I am due with our second in a few weeks. All through the pregnancy the only name DH agreed on was James. But now we are both liking Bennett and I can't decide! DH is letting me make the final decision between the two. Big sister's name is Kate (not Katherine), for our son I am looking for a classic name that is not considered trendy. A common name is fine, I know James is very common now but I don't see it as trendy. Maybe I'm wrong. And Bennett is climbing the polls but I don't know how trendy it may become. So what do you thing... James or Bennett? As for a middle name we will be using a family name for either first name, so we will not do a combo of Bennett James or James Bennett.
I dont see Bennett as trendy. I like the nickname Ben a whole lot better than Jim or Jimmy. James is nice but it is extremely common. I would choose Bennett.
James is more popular but Bennett is more trendy. I don't think you can really go wrong with either. I think James and Kate sound better together than Bennett and Kate.
I don't know whether or not Bennett is already trendy, but I can definitely see it reaching trendy status if it gets really popular. Even if James became top 10, it won't ever be trendy because it is so classical. Since trendiness is a consideration for you, I think that James would be the better choice.
Honestly I like both and don't see either are trendy or super popular. I went to high school with one James, and my nephew is James and was the only one in his classes. So I don't think it's wildly popular to where you will have 3 in a classroom.
Thanks, this helps. My gut feeling is telling me I could regret Bennett, even though I do really like it, but I don't think I would ever regret naming him James.
James I like because it is my younger brother's name and he is 24. I think it also compliments Kate more than Bennett unless you used the shortened version of Ben all the time
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Bennett is super super trendy
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That said James is great
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