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Help[Opinions] Re: People with Top 10 names: how has life treated you?
in reply to a message by erb816
My sister and my mom both have incredibly common names. Neither of them cared for it. My sister especially dislikes how popular her name is and how it dates her to a specific time (1980s). My brothers have common names and I think they tire of having so many people share their names.
That said:
My sister named her son Kellan (unusual, but with a trendy sound) and Isabelle (quite common). I named my daughter Miriam. It was important to me to find a name that wouldn't date my daughter, nor suddenly shoot up in popularity. (My sister's name, Jessica, and my name, Haven.)
I'd also prefer to have a name that was popular when I was born or dated when I was born than to have a name that became trendy when I was an adult. That is EXTREMELY annoying, especially as a mom. It gets really old having to explailn for the umpteenth time that I'm the mom, Miriam is the kid.
That said:
My sister named her son Kellan (unusual, but with a trendy sound) and Isabelle (quite common). I named my daughter Miriam. It was important to me to find a name that wouldn't date my daughter, nor suddenly shoot up in popularity. (My sister's name, Jessica, and my name, Haven.)
I'd also prefer to have a name that was popular when I was born or dated when I was born than to have a name that became trendy when I was an adult. That is EXTREMELY annoying, especially as a mom. It gets really old having to explailn for the umpteenth time that I'm the mom, Miriam is the kid.
