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HelpRe: Having a hard time with girl's name selection
in reply to a message by alacrity
About popularity: In the US anyway, the current very most popular names are given to far fewer girls today, than the most popular names of 25 years ago were. The names themselves are almost entirely different.
For example, the #10 name in 2014, Charlotte, was only given to 0.5% of girls - and in 1990, every name ranked above #30 was given to a larger percentage of girls than that.
So Mia might be top ten - but if it were given at the same rate 25 years ago, it only would have been at #18. So popularity isn't as big a deal as it used to be, except for the top 2 or 3 girl names.
There's a lot of regional variation in the top names, too. In some places Mia might be very common, and in others it might not be. I haven't seen many Mias where I live, but the schools are teeming with Sophies.
I love Cyrus!
Adele - eh. I'm not attracted much to A names with second syllable stress because in my accent the A often comes out like a stutter, uh-Dell, uh-Melia. But I don't like any names that start with "addle" sound, so ... eh. Adele is not bad, it's just nms. I suggest Ada (AY-da) instead.
Jasmine - I like it a lot. It is just the faintest shade tacky (nn Jazz, Disney princess), but on a real person it just seems pleasantly modest. Being such a pretty flower name, it needs that modesty IMO.
Mina - It's alright. I know a Meena who is at least part Indian, so I think of Mina as an Indian name. I personally don't love it because of the "mean" sound - not that it bothers me on other people, but it would bother me on my own kid.
Mira - I like it on paper but when I say it aloud I hear "mirror." It's pretty, but I personally wouldn't want to use it.
Sara - it's classic and lovely enough that if you love it, its being frequent shouldn't stop you. I think it's very likeable.
Valerie - I think it's okay. I think of it as sort of dated, like Melanie. I prefer Valeria (va-LEHR-ee-a). I like nn Val. There are so many Christian martyrs, I would not worry about Valerie being one. It's too Latin for that to matter. If it were from Hebrew it might matter more.
Farrah - eh. In my mind I see a poster of a sportscar with a blonde named Farrah draped over it. Farrah Fawcett + Ferrari? lol. Anyway I personally don't like the sound of it either. Whatever.
Have you considered Lydia?
If I had any Iranian heritage, I'd have to give some thought to using Shirin as well.
- mirfak
For example, the #10 name in 2014, Charlotte, was only given to 0.5% of girls - and in 1990, every name ranked above #30 was given to a larger percentage of girls than that.
So Mia might be top ten - but if it were given at the same rate 25 years ago, it only would have been at #18. So popularity isn't as big a deal as it used to be, except for the top 2 or 3 girl names.
There's a lot of regional variation in the top names, too. In some places Mia might be very common, and in others it might not be. I haven't seen many Mias where I live, but the schools are teeming with Sophies.
I love Cyrus!
Adele - eh. I'm not attracted much to A names with second syllable stress because in my accent the A often comes out like a stutter, uh-Dell, uh-Melia. But I don't like any names that start with "addle" sound, so ... eh. Adele is not bad, it's just nms. I suggest Ada (AY-da) instead.
Jasmine - I like it a lot. It is just the faintest shade tacky (nn Jazz, Disney princess), but on a real person it just seems pleasantly modest. Being such a pretty flower name, it needs that modesty IMO.
Mina - It's alright. I know a Meena who is at least part Indian, so I think of Mina as an Indian name. I personally don't love it because of the "mean" sound - not that it bothers me on other people, but it would bother me on my own kid.
Mira - I like it on paper but when I say it aloud I hear "mirror." It's pretty, but I personally wouldn't want to use it.
Sara - it's classic and lovely enough that if you love it, its being frequent shouldn't stop you. I think it's very likeable.
Valerie - I think it's okay. I think of it as sort of dated, like Melanie. I prefer Valeria (va-LEHR-ee-a). I like nn Val. There are so many Christian martyrs, I would not worry about Valerie being one. It's too Latin for that to matter. If it were from Hebrew it might matter more.
Farrah - eh. In my mind I see a poster of a sportscar with a blonde named Farrah draped over it. Farrah Fawcett + Ferrari? lol. Anyway I personally don't like the sound of it either. Whatever.
Have you considered Lydia?
If I had any Iranian heritage, I'd have to give some thought to using Shirin as well.
- mirfak
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