How have your top names changed over time?

cassandrah · September 5, 2013, 2:16pm

[name_m]Hi[/name_m]!

My top names have changed a lot over time, right from when I was very little. Some are truly horrendous though!

Here they are:

[name_f]Holly[/name_f] & [name_m]Hamish[/name_m]

[name_f]Holly[/name_f], [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] & [name_f]Crystal[/name_f]

Blissent ‘[name_u]Bliss[/name_u]’, Silosa & Labrador ‘Labby’

[name_f]Lauren[/name_f]-[name_f]Danielle[/name_f]

[name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_f]Lauren[/name_f] [name_u]Lesley[/name_u] & [name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_m]Matthew[/name_m] [name_m]Julian[/name_m]

[name_f]Angelique[/name_f] ‘[name_u]Angel[/name_u]’ & [name_f]Jeanette[/name_f]

[name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] & [name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_m]Julian[/name_m]

[name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] & [name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Elliot[/name_u]

[name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Angeline[/name_f] & [name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Elliot[/name_u]

What do you think?
What have been your top names?

Thanks,
[name_f]Ellie[/name_f] xx

taz · September 5, 2013, 2:24pm

Mine have changed 100 times!

When I 10ish I thought [name_f]Cleopatra[/name_f] was perfect.
Eventually [name_f]Claudia[/name_f] felt more realistic
I went through a phase of thinking [name_u]Paisley[/name_u] & [name_u]Sloan[/name_u] & [name_u]Owen[/name_u] were more my thing
By my 20s I was all about [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
Years later [name_f]Joan[/name_f] felt fresher
I ended up naming my daughter [name_f]Leonie[/name_f] cause Js are hard for my husband to say with his accent! [name_f]Nina[/name_f] was almost her name.
Now [name_f]Anna[/name_f]-[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] is my top choice!

Can you tell boy names don’t interest me much! I’ve always thought I would just have a boy called [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m], which is a family name…now with the Js, I don’t know…

jtucker · September 5, 2013, 3:24pm

Mine have changed dramatically since I was young. In the last few months my top names have changed as well. I now have names that are more classic. I still have names that I absolutely adore, however, due to issues with pronunciation (at least where I live), husband’s dislike, or close friends/family using those names, I have paired it down considerably. I have a Top 7 for girls names and a Top 6 for boys names.

nercomi · September 5, 2013, 5:04pm

Names that I love in theory haven’t really changed much, names that I would sincerely consider giving, however, have changed quite a bit!
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u] for example is my absolute favorite names for a boy in theory but I have received so many adverse reactions to the name that I have reconsidered actually naming a boy [name_u]Darcy[/name_u].

zoey_walker53 · September 5, 2013, 7:42pm

My naming style and taste of names (especially girls) have drastically changed since I first became obsessed with names about a year or so ago.
The evolution:
(At first)
Lylie (lie-lee) [name_u]Everly[/name_u], [name_u]Peri[/name_u] [name_f]Della[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] and [name_u]Lyle[/name_u] [name_u]Dean[/name_u], [name_m]Jasper[/name_m] [name_u]Grey[/name_u]
to
(Nowadays…in signature)

jem · September 5, 2013, 11:51pm

I’ve loved [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] for a loooong time, and still do. However, I’m now considering [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] and [name_f]Polly[/name_f] as fresher choices.
I used to love [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Heidi[/name_f] and [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] - but [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] and [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] are now way too popular for me; and [name_f]Heidi[/name_f] might have to go in the middle (as I don’t have a drop of [name_m]German[/name_m] blood in my veins… sigh)

bellerose · September 6, 2013, 12:18am

I have loved [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] for years . But now i kind of bored this . The problem is that i picture [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] be my name and not my daughters name . Now i love more unique choices such as [name_f]Aphrodite[/name_f] , [name_f]Iole[/name_f] & [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] .

system · September 6, 2013, 3:52am

My top name for a boy seems to change a lot.

[name_f]Rosie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] & [name_u]Seth[/name_u]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] & [name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f] & [name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_f]Aveline[/name_f] & [name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f] & [name_m]Leo[/name_m]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f] & [name_m]Alasdair[/name_m]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f] & [name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f] & [name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f] & [name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f] & [name_u]Kit[/name_u]

kala_way · September 6, 2013, 8:09am

[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] were my 2 favorites for ages.

I still like them, but there are so many more I love now.

I was never really into anything crazy. I guess there’s a few trendy names that have come and gone for me. Like [name_f]Braylyn[/name_f], [name_u]Sky[/name_u], [name_u]Dexter[/name_u], [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f], Kahlan.

