Apparently I jinxed myself, because we are now officially team PINK and I need to find a girl's name!!
I've been using the BabyName App. Man, there are a LOT of horrible names and misspellings of names to go through on that thing.
Some favs that I've come across that I haven't previously considered are Sloane, Isla, Hannah, Maren, and Rosamund. We have a Mc last name. I loved some other names (ex: Gemma), but it's to.. "M"-y with our last name. ha. I have no idea how we'll choose. Like I said, I always favored Elizabeth and Catherine. But now that it's not just pretend and I'm picking it for a real person, I don't think that I like Elizabeth anymore unless we'd definitely call her by a nickname (Because <3Eliza<3)
I love Rosamund so much.
Ugh me too. DH likes Rose but not Rosamund. Grrrr.
Apparently I jinxed myself, because we are now officially team PINK and I need to find a girl's name!!
I've been using the BabyName App. Man, there are a LOT of horrible names and misspellings of names to go through on that thing.
Some favs that I've come across that I haven't previously considered are Sloane, Isla, Hannah, Maren, and Rosamund. We have a Mc last name. I loved some other names (ex: Gemma), but it's to.. "M"-y with our last name. ha. I have no idea how we'll choose. Like I said, I always favored Elizabeth and Catherine. But now that it's not just pretend and I'm picking it for a real person, I don't think that I like Elizabeth anymore unless we'd definitely call her by a nickname (Because <3Eliza<3)
Ugh me too. DH likes Rose but not Rosamund. Grrrr.
I love your girl name picks, especially Rosamund. Boo DH. I pushed for Rosalind (my nana was Rose and my mom is Linda so I thought it'd be a nice nod) but DH nixed it.
Ugh me too. DH likes Rose but not Rosamund. Grrrr.
I love your girl name picks, especially Rosamund. Boo DH. I pushed for Rosalind (my nana was Rose and my mom is Linda so I thought it'd be a nice nod) but DH nixed it.
I picked Rosaline off the app too and when he asked me about it and I said it out loud I realized it was just Roslyn. Hahah oops. I might pitch Rosalie.
This is interesting. Nameberry reorganized the list to account for alternative spellings, which I think is more telling. Their place on the SSA list are in parentheses. Here are the top 10 for each:
1. Sophia (5) – Sofia
2. Olivia (2) – Alivia
3. Emma (1)
4. Amelia (8) – Emelia, Emilia
5. Isabella (4) – Isabela, Izabella
6. Ava (3) – Avah
7. Adeline (78) – Adaline, Adalyn, Adalynn, Addilynn, Adelyn, Adelynn (Adilynn dropped from the SSA Top 1000)
8. Mia (7) – Miah
9. Charlotte (6)
10. Aria (19) – Ariah, Ariya, Ariyah, Arya
1. Jackson (20) – Jaxen, Jaxon, Jaxson, Jaxxon
2. Liam (1)
3. Noah (2) – Noe
4. Aiden (19) – Adan, Aden, Aidan, Ayden, Aydin, (Aaden dropped from the SSA Top 1000)
5. William (3)
6. Lucas (8) – Lukas
7. Grayson (32) – Graysen, Greyson, (Greysen dropped from the SSA Top 1000)
I would expect Kaysen to be on the boys list soon. I feel like there's about 100 different spellings of it, all in the top 1000. C or K, y or no y, even e or o. All basically the same name.
I’d actually pronounce Aria and Arya differently, so I view them as two names.
Aria would be “are ee ya”
And Arya would be “are ya”
Maybe that’s just me?
Interesting, I've always pronounced them the same. Probably because of Game of Thrones (there is a character named Arya and its pronounced "are ee ya".
I’d actually pronounce Aria and Arya differently, so I view them as two names.
Aria would be “are ee ya”
And Arya would be “are ya”
Maybe that’s just me?
Interesting, I've always pronounced them the same. Probably because of Game of Thrones (there is a character named Arya and its pronounced "are ee ya".
