coconut / 8279 posts
@ShootingStar: my grandmother (b.1928) and great-grandmother (b. around 1890s) were both Natalie
(ETA born in what is now Ukraine)
bananas / 9227 posts
LO's preschool has some universally classic names: Olivia, Amanda, Hanna, Emma, Isabell, Jacob, Alvin, Elis, Anastasia, Vera, Stella.
With a few local classic names: Saga, Gry, Gustav, Lowe.
No one has any names that are out there because it's illegal in Sweden.
honeydew / 7586 posts
I think it's a pretty even mix. In B's music class there is:
Max
Ruby
Eden
Russell
Lilah
Crosby
Owen
Jack
Harper
Molly
That's all I can remember off hand. I feel like most are pretty classic. I live in Baltimore though, so we have our fair share of hipster names, too.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
@SugarplumsMom: love Gustav! That's our dog's full name, but we call him Gus.
bananas / 9227 posts
@Mrs. Jacks: It's a little too royal for my taste. There's a long line of kings named Gus
pear / 1614 posts
@littlejoy: @Mrs. Jacks: I was thinking the same thing about big babies!
@SugarplumsMom: I studied abroad in Sweden while in college - I couldn't believe it when one of my classmates told me there was an approved list of names parents could use
I don't always check out the name threads but this one is fun, I like seeing the preschool class lists.
coffee bean / 39 posts
My friends' kids all have pretty classic names - Lily, Lillian, Katherine, etc. We picked a classic but not super common name for our DD on the way.
coconut / 8430 posts
Most of the people we know gave their kids names from their cultures (eg. indian/chinese/japanese) so LO is one of the only kids in her daycare and our group of friends with an English name.
pear / 1586 posts
I live in the South so we hear lots of traditional names and also some double names as well. The non-traditional names tend to be last names - for example, my neighbor's son's name is her maiden name.
I love traditional names! My DS has a classic name although he goes by that name's nickname (Jack). A lot of people didn't understand why we would name him John if we wanted to call him Jack! Our other contenders were William and Henry, and our favorite girl's name is Caroline, so yeah, we like classic names
pomegranate / 3314 posts
@erind425: I love that your LO is a John who goes by Jack, as I am an old curmudgeon at heart and just can't get on board with people using nicknames as names.
persimmon / 1339 posts
We know a roscoe, a Casper, an ace and a banjo - so no, not very traditional! My son's name is his great-grandfather's, so super old school.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
A mix around here, in our circle we have a:
Brandon, Nathan, Mason, Mila, Rachel, Anjelina, Anthony, Ryan, Lucas, Joseph, Brennan, Gage, Mateo, Savannah, Theodore, Ethan, Kylee, Landon, Solomon, Naomi, Kaylee, Rylee, Henry, Brayden, Jayden, Alexander, Reagan, Natalie, Charlotte
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
i'm writing valentine cards out to olive's classmates (3 years old) and these are the names:
Boy
Jerome
Zachary
Jackson
Griffin
Jack
Dylan
Joshua
Blaise
Noel
Charlie
Brady
Ethan
Morris
Miles
Girl
Nina
Tess
Hailey
Zoe
Chloe
Lucy
Maya
Natalie
Valentine
Allie
Zelda
Annabelle
Penelope
Eva
Suki
That was interesting actually!
papaya / 10560 posts
Not really...there are a lot of Jack, Jacks, Jackson, Jaxons. Two Kates, lots of Haleys, generally pretty generic names.
watermelon / 14467 posts
Ours seems to be a mix. We have: Ricardo, Vera, Lucas, Lincoln, Kyndall, Abilene, Hyla, and Elsie.
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