Top 100 Baby names of 2008
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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:
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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:.
Software Zen:
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 -
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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Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
I think that is true of any name.
I have seen some names which has no meaning. I remember once I asked a guy about the meaning of his name and he was clueless.
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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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In 1987, my wife and I were blessed with an adorable baby girl who we decided to name Emma. It's a family name of an aunt of my mother's. Everyone commented on us giving her such an uncommon and "old-fashioned" name. Well along came "Friends" and you know the rest. I truly believe that in naming a child, you have a responsibility to start the child's individuality, uniqueness and self-confidence. Why not do it right. :) I've named three daughters. Oldest is Brigha, next is Emma and the youngest is Bronwyn. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
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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, 10/26/2001A couple of years ago, a local channel aired the first one hundred episodes every night over about a four month period. I recorded most of them and have them on DVD now. Every so often, I'll put one on and the humour is truly amazing. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
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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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All of our female children have their middle name related to their Grandparents in some way. The first one has her maternal grandmother's middle name. The second one has her paternal grandmother's middle name. The third one has a shortened version of her mom's maiden name as her middle name. For first names we picked names we liked with a mild slant towards my minimal Irish heritage. (Molly, Margaret(Maggie), Lorelei). Unfortunately, our one boy was also our last so he got my middle name as his first name (William(Liam)), and both of his grandfathers' middle names as his middle names to cover all the bases.
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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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How cool, my granddaughter's name was number one for 2008 (but this means she'll be competing with oodles of Olivia's) and my daughter's name was 19th...I wonder what rank it was in 89. And like Ennis, I don't recall ever seeing my first name on the list.
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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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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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My wife wanted to name our son Matthew because it's always near the top of the list (and she's a Matthew Broderick fan). I wanted Julian because: I'm a John Lennon fan, it's more distinctive (I didn't see it on the list), and doesn't really lend itself to having a diminutive. I eventually wore her down. :-D It's also satisfying to show my displeasure by saying, "Joooo... leeeee...... yaaaaaannn!" through clenched teeth. (Now that he's seven, he often joins in for the "yaaaaaannn" part.) His middle name is Louis (loo-WEE): to honour my family's French heritage, because my wife's (late) mother's name was Lois, and Louise is a frequent middle name for women in my family (but none of my sisters have used it for their daughters).
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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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Aya means "meaningful parable"? Any meaningful parable, or a specific one? Isn't that like naming your kid "good story" or "useful lesson", or have I missed something in the translation?
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Aya means "meaningful parable"? Any meaningful parable, or a specific one? Isn't that like naming your kid "good story" or "useful lesson", or have I missed something in the translation?
Someone's gotta be the last to know, but why is it always me?
Its so much more better expressed in Arabic and my translation is certainly not doing it justice. Aya carries several meanings, but they all revolve around meaningful parable. For example, the expression (again, terribly translated) an Aya of beauty denotes that the beauty in discussion is the standard of beauty by which all other beauty is judged but the implication is that no such beauty exists. Arabic is an extremely poetic language, its extremely difficult to translate properly.
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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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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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For a very cool interactive visualization of baby name popularity since 1880, check out the Baby Name Voyager[^] Java Applet. And for the record (relating to a post later in this thread), Ennis was popular early on but dropped off the scale around 1920. Dave Parker Certified Authorize.Net Developer and Solution Provider IT DevWorks, LLC http://www.itdevworks.com