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2009 best and worst baby names?
Totally stole this from thebump, but I thought we'd have some fun here too 
"So what names have you heard people name their babies this year (either real couples or celeb couples) that you either loved or thought were a little crazy? (If mentioning a celeb baby name, please mention the celebrity parent's name.)"
Re: 2009 best and worst baby names?
I can't think of anything specific off the top of my head, but the entire "I'm going to spell this uniquely!" trend continues to baffle me. I don't understand why you'd change a perfectly good name like Miranda into Myrrhanndah or the like. It only sets your child up for a lifetime of "no that's not right - this is how you spell my name" (I've had to watch my sister, whose name is spelled Eryn instead of Erin, do this her whole life and it's clearly frustrating).
I also find the extraneous y's to be annoying. I had to bite my tongue when a friend named her daughter Peyton, but informed me that it's spelled Paytyn. Really?
I don't have any name in particular also, but I agree with the misspelling. . . when I was PG I worked at a school and here are some noteworthy ones:
Teighlour (Taylor)
Jerry Terry (first name, last name)
Arthur Arthur (first name, last name)
Princess
Precious
I'm also not the biggest fan of Sparrow for a boy (Nicole Richie & Joel Madden's little one)
But I DO like some of the the 'old lady names' making a comeback-- Lily, Violet, Claire, Penelope, etc.
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I agree about the "old lady" names! I especially love the flower names (Rose, Lily, Violet, Iris, etc.) that are coming back into vogue because I've always been fond of those.
Oooh! I found a treasure trove of celeb baby names! Now I'm giving the side eye to Ben Lee and Ione Skye for naming their daughter Goldie Priya (sorry, but the only Goldie who can pull that off is Goldie Hawn - anyone else sounds like a dog).
I absolutely LOVE Lily. . .but think it is becoming extremely popular (I know at least 3 little girl Lily's-- and 2 older ones, fwiw)
I'm curious as to what you all think about using boy names for little girls (Taylor, Elliott, Ryan, etc). . .
Here's a good blog on celebrity baby names too:
http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/11/12/the-cutest-celebrity-baby-names/
And one on "old lady names"
http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/11/10/old-lady-names-ready-for-the-next-wave/
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I can't help but laught hysterically when I see this name ( Arthur Arthur)...really?!
I had a friend just name her baby girl Haven...not sure that I'm really a fan of it, but I guess it had some sort of meaning to her.
I am also a fan of the classic names making a come back...LOVE the name Claire and Charlotte (Freddie Prinze Jr. & Sara Michelle Geller)
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I hate it. Probably because Elliot is one of our top boy names, but I loathe the fact that it's being transformed into a girl name. I'm weird like that, I guess.
I think I also dislike it because girls already have plenty of options - by using what are traditionally boy names, you reduce the pool of "boy only" names even further by making them unisex. Which I guess is also a weird point of view lol.
I love the "old lady" names too. Claire is on our list.
Like everyone else, I think it's silly when people use the letter "y" in names that shouldn't have them.
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A lot of people I know have also jumped onto the 'aiden' bandwagon-- Aiden, Kayden (Caden), Jaden, Braden, etc, etc, etc....
Not really a huge fan of those either. (Although I used to love Aiden. . . now, not so much)
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Me too!
As for other names, I can't really think of any in particular... I remember when Suri was born (TomKat), I was living in Japan, and people were saying it sounded like the word for "pickpocket" in Japanese.
I agree! I used to love Aidan, but there's so many now! Lots of -adens.
Also (and this might be kind of strange to some people, so don't get mad....just my opinion!), but I have this thing about using names from an ethnicity that isn't your own. Like, Aidan and Liam are very Irish names, but neither my husband nor I are Irish, so we wouldn't use them. We both come from German families, though, so I like Annaliese, Liesl, or Johanna, as they represent our ethnicity. I can understand if your not something, but have a strong connection (i.e. are not Hawaiian, but got married there and want to use a name from there to show that connection) That I have no problem with. But would you use a Chinese name if you aren't Chinese and have never been there? Then why an Irish name? Or a Scandinavian name? I don't know, like I said, this is strange I know, but it's just a thing of mine!
I, too, love "old lady" names, and "old man" names, too! I love Charlotte, Iris, Violet, and even Elsa. I like George, Henry, and Edward for boys.
this isn't a 2009 thing, but i know a woman at work named lynzy, and another named liza (pronounced lisa). liza insists it was an honest misspelling on the parents' part though - and hates having to correct people all the time!
you could use a girl-name-turned-boy-name - like tracy - if you have boy pirates
can't think of any others though... too bad they're identical, or you could name the boy tracy and the girl elliott 
me too! i think it's gotten too popular after satc
I actually love boys names for girls. I had always wanted to name my daughter James before I met my husband. For a while we thought about naming our girl Blake.. I guess I like the fact that yes it might be a common name but it's unique because she is a girl
I think I'm in the minority regarding boys names for girls. I kind of like them.
I prefer when you can shorten a definitely female name, like Theresa, into a boy-ish name like Teri (which are my names.) Another example I like is Charlotte with Charlie for a nickname.
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I LOVE the name Blake for a girl! Russ vetoed it though
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I think part of my dislike for these kinds of gender-breaching names is that there's a good chance that it won't be easy for the kids. A very strong, masculine, traditionally male name is VERY different to a unisex (or more feminine, as Elliot and Blake both are to me) name.
I used to know a woman named Michael. Certainly unique for a girl, but she HATED it. She was teased mercilessly as a child, and although a lot of traditional names are subject to teasing (kids are cruel no matter what and I suppose you could argue that it builds character), it also caused problems for her as an adult in the professional world...people are far less tolerant than you might hope (or than they'll even admit), and often didn't react very well to finding out that the "guy" Michael they'd been communicating with was a woman. Unless they become an actor/model (where gender-crossing names seem more common), I could easily see this as a problem for most people. She often talked about changing her name, and I wonder if she ever did (we lost touch some time ago).
I know that's just one person's experience and there are probably many girls who love their boy names, but it certainly can make a child's life more difficult, even after they move into adulthood.
Anyway, moving back to names in general, I guess my general rule about names is that they have to pass the Supreme Court Judge test - if I can't picture it as the name of a Supreme Court Judge, then I give it a miss lol. For example, I can't imagine a Supreme Court Judge Tyffannyee Rayeyy.
Love it!
Can't think of any that I like or dislike right now but I just wanted to say that my hubby went to elementary school with a kid name...
Henry O'Henry
Poor kid!
I'm only here for a second, we've had our hands full with little Annalise... will post my birth story and pics soon...but saw this post and just HAD to respond right now...
at the hospital I asked the lady who does birth certificates for the babies born what weird name she's heard lately.... she said they filed paperwork for a baby named........
Abcde (pronounced ob-suh-duh) (edited - sorry, just remembered it's actually pronounced ob-suh-day)
are you kidding me?!?! poor kid.
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I like more traditional names. And, particularly for girls, I like longer names that can be shortened to cuter nicknames (e.g., Nicola or Nicolette if you want to call the child Nikki). Like Lisa, I want to know that my child will grow up with an adult, professional sounding name, in case they want to enter a "serious" career.
Like some others, I'm not a fan of boy names for girls, but only because I'm now realizing how difficult it is to come up with good and not-too-common boys' names. Girls already have a lot a of great options, IMO.