I think [name_m]Benedict[/name_m] and [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f] are my current crushes.

bounceparty · September 6, 2013, 2:07pm

I used to love any form of [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] - [name_f]Isabella[/name_f], [name_f]Izabella[/name_f], [name_f]Izabelle[/name_f]. I also adored [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] for a long time, as well as some cringe-worthy trendy names like Irelynn. I’ve always loved [name_f]Violet[/name_f], and it’s been in my top three for years. Now my favourites are [name_f]Susannah[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f] ([name_f]Rosie[/name_f]), and [name_m]Desmond[/name_m] for a boy.

verminator · September 6, 2013, 3:59pm

My tastes haven’t changed, but now that I have a child and one more on the way and have analyzed what it means to be a woman in the USA, the actual name I would give to a child is probably much more conservative than it would have been when I was younger. I still love names like Galadriel and [name_f]Lilou[/name_f] and Karthieayini, but I would be more likely to pick [name_f]Diana[/name_f] or [name_f]Annika[/name_f] and stick those names in the middle.

agxobsessed · September 6, 2013, 8:01pm

They have changed a lot! When I first got into names about 4 years ago or so? I remember liking [name_u]Alexis[/name_u], [name_m]Cole[/name_m], [name_f]Myla[/name_f] (yes spelled like that cringes) lol, [name_m]Nolan[/name_m], [name_m]Roman[/name_m], [name_f]Lilah[/name_f], & [name_u]Eden[/name_u].

Over the years my taste has just evolved, the more names I hear, the more educated I get, & the more my list expands.

I’ve always had the same style. I looked back onto my old yahoo answers page where I used to post a lot. I saw posts over three years ago talking about my favorite loves now, [name_f]Juliette[/name_f], [name_f]Seraphine[/name_f], & [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f], for example. [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] has always been on & off my list. [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] at the time it was just ‘too out-there’ but as of now it does not seem too crazy at all.

I’d say my boys list has changed more from classic to more of ancient // romantic // strong feeling. But then again I’d say [name_m]Roman[/name_m] fits all of that so what do I know haha. Maybe a bit more trendy.

system · September 6, 2013, 9:20pm

Mine have changed dramatically.

I have loved names ever since I was about 4 or 5. All of my artwork from the first year of school says either [name_f]Cindy[/name_f] [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] or [name_f]Kathleen[/name_f] [name_u]Ellis[/name_u]. None of it says [name_f]Ebony[/name_f] [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] (my name). I thought [name_f]Cindy[/name_f] and [name_f]Kathleen[/name_f] were perfect. Now, not so much.

For about 3+ years, I was going to have twins named [name_u]Mason[/name_u] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] and [name_f]Poppy[/name_f] (?) and they were going to have a younger brother named [name_u]Hunter[/name_u].

I went through a stage 3 or so years ago where I LOVED names such as [name_u]Bristol[/name_u] and [name_u]Paisley[/name_u]. Now I would never use them.

I recently found a list from 2 or so years ago when I was first coming into the style of names I like now it contained:
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] [name_f]Sybella[/name_f] [name_f]Patience[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] [name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f] [name_f]Augusta[/name_f] [name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] [name_f]Thais[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] Hesper [name_u]Monroe[/name_u]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] [name_f]Clemence[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f] [name_f]Hermione[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] [name_f]Dulcie[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_u]Winter[/name_u]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f] [name_f]Willow[/name_f] [name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Cora[/name_f] [name_f]Thisbe[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] [name_m]Charles[/name_m] [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]

Two years ago I wanted twin boys named [name_m]Pharaoh[/name_m] and [name_m]Jagger[/name_m].

Over a year and a half ago, my boys list looked like this: [name_m]Alasdair[/name_m] [name_m]Cayden[/name_m], [name_m]Archer[/name_m] [name_m]Cole[/name_m], [name_u]Ashton[/name_u] [name_m]Laurent[/name_m], [name_m]Chace[/name_m] [name_m]Anthony[/name_m], [name_u]Hunter[/name_u] [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m], [name_m]Jasper[/name_m] [name_u]Owen[/name_u], [name_m]Killian[/name_m] [name_m]Elijah[/name_m] [name_u]Noah[/name_u] (was my top boys name for a long while), [name_u]Mason[/name_u] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_m]Pierce[/name_m] [name_m]Dermott[/name_m], [name_m]Roman[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Xavier[/name_m] [name_m]Kurt[/name_m] [name_m]Hendrix[/name_m], [name_m]Zaire[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m], [name_m]Jagger[/name_m], [name_u]Dexter[/name_u], [name_u]Emmett[/name_u], Oaker, [name_u]Phoenix[/name_u] and [name_m]Saxon[/name_m].

Almost a year ago, I had [name_f]Olive[/name_f], [name_f]Aurora[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Agnes[/name_f], [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] and [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] on my list and I still love all these names today.

