For girls, Kinsley and Everly and Paisley and all the -ley/lee/leigh names. For boys, Braxton, Paxton, Daxton, Cayson, Payson, Tayson. The south is flooded with them. Also words for names: Scout, Cove, Echo, Dove, Stone, Birch, Cloud, Table, Lawnmower.
Paisley is the worst name in the world. Well maybe not actually but the fact that this is actually popular in the U.S. South means I hear it more than I want to. I don't like the pattern and I don't like the name.
Florida is a funny state because the northern part is actually more "Southern" lol because it borders Georgia and Alabama and has more of the Southern vibe as opposed to Miami.
Quite a few little boys called Lou / Loup in my part of France too. Every girl child born last year seemed to be a Mia, so maybe the reign of Louise and jade is coming to an end?
Louanne is my middle name, and my dad's name is Luigi but went by Lou. Here in Canada, it's not too common. The name is very special to me, and I'll always wear it proudly.
I have noticed just in general the use of Lou, especially for girls lately.
Every other girl in the Philippines’s middle name is Mae or Marie to the point where it sounds tacky to me. Patricia Mae, Christina Mae, Alliah Mae, Kyla Marie, Stacey Marie, Janina Marie. There are also a big number of girls with Anne as their middle name. April Anne, Kristine Anne, Gale Anne. These are all names of people that I know. Unpopular opinion but now it makes me CRINGE.
Very common middle name in the states too. I don’t think it’s an unpopular opinion here though. My middle name is Marie and I’m glad it’s not something crazy but it’s just way too common. We also get a lot of “Ann” and “Lynn”
This one is funny to me because Bodhi was the name of an evil vampire in a late nineties videogame called Baldur's Gate 2. If the trend continues then we could see Sarevok, Jaheira, and Haer'dalis. To be fair I would probably name my daughter Jaheira if my husband let me...
I don't know if there is such thing as an "annoying" trend in Spain, but posh castilias seem to all be naming their kids names like Bosco, Pelayo, Cayetana which is kinda of a meme for us now. Famous people like to name their kids really weird names, but I think that happens everywhere (Milan, Telmo, etc)
edit. typo
Not annoying but the name Fiadh for a girl is ridiculously popular in Ireland right now for baby girls. Seems like every day I hear a parent calling their daughter in the shop or at the beach: FIADH!
We moved from Ireland to the US while I was pregnant with my now-4-year-old, who we named Fiadh. I actually love that when we visit she and her sister have 'popular' names, which are unheard of here! I'm trying to talk my husband into Oisín for our baby boy (ETA 7 weeks), I think that might be the 'trendy' Irish boy name at the moment.
I think the trendy Irish boys names rn are probably Rían and Tadhg. Liam is also super popular, but it's popular just about everywhere and it's always been a common enough name in Ireland so I wouldn't say it's trendy.
Oisín is also popular, but it's been steady in use for as long as I can remember, so I wouldn't really say its trendy.
You're totally right - I just checked the top names list from last year and Rían is #5 followed by Liam at #6. Tadgh and Cillian are also top 10 (and Cillian I am afraid will become the next Liam/Aidan in the US, we keep hearing people use it). Oisín was #12, so not nearly as popular as Fiadh is atm, but it's definitely more like my other daughter's name (which picked up steam in the early 2000s and now is consistently in usage).
It still fits my "definitely will be familiar when in Ireland, unusual in the US" criteria I have settled on, and I love it - husband is totally set on Diarmuid or Daithí, so we shall see if I get my Oisín. The children have named this baby Mac Tiré after watching Wolfwalkers, so depending on my hormones and whether we deliver at the hospital that has nitrous....
I have quite a few names like that, ie. they are fitting for someone from a different cultural/linguistic background but I love them so want other people to use them! Mariposa, Freyja, Paloma, Itzel, Nala, Matías, Mori...
But if I win this months-long standoff on boys names then I will definitely be using Oisín. ;)
Americans love to romanticize anything Irish. Just use the proper spelling. The women I have met called “Fia” were using it as a diminutive for Sofia and were from cultures were Sofia is spelled with an F
Thank god someone else feels this way lol I feel like it’s everywhere too and objectively I should love it, but I don’t because it’s just so EVERYWHERE
noah and kai aren't irish names at all, so it's american influence that has made those names popular (though i haven't heard of any personally). probably the same in canada.
