trendy names

abbieaggie

So, since most responses consist of NMS or too trendy... I have to ask if your friends and area are the consideration or this board?

Reason I ask is that I love the name Owen, but I see it here and in kids magazines all the time, but I only know one Owen IRL, and he is 72 yrs old and goes by Mike. 

My husband is all Irish and we have a Mc last name and he wants Rory (another trendy name & controversially called a unisex name - which I hate, but we only know one IRL, a male in his 50s).

Those are the only two boy names we love.  We don't know gender, but our girl names are just as trendy/common here but not IRL for us... Sophia & Ellen (middle name will be Mary or Rae after family members).

Please let me know your thoughts!

Zimger

I think trendy and popular are a bit different.

Trendy: Sawyer, Marlowe, and other names of that nature. Other names that I see viewed as trendy on other name boards are the more old fashioned names.

Popular: Emma, Mason, Jacob, Liam, and so on.

Nothing against any of the names, just my thoughts on how I see them viewed.

I like the names you have chosen. I wish I could get DH on board with Owen. I really like it.

abbieaggie

Thanks, my older boys have family names Martin - nn Marty and Emmett so I want something that goes with them, but not too popular or trendy.

Most people in our area are Irish but stick to traditional or family names, my son is in a K class with only 12 other kids and there are 4 Michaels!  He had 2 Marty's on his teeball team... so I don't want to go too trendy or popular, but around here that is how it goes.  Everyone thought Emmett was wacky at first but its a family name of a great-uncle and I always loved it.  Now, its getting popular and we know 2 others since naming him!

 

ldcoffel

I like Owen! DS was so close to being Owen, we even had stuff with his name on it! We've run into a handful of them.

GinaK119

My little brother is Owen. He's the only Owen in his school and hes still the only person I know IRL with the name. He's 14 now and I think it ages well.

strawberrytree

I agree there is a big difference between popular and trendy. Girl names ending in Lyn and Lee, or boy names that rhyme with Aidan, surnames as first names...those are trendy names to me.

The only Owen I know in real life is an old man too. It is high on the SSA list, but I think it's a great name. I love Rory too, and it is all boy to me fwiw.

kerribear1717

I go by what I know to be the top 10 and the kids/area that I know.

I know no boys named Owen or Rory (FYI - LOVE Rory!) so I would not say they are trendy or popular.

I do see and know a few Sophia/Sophie's but not any Ellen's.  You usually see Ella or Ellie but not really Ellen.

I think all your names are just fine and good to use.

sacey21

around where I live Owen is really popular/trendy. It's so funny to see how it varies from place to place!

raefre

To answer the question of whether I take this board or my friends/area into consideration when deciding if something is trendy/popular:

I actually use both as a judge. This board gives me a good idea of what is considered "trendy" and my friends/local area help me judge what is "popular." 

Being that I try to avoid trendy but don't have a problem with classically popular names (William, Elizabeth, Michael), I don't see a problem with naming your son Owen even if it feels overly-popular. It has a classic feel to it. So does Ellen. I think Sophia and Madeline and (more currently) Nora, however, will define a generation of girls just like Lauren, Stephanie, Tiffany, and Jennifer did in the 80s.