Top 10 Baby Names - 2010

[El Guapo]

"Ram" it is!

Screw that, you gotta go with Zerubbabel.

I'd go with Zabok Jehoshaphat King.

[Tommy20]

I lobbied to name my son Gilderoy (after my GGGGrandfather), but stopped when my wife started actually considering it.

[El Guapo]

When we were kicking around names for our daughter, while looking up names online I found a swahili name, "Mchumba." Apparently it means 'princess' or something in swahili. I proposed that to the wife jokingly, but it wound up sticking as our in-utero nickname for our daughter.

I think there was about a two-minute period where my wife and I both considered actually naming her Mchumba, before we both agreed, "nah."

[noxiousdog]

If it's a boy go with Cain. She should love that.

I'm amazed at the number of kids named Cain. It seems bizarre for me to name a kid after an antogonist, fairy tale or not.

[coopasonic]

If it's a boy go with Cain. She should love that.

I'm amazed at the number of kids named Cain. It seems bizarre for me to name a kid after an antogonist, fairy tale or not.

I was in favor of Cain for my second son after Xerxes was denied. We ended up going with Zane... maybe I should pronounce it Cain just to annoy El Guapo.

[The Meal]

I think the X as K sound in my mind may originate here, from wikipedia:

Chi (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ; Greek: χῖ) is the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, pronounced as /ˈkaɪ/ in English.

Isn't that (the Wikipedia quote) playing fast-and-loose with our representations of greek letters? I know that math, science, and engineering trot out the greek letters to act as variables as all our Roman/Latin letters were already over utilized. My upper and lower-case Chi's would never get confused with my upper- or lower-case x's.

☓ira

Also, you'd certainly be on the path for raising a kid with either thick skin or a complete aversion to getting out from under the covers each morning.

[hitbyambulance]

I think the X as K sound in my mind may originate here, from wikipedia:

Chi (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ; Greek: χῖ) is the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, pronounced as /ˈkaɪ/ in English.

Isn't that (the Wikipedia quote) playing fast-and-loose with our representations of greek letters? I know that math, science, and engineering trot out the greek letters to act as variables as all our Roman/Latin letters were already over utilized. My upper and lower-case Chi's would never get confused with my upper- or lower-case x's.

☓ira

Also, you'd certainly be on the path for raising a kid with either thick skin or a complete aversion to getting out from under the covers each morning.

i think "Eczema Parity" would be a very good-sounding first and middle name

[Smoove_B]

Not surprisingly, there might be some new trends for 2012:

Rue
Emmett and the -ett boys
Ivy
Weston, Wesley, and West
Adele
Grayson and Gray
Aria
Cyrus
Estelle
Cato
Blythe

[silverjon]

Some friends of mine named their firstborn Aria several years ago. Boy are they gonna be disappointed.

[Isgrimnur]

SSA

Popularity of the female name Aria

Year of birth	Rank
2010	356
2009	511
2008	570
2007	566
2006	652
2005	712
2004	683
2003	659
2002	736
2001	746
2000	957

Arya made 937 back in 2010.

[Reemul]

Old topic brought up again.

We chose name sbased on what we really like.

I have a son called Jack which is the most popular boys name over the past 5 years in the UK. Personally we don't know any other children called Jack.

Our youngest is called Aidan (without the E) which is the original Irish style of the name. Hate the fact that Aidan is associated with Aiden/Jayden/Cayden and so on , all chavtastic names here in the UK (what is a chav - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav).

I think other kids names is a difficult thing as you associate names with behaviour you see. For example there is a boy called Riley opposite us and he is the child from hell and hence the name Riley will be forever associated with him and anyone that uses it however unfair that may be.

I will also add having a name with an odd spelling is a real pain in the ass as I am an Iain not an Ian and I spend all my life correcting people about it, even people who know me forget when emailing or sending me stuff, you think are sod it forget about it but you can't as it's like not really you.