Liam
James
Logan
Cameron
Alexander
Aiden
Dylan
Finlay
Adam
Thomas
David
Luke
Lucas
Aidan
Samuel
William
Kai
Owen
Riley
Benjamin
Zak
Blair
Finn
Jacob
Leo
Kayden (supermassive GP)
Noah
Luca
Lee
Peter
Sophie
Emily
Emma
Lucy
Ava
Amy
Isla
Grace
Rebecca
Freya
Anna
Ruby
Summer
Skye
Charlotte
Eve
Zoe
Cara
Morgan (MALE)
Zara
Cerys
Robyn
Neve
Sophia
Julia
Amelie
Kara
I think these are interesting on a top 100:
Kenzie, Brodie, Zak, Arran, Fraser,
three forms of Niamh, Rosie
I'm kind of sick of the nickname trend and I don't even live in Europe. Haha.
Liam
James
Logan
Cameron
Alexander
Aiden
Dylan
Finlay
Adam
Thomas
David
Luke
Lucas
Aidan
Samuel
William
Kai
Owen
Riley
Benjamin
Zak
Blair
Finn
Jacob
Leo
Kayden (supermassive GP)
Noah
Luca
Lee
Peter
Sophie
Emily
Emma
Lucy
Ava
Amy
Isla
Grace
Rebecca
Freya
Anna
Ruby
Summer
Skye
Charlotte
Eve
Zoe
Cara
Morgan (MALE)
Zara
Cerys
Robyn
Neve
Sophia
Julia
Amelie
Kara
I think these are interesting on a top 100:
Kenzie, Brodie, Zak, Arran, Fraser,
three forms of Niamh, Rosie
I'm kind of sick of the nickname trend and I don't even live in Europe. Haha.
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