Peal
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Post by Peal on Nov 7, 2022 21:36:11 GMT
My name is not uncommon, but also not super common. Variations of it can easily be found on personalized items, but the full version and spelling that I use is a bit more of a hunt.
I have two sons who have very common names. Their names are usually in the top 10 or 20.
My oldest has an uncommon name for the United States, but is more common in Europe. Germany is the only place we have seen a personalized item with his name.
My husband has an uncommon name as well.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 7, 2022 21:40:06 GMT
My name has never on any list.. and the person I was named after was born before 1880. Always thought it was old English, but it is primarily Italian.
Between 1880 and 2019 there were 101,956 births of xxxx in the countries below, which represents an average of 733 births of children bearing the first name xxxx per year on average throughout this period. On the last available year for each country, we count 3,880 births.
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Post by Ramona on Nov 7, 2022 21:42:45 GMT
My name is so uncommon, it's not on any list. I was born in the 50's, I didn't know it was odd until my first grade teacher on the first day of school, called out my name and I didn't respond. The name is not pronounced as it the spelled, only 4 letters. I had to tell each teacher every year how to pronounce my name. I finally stopped correcting teachers so my classmates did. (very small school probably 25-30 in my grade) You better believe my children were named the popular name for their year of birth.
My name is NOT Ramona
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Post by lisacharlotte on Nov 7, 2022 22:17:29 GMT
Obviously as Lisa born in the 1960's, I have the most common girl name of the decade and I always wanted something more unique. I couldn't go by my middle name as I was named after someone in the family and it would have been confusing. Yup! Lisa entered the top 10 in 1959 and exited in 1977. It was the #1 girls name for 8 years straight. I was born in 1965, I was never the only Lisa. It’s a great little girl name, but has never been a serious woman name. I wished I’d thought to use my middle name Charlotte. My mom wanted to name her daughter Chimene, but by the time I came along she’d decided to go the popular name route.
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valincal
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Post by valincal on Nov 7, 2022 22:28:39 GMT
Valerie wasn’t in the top 50 in the year I was born. Not an unusual name but not super common I guess. I only knew one girl in high school who was also a Val.
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Anita
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Post by Anita on Nov 7, 2022 22:28:46 GMT
Pretty much every day of my adult life I have some version of this interaction: Them: "Is your name Terese or Theresa?" Me: "It's Theresa [[spelled Therese]], pronounced with an a but spelled with an e" Them: "Huh..." Me: "Yeah, I know, I had nothing to do with choosing it." My mother saw it in a baby name book as the French version of Theresa, took off the accents, and insisted it was pronounced with an a at the end. I've run into a couple of people in my life who spell it the same way, but they always pronounce it Terese. My aunt's name is Teresa and she would get so mad if people misspelled it with the H. "My name is Ter-eesa, not THeh-rehssa!" My cousin is the same. She hates when people add the "h" to her name.
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Post by Patter on Nov 7, 2022 22:46:34 GMT
Well, I don't find much on my name other than it can mean to talk rapidly which I do very well. I did find this: "Between 1980 and 2019 there were 1 birth of Patter in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name Patter per year on average throughout this period. On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth. More details here : www.popular-babynames.com/name/patter" Your name is definitely one of the most unique names I've heard here- or anywhere. I like it though, it's not weird or too youneek! Awe thanks. I love my name, and people that know me say that it really fits my personality. My grandmother did not like it when I was first born but it didn't take long to grow on her. I just tell people I am a child of the 60's.
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Post by cmpeter on Nov 7, 2022 22:52:28 GMT
I've never met or found another person via Google with my same first name. My nickname (Cindi)...yes, lots, but it's so really that popular now. My full first name, I think I'm the only one. LOL Per this site, I am the only one with my name. My sister has a unique name too, but this shows there are 385 other folks with her first name. www.mynamestats.com/First-Name-Search.html
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Post by 5peanutsnana on Nov 7, 2022 22:52:33 GMT
My name has never been on any list, nor do I think it will ever be. It is a made up name combining my parents names, both of which are common. I always have to spell it. I always have to say it several times. I always get questions about it. But I quite like it, and always have. Exactly the same for me. I was lucky #1. My 7 younger siblings have "normal" names.
