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Lauren
I started thinking about the name Lauren this morning (one of my students had written an ethnography about kids at a daycare and the three 3rd grade "popular girls" were named Lauren, Katie, and Mackenzie -- all kind of dated for third graders, but whatev).Anywho, I was reminded of how much I loved the name Lauren when I was little, and how my mom smothered by love for Lauren by telling me it was "trendy" (my mom is and was a namenerd who just doesn't know it). But I really think the sound is so pretty. I've always loved Laur- names, and the -en ending is just so pleasing. Lauren. Lauren. It's so nice. What do you think of it? If I weren't so stupidly affected by trends, I'd probably use it, but ah.

This message was edited 11/18/2013, 11:03 AM

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It's really nice. The only issue is that basically everyone I knew growing up was named this. Could be a nice MN for funky FN. Ophelia Lauren?
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I don't like Lauren much, but that is because it was so overused. I prefer Laurel. I don't understand why Laurel never has caught on, but oh well.
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Lauren is nice. Maybe seems a little old to me. By old I mean it's so mature and sane sounding, doesn't have a lot of sass. Like Karen. It's funny that it seems to be a boy name that went to the girls, in part because of a celebrity. I think of it as a sturdy-styled name, not trendy but still fashiony - like Amanda or Jessica, the kind of fashion that doesn't become tacky when it drifts out of style.I prefer Laurel.
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I once liked Lauren, but now, I much prefer Laurel. My nephew's girlfriend is a Lauren, she's 22.
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I was just thinking of Lauren the other day. It's one niece's mn and it does sound pretty although I much prefer Laura which seems timeless to me.
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Lauren might have been trendy in the seventies, but I'd say that now it's a modern classic. I think we have Lauren Bacall to thank for that. I really like Lauren, even more so than Laura; Laura is more "classic" but a bit bland by comparison with Lauren.
Lauren, Katie and Mackenzie are not dated for third-graders. In my daught'er's second-grade class there is a Katelynn who is sometimes called Katie, and a Mckenzie.
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hmm.. yeah, I guess I might be off with Mackenzie, but I just be less surprised if Katie were Kate and Lauren were... something else entirely? Sophia? Isabella? Madison?
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Valerie has one Madison in her class, no Isabellas as long as she's been in school, and a Sophie last year. She has a Kayla and a Kaylee, used to also have a Kaylyn or some similar spelling. An Ella, too.
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I like Lauren. I consider it a classic, not trendy. It's too popular for my tastes, but otherwise I think it's a great choice. And I don't think it's too dated for a third grader- I know a fifth-grade Lauren!
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I've always loved Lauren, and I've never seen it as trendy. It's more timeless to me because of Lauren Bacall.
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I'm a Lauren. I don't like it. It seems popular and mainstream, the blonde cheerleader, if I were to use a high school stereotype.
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I hate it. It's so blonde bubblegum. I also know quite a few. At one of my jobs, there were five Lauren's all sitting together by happenstance. They took on stupid nicknames like L, Lo, Laureny, True Lauren, and Baby Lauren. I still suspect they came from the same hive ship because they were very nearly clones of one another. Well, one was brunette, but still acted like the others.
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Like you, I loved Lauren before I knew it was trendy and had that though squashed by my grandparents who told me it was a "fad name" and crinkled their noses.I still like it. I think it's way prettier than Laura and less awkward than Laurel. I know a little girl named Lauren who is about 6 or 7...unfortunately, every time I hear her name, I still kind of do an inward double take because it is so dated and sounds strange on a cute little girl to me.
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I'm tired of it. It was so overused. I've run into so many Laurens lately. There are three at work, we have to refer to Lauren Last Initial all of the time.I don't know how I'd feel about it if it weren't so overused at one point that I'm tired of it. I can't separate it from that.
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