Ha. I’ve never watched GoT. And I see Arya as a derivation of the word Aryan
I love your girl name picks, especially Rosamund. Boo DH. I pushed for Rosalind (my nana was Rose and my mom is Linda so I thought it'd be a nice nod) but DH nixed it.
I picked Rosaline off the app too and when he asked me about it and I said it out loud I realized it was just Roslyn. Hahah oops. I might pitch Rosalie.
I was going to suggest Rosalie! I like Rose a lot but some of the other related names are tough because they start with Rahz- instead of Row-zz-. Rosalind is one of those. Rosamund goes both ways. Rosalie seems to be only row-zz.
I couldn’t get my husband on board with any of these, sadly. He also disliked my most favorite girl name ever of Anastasia. Our daughter is Ingrid.
S's (very Irish) name has been in the top 1000 for the last few years, and jumped almost 130 places in the last year
It dropped a bit in popularity in Ireland (their stats just came out too), but still in the top 20. It generally rises and falls a few places in that list from year to year
ETA: I've been told my name is an "old lady" name. It's dropped over 400 places since 2000 alone
Are you guys actually saying these names out loud? (Aria vs Arya) LOL Because while I GET that when spelled out phonetically they SEEM like different names, they’re going to sound the same to anyone who hears them vs sees them. Unless you're speaking verrrrrry slowly.
ETA: knx9211, congrats on the girl! Your name list reminds me so much of the list we had for dd. From what i have read, you seem to lean towards traditional. We do too, so we had a list filled with names like Lillian & Eleanor & Elizabeth, and then I was like, “Wait! What about Quinn or Sloane?!” LOL So different.
Are you guys actually saying these names out loud? (Aria vs Areya) LOL Because while I GET that when spelled out phonetically they SEEM like different names, they’re going to sound the same to anyone who hears them vs sees them. Unless you're speaking verrrrrry slowly.
ETA: knx9211, congrats on the girl! Your name list reminds me so much of the list we had for dd. From what i have read, you seem to lean towards traditional. We do too, so we had a list filled with names like Lillian & Eleanor & Elizabeth, and then I was like, “Wait! What about Quinn or Sloane?!” LOL So different.
I love the name Eleanor. So much that I named our cat it 10 years ago so now we can’t use it. Hahah two Eleanors in the house makes me laugh though.
Are you guys actually saying these names out loud? (Aria vs Arya) LOL Because while I GET that when spelled out phonetically they SEEM like different names, they’re going to sound the same to anyone who hears them vs sees them. Unless you're speaking verrrrrry slowly.
ETA: knx9211, congrats on the girl! Your name list reminds me so much of the list we had for dd. From what i have read, you seem to lean towards traditional. We do too, so we had a list filled with names like Lillian & Eleanor & Elizabeth, and then I was like, “Wait! What about Quinn or Sloane?!” LOL So different.
I say them differently. Merry, marry, mary are all different, too. 🤷🏼♀️
Are you guys actually saying these names out loud? (Aria vs Arya) LOL Because while I GET that when spelled out phonetically they SEEM like different names, they’re going to sound the same to anyone who hears them vs sees them. Unless you're speaking verrrrrry slowly.
ETA: knx9211, congrats on the girl! Your name list reminds me so much of the list we had for dd. From what i have read, you seem to lean towards traditional. We do too, so we had a list filled with names like Lillian & Eleanor & Elizabeth, and then I was like, “Wait! What about Quinn or Sloane?!” LOL So different.
I say them differently. Merry, marry, mary are all different, too. 🤷🏼♀️
Same here. I will fully admit that my cultural background probably plays into a large part of this. I have a nephew in India whose name is Arya which like I said upthread is a derivation of Aryan which to me (again as a first generation Indian American) has a different connotation than recent history has portrayed.