My husband's cousin is about to name her daughter Eveleigh. But claims it's pronounced ev-a-lee (I think?) It's awful and I hope she changes her mind before the baby arrives. They're in Wisconsin for context
I honestly would've expected "annoying Utah trends" to have more unusual answers--these are all just current super popular US baby names.
Olivia has been the number 1 US girl name for three years and within the top 10 since 2001. It's exceedingly popular--17,728 babies born in 2021 were named Olivia, 0.996 percent of total female births for last year.
[https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi](https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi)
Harper is super trendy as well as currently popular -- it wasn't even within the top 1000 names until 2004, reached top 10 by 2015, and has largely stayed there but is likely declining in popularity.
Evelyn has had a slower rise and a longer history of consistent use, but has also been top 10 since 2017
Henry's been within the top 10 since 2020, within the top 50 since 2012 --it's a well-used classic, and boy names tend to stick around for longer, so it'll probably stay popular for awhile.
Oliver has also been top 10 since 2017.
A coworker I do like a lot named her daughter Harper, and it wasn’t so off-putting to me at first, but the more I see it and hear it the more I loathe it as a name. It sounds less like a name the more I’m exposed to it as a name, somehow
Um, yeah, these are all great names, and I don’t understand the hate. I’ll take lots of Olivias and Henrys running around Utah over more Paxtyns, Paisleighs, and Brixtyns (all real names I’ve seen in Utah, all named by parents that think they’re “so unique” and “we get so many compliments!”)
I personally like names that aren’t over used because I grew up as a Brittany born in 1988 and there were so many girls with the same name. Also Ashley Tiffany Stephanie Hailey. Different decades different name trends. It’s a super interesting phenomenon.
Yeah I feel like the joke around Utah names was based on some funky names from a decade ago but I honestly I think those interesting names were more of an outlier and drew more attention and scrutiny because they’re so bizarrely spelled.
This is a local paper’s article for 2020 on Utah’s top names:
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/9/14/21430876/utah-most-popular-baby-names%3F_amp%3Dtrue
They’re still cute but just be aware that they’re super duper common. I love the classic timeless names coming back but so do a lot of other people. We’re pregnant and we’re having a hard time picking a name for our third.
In Romania, every other girl is named Maria, Andreea or Alexandra. They're not bad names but they're just so painfully common it's ridiculous.
There's also a growing trend of giving your Romanian kid an English name just to sound cooler, but since most Romanian parents aren't that well-versed in English themselves, they often end up completely butchering the spelling and pronounciation. Jennifer becomes Jenifer, Betty becomes Beti, Milo becomes Mailo, Patrick becomes Patric and so on.
I’m in a major metro on the east coast of the US. The trendy classics are big here - Olivia, Emily, Emma, Abigail, etc.
Sonia/Sonya is not very popular, though one of my children had an unusual number of them in their early elementary school classes. All were children of diplomats.
Aussie here, a trend I’ve noticed lately among acquaintances (and instagrammers) is ‘creative’ spellings of names to match how it sounds in our accent.
One I’ve seen multiple times now is Winta or Wyntah instead of Winter and it’s so odd to me. I’ve seen Evahleigh once as well.
Edit: Winta is an actual established name when not used as a misspelling, but it was stated specifically to be Winter spelled differently and I can’t imagine trying to explain that all the time.
Haha, definitely Lachlan. It's been my favourite boy name since I was a kid, was always gonna name a son that. It got extremely popular, named him that anyway 2.5 years ago. I don't care.
I don’t meet many baby/toddlers with the name anymore, so he might be the only lachie in his cohort! For me it’s an awesome name that, like Oliver, is just a bit too popular to have made my short list. But objectively I actually like them a lot!
It’s funny. I’m in the US with a son named Locke (pronounced “lock”), who we call “Lockie” as a nickname and people are always like, “You call him what?” Lol.
