Coincidence or what?

[MissM]

So, when your ttc, obviously you have the baby talk and yada yada, then discuss names blah blah. We decided on 2 boys names rather quickly, but took us almost a year to find a girls name we both liked.

The name we chose is hear being called EVERYWHERE, and on TV, it is now all of a sudden a popular name and it has put me off the name, even though i still think its a pretty name.

Have you ever found a nice NOT common name that you liked only then to hear it everywhere?

[Cassius2]

i always thought DDs name was not too common in Aus...but now there are 3 in her class!

[sneakysparkle]

I think its like anything - when you look to buy a certain type of car/pram you suddenly see them everywhere!

[[M]umma[M]ia]

Yep! Or you meet someone and it their kids name, so u can't have it etc...

[CrazyLady]

Well, we thought DD's wasn't used much anymore and then we read it was the 5th most common name for newborn girls in vic last year Kinda p!sses me off!

[Kazmar]

Aw please tell me the names!!! I love knowing babies/soon to be babies names!

Cassius2- love your daughters name! Hardly hear it!

[briggsy's girl]

i had a name i loved - told my mum but no one else - mum's besty became a grandmother - and they used the EXACT name - first and middle! neither particularly common either! needless to say, i gave up on that name! lol

[MrsFabuloso]

Yep, I thought DD's name would be a less common name, but it seems to be popping up everywhere, tho I only know one othe IRL, here in BB land, there are little Lily's popping up all over! I can't blame people, it's a gorgeous name

[chody47]

I love the name Sophia. It's actually on my 'list'

[Curly]

Sigh...DH and I have always picked names we liked for DS, DD and now for Number 3 without looking at lists or anything, and each time have found out after we had our hearts set on them that they were all in the Top 10 or 20 baby names for that year.

But we couldn't change our minds despite that, we'd picked the names ourselves and we loved them regardless.

So my kids are bound to double up first names with someone somewhere. But that doesn't particularly bother me because I grew up with a very unusual surname and somewhat uncommon first name and I got so sick of correcting the spelling and pronunciation that I craved a nice, ordinary name. I actually think that giving popular, conventionally spelled names is doing them a favour in my book. They might not though!

[Rowellen]

I actually think that giving popular, conventionally spelled names is doing them a favour in my book.

I totally agree. But it's amazing how many people get the "easy" names wrong anyway lol!