Poll: Which way to spell MacKenzie

I’m going to try this again (I like polls)

Which spelling of MacKenzie do you like the most?

45 different spellings of MacKenzie: http://mcemerson.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/45-ways-to-spell-mackenzie/

Poll: Which spelling?

Which spelling of the name Madison do you like the best?

http://mcemerson.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/different-ways-to-spell-madison/

Top 15 names in Ireland

Top 15 names in Ireland 2006.

Boys
1. Sean
2. Jack
3. Conor
4. Adam
5. James
6. Daniel
7. Luke
8. Cian
9. Michael
10. Jamie
11. Aaron
12. Dylan
13. Thomas
14. Ryan
15. Darragh

Girls
1. Sarah
2. Emma
3. Katie
4. Aoife
5. Sophie
6. Ava
7. Grace
8. Ella
9. Leah
10. Ciara
11. Amy
12. Emily
13. Lucy
14. Chloe
15. Caoimhe

The list comes from Central Statistics Office Ireland. I could not find an official list of the top Irish names from 2007. A quick Google search gives me two different lists so I got this “old” one instead to be safe.

Stupidest “name” ever

Abcde.

Yes, that is the start of the alphabet. Yes, some people think that is a good name. It’s pronounced AB-see-dee, AB-cee-day or ay-bey-kay-day. See, it doesn’t even have a real pronounciation.

Is it unique? Ehm..no.
Exotic? Since when is the first five letters of the alphabet exotic?
Weird? Definetley.

What does the parents want with this name? Show the world that they know the alphabet?
Hmm, maybe they want us to THINK they know it but they don’t.

Oh, and it seems to be a female name for some reason.

The stupid… it hurts!

Suggestions (2)

For names meaning angel, star, heaven, love, precious and princess: http://mcemerson.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/suggestions/

Luck
~ Felicity (f) (English) – From the Latin word felicitas meaning “good luck”.
~ Dalia (f) (Lithuanian, mythology) – Means “fate” and “luck” in Lithuanian.
Other: Laima (f), Chance (m), Onni (m), Yoshi (f & m)

Faith
~ Faith (f) (English) – The English word faith.
~ Vera (f) (Russian, German, Scandinavian, English…) – Means “faith” in Russian.
~ Fidel (m) (Spanish) – Means “faithful” in Latin.

Grace
~ Grace (f) (English) – The English word grace.
~ Ludmila (f) (Czech) – Mil means “favour” and grace”. The name means “favour of the people”.
~ Hannah/Hanna (f) (English, German, French, Biblical…) – From the Hebrew name Channah, meaning “favour” and “grace”.
~ Zayn (m) (Arabic) – Means “beauty” and “grace” in Arabic.

True
~ Zhen (f) (Chinese) – Means precious, pure, true.
~ Elvira (f) (Spanish) – Composted of the German elements al (all) and wer (true).
~ Verena (f) (German) – From the Latin word verus, meaning “true”.
~ Veronica/Veronika (f) (English, Italian) – From the Latin phrase vera icon, meaning “true image”.
Other: Mao (f), Mai (f), Sargon (m)

Sun
~ Sunniva (f) (Norwegian) – Means “sun gift”.
~ Soleil (f) (French) – Means “sun” in French.
~ Ra (m) (Egyptian mythology) – Ra was the god of the sun in the Egyptian mythology.
~ Elanore (f) (Literature) – Means “star sun” in Sindarin.
Other: Cyrus (m), Eloise (f), Solveig (f)

Name of the day: Addison

Gender: Unisex (used to be boy). Much more popular on girls.

Meaning: Son of Adam.

Origin: English

Pronunciation: AD-i-sən

Popularity: Extremely popular.

Girls:

2007: 11th most popular name

2006: 28

2005: 106

2004: 160

2003: 190

2002: 220

2001: 271

2000: 322

1999: 369

1998: 403

1997: 475

1996: 547

1995: 677

1994: 800
Uniqueness: *thumbs down* None. Way too trendy!
Boys:

2007: 692nd most popular name

2006: 561

2005: 581

2004: 542

2003: 538

2002: 550

2001: 524

2000: 514

[...]

1990: 642
Uniqueness: A little. A boy Addison is more unique than a girl Addison.

Other spellings and their ranking in 2007 (girls): Addyson (252), Addisyn (605), Adyson (639), Adison (725), Addisen, Adisen, Addysen, Adysen, Adisen (not on the list).

61 to 100 most popular names in 2007 (boys)

61 to 100 most popular boy names in the US in 2007. Number in () is their ranking in 2006.

Boys:
61. Adrian (63) +2
62. Charles (60) -2
63. Juan (61) -2
64. Brayden (79) +15
65. Adam (65) +0
66. Julian (64) -2
67. Jeremiah (71) +4
68. Xavier (78 ) +10
69. Wyatt (82) +13
70. Carlos (70) +0
71. Hayden (73) +2
72. Sebastian (76) +4
73. Alex (67) -6
74. Ian (81) +7
75. Sean (68 ) -7
76. Jaden (88 ) +12
77. Jesus (74) -3
78. Bryan (66) -12
79. Chase (83) +4
80. Carter (75) -5
81. Brian (72) -9
82. Nathaniel (69) -13
83. Eric (77) -6
84. Cole (84) +0
85. Dominic (85) +0
86. Kyle (80) -6
87. Tristan (86) -1
88. Blake (97) +9
89. Liam (98 ) +9
90. Carson (87) -3
91. Henry (95) +4
92. Caden (91) -1
93. Brady (106) +13
- And why is this getting more popular?
94. Miguel (89) -5
95. Cooper (113) +18
- Wow. Cooper has been a dogs name to me ever since I saw Independence Day.
96. Antonio (93) -3
97. Steven (90) -7
98. Kaden (92) -6
99. Richard (99) +0
100. Timothy (94) -6

Notice the five aden/ayden names on this short list.

