Well I love it. I have a great association with it, but I've always liked it. It's not the most interesting of names, but that beats out trendy cutesy kree8tieev any day of the week.
I can't get into
Noah on girl, but the combo works fine. (I know it's completley legit, but it still sounds completley masculine to me)
I've got no idea, I'm useless at predicting popularity. I wouldn't let it stop me though, not if I loved it enough. I'd use
Ella if I hadn't been beaten to it, and thats #1 here, and we only know one other
Ella. She's never had another
Ella in her daycare, or in her class. We spend an awful lot of at kids places such as the park and playgyms and such, and in a year and a half we've met two other
Ella's out and about, and it's been #1 for 4 years. And only one other
Olivia- and thats about #3 here. The most popular names are shared by alot less kds than they used to be. Plus most kids adore meeting someone with the same name as them- my two do anyway.
One
Olivia aged 3, one age 7, plus two older
Olivia's who are my age (21).