Baby names

[flea]

My college friend Amy had her first child May 4, a daughter named Greta Felise. I'm guessing the very unusual Felise (variant of Felicia, feminine of Felix) is a family name. Amy is Canadian and her husband is Welsh; they live in England.

Sibling sets noticed recently:
Hampton and Jenkins. Both girls. Hampton is a classmate of Dillo's and as it turns out Jenkins is going to the YMCA with Casper this summer.

Tristan and Presley. Presley is a girl. At least I think so. If not, Tristan is a girl. I'm pretty sure the girl is Presley.

So, yes, in my local observations, the South is especially big on traditionally-this-is-a-last-name names as first names. For girls.

Comments

[fatoudust.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about your names assessment recently when I was looking at my list of private music students the other day. Ranging in age from 7 to 17, all coming from approximately middle class rural Arizona families:

• Rebekah
  
• Tanner
  
• DJ
  
• Michaela
  
• Leah
  
• Erik
  
• Zachary
  
• Paisley
  
• Kylie
  
• Bailey (m)
  
• Katlynn
  
• Jordan (f)
  
• Brooke
  
• Gavin
  
• Stefan
  
• Amelia
  
• Joshua
  
• Kyler
  
• Laura
  
• William
  
• Ben
  
• Colton
  
• Lorin (m)
  
• Skyler
  
• Kristin
  
• Chloe
  
• Jabin
  
• another Zachary
  
• Lisa
  
• Garrett
  
• Nicole

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

I do hope Paisley has a sibling named Plaid.

Also, I am now imagining twins named Kyle and Kyler. Like Dumb and Dumber.

[fatoudust.livejournal.com]

Hee. Paisley is an awesome name. And the kid rocks it, too. She's this total jock, who plays drums in her spare time.

The worst bit for me was when Kyler & Skyler had successive lessons. I always sounded like I was stuttering while I was trying to remember which one of them was in front of me.

Oh, and I forgot Rhiannon. How could I forget Rhiannon? Rhiaaaaaannon.