61 to 100 most popular names in 2007 (girls)

61 to 100 most popular girl names in the US in 2007. Number in () is their ranking in 2006.

Girls:
61. Madeline (71) +10
62. Maya (57) -5
63. Kylie (66) +3
64. Jennifer (51) -13
65. Mackenzie (53) -12
- Huh, I thought this was getting more popular.
66. Claire (86) +20
- Nice.
67. Gabrielle (63) -5
68. Leah (69) +1
69. Aubrey (92) +23
70. Arianna (76) +6
71. Vanessa (79) +8
72. Trinity (64) +8
73. Ariana (78 ) +5
74. Faith (62) -12
75. Katelyn (61) -14
76. Haley (75) -1
77. Amelia (83) +6
78. Megan (69) -9
79. Isabelle (85) +6
80. Melanie (84) +4
81. Sara (72) -9
82. Sophie (124) +42
- Wow. +42 in one year.
83. Bailey (112) +29
- Wow again!
84. Aaliyah (91) +7
85. Layla (100) +15
- Because it’s similar to Kayla?
86. Isabel (87) +1
87. Nicole (74) -13
88. Stephanie (70) -18
89. Paige (77) -12
90. Gianna (98 ) +8
91. Autumn (95) +4
92. Mariah (82) -10
93. Mary (81) -12
94. Michelle (80) -14
95. Jada (93) -2
96. Gracie (103) +7
- I think this gets popular because Grace is sooo popular.
97. Molly (105) +8
98. Valeria (90) -8
99. Caroline (89) -10
100. Jordan (97) -3

You can really see that the 80’s and early 90’s names are on their way out.

41 to 60 most popular names in 2007

41 to 60 most popular names in the US in 2007.

Number in () is their ranking in 2006.

Girls:
41. Destiny (37)
42. Jessica (32)
43. Morgan (35)
44. Kaitlyn (41)
45. Brooke (44)
46. Allison (47)
47. Makayla (45)
48. Avery (52)
49. Alexandra (40)
50. Jocelyn (73)
51. Audrey (68 )
52. Riley (56)
53. Kimberly (58 )
54. Maria (46)
55. Evelyn (65)
56. Zoe (54)
57. Brooklyn (67)
58. Angelina (48 )
59. Andrea (59)
60. Rachel (49)

Some names surprised me on this list. Evelyn (+10) and Jocelyn (+23). I did not know that they were getting more popular. But names ending in -lyn are very popular nowadays (also Brooklyn (+10)).  Audrey (+18 ) is another name that’s increasing in popularity. Modern names such as Avery (+4) and Riley (+4) is getting more and more popular while classic names as Maria (-8 ) and Alexandra (-9) ’s popularity is decreasing.

Boys:
41. Isaac (48 )
42. Zachary (33)
43. Isaiah (40)
44. Justin (45)
45. Jordan (46)
46. Luke (43)
47. Robert (47)
48. Austin (41)
49. Landon (50)
50. Cameron (52)
51. Thomas (51)
52. Aaron (57)
53. Lucas (59)
54. Aidan (44)
55. Connor (53)
56. Owen (58 )
57. Hunter (54)
58. Diego (56)
59. Jason (55)
60. Luis (62)

Zachary (-9) and Aidan (-10) are the biggest losers this time. I was a little surprised that Aiden lost so many places on the list because the name’s other spelling Aiden is doing much better.
Isaac (+7) is the winner this time.

To be continued with place 61 – 100!

21 to 40 most popular names in 2007

21 to 40 most popular names in the US in 2007.

Number in () is their ranking in 2006.

Girls:
21. Ella (21)
22. Brianna (20)
23. Hailey (25)
24. Taylor (23)
25. Anna (22)
26. Kayla (26)
27. Lily (33)
28. Lauren (24)
29. Victoria (27)
30. Savannah (30)
31. Nevaeh (43)
32. Jasmine (29)
33. Lillian (38 )
34. Julia (31)
35. Sofia (55)
36. Kaylee (42)
37. Sydney (34)
38. Gabriella (50)
39. Katherine (36)
40. Alexa (39)

This list is quite interesting. Modern names (Kaylee, Kayla, Nevaeh etc.) mixed with old fashion names (Katherine, Lillian, Lauren etc.). The biggest jumpers are Nevaeh (+12), Gabriella (+12) and (surprisingly) Sofia (+20). If Sofia continues like this it will be in top 20 in the next year or so.

Boys:
21. Tyler (18 )
22. Christian (21)
23. Jonathan (22)
24. Nathan (23)
25. Samuel (25)
26. Benjamin (24)
27. Aiden (32)
28. Gabriel (28 )
29. Dylan (26)
30. Elijah (29)
31. Brandon (27)
32. Gavin (38 )
33. Jackson (35)
34. Angel (30)
35. Jose (31)
36. Caleb (34)
37. Mason (39)
38. Jack (36)
39. Kevin (37)
40. Evan (42)

The boys list hasn’t changed much. There are no big jumpers in this group. Gavin (+6) and Aiden (+5) are nothing compared to Sofia’s jump.

To be continued with place 41 – 60.