Pocahontas Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 My mother has an odd name you don't hear alot, Carlene. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Basil II Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Mygreat grandfather's name was Asa......I like that one.... My dad was Lynn ...... And there is an Amasa......down the line too..... -Robert. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kathyp Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 I had a great-uncle with a fabulous name: Jett Orrin. We called him Bob, for some reason. Basil, I like Asa, too. And Asher. I went to school with a kid named Asher, and I always thought it'd be a great name for my first son. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 And Asher. I went to school with a kid named Asher, and I always thought it'd be a great name for my first son.This is the name of our second son, now 4. And why was your great-uncle's cool name reduced to Bob? Not that there's anything wrong with Bob, mind you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 Ah. See, the info I came up with told me this: Name: MauraOrigin: LatinMeaning: Dark I'd heard of the "sorrow" connotation before, but none of my searches came up with a biblical origin/description. Funny how those name-origin sites frequently come up with conflicting information.The pronunciation of Maura is the same as Maire, which is the Gaelic for Mary, so your wife is right, it's the same root of the name. Maureen (Mairin in the Gaelic spelling) is the diminutive of Maura. The Virgin Mary is "Muire" in Irish, that spelling is reserved to refer specifically to her. Traditional Irish greetings, the equivalent of "Hello, how are you?" and "I'm fine, thanks": Dia duit. [God be with you.] Dia is Muire duit. [God and Mary be with you.] Edit: Oh yeah, and for Maura, you can also use the cool nickname "Mo". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 the end of Freakonomics has a great discussion on the social import of this topic It's been awhile since I read that, but if I recall correctly it had something to do with parents of a lower economic status naming their kids "wealthier" sounding names? With a sort of cycle where the popular names of the higher socioeconomic classes phasing out at that level and then showing up more in the lower classes (in a hand-me-down way)? I believe there was also some discussion of brand names showing up, car names & liquor names (Mercedes or Aliz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 My grandfather's given name was Boleslaw. Not pronounced like coleslaw; the "e" has an "ay" sound. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 The name KRISTIN was not in the top 1,000 boys' names in any decade good job mom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 In the 1980s (when I was born), my name was the 142nd most popular name for boys, and the 537th most popular name for girls. In 2005 it was 587th for boys, and not in the top 1000 for girls. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 We have some strange names in our family. My mother is Marion Strain, named after my grandmotherMy father is William Brainard Cutler (not sure who he was named after) My eldest brother was Ralph William, named after my grandfather on my dad's side (yet if he was going to be a girl, he would have been Grace) My sister is Clarissa Yantis, named after my aunt on my mother's side (and if she was a boy, she would have been Henry) My other brother is Stuart Yantis named after my grandfather on my mother's side (and if he was a girl, he would have been Ruth) My name is Edith Brainard, named after my great aunt on my father's side (and if I had been a boy, I would have been Dennis) All old-skool names. I'm not a fan of these new-fangled names. Jake is actually Jacob Cutler, and I had no idea it was the most popular name for boys the year he was born -- or we never would have named him that. He is now officially pissed we didn't name him "after" someone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kathyp Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 This is the name of our second son, now 4. And why was your great-uncle's cool name reduced to Bob? Not that there's anything wrong with Bob, mind you. I guess he thought Jett was too weird. (He was married to a woman named Don if that helps.) My dad told me if I were born a boy my name would have been Dominic Dante. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Attack With Love Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 people need to start naming their kids Beulah again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 less than usual names from our family:BerthaGroverCulverKennethEthelHazelMurielEarlLorettaLillianCharlesBarbaraIsabelEllen sister and i had regular names: katherine elizabeth (middle name after paternal grandmother) and jennifer elise (middle name after maternal great-grandmother). In a class of 20 (small grammar school) we had three Jennifers. When i got to HS there were 4 until graduation. in our social circle there are at least 6 Jennifers in the immediate area but thankfully none of them are naming their kids regular names--we currently have Archer (Ari), Ronen, Max, Maya, Orrin, Malcolm, Jessica and AnneMarie Margeret. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Whomever the Earl is in your family, I love him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Whomever the Earl is in your family, I love him.my father's brother, closest in age--he's dead. lung cancer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 less than usual names from our family:BerthaGroverCulverKennethEthelHazelMurielEarlLorettaLillianCharlesBarbaraIsabelEllen sister and i had regular names: katherine elizabeth (middle name after paternal grandmother) and jennifer elise (middle name after maternal great-grandmother). In a class of 20 (small grammar school) we had three Jennifers. When i got to HS there were 4 until graduation. in our social circle there are at least 6 Jennifers in the immediate area but thankfully none of them are naming their kids regular names--we currently have Archer (Ari), Ronen, Max, Maya, Orrin, Malcolm, Jessica and AnneMarie Margeret. Is Ellen an unusual name? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 ditto for charles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Barbara too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Penny Lane Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 My youngest (for the next couple of months anyways) is named Jacob. How original could we be? The next one will be Grace. It was popular with people who are from the generation before me and with little kids now, but I don't know of anyone in their late twenties/early thirties with that name. A friend of mine just named his child Grace. It was number 14 in girls' names in 2005 according to the Social Security website. The top ten of '05 is surprising; it seems there has been a resurgence in the popularity of old names: 1 Jacob / Emily2 Michael / Emma3 Joshua / Madison4 Matthew / Abigail5 Ethan / Olivia6 Andrew / Isabella7 Daniel / Hannah8 Anthony /Samantha9 Christopher /Ava10 Joseph / Ashley I have and have had, for the past few years, a ton of students named Brittany (inall its various spellings). I looked up the name, and sure enough, it was within the top ten of baby names for girls within the years most of my students were born. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 I have an uncle named Theron -- he goes by John. Welcome qualifies as seriously weird, but the rest aren't all that odd. I knew two guys named Theron when I was a kid. I believe they were both Greek.I also knew a kid named Theron when I was in seventh grade. He wasn't Greek, though. He was a redneck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kathyp Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 less than usual names from our family:BerthaGroverCulverKennethEthelHazelMurielEarlLorettaLillianCharlesBarbaraIsabelEllen sister and i had regular names: katherine elizabeth (middle name after paternal grandmother) and jennifer elise (middle name after maternal great-grandmother). In a class of 20 (small grammar school) we had three Jennifers. When i got to HS there were 4 until graduation. in our social circle there are at least 6 Jennifers in the immediate area but thankfully none of them are naming their kids regular names--we currently have Archer (Ari), Ronen, Max, Maya, Orrin, Malcolm, Jessica and AnneMarie Margeret. I think we may be related. In my family I have (or had, as many of them are dead):Ethel (pronounced with a long "E") MayBuelahMabelJohn Jefferson (called Jeff)Neoma (not Naomi)the afformentioned Jett Orrin and Donnie (Uncle Bob and Aunt Don)Mack (on a girl. Short for Maxine)EttaDolores (my mom)Fay (or Faye, as she spelled it)Ruby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 people need to start naming their kids Beulah again.I had a great aunt in rural Ohio by that name - she had the classic blue hair and all Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoodoo Man Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Oddish family names: Great-grandmother - RowenaGrandmother - MelvinAunts - Rilla, HazelUncle - Ballard Of course this was sometime around the turn of the century (last one, not this one) so those names probably were pretty hip at the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Chris is popular. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted January 8, 2007 Author Share Posted January 8, 2007 Chris, I met a guy recently who has the same whole name as you, first and last. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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