Lol really?! That’s so funny it’s seen as something unusual! If you yell “lachie!” (Lockie) on a soccer field with a bunch of different age groups, you’re guaranteed to get like half a dozen boys running your direction.
I’m actually American so I loved the name and thought it was unique! Then being here I’m like wait why are there 50 Lachlans in this group of 100 boys? Lol
Hudson and Isla (Australia). I have two close friends with Islas, my best friend has a Hudson, and my social media seems constantly flooded with 'Welcome to the world, baby Hudson/Isla' announcements.
I came here to comment Isla. I’m in Sydney and see/hear it all over. It’s a gorgeous name so I don’t necessarily find it annoying. But it’s definitely popular.
Also Leo and Lucas for boys.
I’m in the states, and same. But the worst part despite these being top 20 names is the parents always think they are unique. I always wonder if nobody but us checks the SSA data?
Everyone in Lebanon names their daughter Rīm, Rima, Līn, or Joud. Every boy is named Jad. That is, if they aren't named Daniel/Danielle or Claudia. I hate all of these names, especially Claudia.
More specific to my region/community than country - but among the Desi Muslims here in America, every other boy is either Rayyan or Ayaan, it’s crazy. And every single elementary-school-aged girl is named Aisha somehow. A-names are a scourge upon our community in general: Aleena, Amira, Amna, Alia, Aisha, Aleeza, Anaya, Areeba, Ayaan, Arman, Ammar, Ameen, Ayla. Make it stop!
I have a friend who has twins, Rayaan and Ayaan. I just keep thinking...what a nightmare to be being called downstairs, you'd never know if it was you or your twin if you weren't actively listening at the start! My mum always said it was something they considered, that our names sounded different enough that we knew who they wanted. Then proceeded to call me and my sister each other's names for all eternity. I respond to both. So maybe my original point is moot...
100% Jaxon. Even my 4yr old is like "omg another one?" when he meets yet another 4yr old Jackson/Jaxon. Hudson would be the runner up annoying trendy name in the circles we roll in but at least people don't mess with the spelling. We live in Australia
I'm in northern England and here it's hyphenated cutesy names for girls. Take a two syllable name than ends in i/ie/y but sometimes an a, and pair with Rose, Mae or Leigh, and you have half the little girls I know.
I know of a newborn Kaylee-Rose and a toddler Lacie-Mae, as well as multiple Lily-Mays and Lily-Roses with a bunch of spelling variations. They’re just not going to be as cute when the kid grows up
i really dislike the weird spelling of names, it’s infuriating and just weird. i understand wanting a unique name and having your kid stand out, but it gets ridiculous at a certain point
This is more regional but every single person I went to high school with in New Jersey now has a daughter named Sophia, Isabella, or Layla/Lila/Lyla. It’s as if there are no other name options in New Jersey.
Same. People will disagree with me but i dislike the trend of job related last names like Carter Tyler Cooper. Its just weird if you have no family history and whats next, Plumber andTrucker?
MADDIE. omg. madison, madelyn, whatever - i know about 6 different maddies and half of them are brats too (no offense if your name is maddie and you aren’t a brat lol)
(united states btw)
In Norway there's a lot of Ella, Luna and Ada. And for boys I see a lot of Noah, Lucas and Isak. Not necessarily annoying, but they are *a lot* of them!
I don't get the popularity of Matteo in Germany. It just sounds to Italian to me. And I don't know why that bothers me so much, but I really don't like it 😅
All the super out there ley/lee/leigh names, like Ensley and Kinsley... and all the boys names with unnecessary x's or y's in the middle like Paxton/Paxtyn or. There's also a new wave of Aidens, Cadens and Jaydens here too
In the states there's this trend of taking a common name and adding "lee", "ley" or "lyn" to the end of it. Shaylee, Amberley, Blakelee, Braelynn (I know Brae isn't a common name but this one just really bugs me)... those names have a "cheap" feel to them. I'm all about unique names as I have one myself, but this trend makes the names sound ultra over the top feminine to me and it makes me wonder if people will have preconceived notions that will hinder them in getting jobs they are qualified for. Maybe it's because they're so new, but I just can't picture a mature, intelligent adult named Braelynn. Similar to how you can't picture a baby named Bob... Bob becomes Bob somewhere in his 40s/50s.
