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Originally posted by adpiucf
My co-worker and her husband are expecting their first child. They just found out they are having a boy and now comes the fun of sounding out names!
Their last name is one syllable, and Irish-- so they want to give their son an Irish name. They're open to suggestions. Their main concern is that they don't want it to be a name that is overly popular--- like in the Top 10...
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Ooooh! Sorry I got here so late! Her situation is almost the same as mine -- we are having a boy in a month, have a two-syllable, very common Irish last name, and I also don't want a trendy name. (Love the names Aiden and Connor, but I'm afraid they'll be the Arthur and Earnest of this generation.)
I went to the Social Security website, which has been suggested in the thread, and copied and pasted the US results for 2003, as well as the results for our state and several neighboring states, into a spreadsheet. My cut-off point is #25 in popularity.
Baby Name Wizard, which was already mentioned, is a great resource!
Some of the names we considered were Ian, Declan, and Garrett. My co-worker who is due three days before I am is naming her son Griffin, which I also like. And didn't Ben Stiller and his wife just name their son Quinlen? Also a cool name!
We weren't tied to an Irish name, which gave us more options. Right now the front runner is Joel: easy to spell, easy to pronounce, not trendy, not common, and not even in the top 100!
Wish your friend luck with this process. It's turning out to be much harder that I imagined.