Top 100 Baby names of 2008
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Top 100 boys names[^]- Top 100 girls names[^] Looking at the top names, I can't say that many of them actually appeal. If, and this is a big IF, I had a child I would reject most of the names in there without thinking about it. Going by the BBC article people are being influenced by "celebrity". When are we going to stop this vacuousness?! Maybe I'm being old fashioned, but when I look at the names I'd pick they all have some sort of personal or cultural significance for me. William and James would be on my list as I have ancestors with those names. Callum would make it for cultural reasons. (3 out of the top 25). Robert (cultural) is the only other names that appeals in the rest of the top 100. Andrew (family), Angus (family), Euan (family) (although the alternative Ewan is there), Iain (cultural) or Murdo (cultural). For a girl, only Katie (out of the top 25) would make it (for cultural reasons). Expanding it to the top 100: Isabella (family), Caitlin (cultural), and Keira (cultural). Names I'd choose that didn't make it were Rachael (family) (although the alternative spelling Rachel is there), Catriona (family), Fiona (family), or Margaret (family). So, if you had to name a baby what would your shortlist be, and why would the name be there?
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20 bucks says Jack Bauer is the #1 reason.
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Josh Gray wrote:
Just as long as it's not Paris and Brittany
When there is nothing else to say there is always *facepalm* Actually, my cousin named her daughter "Son of Kenneth" - Well, not really, but that is the translation of MacKenzie which is what she actually named her daughter. Personally, I thought that was a bit stupid, especially as she has Gaelic speakers in her family who thought it was a bit of an odd thing to do.
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It's very odd if your cousin's partner name is not Kenneth ;)
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Top 100 boys names[^]- Top 100 girls names[^] Looking at the top names, I can't say that many of them actually appeal. If, and this is a big IF, I had a child I would reject most of the names in there without thinking about it. Going by the BBC article people are being influenced by "celebrity". When are we going to stop this vacuousness?! Maybe I'm being old fashioned, but when I look at the names I'd pick they all have some sort of personal or cultural significance for me. William and James would be on my list as I have ancestors with those names. Callum would make it for cultural reasons. (3 out of the top 25). Robert (cultural) is the only other names that appeals in the rest of the top 100. Andrew (family), Angus (family), Euan (family) (although the alternative Ewan is there), Iain (cultural) or Murdo (cultural). For a girl, only Katie (out of the top 25) would make it (for cultural reasons). Expanding it to the top 100: Isabella (family), Caitlin (cultural), and Keira (cultural). Names I'd choose that didn't make it were Rachael (family) (although the alternative spelling Rachel is there), Catriona (family), Fiona (family), or Margaret (family). So, if you had to name a baby what would your shortlist be, and why would the name be there?
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Almost all Arab names have a meaning to them. My own (second half of my first) name "Mustafa" means "the chosen one" or "the one chosen from many", my father's name Ismail/Ishmail is an Aramic name (according to wikipedia, I've always known it as Hebrew) which is also mentioned in the Bible and the Qur'an (a son of Abraham). Samuel because it is a name I like and one that historically (Samuel the Judge) denoted wisdom. Other names that I would name my sons & daughters Boys: Mohammed (after my father in law) Adam Kevin Ayoub (Arabic for Job) Joseph (or the Arabic Yousef) Girls: Farah (Arabic for happines/joy) Hibah (Arabic for gift) Jennifer Laura Aya (Arabic for "Meaningful Parable")
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Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote: Keep it up. Fool.
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Top 100 boys names[^]- Top 100 girls names[^] Looking at the top names, I can't say that many of them actually appeal. If, and this is a big IF, I had a child I would reject most of the names in there without thinking about it. Going by the BBC article people are being influenced by "celebrity". When are we going to stop this vacuousness?! Maybe I'm being old fashioned, but when I look at the names I'd pick they all have some sort of personal or cultural significance for me. William and James would be on my list as I have ancestors with those names. Callum would make it for cultural reasons. (3 out of the top 25). Robert (cultural) is the only other names that appeals in the rest of the top 100. Andrew (family), Angus (family), Euan (family) (although the alternative Ewan is there), Iain (cultural) or Murdo (cultural). For a girl, only Katie (out of the top 25) would make it (for cultural reasons). Expanding it to the top 100: Isabella (family), Caitlin (cultural), and Keira (cultural). Names I'd choose that didn't make it were Rachael (family) (although the alternative spelling Rachel is there), Catriona (family), Fiona (family), or Margaret (family). So, if you had to name a baby what would your shortlist be, and why would the name be there?
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there use to be rule-of-thumb guidelines for baby names (mentioned in a Genelogy class I took many years ago): 1st son named after mothers father 2nd son named after fathers father 1st daughter named after fathers mother 2nd daugther named after mothers mother not necessarily the entire babys' name, but at least part of it, so Colin's 2nd grandson might have a name of Colin Thomas ??? or a middle name of James Angus ???