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Post by littlemama on Nov 8, 2022 0:02:11 GMT
I think mine, Laurie, was somewhat common in the 70's, and perhaps late 60's/early 80's, but not so much with my spelling. Lori was more common. I always wished my parents had spelled it that way. I don't think either version has been used much at all since. I know way more Laurie's than Lori's
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Post by littlemama on Nov 8, 2022 0:06:55 GMT
My name as it is spelled (Ryann) is not ranked for the year I was born, but it is ranked 368 for the "traditional" spelling (Ryan). The most popular year for my spelling was in 2006, with 408 births. The likelihood is that most, if not all, of these are pronounced "Ry-ann" and not like mine, "Ry-en". When my name is mispronounced as it often is, I correct the person and joke that the "second N is silent". I've always liked my name, even as a kid. My two BFFs are Kristie (10 years older) and Jennifer (same age). The woman I know named Ryann, pronounces it like Ryan.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Nov 8, 2022 0:31:25 GMT
Pretty much every day of my adult life I have some version of this interaction: Them: "Is your name Terese or Theresa?" Me: "It's Theresa [[spelled Therese]], pronounced with an a but spelled with an e" Them: "Huh..." Me: "Yeah, I know, I had nothing to do with choosing it." My mother saw it in a baby name book as the French version of Theresa, took off the accents, and insisted it was pronounced with an a at the end. I've run into a couple of people in my life who spell it the same way, but they always pronounce it Terese. My mother's name is Regine. My grandmother is from Austria, and her mother was Regine, when they came over to the US in the early 1900s, that is how it was spelled by I believe it was pronounced Regin-a. Except when they got here, they pronounced it Reg-ine. So my mom's first name is Regine, and my sister and my daughter both have Regine as a middle name.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Nov 8, 2022 0:32:30 GMT
Valerie wasn’t in the top 50 in the year I was born. Not an unusual name but not super common I guess. I only knew one girl in high school who was also a Val. My sister is Valerie. I am always so jealous that she has 2 songs for her - Valerie by Steve Winwood AND 21st of September (her birthday) by Earth Wind & Fire LOL
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Post by Bridget in MD on Nov 8, 2022 0:35:10 GMT
I love Greek Mythology. Are you Greek or have a Greek background? Or Nordic (your other children have Nordic names, but maybe Briseis is a Nordic name as well). I believe this the same name of the girl Agamemnon stole from Achilles in the Trojan war? I believe it caused Achilles to refuse to fight for years and it was disasterious for the Greeks. I have never seen the name outside of the Iliad. It's odd to think of the story in regards to my 8 year old, LOL, but yes. She was a war prize for Achilles essentially, and then Agamemnon demanded her back. I'll be honest, I've never read Iliad but we heard it on Troy and loved it.Long story short, my husband is a HUGE Gladiator fan so our first was immediately Maximus. Then we knew we couldn't saddle our daughter with Angela or Chloe after that, so we found something that "fit". We wanted something that was strong but still beautiful and feminine. We call her Breezy for short. Then the others came from there. Coincidentally all of our kids have movie names, although only the first 2 came from movies. lolYa, it's not a darling story, but YOURS is fantastic. I love it!!!!!
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moodyblue
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Post by moodyblue on Nov 8, 2022 2:29:53 GMT
My name - Marjorie - was 187 on the list for 1956, my birth year. I never had another student with my name in my class, or in the school. I rarely saw any items with my name on them, and if I did, it was usually spelled differently.
When I got my first teaching job there were two other staff members with the same name AND same spelling, both older. That was weird for me. I did have a great-aunt with the same name, although I was not named after her.
I think there was ONE student in my small district in my 42 years of teaching who had this name.
