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HelpNameberry's 15 Hottest Baby Name Trends For 2015
I actually agree with a couple of these.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/05/baby-name-trends-2015_n_6271854.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/05/baby-name-trends-2015_n_6271854.html
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I'm actually happy that boys are taking back a lot of the unisex names.
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This article is literally "Look at these things that are already happening. They are going to continue to happen." I don't see anything new and exciting here, but I guess these articles aren't written for people who actually follow naming trends. Like... -bella names? Words? Unisex names? Old people names? None of this is new.
What would be an interesting article is like "Next year, it's going to be cool to give your child a celebrity's full name, like back in the 1800s! You know your great-great-great-grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Smith? Yeah, well, take that trend and apply it to your baby! Name your daughter Jennifer Lawrence Smith! Consider "Justin Bieber" as a first name / middle name combo!"
uhhhh
try two years ago?
or is 98 larger than 100? I forget.
teeheehee
(apologies if this post seems aggressive; i think pam and linda are just the worst)
What would be an interesting article is like "Next year, it's going to be cool to give your child a celebrity's full name, like back in the 1800s! You know your great-great-great-grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Smith? Yeah, well, take that trend and apply it to your baby! Name your daughter Jennifer Lawrence Smith! Consider "Justin Bieber" as a first name / middle name combo!"
uhhhh
try two years ago?
or is 98 larger than 100? I forget.
teeheehee
(apologies if this post seems aggressive; i think pam and linda are just the worst)
This message was edited 12/5/2014, 10:02 PM
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Rosenkrantz
Has it every occured to anyone that one of the authors of Nameberry is named Rosenkrantz (surname) and the characters of Rosenkrantz and Guidenstern, in Shakespeare, are well-known for never remembering their names?
I just thought that was humorous.
(Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead was one of my fav plays).
Has it every occured to anyone that one of the authors of Nameberry is named Rosenkrantz (surname) and the characters of Rosenkrantz and Guidenstern, in Shakespeare, are well-known for never remembering their names?
I just thought that was humorous.
(Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead was one of my fav plays).
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Oh, I definitely agree with you. I also find it annoying that Nameberry seems to be taking credit for these "astute" observations. OTOH, unless one is a namenerd, they just haven't paid attention to naming trends. I find it encouraging that this info is at least put out there and if just one set of parents who is toying with the idea of Isabella or Maverick is reading this article and it causes them to reconsider, then it would be all good, imo.
This message was edited 12/7/2014, 3:16 PM
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Yeah, I wrote at the top that the articles aren't for people who actually follow trends. I get that.
Though, the way this article (and all of the nameberry articles) are written is not, "Look at the stuff that is happening!", it's more like "This stuff is going to happen, so do this if you want to be on the cool train!"
So it wouldn't put people off Isabella or Maverick, unless the parents in question were trying to purposely not follow trends.
Though, the way this article (and all of the nameberry articles) are written is not, "Look at the stuff that is happening!", it's more like "This stuff is going to happen, so do this if you want to be on the cool train!"
So it wouldn't put people off Isabella or Maverick, unless the parents in question were trying to purposely not follow trends.
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"So it wouldn't put people off Isabella or Maverick, unless the parents in question were trying to purposely not follow trends."
Some just might and perhaps more than you might think. I know I did for that very reason. Granted, my two oldest dds were born before there was the Internet, however, I still would actively read newspaper articles listing the SSA's top 10 names for the previous years whenever I could because I did NOT want to choose a name in the top 10. I did this even before I got married. And because I wasn't around the infant/toddler set and had no access to the SSA's complete info when I was finally pregnant, I really was clueless about how popular some names were (i.e., my dd's name, Katherine / Kate). With my youngest dd, Anna (who is 16), although we had the Internet at that time, my dh chose her name so it wouldn't have mattered if I'd visited their site. I do remember being horrified when I later discovered that Hannah was #2 that year. I know had I read an article such as this before or while I was pregnant, it would have clued me in to the next big thing. It actually would have been helpful to avoid future trends.
Although my kids' names have been more common than I would have liked, at least they never shot up the charts too high. At least there's that.
Some just might and perhaps more than you might think. I know I did for that very reason. Granted, my two oldest dds were born before there was the Internet, however, I still would actively read newspaper articles listing the SSA's top 10 names for the previous years whenever I could because I did NOT want to choose a name in the top 10. I did this even before I got married. And because I wasn't around the infant/toddler set and had no access to the SSA's complete info when I was finally pregnant, I really was clueless about how popular some names were (i.e., my dd's name, Katherine / Kate). With my youngest dd, Anna (who is 16), although we had the Internet at that time, my dh chose her name so it wouldn't have mattered if I'd visited their site. I do remember being horrified when I later discovered that Hannah was #2 that year. I know had I read an article such as this before or while I was pregnant, it would have clued me in to the next big thing. It actually would have been helpful to avoid future trends.
Although my kids' names have been more common than I would have liked, at least they never shot up the charts too high. At least there's that.
This message was edited 12/7/2014, 3:57 PM
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*applause*
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Lol. ITA, what a total rehash of the same old trash.
Nice pick of the quote about what Piper's popularity "reflects."
I'd like to add that they used "jump the shark" incorrectly.
Nice pick of the quote about what Piper's popularity "reflects."
I'd like to add that they used "jump the shark" incorrectly.
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I swear, these "hot names" articles are all blurring together and all seem like the same one, maybe with the names in a different order.
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I love how you rip apart Pam and Linda.
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