favorite uncommon baby names

Ian is uncommon? I've always had one or two Ian's in my class. I taught 1 this past year too (which is crazy, since only about 5% of my kids had traditional "American" names).

My name is Karen, which I thought was perfect (not the name, necessarily, but the commonality of it). There was never more than 1 other Karen in my grade, but EVERYONE knows the name and knows how to spell it. My sister Diane is the same way. Both names were popular about 30 years before we were born, so they are familiar but not common.

Maybe that's what I like--familiar names. I don't like names that I don't recognize immediately as being names!

LOL Ann? Poor Ian...

(though now I'm wondering if I've been saying his name wrong around y'all )

I am guessing Jer-odd (jer pronounced like her). I assume because my neighbor is Jerron and I thought he said jerod with that same pronounciation.

I am guessing Jer-odd (jer pronounced like her). I assume because my neighbor is Jerron and I thought he said jerod with that same pronounciation.

My name (Tanya) was failty common when i was in school. In 7th grsde there were three of us but I never felt like less of an individual because i had the same name. My identity is not wrapped up in my name for me, it's my personality that makes me who I am and an individual.

Hannah is a very common name but I also find it to be such a beautiful name. Then her middle name is marie (just like mine) so she has a pretty generic name I suppose but with her personality she likely won't ever be "just another hannah"

Ian ranks as name #72 in 2011 with SSA. The name Parker (one of our possible names) is #79. I've never met a Parker, and I've only known one other Ian while I was in school.

It's horrible when he tells someone his name, or if we order food and they try to "read" the name. He's gotten everything from "Eon," "eye-on", "Ivan," "Ann"... and then has to correct them.

Ehh, I attribute that more to difficulty processing names than anything else. My Starbucks order always says "Carrie" or "Kara", and Zach's is always "Jack" without fail. Which is funny, because he is the least "Jack" like person there is.

My sister has a really unpopular name, apparently! It's Kerri, which was last ranked at 974 in 1998! The spelling Kerry was last ranked at 973 in 2003.

I thought it was more common than that!

Ehh, I attribute that more to difficulty processing names than anything else. My Starbucks order always says "Carrie" or "Kara", and Zach's is always "Jack" without fail. Which is funny, because he is the least "Jack" like person there is.

Ehh, I attribute that more to difficulty processing names than anything else. My Starbucks order always says "Carrie" or "Kara", and Zach's is always "Jack" without fail. Which is funny, because he is the least "Jack" like person there is.

Was Ian ever more popular? I think that would be an interesting thing to look at. I would bet that one day Jessica will probably drop down to the 70's on the SSA's list, but no one's going to find it uncommon for a very long time, since so many people from previous generations are named that. It's like, I don't know anyone named Linda under 40 years old, but I'd never call that name unique, even though naming a baby today Linda would definitely make her the only one in school.

I worked with two Parkers, both girls. It's funny how those androgynous names tend to be very strongly associated boy/girl in my head! I can't picture Parker as a boy's name, even though I know logically it can be. I had both a girl and a boy Jordan in the same period last year--that was a trip.

I met somebody named Clive the other day. Definitely made me think of you :lol-sign:

Is Carrie on the list? That's how I would spell it.

See? Just like that.

It's not pronounced like Carrie, though. It's pronounced like "County Kerry" in Ireland.

It's not pronounced like Carrie, though. It's pronounced like "County Kerry" in Ireland. She's not named after that, though- my parents just liked the name! But Carrie is pronounced like "carry," and my sister's is pronounced like "berry" with a k.

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I don't understand. You mean making assumptions about personality based on names? It's scientifically proven that names shape personality and success to some extent. It's to be expected that everyone has assumptions or ideas about certain names based on their experiences. Jack, to me, is a very traditional name.