I have always had to spell my name, and the younger employees in places where you need to give your name usually have no idea how to spell it or can’t pronounce it correctly.
One thing I do differently than most people with this name is spell the short versions with a 'j' and no 'e' instead of a 'g'. If someone writes it as Marge or Margie, I don’t recognize it as my name.
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RosieKat
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Post by RosieKat on Nov 8, 2022 2:35:49 GMT
Jennifer. Do I need to say more? #10 in 1967 #4 in 1968 #3 in 1969 #1 in 1970 #1 in 1971 (My year but I was born Jan 1 so I kind of fall in 1970) #1 in 1972 #1 in 1973 #1 in 1974 It didn't fall out of the #1 spot until 1980 when it fell to #2. But popped back to #1 in 1982. Yep... My kids both have classic names, generally ranking around #40ish for many, many years. DS's name was a little higher for a while and is back to a little lower again, I think, while DD's has been pretty consistent. Hers has many different spellings, we went with the one that DH "knew." Figured at least that way he would always spell it right!
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Post by bc2ca on Nov 8, 2022 3:01:07 GMT
I'm another one with a commonish name. I don't think it has ever been in the top 100 but everyone knows it. I was 13 before I met another girl with my name and can't think of the last time I ran into someone who shares it.
It is the same with all my siblings. We have names everyone knows, but were not super popular in general, although I can think of at least one very famous person with each of our names. My brother, Pete, had the most common name of us all.
My DH and kids all have Greek names that are not common in the US.
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Post by ntsf on Nov 8, 2022 3:04:14 GMT
TC!! my name is Theresa.. pronounced the german way.. ter..resa. so no one can spell it or pronounce it.. (I am not ter eesa.) I am also the 4th generation with that name. my grandmother Theresa was dead.. and my mother was going to name me after her mom.. but her mom was alive (mid 1950's) and objected to her name being given to me.. so I got the other grandmother's name. I actually look like my theresa grandmother.
my sister, who came along 10 yrs later, got my maternal grandmother's name.. in the mid 1960's, Edith was an odd name. now it is coming back.
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Gennifer
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Post by Gennifer on Nov 8, 2022 3:51:53 GMT
Jennifer. Do I need to say more? #10 in 1967 #4 in 1968 #3 in 1969 #1 in 1970 #1 in 1971 (My year but I was born Jan 1 so I kind of fall in 1970) #1 in 1972 #1 in 1973 #1 in 1974 It didn't fall out of the #1 spot until 1980 when it fell to #2. But popped back to #1 in 1982. I mean, the only way it would be worse is if your name was #1 the year you were born (‘77 for me) AND you also could never find a personalized pencil. 😂😂
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Post by Jen in NCal on Nov 8, 2022 4:27:27 GMT
Jennifer. Do I need to say more? #10 in 1967 #4 in 1968 #3 in 1969 #1 in 1970 #1 in 1971 (My year but I was born Jan 1 so I kind of fall in 1970) #1 in 1972 #1 in 1973 #1 in 1974 It didn't fall out of the #1 spot until 1980 when it fell to #2. But popped back to #1 in 1982. I mean, the only way it would be worse is if your name was #1 the year you were born (‘77 for me) AND you also could never find a personalized pencil. 😂😂 That would be bad. I always wished mine was a little more unusual in the spelling. Either Gennifer or Jenifer. My mom wanted my nickname to be JJ but Good Times put a stop to that.
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Post by MorellisCupcake on Nov 8, 2022 4:32:33 GMT
If my name was Karen, it would be very common. But I’m Karin, so not as popular.
My DD’s first and middle name are both in the top 10 the year she was born. DH named her and promised me I could pick for our next girl, which didn’t happen. So I named both our sons whatever I wanted. 🙃
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Gennifer
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Post by Gennifer on Nov 8, 2022 5:00:01 GMT
I mean, the only way it would be worse is if your name was #1 the year you were born (‘77 for me) AND you also could never find a personalized pencil. 😂😂 That would be bad. I always wished mine was a little more unusual in the spelling. Either Gennifer or Jenifer. My mom wanted my nickname to be JJ but Good Times put a stop to that. I guess the grass is always greener. 😬😂
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Post by Sanibel on Nov 8, 2022 6:19:57 GMT
My name is uncommon, however, it’s very well known in the USA by a famous singer/‘movie star as we both share the name Reba.
