Key Issues

I love that people are moving away from the soap opera and Dynasty names of the late 80s/early 90s, and toward more traditional names.

My poor child, however, was born in 1984, and is named Mistral (after a heart song) and Ariele (after a soap opera). Of course, this was only done out of seeking to please my asswipe of a husband. I wanted to name her Sara...

after my favorite Hall and Oates song.

What, no Typhani??

Emily was like number 50 when mine was born. Now it's been in the top 5 for 10 years in a row. Sadly, makes me look like a pack herd whanker.

Emily and Sarah are classic names. They kool.

What irritates me are the new and seemingly unique trendy names, that end up being far from unique by the time everyone is finished using them. It then becomes a copycat and overused trendy name, particularly in my neck of the woods.
I love these kids, and I love their parents, but I'd be lying if I said the lack of originality didn't bug me.

Unfortunately, my foster son has one of these names. I like the tried and true classic, family, or Biblical names. The geographical ones? Wasn't old when my nephew was given his, but getting old now. Cities are cities. Kids are kids.

And they are always cities in Texas. Tyler, Houston, Dallas...

My daughter's name is Ryan Marie...Yep, from the soap opera "Ryan's hope". She has only ever met one other girl with that name and they are good friends.

I know this is an old post but I've been behind on my blog reading having been out of state to attend the birth of my first granddaughter. While thinking about trying to find a name that isn't in the top 100, daughter came up with this site that is the funniest thing I've read in a long time -- had to share! But prepare to spend hours ROFLMAO!http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html or just go straigt to "Baby's Named a Bad Bad Thing" via Google. Enjoy -- toasted or not!
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