If she names her baby charlotte I am

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Going to be pissed. Especially because I wanted to name dd pippa (Phillipa) and dh vetoed.

That is all.

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Seems like a really odd thing to be pissed about.

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I'm not in to the whole princess thing, but I think it's cool dd shares her name with a princess (Catherine). So I don't get the angst here. Charlotte is already a super popular name right now so it's not like you can get mad just because a royal baby might make it popular.

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Jul 22, 2013 6:40:24 GMT -5 @damnation said:

Seems like a really odd thing to be pissed about.

I was one of 10! Lauren's in my graduating class. If the duchess names her baby charlotte, the names popularity- which is already rising, would sky rocket.

[mellymel]

I hear ya. My 9 week old DD is Charlotte which may be gaining popularity again but sure isn't top 10 or anything. But a royal baby named Charlotte would for sure make it skyrocket.

[alzi]

I get it. I am really hoping they don't pick Alexandra!

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Jul 22, 2013 7:53:37 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

I hate to break it to you, but Charlotte is already a seriously popular name anyway.

I know! I don't want it to get worse!

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Jul 22, 2013 7:53:37 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

I hate to break it to you, but Charlotte is already a seriously popular name anyway.

Yup.

It's very pretty! I can see why it's popular.

[hisno1girl]

Unless you name your baby Mxyzpltk, chances are someone will have already used the name, or it will be widely known.

[rupertpenny]

I get you Laz. I think there is almost zero chance of Kate using the name we have picked out, but I will be (irrationally) bummed if she does.

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for heaven's sake, let laz have her annoyance!!!!

you guys are annoyance cockblockers. reveling in minor annoyance that doesn't actually interfere with your life is FUN.

[karmasabiotch]

My sister loved the name Chelsea after watching On Golden Pond as a kid. She didn't care when Clinton had a daughter with that name but she was annoyed when she named her DD Chelsey and people thought she was copying the president.

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Jul 22, 2013 8:10:29 GMT -5 cville said:

for heaven's sake, let laz have her annoyance!!!!

you guys are annoyance cockblockers. reveling in minor annoyance that doesn't actually interfere with your life is FUN.

Thank you!!

Lol.

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Jul 22, 2013 7:49:53 GMT -5 mellymel said:

I hear ya. My 9 week old DD is Charlotte which may be gaining popularity again but sure isn't top 10 or anything. But a royal baby named Charlotte would for sure make it skyrocket.

It's number 4 this year, lol.

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Can't y'all just judge me on the fact that I wanted to name my baby pippa and leave me be about the rest.

I really, really would have named her pippa.

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Jul 22, 2013 8:07:35 GMT -5 hisno1girl said:

Unless you name your baby Mxyzpltk, chances are someone will have already used the name, or it will be widely known.

This was our second choice. Damn. Shoulda went with that

[eddy]

Jul 22, 2013 8:22:58 GMT -5 @lazerus24 said:

Can't y'all just judge me on the fact that I wanted to name my baby pippa and leave me be about the rest.

I really, really would have named her pippa.

I love the name Pippa.

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Jul 22, 2013 8:29:43 GMT -5 eddy said:

Jul 22, 2013 8:22:58 GMT -5 @lazerus24 said:

Can't y'all just judge me on the fact that I wanted to name my baby pippa and leave me be about the rest.

I really, really would have named her pippa.

I love the name Pippa.

Me toooooooo!

I tried so hard. Dh just didn't get it. He was a hard "hell no" - which I get. I "hell no'd" him on a boy name before. But the name he wanted was ridiculous.

[mellymel]

Jul 22, 2013 8:22:56 GMT -5 @irishbride said:

Jul 22, 2013 7:49:53 GMT -5 mellymel said:

I hear ya. My 9 week old DD is Charlotte which may be gaining popularity again but sure isn't top 10 or anything. But a royal baby named Charlotte would for sure make it skyrocket.

It's number 4 this year, lol.

What?! Where?! LOL. Damnit.

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Jul 22, 2013 8:32:45 GMT -5 mellymel said:

Jul 22, 2013 8:22:56 GMT -5 @irishbride said:

It's number 4 this year, lol.

What?! Where?! LOL. Damnit.

Yeah. I didn't want to bust your bubble. Lol.

I didn't know that when I picked it. I swear!!! I thought we were being cool. When we chose the name the only baby I "knew" with is was cleo little girl. I did know my friends great aunt was named that. Lol.

Now it's EVERYWHERE.

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I doubt she will. The first princess Charlotte had a tragic fate (died in childbirth) so I'm guessing t as a bad connotation for them.

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Jul 22, 2013 8:35:25 GMT -5 @lcap said:

I doubt she will. The first princess Charlotte had a tragic fate (died in childbirth) so I'm guessing t as a bad connotation for them.

First I was like "whew" then.... Aw. Sad.

[mellymel]

Jul 22, 2013 8:35:06 GMT -5 @lazerus24 said:

Jul 22, 2013 8:32:45 GMT -5 mellymel said:

What?! Where?! LOL. Damnit.

Yeah. I didn't want to bust your bubble. Lol.

I didn't know that when I picked it. I swear!!! I thought we were being cool. When we chose the name the only baby I "knew" with is was cleo little girl. I did know my friends great aunt was named that. Lol.

Now it's EVERYWHERE.

Sigh. Well, crap. I still love it though.

[alzi]

CNN has Alexandra and Charlotte tapped as favorites if its a girl.

[snickers]

I think that would be cool!

[karmasabiotch]

My kid is Jacob which had been the most popular name for the last 10+ years.

If he had been a girl he might have been named September, so there is that.

[speckledfrog]

Jul 22, 2013 6:40:24 GMT -5 @damnation said:

Seems like a really odd thing to be pissed about.

You're such a wet blanket.

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wouldn't it be so great if she named her "neveah" or "ahlyviyah" or some crap like that? like "screw all of you, i'm a posh princess and i do what i want."

[nahoku]

I want to use the name Pippa, too, but for my next dog

Charlotte was number 19 last year according to the SSA website and has been in the top 100 since 2008.

I like both Alexandra and Charlotte. And I get the annoyance of it possibly rising in popularity. I had wanted to use the name Malia practically since birth but I was worried that it would get really popular because of the Obamas. I shouldn't have worried; it peaked in 2009 at 191 and now it's back in the mid-300s.

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Jul 22, 2013 8:45:42 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

Jul 22, 2013 6:40:24 GMT -5 @damnation said:

Seems like a really odd thing to be pissed about.

You're such a wet blanket.

Lol. Well, I couldn't tell if she was joking! So I didn't want to be all "HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!111!!!! That's hilarious!" When she really may be pissed off which is so stupid but I didn't want to hurt her feelings with "Jfc, that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard." So I went with something I felt was innocuous. *shrugs*