I’m feeling very predictable after seeing this list of baby names. The name of my baby and of almost all my friends’ children are on this list. Including the list we have for names of our future children. It is sort of depressing when someone can put you in a box so easily. But it actually is a really good list of names. 🙂
via Oh Dee Doh
Anabela
October 27, 2008
Oh hey, who knew that my parents were a few letters away from being hipsters back in the late ’70s…!
Diana
October 27, 2008
I like most (if not all) of those names. I guess that makes me a hipster! Oh well!
Jennifer Leal
October 27, 2008
I wonder if there is a secret reason why your thinking about it…hum…???
giddygoat
October 27, 2008
I hate that my daughter’s name is on this list. She was named for her great grandma, I wasn’t trying to be cool, I swear! 😉
amber
October 27, 2008
I’ve been in Brooklyn too long. Tons of names from my short list are on this list.
I really am a hipster. Nuts.
paula
October 27, 2008
ella made the list but my ellie did not, guess i am not such a hipster. not such a bad a thing i suppose;)
erica
October 27, 2008
it probably doesn’t count if it’s an old family name, but really, who cares if these are hipster names? i like them so much more than addison or jake.
right now it doesn’t matter if it’s a hipster name or not, i need IDEAS before i can be more discriminating!
lovely lindsay
October 27, 2008
ouch, huh. i felt the same way after coming across this list the other day. almost all of my names for the new babe made that list. that one and the yupster list. that puts me in the category of yuppie/hipster. all this time i thought i was clever/unique. ha!
loved this and love your pretty blog, lindsay
Leslie
October 27, 2008
I must not be hip….none of our names are on the list
m l e
October 27, 2008
seriously ALL the names of my friends babies are on there. they ARE good names.
Casey Dukes
October 27, 2008
Wow, some of those other lists they have are hilarious. Simonetta? Azzedine? HA!
Abby
October 27, 2008
my kids are both on there. wondering if that is good or bad… really love all those names!
D, J, G
October 27, 2008
crap. i’m a hipster. we didn’t realize that naming our daughter Guthrie, and calling her Gus for short was such a cool thing to do 🙂
ok. ok. i’m secretly excited about being a hipster. I live in Iowa. This makes me feel slightly cosmopolitan or something.
LoGunns
October 27, 2008
Almost every name we have picked out is on here too
christina
October 27, 2008
That’s crazy. I totally thought we were original when we named Hudson. And most of the other names I’m keeping in mind for future children are on the list too. I guess I’ll have to start thinking again.
amy@inspirationchic
October 27, 2008
Apparently I am not a hipster- but my daughters name “Brooklyn” is a great name not many have…yet!
tiffanykapri
October 27, 2008
ha- yeah i saw that list and actually liked so many of the names, despite being very conscientious when i named my kids not to have names from the top 100 list. Of course my son’s name is now on the top 100 (wasn’t then!) and my daughter’s name is one letter away from angelina jolie’s daughter’s… oh well, what are you going to do. names, just like everything else, follow trends and always have.
Chris
October 27, 2008
I see my reserved girl name Violet is on that list, but none of the others I chose are there. I agree, there are some good names on that list.
Becki
October 27, 2008
It is a good list, and does have almost all future baby names I have thought of, plus one I have already used! I guess we are all predictable.
kim
October 27, 2008
Several of my future baby names are on the list too. I guess I’m hip afterall! Who knew?
amber {daisy chain}
October 27, 2008
I swear this is the student list from Ruby’s kindergarten class! I kind of adore all of these names, it must be a generational thing.
melissa jade
October 27, 2008
horray! none of my baby names are on it!
Joanna Goddard
October 27, 2008
i love the name lulu!
amy
October 27, 2008
they probably just saw what you named your baby and put it on the hipster list. I bet.
liz stanley
October 27, 2008
yes, i saw that list and totally laughed. i know so many people who have babies with those names!!! including some of our nieces/nephews
birdonthelawn
October 27, 2008
great to be in your company. my daughter-to-be (in 5 short weeks) found her name on this list.
Carolyn
October 27, 2008
I think a lot of these names are popular because of grandparents. I’m done having kids but if I were to have a daughter I’d name her Matilda June, after my paternal grandmother and grandfather. Not trying to be hip at all.
I’ve always loved the names Iris and Ivy…humph.
Stephanie
October 27, 2008
Great minds thinking alike?
(Although, speaking as a person who had a relatively popular name, I did hate the fact that all through school I was always “Stephanie M.” – there were always too many others to just get to be Stephanie.)
Anonymous
October 28, 2008
My kids’ names are not on it, but both of my dogs are and they are 10years old. I did live in Brooklyn then…
Jac.
October 28, 2008
How are they able to hone in so well on that?! Sheesh! Back to the drawing board I guess…
a acorn
October 28, 2008
I love all these names – but I love what we named our dd the best – Esme (annoying pretentious literary name, but think it’s still below the radar)
Anonymous
October 29, 2008
there are a LOT of great names on the list. and why can't you still use the name you love no matter what the list says? your baby will still be 100% unique and 100% special, even some other "hipster's" baby has the same name.
also, this is a way fun baby name website – type in any name & it shows you the trend in the name for the last 100 years! http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager
Anonymous
October 29, 2008
I am a Lila and was named after my wonderful grandmother. I can honestly say I didn’t really come across anyone my age with the same name until college. I think it is really funny that my name is now trendy!
If I ever have a child, she or he will be named after my grandfather. His name is common, but I don’t really care becaues I love it!
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October 30, 2008
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mistyb
November 3, 2008
Ok, my son’s name is on there…And, I’ve been hearing MORE and MORE people naming their son the same name! (There’s a cute little boy at church with his name, same age and all…) I feel slightly betrayed.
k e n d r a
November 7, 2008
you know its bad when pb kids has a linen line named after your kid. AND when your least favorite celebrity has a kid with the same name. NUTS! its a family name and i’ve loved it since i was a teenager, i swear! (p.s. i also loved the smoot family name harlow, and wanted to use it for a girl till n. richie stole it. hee hee!)
coco+kelley
November 17, 2008
HA! my best friend has a georgia AND a millie! so hipster of her 😉
baby names list
February 9, 2009
Yeah I agree with you, it is a great list of baby names..you can choose the name you want and you can combine some name to produce the great one.