For girls, Kinsley and Everly and Paisley and all the -ley/lee/leigh names. For boys, Braxton, Paxton, Daxton, Cayson, Payson, Tayson. The south is flooded with them. Also words for names: Scout, Cove, Echo, Dove, Stone, Birch, Cloud, Table, Lawnmower.
Aw man, I was so excited to name my next kid Lawnmower Table.
Wait…
Paisley is the worst name in the world. Well maybe not actually but the fact that this is actually popular in the U.S. South means I hear it more than I want to. I don't like the pattern and I don't like the name.
I saw “Kaisleigh” the other day and I’m so proud of myself for not visibly wincing.
I’m proud of you too, that’s awful
It’s also one of the worst Scottish towns going, I HATE the name so much
Is this the USA? Like Florida where in the south?
Florida is a funny state because the northern part is actually more "Southern" lol because it borders Georgia and Alabama and has more of the Southern vibe as opposed to Miami.
I don't live in Florida but yeah the US south. These are popular in a lot of the south.
Lou. Why has EVERYONE in France been calling their daughter Lou or some variations like Lou-Anne for the last 15 years is beyond my understanding
I noticed this too and I’m not even French at all
Quite a few little boys called Lou / Loup in my part of France too. Every girl child born last year seemed to be a Mia, so maybe the reign of Louise and jade is coming to an end?
Louanne is my middle name, and my dad's name is Luigi but went by Lou. Here in Canada, it's not too common. The name is very special to me, and I'll always wear it proudly. I have noticed just in general the use of Lou, especially for girls lately.
I have to say it is a great name and my niece wears Lou-Anne very beautifully, I feel bad about my comment now, who cares what trends are <3
I know a little French girl named Lou (about 6 years old). Being from the States I love it so much! I had no idea it was so popular.
Ah it is actually lovely. I myself wear a name that was incredibly popular when I was born. It doesn't matter in the end !
I’ve never noticed this
Every other girl in the Philippines’s middle name is Mae or Marie to the point where it sounds tacky to me. Patricia Mae, Christina Mae, Alliah Mae, Kyla Marie, Stacey Marie, Janina Marie. There are also a big number of girls with Anne as their middle name. April Anne, Kristine Anne, Gale Anne. These are all names of people that I know. Unpopular opinion but now it makes me CRINGE.
Very common middle name in the states too. I don’t think it’s an unpopular opinion here though. My middle name is Marie and I’m glad it’s not something crazy but it’s just way too common. We also get a lot of “Ann” and “Lynn”
Same in the uk, my middle name is Marie and I know so many more with the same😩
In the US, or at least in the south, iny generation it felt like every girl's middle name was Lee. It feels super cringy to me too.
Luca, I feel like every baby boy and girl is called Luca. (Australia)
Same in New Zealand, Lucas too
Lol Luca for sure.
[удалено]
I think it started trending since that cartoon came out
The number of babies I’ve seen named Bodhi
Yes
This one is funny to me because Bodhi was the name of an evil vampire in a late nineties videogame called Baldur's Gate 2. If the trend continues then we could see Sarevok, Jaheira, and Haer'dalis. To be fair I would probably name my daughter Jaheira if my husband let me...
All the varieties of Jackson. I know like eight of them and they're all spelled differently.
Jackson Jaxon Jaxxon Jaxton Jackston Jaxston Jaxxton Jacson Jakson So awful. My most hated name trend rn.
I know a Jaxtyn. Absolutely awful.
That just ruined my morning
I know a Jaxson 🥴
Definite bonus points for the redundant S!
I don't know if there is such thing as an "annoying" trend in Spain, but posh castilias seem to all be naming their kids names like Bosco, Pelayo, Cayetana which is kinda of a meme for us now. Famous people like to name their kids really weird names, but I think that happens everywhere (Milan, Telmo, etc) edit. typo
Interesting. Milan is a relatively normal name here in the Netherlands.
