Popular (Overused) Names - Page 5

[sohj]

The only Madisons I know here are dogs. :

I haven't yet heard it at the playground, only in the dog run.

I like the idea of naming people for others in the family and/or historical/mythical figures. It really doesn't matter how common the name is, most people end up with a nickname anyhow, one that may or may not have anything to do with their name. (Like Spud for Spalding...yup.)

[mirthfulmum]

Originally posted by Charles Baudelaire
Instead of... Try instead
7. Dylan ......... Zimmerman (if you get this, you're over 30)

:LOL :LOL :LOL :LOL

My emensely huge Dylan fan husband wanted to name our son after Bob Dylan but we didn't want to go the traditional Dylan route. We actually joked about naming him Zimmy. We instead named ds Alias after the character Dylan played in "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid". And the biography about him called "A man named Alias".

As for here in Vancouver the name that really sticks out for me as the extremly popular name is Ethan. Every play group, every story time, every where we go there is always an Ethan!

[HomeBirthMommy]

ARGH!!!!! I named my dd Madeline thinking it was soooo original and everywhere I go, I hear "Maddie". We're trying really hard not to say Maddie, but to say Madeline, so at least she's a little different! There must be a gazillion Madisons, who are all called Maddie, too. I feel so bad. We were going to name her Meredith, but our last name is Luth, so Meredith Luth was just asking for teasing (or a lisp : ).

Popular here (Metro Atlanta, Gwinnett)
Abigail
Caitlyn
Ashley
Sara
MADISON
Emily

Ethan
Avery
Jacob
Dylan
Collin

Our next will be either Robert or Clara (someday...)