Trendy names

laurendutch · February 2015

The Hazel thread, has me thinking of once uncommon names that are now becoming popular. When my Mom named me Lauren, it wasn't common at all. Fast forward 5 years, and it was in the top ten most popular names.

So, what names do you think are becoming more trendy?

I think Piper is a name growing in popularity.

laurendutch · February 2015

And I love that name BTW

jbatch · February 2015

I don't know if they are becoming more popular or just are currently popular. But I run a daycare and we have a lot of Liams, Isabellas, Sophias, Islas, Connor(Conor)..

NirvanaGreen · February 2015

How do they pronounce Isla?

jbatch · February 2015

Isla - eye la

I'm not very good at writing sounds so hopefully that makes sense

gabriellamason93 · February 2015

I was the only Gabriella I knew until high school musical was released

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lilitaliangirl · February 2015

I think these are all trendy (and over used) Aiden, Brayden, Caden, Jaden, etc. - basically boys names ending like this.

FloGirl82 · February 2015

There has been an explosion of people naming their little girls Harper where I live. So many of them.....

KJKNAJ · February 2015

FloGirl82 said:

There has been an explosion of people naming their little girls Harper where I live. So many of them.....

I was going to say Harper too. Because the Beckham's had one? I doubt it's because Harper Lee is releasing a new book this year (I mean - she is, but I doubt that's why all these people are using it).

ElRuby · February 2015

The best source for trendy names is the Pottery Barn Kids catalog.... I have to admit I usually quite like most of them.... I do not, however, like the trend of misspelling names just to make them "different".

XOdanXO · February 2015

Where I am the name Mia is crazy popular right now! In my nieces nursery class there was 5 Mias and a Maia.
Also, quite a lot of little boys named Mason or Jayden around here.

alabama&clarence · February 2015

Savannah is pretty popular right now.

valeriemarie24 · February 2015

Based off of what I've seen suggested on the baby names board, Cora and violet are becoming the popular girls names with grace being a popular middle name. As far as boys go Rhys and Jaxon have been seen quite a bit too.

frankengibbs · February 2015

valeriemarie24 said:
Based off of what I've seen suggested on the baby names board, Cora and violet are becoming the popular girls names with grace being a popular middle name. As far as boys go Rhys and Jaxon have been seen quite a bit too.

Rhys? Like Reese? How do you say that?
I see a lot of Rylan/Rylins or Jaydens, definitely lots of Masons

valeriemarie24 · February 2015

I've only ever met people named Reese with this spelling, but Rhys is what I've seen suggested by pretty much everyone

laurendutch · February 2015

I know there's the British actor of Rhys. Maybe it's the British spelling?

disney815 · February 2015

There are a lot of masons now too that I've seen, and Evelyn is coming back. I love Evelyn... But my name is Sarah and I hated growing up with 10 other Sarah's in my class. And my husbands name is William, so we both don't want our kiddos to have really popular names

aliciaspinnet · February 2015

laurendutch said:
I know there's the British actor of Rhys. Maybe it's the British spelling?

More specifically I believe it's Welsh.

mccall35 · February 2015

frankengibbs said:

valeriemarie24 said:
Based off of what I've seen suggested on the baby names board, Cora and violet are becoming the popular girls names with grace being a popular middle name. As far as boys go Rhys and Jaxon have been seen quite a bit too.
Rhys? Like Reese? How do you say that?
I see a lot of Rylan/Rylins or Jaydens, definitely lots of Masons

My sister just named my nephew Rhys (pronounced Reese)- it's a more traditional spelling (and more masculine IMO)

Edited for grammar.

kaicieschmidt · February 2015

I don't care for the popular names. When we found out we were having a boy, I told my husband he could name him. He originally picked out Ethan, which is in the top 5 boy names right now. He has since changed it to Owen, which is number 38. Not only do I like Owen better, it is MUCH less popular.
My daughter is the only one I know of with her name (Sabriel) and even though we picked a more familiar name for this baby if it would have been a girl, we chose a more ethnic spelling for it (Morrighan rather than Morgan.) I love unique names, and unique spellings, as long as you can still tell what the name is supposed to be.

frankengibbs · February 2015

mccall35 said:

frankengibbs said:

valeriemarie24 said:
Based off of what I've seen suggested on the baby names board, Cora and violet are becoming the popular girls names with grace being a popular middle name. As far as boys go Rhys and Jaxon have been seen quite a bit too.
Rhys? Like Reese? How do you say that?
I see a lot of Rylan/Rylins or Jaydens, definitely lots of Masons
My sister just named my nephew Rhys (pronounced Reese)- it's a more traditional spelling (and more masculine IMO)

Edited for grammar.

I'm not too fond of the Rhys spelling because it isn't as clear about how it's said (Reese v. Rize would be my two guesses) but it passes spell check so that's good.

shaylacornett · February 2015

We're going with Penelope this time around. I didn't realize how much it was growing in popularity. Apparently many celebrities have named their daughters Penelope recently, so it's begun to grow in popularity.

Hm. Who knew.

starkbaby22 · February 2015

I have a Penelope and the nurses at our hospital said they hadn't heard the name in ages. Now I hear people say they know someone who just named their baby penelope. Ours is just over 3 years old. I have a niece named Piper as well

it's definitely popular right now.

roseleigh36 · February 2015

Glad my girls names havnt been mentioned. I'd say Sophie, Ella, Bella, violet are up and coming.

ElRuby · February 2015

roseleigh36 said:
Glad my girls names havnt been mentioned. I'd say Sophie, Ella, Bella, violet are up and coming.

I LOVE the name Ella... Unfortunately I named my cat Ella about 8 years ago so it can't be an option for the baby

ElRuby · February 2015

Ironically I named another cat Sophie when I was a kid haha

mccall35 · February 2015

roseleigh36 said:
Glad my girls names havnt been mentioned. I'd say Sophie, Ella, Bella, violet are up and coming.

Pretty sure these aren't "up and coming", they're already here. I think I personally know 3 of each (all under 5)

slr1229 · February 2015

The name Sawyer is big in the South. We liked that name for years before it got popular but is now off the list bc of its growing popularity.

CurlyMom78 · February 2015

I'm definitely not a fan of names spelled differently! I'm responsible of the printing of diplomas at a college and when a name is spelled differently then the traditional way it puts added stress on getting the name spelled correctly...you would not believe how many ways people can spell a name.

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