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
Do the parents of these children know each other, or is that just a coincidence? But 8 Harrisons! Wow!
Some do, most dont. Between friends, family, work, mothers groups etc we know a lot of people with young kids. It's just the current fad here. Those of us that grew up with Star Wars and Indiana Jones are now of child bearing age
Chewbacca, Yoda, Boba, Greedo and Jaba will probably get their @#$% kicked over and over in school ... :doh:
Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am
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there use to be rule-of-thumb guidelines for baby names (mentioned in a Genelogy class I took many years ago): 1st son named after mothers father 2nd son named after fathers father 1st daughter named after fathers mother 2nd daugther named after mothers mother not necessarily the entire babys' name, but at least part of it, so Colin's 2nd grandson might have a name of Colin Thomas ??? or a middle name of James Angus ???
Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am
Steve Mayfield wrote:
1st son named after mothers father 2nd son named after fathers father
In the Arab world, these two are certainly in reverse order. I suppose I'm a bit of a special case; I'm named after my Paternal Grandfather (Mustafa)and (Steve) is the name my mother chose.
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Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote: Keep it up. Fool.
I now think of you as Mr. T! - Trollslayer
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Steve Mayfield wrote:
1st son named after mothers father 2nd son named after fathers father
In the Arab world, these two are certainly in reverse order. I suppose I'm a bit of a special case; I'm named after my Paternal Grandfather (Mustafa)and (Steve) is the name my mother chose.
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Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote: Keep it up. Fool.
I now think of you as Mr. T! - Trollslayer
there are several variations [^], but both my list and yours were common through the late 1800s
Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am
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It's very odd if your cousin's partner name is not Kenneth ;)
If I recall, it was Brett
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Chewbacca, Yoda, Boba, Greedo and Jaba will probably get their @#$% kicked over and over in school ... :doh:
Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am
Ahem. It's spelled Jabba.
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Almost all Arab names have a meaning to them. My own (second half of my first) name "Mustafa" means "the chosen one" or "the one chosen from many", my father's name Ismail/Ishmail is an Aramic name (according to wikipedia, I've always known it as Hebrew) which is also mentioned in the Bible and the Qur'an (a son of Abraham). Samuel because it is a name I like and one that historically (Samuel the Judge) denoted wisdom. Other names that I would name my sons & daughters Boys: Mohammed (after my father in law) Adam Kevin Ayoub (Arabic for Job) Joseph (or the Arabic Yousef) Girls: Farah (Arabic for happines/joy) Hibah (Arabic for gift) Jennifer Laura Aya (Arabic for "Meaningful Parable")
Don't forget to vote if the response was helpful
Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote: Keep it up. Fool.
I now think of you as Mr. T! - Trollslayer
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
Almost all Arab names have a meaning to them
I think that is true of any name. Colin: Young Wolf/Pub/Cub (There is some dispute, but the "young" part is there even if implicitly) Angus: exceptionally strong/strength Mackay: Son of Hugh
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Top 100 boys names[^]- Top 100 girls names[^] Looking at the top names, I can't say that many of them actually appeal. If, and this is a big IF, I had a child I would reject most of the names in there without thinking about it. Going by the BBC article people are being influenced by "celebrity". When are we going to stop this vacuousness?! Maybe I'm being old fashioned, but when I look at the names I'd pick they all have some sort of personal or cultural significance for me. William and James would be on my list as I have ancestors with those names. Callum would make it for cultural reasons. (3 out of the top 25). Robert (cultural) is the only other names that appeals in the rest of the top 100. Andrew (family), Angus (family), Euan (family) (although the alternative Ewan is there), Iain (cultural) or Murdo (cultural). For a girl, only Katie (out of the top 25) would make it (for cultural reasons). Expanding it to the top 100: Isabella (family), Caitlin (cultural), and Keira (cultural). Names I'd choose that didn't make it were Rachael (family) (although the alternative spelling Rachel is there), Catriona (family), Fiona (family), or Margaret (family). So, if you had to name a baby what would your shortlist be, and why would the name be there?
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When my wife was pregnant with my daughter (we found out she was pregnant almost exactly 18 years ago today), we found a book entitled Beyond Jason and Jennifer: Baby Names. It was a good book, but we didn't end up using any of the names in it that we liked. It's probably fortunate that we didn't have a boy. My wife's choice for a name was 'Saxon' :rolleyes: which I thought was ridiculous. Before you ask, my daughter's name is Celeste. It's not a family name, and the only public figure that we've ever found with it is the actress Celeste Holm[^].