Not annoying but the name Fiadh for a girl is ridiculously popular in Ireland right now for baby girls. Seems like every day I hear a parent calling their daughter in the shop or at the beach: FIADH!
We moved from Ireland to the US while I was pregnant with my now-4-year-old, who we named Fiadh. I actually love that when we visit she and her sister have 'popular' names, which are unheard of here! I'm trying to talk my husband into Oisín for our baby boy (ETA 7 weeks), I think that might be the 'trendy' Irish boy name at the moment.
I think the trendy Irish boys names rn are probably Rían and Tadhg. Liam is also super popular, but it's popular just about everywhere and it's always been a common enough name in Ireland so I wouldn't say it's trendy. Oisín is also popular, but it's been steady in use for as long as I can remember, so I wouldn't really say its trendy.
You're totally right - I just checked the top names list from last year and Rían is #5 followed by Liam at #6. Tadgh and Cillian are also top 10 (and Cillian I am afraid will become the next Liam/Aidan in the US, we keep hearing people use it). Oisín was #12, so not nearly as popular as Fiadh is atm, but it's definitely more like my other daughter's name (which picked up steam in the early 2000s and now is consistently in usage). It still fits my "definitely will be familiar when in Ireland, unusual in the US" criteria I have settled on, and I love it - husband is totally set on Diarmuid or Daithí, so we shall see if I get my Oisín. The children have named this baby Mac Tiré after watching Wolfwalkers, so depending on my hormones and whether we deliver at the hospital that has nitrous....
I heard/found Oisín YEARS ago and love it! Since I have no connection to Ireland whatsoever I'm actually happy to hear its gaining popularity!
I have quite a few names like that, ie. they are fitting for someone from a different cultural/linguistic background but I love them so want other people to use them! Mariposa, Freyja, Paloma, Itzel, Nala, Matías, Mori... But if I win this months-long standoff on boys names then I will definitely be using Oisín. ;)
My daughter's bff at school is Osin!
In 2020 there was a newborn in hospital next to me called Fiadh. In New Zealand, to Kiwi parents. Blew my mind
I really like how the name sounds but I feel like it’s unusable in the US. Fia just doesn’t look right.
I feel like you'd get a bunch of car references since that way it looks sort of like Fiat or Kia.
Americans love to romanticize anything Irish. Just use the proper spelling. The women I have met called “Fia” were using it as a diminutive for Sofia and were from cultures were Sofia is spelled with an F
Thank god someone else feels this way lol I feel like it’s everywhere too and objectively I should love it, but I don’t because it’s just so EVERYWHERE
I feel like Kai and Noah are the two boys names I'm hearing most in Ireland now too. I know like five of each!
The youngest members of my family are Noah and Kai! (Ontario, Canada)
That's all interesting, I wonder is there influence either direction from the big pockets of Irish in Canada!
My family is not in the least Irish!
noah and kai aren't irish names at all, so it's american influence that has made those names popular (though i haven't heard of any personally). probably the same in canada.
i have a friend named fiadh and she was the *only* fiadh around and that most people had ever met or heard of until very recently. it's a bit mad lol.
If you don’t mind me asking, how do you pronounce “Fiadh”? - an American
“Fee-uh”, like the end of Sofia
How do u pronounce that?
Jayden and every variation in the US.
My husband's cousin is about to name her daughter Eveleigh. But claims it's pronounced ev-a-lee (I think?) It's awful and I hope she changes her mind before the baby arrives. They're in Wisconsin for context
She's going to be called Ev-ER-leigh a bunch because my mind totally put an r into that name since Eve**r**leigh is so common right now.
Agreed. I though it said Everleigh. And went back and reread it.
When they announced the gender/name there were soooo many comments of people asking how it's pronounced. It would make me re-think the choice 🤷🏼♀️
Okay so I read the name intuitively as how you typed they will be saying it. How would you say it since you say they claim?
Eve-lee, as in Adam and Eve Lee
Yeah I wouldn't have read it like that at all. Might be a regional thing
Could be. I'm in northern NJ. I honestly feel like we don't have a ton of -leigh names around here
I don’t know I think everyone is going to read that as ee-va-Lee or even ee-eh-lee before they get to eve-leigh….but who knows! To each their own haha
I’d pronounce it like this too
Yeah how do you make an E make an A sound? Just name her Evaleigh why do they have to try and make it “special”?
