Elite Baby Names
Click to view full-size image.
Related topics
|
|
|
|
A lot of my husband's and my favorite names are on these lists, and we don't own a home in the Hamptons or a single Balenciaga!
I hope this list scares away all of the people who find the "elite" label a negative one (like "feminist"). Takes me back to the '08 elections. 
Eloise is one of my favorites for a girl. |
|
|
|
|
lol it''s funny that Emily and Jacob are ''out'' because they still top popularity lists on almost every site i looked at! also love the french version as Emilie.
many of the snobby names are classic...just ressurected. kind of like 80''s leggings.  i loved owen and noah but greg didn''t. kai? i have never heard that one before. |
|
|
|
|
I know at least three or four kids born within the last few years with this name. Most of those kids are a little older now, so maybe it''s already peaked and on it''s way down.... |
|
|
|
|
I really hope the "elite" trend of girl's names for girls and boy's names for boys grows. And using a surname for the first name is a trend I'd like to see go away. Using someone's family name as a first name seems to trivialize their heritage. It seems to have become a popular trend as people strive to be unique.
|
|
|
|
|
When I had Amelia there were three other babies born in the hospital on that day. All boys, all named Kai. DH told me that his family name is supposedly Von Paris, but his (great?) grandfather changed it when he moved to the UK. Amelia Von Paris sounds nicely eliite and I''d almost have considered changing my name for that one! 
|
|
|
|
|
Aw, Swingirl - I like surnames as middle names - especially when they wouldn''t be carried on otherwise. A family name in DHs family ended with his parent''s generation so we''re strongly considering it as a middle name. It''s not a very unique name though. 
|
|
|
|
|
Before you ladies (ahem Jas
 ) get upset that the commoners may be interested in these names, did any of you take a look at her methodology? She just took the 50 names that got the most search hits on her nameberry.com website. It makes sense that some names that are high on the SSA list would get more hits, as they''re just more popular in the US in general. Same with names that celebs have named their kids (hello, Violet, Seraphina and Matilda) or are showing up in pop culture right now (that lists includes names from Twilight, Glee, and Lost, off the top of my head).As far as how they are elite, from the author, here: "I was using the term elite to mean discerning, sophisticated, intelligent — in other words, the kinds of parents who visit nameberry vs. all the other naming sites with basic, not-very-accurate information." I''m not sure what the leap from using her website to vacationing in the right places and carrying the right handbags is, personally. But I''d think that EB qualifies as elite if "discerning, sophisticated, and intelligent" are the criteria we are using.
|
|
|
|
|
I was only playing...but I think I''m going to keep the name Snooty Von Uppitystockings just the same. At least s/he will probably be the only one in his class. |
Right back at ''cha!
|
|
|
|
EB - aw, thanks!
Jas - Yup, I gathered that.  Snooty Von Uppitystockings definitely has its positive points, but we''re considering Reginald Von Hoobie Doobie for our next (DH is lobbying for Regina Von Hoobie Doobie for a girl, but I think that Reginald does fine for both personally). We stole the name in its entirety from a children''s book about a dinosaur who didn''t know she was extinct, and so it does have a literary reference going for it that Snooty Von Uppitystockings does not have.I''m kind of bummed that both Beatrix and Beatrice made it onto her top 100 searched girls names list. They are MINE, darn it. My precioussss. |
|
|
|
|
I love it jas - not only will you tramatise your child irreparably, but you''ll give his/her teacher one of the best stories of his/her career!:) |
|
|
|
|
What?!?! You can''t go and just steal my baby name! I must have posted 100x on here that I''m planning on naming my first Snooty Von Uppitystockings... Don''t tell me you also like Pompous Betterthanyou... Haha seriously though this seems a bit ridiculous. I like a lot of those names cause they are unique. However Phineas? All I think of when I hear Phineas is Phineas Cage the famous Psychology case who got a rail iron through his head and became a big jerk because it destroyed a lot of the better personality parts of his brain. Not sure I''d want my kid associated with that. |
|
|
|
|
Noooooooo! Alice is #9, and that is my special name. Why, why, why did that Twilight lady have to go and ruin it for me?
I''m bummed that Owen has become so popular. It has been in DH''s family for probably five generations, and I know he''d absolutely love to name a son Owen. I like the name, but I don''t want our future kid to be Owen LastInitial for most of his young life. [Sigh.] |
« Return to Family, Home & Health