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Addison popularity

qtpa2tqtpa2t member
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Just curious - is the popularity of 'Addison' because of the Gray's Anatomy character?  I had honestly never seen it before as anything but a last name before this board.
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  • ValentineBBValentineBB member
    I think it's the next step after Madison, which was super popular a few years ago.
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  • TUGOsQueenTUGOsQueen member

    I think of the closeness to Madison also.  And Addy instead of Abby.

    It was getting popular before Grey's. 

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  • Robby6Robby6
    Very popular here in Colorado! 
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  • PunkyBoosterPunkyBooster member

    I started hearing it a lot more when the Grey's character was created.

    It's actually A LOT prettier than Madison, IMO but it still means "son of Adam" doesn't it? SON of Adam? What about that screams "GIRL name" to anyone?

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  • FutureMrs.SteenFutureMrs.Steen
    I think so. I had never heard of it before I came on this board. 
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  • FutureMrsFloydFutureMrsFloyd

    imageValentineBB:
    I think it's the next step after Madison, which was super popular a few years ago.

    this.

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  • sassafras007sassafras007 member

    I liked Addison before becasue it is a cross street of Wrigley Field...

    :)

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  • krissyh21krissyh21 member
    My friend got the name of her daughter from Grey's about 4 years ago. Name popularity always is affected by popular TV shows, books and movies as well as daily events in history
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  • newportbride715newportbride715 member
    I am sure the show has something to do w/ the popularity. For everyone? No. But many? Yes.
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  • naflmjnaflmj member
    Who knows I used to babysit a boy named Addison and it is a pretty traditional name for boys in the South I don't know what turned it to a girls name.
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  • qtpa2tqtpa2t member
    Well, personally, I laugh when ever I see a girl named 'Madison', as it was the mermaid's name in Splash after Madison Avenue and a total joke.  Honestly, I still think it's a total joke, just one a lot of people seem to have missed now.
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  • PunkyBoosterPunkyBooster member

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    Well, personally, I laugh when ever I see a girl named 'Madison', as it was the mermaid's name in Splash after Madison Avenue and a total joke.  Honestly, I still think it's a total joke, just one a lot of people seem to have missed now.

    I know, right? 

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  • cabo_katecabo_kate
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    I started hearing it a lot more when the Grey's character was created.

    It's actually A LOT prettier than Madison, IMO but it still means "son of Adam" doesn't it? SON of Adam? What about that screams "GIRL name" to anyone?

    I feel this way about any name ending in -son for a girl. I personally don't like Addison because it's the name of a horrible disease and that's my first association. 

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    I started hearing it a lot more when the Grey's character was created.

    It's actually A LOT prettier than Madison, IMO but it still means "son of Adam" doesn't it? SON of Adam? What about that screams "GIRL name" to anyone?

    I feel this way about any name ending in -son for a girl. I personally don't like Addison because it's the name of a horrible disease and that's my first association. 

    Maybe Huntington or Parkinson or Cerebral Palsy will start making people's lists. 

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  • abonner11abonner11

    it seemed to be more popular on here than in real life. our pedi has only one Addison, our daughter, and its a large practice! I guess it depends on where you live. Also, we heard it on Grey's and loved it-before we were even pg.

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