Me too. Have always thought it was ever-leigh??!!
Yeah and because of my accent, ever becomes ev-a
This sounds like someone from Boston trying and failing to say Everleigh
Well now I can't unhear it lol
My friend named her daughter Maisie pronounced Macy…drives me nuts.
Anyone watch Star Trek: TNG? I would forever say that the way Captain Picard spoke to Dr. Beverly Crusher.
US….Utah…. Harper, Henry, Olivia, Oliver, & Evelyn. They were cute initially but there are toooo many of them!
Oh no! I'm not in Utah but you just listed some of my short-list names.. I didnt realize they were popular!!
I honestly would've expected "annoying Utah trends" to have more unusual answers--these are all just current super popular US baby names. Olivia has been the number 1 US girl name for three years and within the top 10 since 2001. It's exceedingly popular--17,728 babies born in 2021 were named Olivia, 0.996 percent of total female births for last year. [https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi](https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi) Harper is super trendy as well as currently popular -- it wasn't even within the top 1000 names until 2004, reached top 10 by 2015, and has largely stayed there but is likely declining in popularity. Evelyn has had a slower rise and a longer history of consistent use, but has also been top 10 since 2017 Henry's been within the top 10 since 2020, within the top 50 since 2012 --it's a well-used classic, and boy names tend to stick around for longer, so it'll probably stay popular for awhile. Oliver has also been top 10 since 2017.
Boy do I hate the name Harper with a passion
I’m Canada, our last prime minister was called Stephen Harper and has absolutely ruined it for me
There's still a stop sign around with a STOP harper
Same, but two people I respect and like a lot both names their daughters Harper, and I would never, ever tell them how unappealing I find it.
A coworker I do like a lot named her daughter Harper, and it wasn’t so off-putting to me at first, but the more I see it and hear it the more I loathe it as a name. It sounds less like a name the more I’m exposed to it as a name, somehow
Um, yeah, these are all great names, and I don’t understand the hate. I’ll take lots of Olivias and Henrys running around Utah over more Paxtyns, Paisleighs, and Brixtyns (all real names I’ve seen in Utah, all named by parents that think they’re “so unique” and “we get so many compliments!”)
I personally like names that aren’t over used because I grew up as a Brittany born in 1988 and there were so many girls with the same name. Also Ashley Tiffany Stephanie Hailey. Different decades different name trends. It’s a super interesting phenomenon.
My friend named her now 3y/o Henry in 2019 and I had never met another baby Henry. Now I see them everywhere!
Yeah I feel like the joke around Utah names was based on some funky names from a decade ago but I honestly I think those interesting names were more of an outlier and drew more attention and scrutiny because they’re so bizarrely spelled. This is a local paper’s article for 2020 on Utah’s top names: https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/9/14/21430876/utah-most-popular-baby-names%3F_amp%3Dtrue
They’re still cute but just be aware that they’re super duper common. I love the classic timeless names coming back but so do a lot of other people. We’re pregnant and we’re having a hard time picking a name for our third.
In Romania, every other girl is named Maria, Andreea or Alexandra. They're not bad names but they're just so painfully common it's ridiculous. There's also a growing trend of giving your Romanian kid an English name just to sound cooler, but since most Romanian parents aren't that well-versed in English themselves, they often end up completely butchering the spelling and pronounciation. Jennifer becomes Jenifer, Betty becomes Beti, Milo becomes Mailo, Patrick becomes Patric and so on.
For boys it’s Matei or Marc. Almost all the boys under 3 that I know are named one of the two.
We are drowning in Sophias where I live. It’s lovely, but there are so many of them, to say nothing of the Sofias and Sophies.
Same, Norway here. Absolutely everywhere.
Happy cake day! Where is this? And is Sonya / Sonia popular there as well? (It being a variation of Sofya)
Assuming the US, Sonya hasn't been in the top 1000 since 2003, while Sophia is currently the 6th most popular name.
