Posted on 05/10/2013 7:02:34 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
The top baby names for 2012 were a pretty unsurprising bunch: Jacob (taking the No. 1 spot for the 14th consecutive year), Mason, and Ethan for boys; Sophia (for the 2nd year in a row), Emma, and Isabella for girls. More interesting: the fastest rising names, which include Major, Messiah, King, and Maverick, reports the AP. One baby name expert says this trend of "aggrandizing names" is part of a long American tradition. "We've pretty much run out of presidential names, all the Jeffersons and Jacksons and Madisons," she said, "so we're moving on to the aristocracy, I guess, or to the military."
The data comes from the Social Security Administration's annual list of popular baby names. According to the list, the fastest rising name for girls is Arya—possibly inspired by the popular character Arya Stark from HBO's Game of Thrones? Next were Perla, Catalina, and Elisa. On the other end of the list, the names most rapidly losing popularity are Braeden, Yahir, and Kieran for boys, and Dulce, Mikaela, and Estrella for girls. Quirky side note: Messiah, Major, and King are all banned baby names in New Zealand.
And, I thought I was the only one that had heard of that name. My sister in law was an inner city school teacher and came across that name/spelling.
She asked me if I knew how to pronounce it.....I couldn't. When she told me, I about it the floor.
The first dog in my life was a collie named King.
Good memories.
Ya never forget your first, ya know?
What ever happened to good old-fashioned names like Orangejello and Lemonjello (famous twins from the projects)?
I’ll bet he has lots of good stories.
Latrina, Catastrophe, Precious, Princina, Princella, Memorial, L’Q’anda, and of course, Sh’niq’a.
All REAL children’s names from the Boston Public Library where my aunt worked. (Over 40 years ago!)
I’ve managed to reach 46 without ever seeing that.
No, my first name is easy to remember.
;-)
These days, it’s the apostrophe that adds that extra dash of panache.
SISTER: "All right, class. Let's show Father how well we can all read."
All the children read aloud from their readers except one very small child busy with crayons.
PRIEST: "Sister. What about that child there? Let's hear him read."
SISTER: "Oh, Father. Christ Murphy can't read."
PRIEST: "Well, God damn it, he can try, can't he!"
L-a
Pronounced "Ledasha"
You can't make this stuff up ...
Oh, Indeed.
The eloquence of illiteracy.
*sigh*
Who can forget “ Latrina “
I met a girl who’s name was Lasagne.
I had to bite the inside of my cheek not to laugh.
In Freakonomics the authors bring up the twins orange and lime jello
At least Mohammed isn’t on there...yet
Au contraire:
Joshua, which is pretty popular in this country, is just a variant of Jesus.
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