name help - too common? need opinions.

Re: name help - too common? need opinions.

• skittleblu

  December 2010

  Sophie/Sophia and Isabella - all way too popular.  What else have you got?
  

  

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• ginsing

  December 2010

  Sigh, I know. What do you think of Elle? We like that too. I'm stumped on girl names!!!!!

  

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• HappyMrsK member

  December 2010

  Those names are very popular, but if you love one of these names more than any other don't let it's popularity stop you from using it.

  Have you looked at the SSA baby name list? You can look at the names ranking lower in popularity to see if any catch your eye.

  Here's a link:

  https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/

  You can also look by state to see what names are popular in your region.

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• supermanda member

  December 2010

  I think it depends on your region/area. I only know 2 Sophia's and they're 24 years apart. If you search the Name Mapper on Babynamewizard.com they have the name rankings by state. In the long run, if it's a classy name like Sophia or Isabelle I think they'll stand the test of time enough to not be seen as a trendy name, but a popular, classic name.

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• laurenmmc member

  December 2010

  Well, Sophia just pushed Isabella out of the number one most popular spot, so they're pretty much the hottest names going right now.  That said, Sophie (the French version, which I prefer) is not as high up.  However, I do know one Sophia who goes by the nn Sophie, so that version of the name may be more common than the social security stats show....

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• BelleBaby member

  December 2010

  IMO, Sophia grows up much better than Sophie.  Plus, isn't Sophie that stupid giraffe thing? 

  And I happen to think Sophia Isabella is a lovely name.  I'd combine your 2 favorites and go with it. 

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• laurenmmc member

  December 2010

  Sophie is NOT a nn for Sophia!  Sophie is the French version of the name, and it's a very popular and well known name in France, and used to be a much more common and well known name in the earlier part of the 20th century.  Just because it "sounds" so some like a nn, doesn't mean that it is, or even that it is childish. Granted, as Sophia has currently become trendy, it is now trendy in this country to give little Sophias the nn Sophie, but it is actually not correct.  

   Meanwhile, plenty of names that are literally nns, for example Jack, are accepted perfectly well as given names on this board.  

   This is one of my pet peeves on this board, when people make broad assumptions about what is and is not "correct" and are generally flat out wrong.  I also get irked when people use traditional European spellings of names and the board screams "spell it correctly!" as though the Americanized version is the true  "correct" spelling.   

   Anyways, sorry for the rant.  Sophie is one of my favorite names ever.  And yes, the giraffe thing is named Sophie.   

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• ginsing

  December 2010

  Thanks guys. Yeah, honestly I just love the name Sophie. I have no clue what giraffe you are talking about. I like Sophie Isabella. I looked at the ssa site (thank you for that link!) and Sophie is not ranked that high. Sophia, on the other hand, is predicted to be the #1 girl name of 2010.  Maybe we'll just decide when she's born.

  

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