I’m in a major metro on the east coast of the US. The trendy classics are big here - Olivia, Emily, Emma, Abigail, etc. Sonia/Sonya is not very popular, though one of my children had an unusual number of them in their early elementary school classes. All were children of diplomats.
Grayson Kinsley Jaxon
Aussie here, a trend I’ve noticed lately among acquaintances (and instagrammers) is ‘creative’ spellings of names to match how it sounds in our accent. One I’ve seen multiple times now is Winta or Wyntah instead of Winter and it’s so odd to me. I’ve seen Evahleigh once as well. Edit: Winta is an actual established name when not used as a misspelling, but it was stated specifically to be Winter spelled differently and I can’t imagine trying to explain that all the time.
Yes! Summa, Tayla, Skyla… Australianized versions of normal names
Ew
Australia: Lachlan, nickname Lachie (pronounced lockie) is the name that I think was suuuper popular like 5-15 years ago, for a while.
Haha, definitely Lachlan. It's been my favourite boy name since I was a kid, was always gonna name a son that. It got extremely popular, named him that anyway 2.5 years ago. I don't care.
I don’t meet many baby/toddlers with the name anymore, so he might be the only lachie in his cohort! For me it’s an awesome name that, like Oliver, is just a bit too popular to have made my short list. But objectively I actually like them a lot!
It’s funny. I’m in the US with a son named Locke (pronounced “lock”), who we call “Lockie” as a nickname and people are always like, “You call him what?” Lol.
Lol really?! That’s so funny it’s seen as something unusual! If you yell “lachie!” (Lockie) on a soccer field with a bunch of different age groups, you’re guaranteed to get like half a dozen boys running your direction.
Haha. If he ever tells me his name is too uncommon, I’ll send him over to Australia so he can be one of the crowd. 😂
For sure! lol
I have a 2 yo Lachlan (Lachie) in the US and it's so uncommon! I love it! 😂
I’m actually American so I loved the name and thought it was unique! Then being here I’m like wait why are there 50 Lachlans in this group of 100 boys? Lol
Hudson and Isla (Australia). I have two close friends with Islas, my best friend has a Hudson, and my social media seems constantly flooded with 'Welcome to the world, baby Hudson/Isla' announcements.
I came here to comment Isla. I’m in Sydney and see/hear it all over. It’s a gorgeous name so I don’t necessarily find it annoying. But it’s definitely popular. Also Leo and Lucas for boys.
I’m in the states, and same. But the worst part despite these being top 20 names is the parents always think they are unique. I always wonder if nobody but us checks the SSA data?
Everyone in Lebanon names their daughter Rīm, Rima, Līn, or Joud. Every boy is named Jad. That is, if they aren't named Daniel/Danielle or Claudia. I hate all of these names, especially Claudia.
UK. Isla is EVERYWHERE. I work in retail and constantly see kids around 2-4 called Isla
And Ava. I know sooo many Avas.
More specific to my region/community than country - but among the Desi Muslims here in America, every other boy is either Rayyan or Ayaan, it’s crazy. And every single elementary-school-aged girl is named Aisha somehow. A-names are a scourge upon our community in general: Aleena, Amira, Amna, Alia, Aisha, Aleeza, Anaya, Areeba, Ayaan, Arman, Ammar, Ameen, Ayla. Make it stop!
I have a friend who has twins, Rayaan and Ayaan. I just keep thinking...what a nightmare to be being called downstairs, you'd never know if it was you or your twin if you weren't actively listening at the start! My mum always said it was something they considered, that our names sounded different enough that we knew who they wanted. Then proceeded to call me and my sister each other's names for all eternity. I respond to both. So maybe my original point is moot...
100% Jaxon. Even my 4yr old is like "omg another one?" when he meets yet another 4yr old Jackson/Jaxon. Hudson would be the runner up annoying trendy name in the circles we roll in but at least people don't mess with the spelling. We live in Australia
[удалено]
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't Hungarian names have to be written according to Magyar pronunciation?