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Top 100 boys names[^]- Top 100 girls names[^] Looking at the top names, I can't say that many of them actually appeal. If, and this is a big IF, I had a child I would reject most of the names in there without thinking about it. Going by the BBC article people are being influenced by "celebrity". When are we going to stop this vacuousness?! Maybe I'm being old fashioned, but when I look at the names I'd pick they all have some sort of personal or cultural significance for me. William and James would be on my list as I have ancestors with those names. Callum would make it for cultural reasons. (3 out of the top 25). Robert (cultural) is the only other names that appeals in the rest of the top 100. Andrew (family), Angus (family), Euan (family) (although the alternative Ewan is there), Iain (cultural) or Murdo (cultural). For a girl, only Katie (out of the top 25) would make it (for cultural reasons). Expanding it to the top 100: Isabella (family), Caitlin (cultural), and Keira (cultural). Names I'd choose that didn't make it were Rachael (family) (although the alternative spelling Rachel is there), Catriona (family), Fiona (family), or Margaret (family). So, if you had to name a baby what would your shortlist be, and why would the name be there?
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"Dog" (because that's one of the first words a child learns to spell), or "LMNO" (in honor of the metric alphabet).
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
there use to be rule-of-thumb guidelines for baby names (mentioned in a Genelogy class I took many years ago): 1st son named after mothers father 2nd son named after fathers father 1st daughter named after fathers mother 2nd daugther named after mothers mother not necessarily the entire babys' name, but at least part of it, so Colin's 2nd grandson might have a name of Colin Thomas ??? or a middle name of James Angus ???
Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am
Steve Mayfield wrote:
1st son named after mothers father
I'm glad that my parents didn't follow that rule. My maternal grandfather was Shirley. True! :)
Honi soit qui mal y pongs - Evil to he who thinks it stinks
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"Dog" (because that's one of the first words a child learns to spell), or "LMNO" (in honor of the metric alphabet).
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
The old references are the best references. A lot of the people here weren't even alive when that aired. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
The old references are the best references. A lot of the people here weren't even alive when that aired. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Indeed. I'm afraid I lost interest in SNL shortly after the Eddie Murphy era. Maybe I just got old :sigh:.
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If I recall, it was Brett
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Maybe she was trying to tell Brett something?? :laugh:
Cheetah. Ferret. Gonads. What more can I say? - Pete O'Hanlon
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Top 100 boys names[^]- Top 100 girls names[^] Looking at the top names, I can't say that many of them actually appeal. If, and this is a big IF, I had a child I would reject most of the names in there without thinking about it. Going by the BBC article people are being influenced by "celebrity". When are we going to stop this vacuousness?! Maybe I'm being old fashioned, but when I look at the names I'd pick they all have some sort of personal or cultural significance for me. William and James would be on my list as I have ancestors with those names. Callum would make it for cultural reasons. (3 out of the top 25). Robert (cultural) is the only other names that appeals in the rest of the top 100. Andrew (family), Angus (family), Euan (family) (although the alternative Ewan is there), Iain (cultural) or Murdo (cultural). For a girl, only Katie (out of the top 25) would make it (for cultural reasons). Expanding it to the top 100: Isabella (family), Caitlin (cultural), and Keira (cultural). Names I'd choose that didn't make it were Rachael (family) (although the alternative spelling Rachel is there), Catriona (family), Fiona (family), or Margaret (family). So, if you had to name a baby what would your shortlist be, and why would the name be there?
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Do like one of my aunts. Find a relative who just had a baby, and give yours the exact same name. My parents were NOT impressed. :(
Cheetah. Ferret. Gonads. What more can I say? - Pete O'Hanlon
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Top 100 boys names[^]- Top 100 girls names[^] Looking at the top names, I can't say that many of them actually appeal. If, and this is a big IF, I had a child I would reject most of the names in there without thinking about it. Going by the BBC article people are being influenced by "celebrity". When are we going to stop this vacuousness?! Maybe I'm being old fashioned, but when I look at the names I'd pick they all have some sort of personal or cultural significance for me. William and James would be on my list as I have ancestors with those names. Callum would make it for cultural reasons. (3 out of the top 25). Robert (cultural) is the only other names that appeals in the rest of the top 100. Andrew (family), Angus (family), Euan (family) (although the alternative Ewan is there), Iain (cultural) or Murdo (cultural). For a girl, only Katie (out of the top 25) would make it (for cultural reasons). Expanding it to the top 100: Isabella (family), Caitlin (cultural), and Keira (cultural). Names I'd choose that didn't make it were Rachael (family) (although the alternative spelling Rachel is there), Catriona (family), Fiona (family), or Margaret (family). So, if you had to name a baby what would your shortlist be, and why would the name be there?
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anything but Sue! I do not have any family names I would use, so I am not sure. :) luckily, I don't have to worry about making that decision. :)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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Indeed. I'm afraid I lost interest in SNL shortly after the Eddie Murphy era. Maybe I just got old :sigh:.
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delete this;You have to make it a point to catch the "Celebrity Jeopardy" skits from the mid-90's. They were some of the funniest SNL moments I've ever seen.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001