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HelpRe: How often do you hear these names?
in reply to a message by snapdragon
I am also from ND!
I don’t meet many kids outside of my nieces and nephews so I’m probably not the best judge on this buuut…
I know one Annika (she’s from MN).
I know several Caleb’s (including my brother) but I assumed it was just because I know many Christian/homeschool families who of course prefer Biblical names.
Ava is very common!
In my area I think Aubrey (and Aubree) is more common than Audrey.
I haven’t met any Marley’s or Riley’s.
I’m from central ND and there’s definitely strong Norwegian heritage in this area (you can’t go very far without passing a Viking Lutheran church haha) but I don’t know anyone under the age of 40 with traditional Norwegian name. The name trends seem to be modern, lots of ‘creative’ spellings and ln-as-fn, gender neutral names too.
I just glanced at the ND stats and there’s a lot of ‘ee’/lee ending girl names and boy names ending in n/son. There are some nature names too, I didn’t realize Aurora was #8!
I don’t meet many kids outside of my nieces and nephews so I’m probably not the best judge on this buuut…
I know one Annika (she’s from MN).
I know several Caleb’s (including my brother) but I assumed it was just because I know many Christian/homeschool families who of course prefer Biblical names.
Ava is very common!
In my area I think Aubrey (and Aubree) is more common than Audrey.
I haven’t met any Marley’s or Riley’s.
I’m from central ND and there’s definitely strong Norwegian heritage in this area (you can’t go very far without passing a Viking Lutheran church haha) but I don’t know anyone under the age of 40 with traditional Norwegian name. The name trends seem to be modern, lots of ‘creative’ spellings and ln-as-fn, gender neutral names too.
I just glanced at the ND stats and there’s a lot of ‘ee’/lee ending girl names and boy names ending in n/son. There are some nature names too, I didn’t realize Aurora was #8!
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Central ND, brother named Caleb - Audrey, does your dad know your know you're online? - Aunt Haven
j/k - but ND is small enough for something like that to happen. :-D
Viking Lutheran - that is interesting. I'm more aware of Germans from Russian and tons of Catholic Churches.
What you're talking about matches with my in-laws, they're also in Central ND.
Fargo has the highest population, with Bismarck, Grand Forks, and Minot making up about 2/3 of ND overall. This means that the popularity charts are skewed significantly. It's interesting.
ND Population: 779,000
Fargo: 126,000
Bismarck: 74,000
Grand Forks: 59,000
Minot: 48,000
j/k - but ND is small enough for something like that to happen. :-D
Viking Lutheran - that is interesting. I'm more aware of Germans from Russian and tons of Catholic Churches.
What you're talking about matches with my in-laws, they're also in Central ND.
Fargo has the highest population, with Bismarck, Grand Forks, and Minot making up about 2/3 of ND overall. This means that the popularity charts are skewed significantly. It's interesting.
ND Population: 779,000
Fargo: 126,000
Bismarck: 74,000
Grand Forks: 59,000
Minot: 48,000
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