From [name_u]January[/name_u] - [name_u]March[/name_u] 2012, all of these were on my list at some stage: [name_f]Agatha[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_m]Rhodes[/name_m], [name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_u]Monroe[/name_u] Bex, [name_f]Cecelia[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_u]Dove[/name_u], [name_f]Drusilla[/name_f] [name_f]Esther[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f], [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Elisabetta[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f], [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] [name_u]Auden[/name_u] [name_u]Blake[/name_u], [name_f]Gwendoline[/name_f] [name_f]Blythe[/name_f] [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_f]Hermione[/name_f] [name_f]Veda[/name_f] [name_f]Lark[/name_f], [name_f]Isadora[/name_f] [name_f]Edith[/name_f] [name_f]Belle[/name_f], [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] [name_f]Faith[/name_f], [name_f]Lilith[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f], [name_f]Lottie[/name_f] [name_f]Dahlia[/name_f] [name_u]Sage[/name_u], [name_f]Luna[/name_f] [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], [name_f]Millicent[/name_f] [name_f]Yvonne[/name_f] [name_u]Storm[/name_u], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f] [name_f]Snow[/name_f], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] [name_f]Plum[/name_f], [name_f]Rowena[/name_f] [name_f]Corisande[/name_f], [name_u]Tatum[/name_u] [name_u]Everly[/name_u], [name_f]Temperance[/name_f] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_u]June[/name_u], Tzipporah [name_f]Iseult[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Morgana[/name_f] [name_u]Skye[/name_u], [name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_u]Monroe[/name_u] [name_u]Blair[/name_u], [name_m]Angus[/name_m] [name_m]Llewellyn[/name_m] [name_u]Day[/name_u], [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m] Wilde, [name_m]Albert[/name_m] [name_m]Saxon[/name_m] [name_u]Lee[/name_u], [name_m]Lewis[/name_m] [name_m]Gwilym[/name_m] [name_u]North[/name_u], [name_m]Rupert[/name_m] [name_m]Atticus[/name_m] [name_u]Kai[/name_u], [name_m]Xavier[/name_m] [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] [name_m]Penn[/name_m], [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_m]Vaughn[/name_m], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] [name_f]Annamarie[/name_f] [name_f]Snow[/name_f], [name_f]Temperance[/name_f] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_u]Jean[/name_u], [name_f]Millicent[/name_f] [name_f]Evonne[/name_f] [name_u]Storm[/name_u], [name_u]Hunter[/name_u] [name_m]Charles[/name_m] [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m], [name_m]Jasper[/name_m] [name_u]Owen[/name_u] [name_u]Leigh[/name_u], [name_m]Alasdair[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Fox[/name_m], [name_u]Dexter[/name_u] [name_m]Kurt[/name_m] [name_m]Vincent[/name_m], [name_m]Ignatius[/name_m] [name_m]Victor[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u], [name_m]Felix[/name_m] [name_m]Leonard[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Chester[/name_m] [name_m]Elijah[/name_m] [name_m]Flint[/name_m], [name_m]Silas[/name_m] [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_u]Tate[/name_u], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_m]Archer[/name_m] [name_m]Cole[/name_m], [name_u]Noah[/name_u] [name_m]Atticus[/name_m] [name_m]Bram[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_m]Bach[/name_m], [name_m]Dermott[/name_m] [name_m]Pierce[/name_m], [name_m]Finnegan[/name_m] [name_u]Elias[/name_u], [name_m]Harrison[/name_m] [name_m]Isaac[/name_m], [name_m]Jagger[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m], [name_m]Jett[/name_m] [name_u]Phoenix[/name_u], [name_u]Rowan[/name_u] [name_m]Augustus[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] [name_u]Ellis[/name_u], [name_m]Silas[/name_m], [name_f]Agatha[/name_f], [name_f]Asta[/name_f]-[name_u]Skye[/name_u] [name_f]Morgana[/name_f], [name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f], [name_u]Blair[/name_u] [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f], [name_u]Bristol[/name_u] [name_f]Paige[/name_f], [name_u]Bristol[/name_u] [name_f]Paige[/name_f] [name_f]Ariana[/name_f], [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] [name_f]Victoire[/name_f], [name_f]Cecily[/name_f], [name_f]Celia[/name_f], [name_f]Cerelia[/name_f] [name_u]Rowan[/name_u], [name_f]Columbia[/name_f] [name_f]Faith[/name_f], [name_f]Edie[/name_f] [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f], [name_f]Effie[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f], Eibhleann, [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] [name_f]Odette[/name_f], [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], [name_f]Kaya[/name_f]-[name_f]Rayne[/name_f] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], [name_f]Lilith[/name_f] [name_u]November[/name_u], [name_f]Mercy[/name_f] [name_f]Annamarie[/name_f] [name_f]Snow[/name_f], [name_f]Monet[/name_f] [name_f]Nirvana[/name_f], [name_u]Monroe[/name_u] [name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] [name_f]Arwen[/name_f] [name_f]Belle[/name_f], [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] [name_f]Jade[/name_f], [name_f]Tempest[/name_f], Tenebre [name_u]Winter[/name_u], [name_f]Willow[/name_f], [name_f]Andromeda[/name_f], [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f], Arachne, [name_f]Audrey[/name_f], [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f], [name_f]Celeste[/name_f], [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], [name_f]Demetria[/name_f], [name_f]Faith[/name_f], [name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f], [name_f]Harlow[/name_f], [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Sienna[/name_f], [name_f]Hope[/name_f], [name_f]Liberty[/name_f] [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], [name_f]Mercie[/name_f] [name_f]Annemarie[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] [name_f]Temperance[/name_f], [name_f]Willow[/name_f] [name_u]Dakota[/name_u], [name_f]Winslet[/name_f] and [name_u]Winslow[/name_u].

Now, I like the sort of names listed below in my signature and I think it’s definitely safe to say that my style has changed heaps.

system · September 6, 2013, 9:21pm