Baby Names - You're kidding Right???

[violinp]

I had to pick up a prescription today.  The pharmacist on duty was named  Nike lastname.

Nike, as far as I know, is the name of a town in Greece. It is a little weird with the shoe brand being so prevalent, though.

[Black Delphinium]

I had to pick up a prescription today.  The pharmacist on duty was named  Nike lastname.

Nike, as far as I know, is the name of a town in Greece. It is a little weird with the shoe brand being so prevalent, though.

Nike is the Greek goddess of Victory. In Roman mythology, she's called Victoria. 

[violinp]

I had to pick up a prescription today.  The pharmacist on duty was named  Nike lastname.

Nike, as far as I know, is the name of a town in Greece. It is a little weird with the shoe brand being so prevalent, though.

Nike is the Greek goddess of Victory. In Roman mythology, she's called Victoria. 

I knew it was something like that - I was having a brain blip. 

[VorFemme]

I had to pick up a prescription today.  The pharmacist on duty was named  Nike lastname.

Nike, as far as I know, is the name of a town in Greece. It is a little weird with the shoe brand being so prevalent, though.

It's the name of the Greek winged goddess of victory, too.  Long before it was the name of a brand of running shoes...

[Mister E]

I'm friends with a couple who have 2 children. Their daughter's name is Jewel and the son's name is Simeon. I like Jewel but I don't think I'd use it for my daughter's name just personal preference. I think Simeon is a bit more unusual, it's a biblical name but it's never been that common/popular as far as I can tell so I think it's a bit unusual they picked that one. I don't care for it myself. They are really nice and cute kids though.

Ed.

[Carotte]

Girls,   
1 > Leilanie 2 > Louloua 3 > Olta 4 > Keilla 5 > Aryana 6 > Benicia 7 > Chamina 8 > Malinka 9 > Marithe 10 > Mirane
Boys,    
1 > Taig 2 > Timai 3 > Senna 4 > Alanzo 5 > Eiji 6 > Royce 7 > Maoni 8 > Rezan 9 > Rouben 10 > Eneour

Those are the new and trending names on a french baby name site (I was looking for Alissandre which I heard today for the first time.).

[Tea Drinker]

"New and trending" doesn't necessarily mean "popular," it can mean "here are some names you never heard before that at least one person has used this year" or "here are some names that we think are cool."

I saw a similarly startling list for U.S. names a few months ago, checked the Social Security Administration website for popular names, and found little or no overlap. Yes, I'm old enough that the list of currently popular names, especially for girls, doesn't have much in common with the names of my long-ago classmates--though it has my grandmother's and great-aunt's given names--but there's a difference between "Where did that name come from?" or even "I don't know any Jaydens" and "I never heard of those names before."

[Lynn2000]

Interestingly I have several women named Jewel on my family tree, people who were born in the early 1900's or so. I know there was an early vogue for gem names, but their siblings will be Mary, James, William, Elizabeth, etc. per usual. It's almost like these big families decided they would have one kid with a "different" name, and give all the others common names.

[Bethczar]

Lizzie Borden was christened 'Lizzie Andrew Borden'.   In later years she went by the name of Elizabeth but that wasn't her original name.

Actually, she went by Lizbeth later in life, not Elizabeth. It's on her tombstone.

I am happy to be a Beth-not-Elizabeth, although some people can't get their heads around it.

[Mister E]

I saw a male actor on a talk show last night whose first name was Romany. What? I've never seen that as a name for a man or a woman. Roman, yes which I don't care for at all (a cousin's son named a son Roman) but I've never seen Romany before. I don't care for it either.

Ed.

[menley]

A friend posted a picture on Facebook with her niece, "Briley". I'd never heard of it before but apparently it's of Irish origin? Something about it makes me think of household cleaners instead of a baby girl, though!

[Lady Snowdon]

Seen yesterday - Alloyd.  I thought maybe the insurance company had accidentally created that from an A. Lloyd, but no, his driver's license also says Alloyd. 

[creativecat]

I know a couple from college who named their kid Drian. To this day, I have no idea how it is pronounced... (Dree-an or Dry-an?). It's a boy.

A different friend, a close friend, had 4 boys. All of them have names from the Bible. The youngest is named Asher. I think it's a cool name, but while she was pregnant a friend of theirs made fun of it by calling the unborn child "ash tray".

[gramma dishes]

I know a couple from college who named their kid Drian. ...

Wanna' bet he gets called Draino?

[Allyson]

A different friend, a close friend, had 4 boys. All of them have names from the Bible. The youngest is named Asher. I think it's a cool name, but while she was pregnant a friend of theirs made fun of it by calling the unborn child "ash tray".

That's just silly, I think, and no reason not to use the name. "Ash tray" has as much similarity to the very common Ashley and Ashton, after all...most names have a syllable where one could use it mockingly.