Nameberry vs reality

What names have you guys been seeing a lot of (popular) on Nameberry but actually never heard of in real life??

For me it’s
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
[name_f]Isla[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]/[name_f]Josephina[/name_f]

[name_u]Juniper[/name_u], never heard of this outside of this site.

I know a little girl named [name_u]Juniper[/name_u] [name_u]Gray[/name_u]! For me it’s:

[name_f]Isla[/name_f] & [name_f]Violet[/name_f].

I know a few Islas :wink:

Oh, so many!

[name_f]Isla[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Margot[/name_f], [name_u]Juniper[/name_u], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Freya[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f], [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_f]Tallulah[/name_f], [name_f]Saskia[/name_f], and [name_f]Edith[/name_f]

Never met a [name_u]Juniper[/name_u], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Cora[/name_f], [name_f]Luna[/name_f], [name_f]Isla[/name_f], or [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f].

Never met a:

[name_f]Freya[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f], [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f], [name_f]Cecelia[/name_f], [name_f]Araminta[/name_f], [name_f]Calliope[/name_f], [name_f]Millicent[/name_f], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Liv[/name_f] (just [name_f]Liv[/name_f]), or [name_u]Winter[/name_u]

[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] and [name_u]Harper[/name_u]

I have never met an [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], [name_f]Felicity[/name_f], [name_u]Piper[/name_u], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f], [name_u]August[/name_u], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_m]Asher[/name_m], [name_m]Declan[/name_m], or [name_m]Jasper[/name_m].

I do know several little Evelyns, a [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f], and and [name_f]Cora[/name_f]. And my daughter is [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]!

[name_f]Saskia[/name_f] ([name_u]Haven[/name_u]'t heard it used, but I have seen it from TulipByAnyName), [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f], [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_f]Isla[/name_f], [name_f]Edith[/name_f], [name_f]Felicity[/name_f], [name_f]Sadie[/name_f], [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_u]Waverly[/name_u] and Orphelia

@lisaahs
That’s kind of funny, I know an [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], [name_f]Felicity[/name_f], [name_u]August[/name_u] and [name_m]Asher[/name_m] (well [name_m]Asher[/name_m] is his middle name), I do know of also a [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] and [name_m]Declan[/name_m]

I’ve never met a [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], or [name_f]Elowen[/name_f]. I know 2 [name_f]Isla[/name_f]'s, a [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], I have a [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]:blush:, there are two [name_f]Freya[/name_f]'s in my sons school. My sons teacher has children named [name_u]Juniper[/name_u] and [name_m]Finnegan[/name_m]. I know a young [name_f]Liv[/name_f] but never met an [name_f]Edith[/name_f] under 90. Never met a [name_f]Saskia[/name_f]. I’ve seen tons of ‘[name_f]Ada[/name_f]’ names on here, but have never met any little Adalynns.

Here are the names I hear on little girls in my corner of the world: [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Ava[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f], [name_f]Lydia[/name_f], [name_f]Hannah[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Isabella[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f], and [name_f]Ella[/name_f]. It’s shocking and rare for me to hear something outside of that box, so it is a little crazy for me to imagine that there are little Junipers, Willows, and Ophelias running around out there.

I’ve met a [name_f]Saskia[/name_f], and it seems every second girl announcement has been [name_f]Isla[/name_f] for a few months.

I’ve never met a [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Luna[/name_f], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] or [name_u]Juniper[/name_u].

I work as a preschool teachers so I have met some kids with nameberry favorite names.
I have met a [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Bea[/name_f]), [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f], [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], [name_f]Cora[/name_f], and [name_u]Juniper[/name_u]. The name [name_f]Violet[/name_f] seems to be everywhere. I have met several Violets
Never heard [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Isla[/name_f], [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] etc

I’ve never encountered an [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] in the wild.

I have a cousin [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] (she’s 5) and another cousin just named her daughter [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f].
I haven’t heard [name_u]Juniper[/name_u] or [name_m]Caspian[/name_m].

Honestly I’ve not met many kiddos with “Nameberry names” - most of the kids around here are top 10 names. I guess I do have a friend who just named her daughter [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] but that’s about it.

I know a lot of Freyas, two Maeves, [name_f]Saskia[/name_f], a handful of Islas, elderly people called [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]/[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]/[name_f]Edith[/name_f], a lot of Sadies (mostly dogs), a few Violets. I’m British though and these are quite common over here.

Never met an [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] or a [name_u]Juniper[/name_u]. I don’t ever want to meet an [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] until I have an [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], though!! :wink:

lol, agreed!

I’ve known a lot of people who have had children in the past year or so, but most of them aren’t names that are seen (or very much loved) on Nameberry!

One of my managers at the restaurant where I work has daughters named [name_u]Adel[/name_u]!ne and [name_f]Coral[/name_f]!e, and I was stunned when I came across them. (Now that’s a sibset Nameberry would approve of! I thought to myself, haha.) I know an [name_f]Audrey[/name_f], a [name_f]Grace[/name_f] (whose FN is actually [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]; she goes by [name_f]Grace[/name_f]), and one of my other managers actually was looking at Nameberry when she named her daughter [name_f]Arabelle[/name_f] (which is similar to the much-loved [name_f]Arabella[/name_f]). But speaking of most [name_u]Berry[/name_u] favorites–[name_m]Jasper[/name_m], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_u]August[/name_u], [name_m]Frederick[/name_m], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Isla[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Aurora[/name_f], [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f], [name_f]Amelie[/name_f], etc., etc., etc.–I don’t know any kids with those names, and if I’d come across one by a miracle, it was only in passing ([name_m]Jasper[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]).

I came across an [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] this summer at a concert festival, and was equally shocked about that lol.