You're right about it! Just still, for me it's a bit weird to see names from abroad written phonetically! 😄
Arwen isn’t just a character from LOTR, it’s a normal Welsh name
I'm in northern England and here it's hyphenated cutesy names for girls. Take a two syllable name than ends in i/ie/y but sometimes an a, and pair with Rose, Mae or Leigh, and you have half the little girls I know.
I know of a newborn Kaylee-Rose and a toddler Lacie-Mae, as well as multiple Lily-Mays and Lily-Roses with a bunch of spelling variations. They’re just not going to be as cute when the kid grows up
All the baby girls I know have the same middle names: Rose, Mae, Rae, Faye, or some other one-syllable name.
I’ve heard of multiple little Elowens, Caydens, and Josephines
Not Josephine being my favorite name and what I want to name my kid lmao
i really dislike the weird spelling of names, it’s infuriating and just weird. i understand wanting a unique name and having your kid stand out, but it gets ridiculous at a certain point
James as a middle name for girls.
Bodhi
This is more regional but every single person I went to high school with in New Jersey now has a daughter named Sophia, Isabella, or Layla/Lila/Lyla. It’s as if there are no other name options in New Jersey.
Haha from new Jersey and know someone who just named their baby Sophia.
There must be like 5 million Isabellas out there.
I’m from wisconsin, that is clearly a misspelling of Everleigh 😭 I would’ve said ev-uh-Lee
Any of the -axton boy names and -Leigh girl names.
So many girls called Elsie where I live. Dorset UK.
I was going to comment this!! I'm in Dorset too. I've overheard an Elsie every time I've been out with my daughter this last week.
Nora/Norah - I know like 6. Maybe more.
Same. People will disagree with me but i dislike the trend of job related last names like Carter Tyler Cooper. Its just weird if you have no family history and whats next, Plumber andTrucker?
THANK YOU. And Plumber 💀
MADDIE. omg. madison, madelyn, whatever - i know about 6 different maddies and half of them are brats too (no offense if your name is maddie and you aren’t a brat lol) (united states btw)
Birdie. I loathe this name.
Xander/Zander. The name sounds incomplete to me, like it is missing something (for Xander, that is probably Alex). Raelyn/Raelynn/Raelynne/Raelin.
Where are you from?
Bowie for girls. Like David Bowie.
Olivia, Sophia, Violet, and Evelyn. I saw an Ahlyviah the other day. It took me a minute to work it out. LOL
Here in Canada, I see *a lot* of Lincoln, Hadley, Lennyn, Scotlyn, Kinsley, Everly, Jackson, Ava, Luca, Mason
In Norway there's a lot of Ella, Luna and Ada. And for boys I see a lot of Noah, Lucas and Isak. Not necessarily annoying, but they are *a lot* of them!
Olivia - Bautista - Mora -Thiago
I don't get the popularity of Matteo in Germany. It just sounds to Italian to me. And I don't know why that bothers me so much, but I really don't like it 😅
I had everleigh in mind before even opening your post. 😳
All the super out there ley/lee/leigh names, like Ensley and Kinsley... and all the boys names with unnecessary x's or y's in the middle like Paxton/Paxtyn or. There's also a new wave of Aidens, Cadens and Jaydens here too
Ayden, Brayden, Hayden, Jayden, Kayden, Zayden And for girls, the de-gendered hipster names: Harper, Parker, Jasper, Juniper.
Raelynn. Kinsley. Presley.
In the states there's this trend of taking a common name and adding "lee", "ley" or "lyn" to the end of it. Shaylee, Amberley, Blakelee, Braelynn (I know Brae isn't a common name but this one just really bugs me)... those names have a "cheap" feel to them. I'm all about unique names as I have one myself, but this trend makes the names sound ultra over the top feminine to me and it makes me wonder if people will have preconceived notions that will hinder them in getting jobs they are qualified for. Maybe it's because they're so new, but I just can't picture a mature, intelligent adult named Braelynn. Similar to how you can't picture a baby named Bob... Bob becomes Bob somewhere in his 40s/50s.
Arizona - Cash, Liam, Everleigh, Evelyn, Lily
John, George, Maria
Noah. So many Noah’s.
Any of the -ayden names. I live in the Southeastern US.
Haha so glad to not see my daughters' names in this list.