I was born in ‘64 and named after my aunt Reba. I’ve always thought it sounded old fashioned, but I have embraced it and love it now.
GrD - Aurora GrS- Atticus (awesome boy!!) GrD- Atlas. Their dad named all three of them. We love them!
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Chinagirl828
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Nov 8, 2022 9:02:54 GMT
My name was very popular in the late 60's/early 70's (slightly before I was born) but has dropped out of favour since then, and now that it's an insult I think it's safe to say it won't be reappearing anywhere in the popular baby names for quite a long time.
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Post by AussieMeg on Nov 8, 2022 9:31:17 GMT
The top 10 girls names in 1967: (I could only find the list for NSW, I assume it would be similar here in my state VIC)
1. Michelle 2. Karen 3. Lisa 4. Sharon 5. Donna 5. Kim 7. Jennifer 8. Julie 9. Susan 10. Leanne
I went to school and/or was friends with at least one of each.
My name, Megan, was only number 47 on the list for that year. But funnily enough I went to school with more girls called Megan than any of the names in the top 10.
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lesserknownpea
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Post by lesserknownpea on Nov 8, 2022 10:14:43 GMT
Super common first and last name for my decade.
I named my boys classic but not common Bible names, and one Dd was 160 in her year, and one, Katya, has never been on any American lists, but I’ve been assured is quite common in Russia.
None of my grandchildren have common names, and 4 out of the 8 are not found on the lists.
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Post by PenandInk on Nov 8, 2022 14:11:40 GMT
I was born in 1960 and named after Debbie Reynolds. My parents named me Deborah and it was such a popular name in the 1960's that I often had 3-4 other Debbies in my class. We went by Debbie and the first letter of our last names. I had no trouble finding commercial items with my name on them in the stores. In 1955 Deborah was the 2nd highest popular girls name in the country! By 1960 the year of my birth it had fallen to the number 10 spot. 1954 here, and a Deborah. I was never ever Debbie last initial. Always Debbie Lastname. All through school. It was like I had a southern two-name name. I started spelling my name Debi in around 1969 just to try to be my own self. I had never seen it anywhere else, and thought I was so clever and “younique”. Now there are a ton of Debi’s. LOL I honestly despise my name with the hate of 100 burning suns. LOL. And if that’s my biggest whine, I must had a darn good life.
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Post by aprilfay21 on Nov 8, 2022 14:37:05 GMT
My name is uncommon, however, it’s very well known in the USA by a famous singer/‘movie star as we both share the name Reba. I was born in ‘64 and named after my aunt Reba. I’ve always thought it sounded old fashioned, but I have embraced it and love it now. GrD - Aurora GrS- Atticus (awesome boy!!) GrD- Atlas. Their dad named all three of them. We love them! Atticus was on our list for Linus, along with Aries.
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Post by cade387 on Nov 8, 2022 14:47:39 GMT
Our family is as follows:
DH was #1 in his year I was #15 in my birth year DS1 was #110 in his birth year DS2 was #26 in his birth year.
None of ours are terribly uncommon and only DS1 has an alternate spelling for name because he is named after family.
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RosieKat
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Post by RosieKat on Nov 8, 2022 14:50:07 GMT
Valerie wasn’t in the top 50 in the year I was born. Not an unusual name but not super common I guess. I only knew one girl in high school who was also a Val. My sister is Valerie. I am always so jealous that she has 2 songs for her - Valerie by Steve Winwood AND 21st of September (her birthday) by Earth Wind & Fire LOL My son's bday is September 21, so I have to listen to that song on repeat for about a week surrounding that day!
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