Related to names thread: Using out of date names

[Sister Havana]

My sister and I have nice Biblical names...Rachel (me) and Rebecca. They've kind of maintained popularity so they are older names that don't sound "old." (My middle name is Irene...that isn't old!)

I was born in the 70s and it seemed like every third girl in school was named Jennifer. When I competed in my local Junior Miss program, out of sixteen contestants, four were named Jennifer. No wonder that name isn't so popular for babies now. heh.

Hootie: I went to school (grade school-high school) with a Lorraine. So that name doesn't seem super old to me.

I would never name my kids things like Gertrude or Ethel or Edna or Bertha. Nor would I name them things like Makayla or Mackenzie or anything like that either.

[etahannah]

Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream
I like my name Noreen

its so weird to see someone else with my name. i guess cause it is MY name and no one around where i live has it! hehe...

***dances a possessive name dance***

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Originally posted by etahannah
its so weird to see someone else with my name. i guess cause it is MY name and no one around where i live has it! hehe...

***dances a possessive name dance***

I know! It's weird for me, too. There are two other women in NYC that I know of with my name, first and last. That's even weirder, if weirder is a word, lol!

The African Grey parrot that we have can say our cool name. It is so funny!

[Jadey28]

I like my name...Jadey. I've never met anyone with the same name, except for a few people's who go by J.D. I will name my children something unique because that's what I'm used to. My brother is Maxxwell (Max for short) and my mom spells her name differently, Robyn. My dad's name isn't too original though. And my boyfriend has a unique name also, so if we get married, our children will have to fit in with the cool names!

[hottytoddy]

Originally posted by Sister Havana
My sister and I have nice Biblical names...Rachel (me) and Rebecca. They've kind of maintained popularity so they are older names that don't sound "old." (My middle name is Irene...that isn't old!)

Isn't Rebecca in the Bible as Rebekah?

[hottytoddy]

Originally posted by Ginger
Hey, another Ginger! How cool!

(sorry for the hijack.. but you don't find many Ginger's around!!)

True. We are a rarety. I like it thought. I wouldn't want to be named anything else. Ginger fits me.

[hottytoddy]

Originally posted by Jadey28
I like my name...Jadey. I've never met anyone with the same name, except for a few people's who go by J.D.

Sorry for the triple post. I love this name...I knew a girl who spelled it Jaydee. Cute.

[aurora_borealis]

I find it highly amusing some of these names are those of my female relatives. Both my grandmothers went by their middle names. One was Mabel Lorraine, and the other was Mary Katherine. Katherine had other Marys in the family so it made sense, and well Lorraine, that is somewhat self explanatory. My mother ended up Adah Lorraine. On my father's side the men had been named Richard Otto one generation, and then Otto Richard the next. My father lucked out and ended up Richard Emerson (yes we're related to the writer).

My sister ended up named after my mother's college roommate, Janice. Of course instead of JaNICE I call her JaNASTY when she is being mean. Since I was blessed being Anne Caroline my sister likes to say mom listened to too much Neill Diamond in the 70's thus 'Sweet Caroline", and she dug Raggedy Anne. And people wonder why I call her JaNASTY. Mother says I am named after classy, independent, intelligent, strong-willed princesses (namely of the British empire and Monaco).

I have a step brother and sister that have the same middle name which is from their mother's side. I didn't realize the name was important to the history of Tucson and Arizona, beyond a country singer from there.

[ThetaGrrl]

I knew a couple who wanted to name their daughter a biblical name, but couldn't find one they liked, so they named her "Jacee" as in J.C.

Pretty creative, I thought...

[Optimist Prime]

people who suck at picking out names should not be allowed to have kids