A cut/paste from the Wiki link I had shared:
"Aryan" (/ˈɛəriən/)[1] has as its root a term that was used as a self-designation by Indo-Iranian people.[note 1] The term was used by the Indic people of the Vedic period in India as an ethnic label for themselves and to refer to the noble class as well as the geographic region known as Āryāvarta, where Indo-Aryan culture is based.
Are you guys actually saying these names out loud? (Aria vs Arya) LOL Because while I GET that when spelled out phonetically they SEEM like different names, they’re going to sound the same to anyone who hears them vs sees them. Unless you're speaking verrrrrry slowly.
ETA: knx9211 , congrats on the girl! Your name list reminds me so much of the list we had for dd. From what i have read, you seem to lean towards traditional. We do too, so we had a list filled with names like Lillian & Eleanor & Elizabeth, and then I was like, “Wait! What about Quinn or Sloane?!” LOL So different.
I say them differently. Merry, marry, mary are all different, too. 🤷🏼♀️
I only realized maybe two or three years ago that the clerk's name is "Mary" and not "Merry" in Christmas Vacation. Because apparently the entire country except for my area says them the same:
I say them differently. Merry, marry, mary are all different, too. 🤷🏼♀️
Same here. I will fully admit that my cultural background probably plays into a large part of this. I have a nephew in India whose name is Arya which like I said upthread is a derivation of Aryan which to me (again as a first generation Indian American) has a different connotation than recent history has portrayed.
A cute/paste from the Wiki link I had shared:
"Aryan" (/ˈɛəriən/)[1] has as its root a term that was used as a self-designation by Indo-Iranian people.[note 1] The term was used by the Indic people of the Vedic period in India as an ethnic label for themselves and to refer to the noble class as well as the geographic region known as Āryāvarta, where Indo-Aryan culture is based.
Thank you for posting this. I knew of the WWII-era connotations but not the origins. Sorry that I didn't realize that earlier.
I say them differently. Merry, marry, mary are all different, too. 🤷🏼♀️
I only realized maybe two or three years ago that the clerk's name is "Mary" and not "Merry" in Christmas Vacation. Because apparently the entire country except for my area says them the same:
Are you guys actually saying these names out loud? (Aria vs Arya) LOL Because while I GET that when spelled out phonetically they SEEM like different names, they’re going to sound the same to anyone who hears them vs sees them. Unless you're speaking verrrrrry slowly.
ETA: knx9211, congrats on the girl! Your name list reminds me so much of the list we had for dd. From what i have read, you seem to lean towards traditional. We do too, so we had a list filled with names like Lillian & Eleanor & Elizabeth, and then I was like, “Wait! What about Quinn or Sloane?!” LOL So different.
I say them differently. Merry, marry, mary are all different, too. 🤷🏼♀️
No, no, no. Sorry, I think I was confusing with what I typed. I GET that they are different names. I don’t necessarily think they should be clumped together. I was more commenting on the people who were making it seems like they are pronounced totally differently. I agree that I would also pronounce one Ar-ee-ya and one Are-ya, I don’t think anyone is going to hear a difference unless you slow down and be really sure to make Aria 3 syllables. But to your point, merry, marry, and Mary are all different words, even if they are heard as the same.
Same here. I will fully admit that my cultural background probably plays into a large part of this. I have a nephew in India whose name is Arya which like I said upthread is a derivation of Aryan which to me (again as a first generation Indian American) has a different connotation than recent history has portrayed.
A cute/paste from the Wiki link I had shared:
"Aryan" (/ˈɛəriən/)[1] has as its root a term that was used as a self-designation by Indo-Iranian people.[note 1] The term was used by the Indic people of the Vedic period in India as an ethnic label for themselves and to refer to the noble class as well as the geographic region known as Āryāvarta, where Indo-Aryan culture is based.
Thank you for posting this. I knew of the WWII-era connotations but not the origins. Sorry that I didn't realize that earlier.
I don’t think most people do, no reason to be sorry.