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I've seen Campbell, Imogen, and Sloane before. Growing up in the southern U.S. and seeing so many double names, Mary Catherine doesn't feel long to me lol. I've known a Mary Elizabeth, Molly Katherine, etc.

I like:
Evaine (like a modernized Yvaine?)
Zamara
Zuriana
Mariela
Mary Catherine
Imogen

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I can tolerate:
Alizabeth
Ellee (nickname only)
Kalie (maybe nickname only)
Aubrierose
Campbell
Demagia
Ky'mani (if you got rid of the apostrophe somehow. Kimani? Kemani? Kaimani?)
Aryah (but I still want to pronounce it Aria)

The fact that they're pronouncing Kalie like Callie instead of Kaylee is a tragedy. Kalie would be beautiful if pronounced like Kaylee.

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I like Imogen, Mariela, and Zamara.

I like Imogen, Zamara, Zuriana, and Mariela.

I quite like Kalie (not sure if it's pronounced 'kay-lee' or 'kah-lee' but either works)

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Braelynn is okay, but '-lynn' names feel a bit overused nowadays so not one of my favourites.

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Evaine is really nice - I imagine it might be a variant spelling of Yvaine, a character from the novel/film Stardust who turns out to be the evening star. Nice sound, nice meaning/connotations, unusual but not too weird imho. I might add it to my own list!

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Zamara is also quite nice, tho I imagine it could be taken as an unnecessary variation of Tamara.

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Mariela is lovely. I'm not Hispanic myself so not sure if there would be any cultural issues for it being used for a kid who's not Hispanic, but it's a really nice name anyway.

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Mary Catherine is okay, both perfectly normal names, but imho it sounds a bit like a nun's name. Maybe that's just me?

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Now for the bad ones:
Teighlor
Aubrierose
Charm
Demagia
Aryah

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And the worst one has to be Poeatri. Sorry but who does that to their kid?!

Mary Catherine and Mariela are by far the best. Other than that Alizabeth is okay (why can't they just use Elizabeth?), and AubrieRose (better if it wasn't one word).

I love the names Mary, Catherine, Zamara, Zuriana, Mariela, and Imogen as names!

Aubrierose (Aubrie + Rose) is so many kinds of wrong, but the way it looks as if it should be Aw! Briar Rose! is the worst.

Poeatri! Wow. That one takes the cake.

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Demagia seems like it might be trying to be a feminine version of DiMaggio. I dislike it.

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I prefer Charm to most of the others, looked it up and am surprised to see it's being used fairly often for a rare name (124 uses in a year). I wonder if it will get into the top 1000 eventually or if that's the peak.

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I don't care for most of the others one way or another. Berlynn and Zuriana are ok. Mariela and Mary Catherine are ok. Those are probably my favorites other than Charm.

This message was edited 12/7/2024, 9:03 PM

As someone who grew up in the UK, it's wild to me to see Imogen classified as a unique name. Fascinating how different name perceptions can be in different cultures. It's one of my favorites, though, so I'm happy my kid won't be one of many if I ever end up using it in the US.

For the "that's new" category: Braelyn is the name of one of my younger cousins (second cousin, technically). Going by the charts, her parents might've been ahead of the curve by a couple years. As far as I know, that's the usual spelling, so this Braelynn probably just needs to specify "with two Ns." I remember all the family being polite when the name was announced, but later my grandma was like, "Isn't that what blind people use to read? Braille?" It's a very "third millennium sporty white people" name (see Paisley, Tenley, Makenna, Paxton, all the -ayden names that aren't Aidan/Aiden, etc.), but it's honestly pretty normal today.

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I'm very surprised--in a positive way--to see Imogen and Sloane show up in the same group. Sloane is somewhat of a GP of mine because I feel like everyone around me hates it; and Imogen is super British English, so I'm certain she's the only one in her class.

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Some other cool ones are Zuriana, Evaine, and Mariela. I could see the last one's family being Italian but still preferring the one L spelling.

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Mary Catherine's family is devout Irish Catholic, there's no way she isn't. I'd be willing to put money on it. :-P

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I think the worst one on this list is Poeatri. If you're going to name your kid an English word (Poetry), please do them the courtesy of not misspelling it to a ludicrous degree. That just causes your kid unnecessary headaches.

This message was edited 12/7/2024, 5:06 PM

Mariela's lovely, though I prefer Mariella.

I like these best:

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Hadlee (Hadley)
Evaine
Sloane
Zamara

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Poeatri is the name I have the most issues with.
The intention was likely to create a poetic spelling of Poetry, instead it looks like a mash-up of Poe (Edgar Allen) and a petri dish.
Even Poetree would be better.

Imogen is nice

Like: Alizabeth, Zuriana, Aryah, Mariela, Mary Catherine.
Okey: Kalie, Imogen, Zamara.
No opinion: Ky'mani.
Dislike: Berlynn, Ellee, Hadlee, Graycie, Teighlor, Aubrierose, Braelynn, Campbell, Charm, Demagia, Evaine, Sloane, Poeatri.

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I'm a bit confused and curious about Poeatri even tho it's not appealing to me.
Campbell sounds more like surname to me.
Teighlor gives puke sound.

Mary Catherine is the clear winner!