Jack & Emily most popular names

Hitchens

http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/jack-and-emily-favourite-baby-names-30316786.html

Nice 'normal' names indeed. Some horrendous names given to babies by their mothers, a schooldays nightmare ahead.

Chattastrophe!

Hitchens wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/jack-and-emily-favourite-baby-names-30316786.html

Nice 'normal' names indeed. Some horrendous names given to babies by their mothers, a schooldays nightmare ahead.

Is it just me, or is that alien-toes photo really creepy?

Duckworth_Luas

It's odd that people now christen their boys Jack. It's like naming him Jimmy or Paddy instead of James or Patrick.

retro:electro

Sarah has always been my favourite name for a girl, it's just beautiful.

Hotale.com

Who would name their child Amelia?

Hitchens

anna080 wrote: »

Sarah has always been my favourite name for a girl, it's just beautiful.

or it's diminutive, Sally

Nodin

Hotale.com wrote: »

Who would name their child Amelia?

Doesn't sound that bad.

Hitchens

Hotale.com wrote: »

Who would name their child Amelia?

Mr & Mrs Earhart?

Hotale.com

Nodin wrote: »

Doesn't sound that bad.

Not as bad as Kayden or Kai I suppose, they sound like something out of a manga show...

Nodin

Hotale.com wrote: »

Not as bad as Kayden or Kai I suppose, they sound like something out of a manga show...

"poppy" is the one I thought sounded odd.

Not sure the kind of abuse young wans give each other over names either. With lads certainly, a bad choice or combination could well haunt them for their formative years.

ted1

in 2012 it was Jack and Emily

http://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/ibn/irishbabiesnames2012/#.U4iuX3JdVXE

KungPao

If I have a kid I'll call him Percival or Percy for short.

I think he'll be happy with that.

Chattastrophe!

Hotale.com wrote: »

Who would name their child Amelia?

I would. It's a really lovely pretty classic name. I don't see anything wrong with it?

KungPao

Nodin wrote: »

"poppy" is the one I thought sounded odd.

Not sure the kind of abuse young wans give each other over names either. With lads certainly, a bad choice or combination could well haunt them for their formative years.

There was a kid called Russell in my year, he had a bad time with that.

SpaceTime

The only proviso is that there weren't actually that many of those 'conservative' name choices. There's a huge diversity of names being picked, they just happen to be the only ones that clump together as a largish number.

http://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/ibn/irishbabiesnames2013/

Interesting when you compare it with 1963 when you basically got called John or Mary and that was it

Jack 764 Emily 625 (2013)

vs

John 3,892 Mary 3,721 (1963)

They didn't like any of those fancy names back then!

Nodin

KungPao wrote: »

There was a kid called Russell in my year, he had a bad time with that.

I met a lad once called "Majella". Not a nickname either.

Chattastrophe!

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

Is it just me, or is that alien-toes photo really creepy?

New baby toes aren't creepy! They're the cutest tootsies, all perfect and unwrinkled and brand new.

Its nasty old calloused adult feet that are creepy!

Balmed Out

Nodin wrote: »

"poppy" is the one I thought sounded odd.

I knew a girl called poppy years ago. There were a lot of jokes about potatoes and when she lost weight about popping poppy. Wouldnt do it to a child.

Much prefer most Irish names more so the conventional like shane, liam, darragh, aisling, niamh etc.

job seeker

Hotale.com wrote: »

Who would name their child Amelia?

That's Who!

Zebra3

Jack always makes me think of Jack Charlton or Jack Duckworth. An old man's name.

Barely There

My friend called her dog Jack because she loved the name, then when she had a kid a few years later she couldn't call him after the dog.

Tony EH

Jack is a nickname, not a name.

It's long form is John.

Chattastrophe!

Tony EH wrote: »

Jack is a nickname, not a name.

It's long form is John.

They're the same length though ...

_Redzer_

Hotale.com wrote: »

Who would name their child Amelia?

You take one look at Amelia Clarke and you'll soon understand

Sunglasses Ron

Tony EH wrote: »

Jack is a nickname, not a name.

It's long form is John.

Loads of shortened official names these days. I doubt most kids called Harry (seems to be reasonably common these days) are actually down as Harold on the birth cert.

MRnotlob606

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anncoates

Hotale.com wrote: »

Who would name their child Amelia?

A distant authoritarian professor in an Enid Blyton yarn.

Failing that, a middle class couple in South Dublin.

anncoates

Zebra3 wrote: »

Jack always makes me think of Jack Charlton or Jack Duckworth. An old man's name.

This . It's an 70s/80s uncle name.

If a name could smoke Major, drink Harp and slip you 10p at your communion, Jack would be it.

M442

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

Loads of shortened official names these days. I doubt most kids called Harry (seems to be reasonably common these days) are actually down as Harold on the birth cert.

Think its Henry, not Harold.

JohnMearsheimer

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

It's odd that people now christen their boys Jack. It's like naming him Jimmy or Paddy instead of James or Patrick.

I'm working in the passport office so I get to see a lot of kid's birth certs at work. The amount of kids born in the 2000s with names like Jimmy, Tony, Billy etc on their birth certs instead of James, Anthony and William is mad.

There's a really big number of double barrel surnames with kids born in the 2000s as well. The parents are just complicating things for the poor child.

Personally I wouldn't be too gone on the names Jack and Emily.

crockholm

Universal Knowledge Allah has pleaded guilty to stealing a Stradivarius violin in Milwaukee last week.

Lots of crazy names in that sentence

Hitchens

Goodluck Jonathon has to be my favourite name of the month :pac:

The One Doctor

But Jack is the familiar version of John, so things haven't changed at all.

Tony EH

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

They're the same length though ...

:pac:

Precious flower

Don't let Jack at all. Emily - meh. I suppose there could be worse names, at least those are normal.

fussyonion

Jack's alright but it's a bit common nowadays.
Emily's a really old-fashioned name.
Amelia is really Downton Abbey-ish and doesn't suit the average girl.
I hate Aisling/Sinead/Niamh and Clodagh...they just sound and look horrible written down.

Supercell

It conclusively shows that most Irish people aspire to be west brits these days. I'm a little sad to see the demise of Irish names and with it part of our our unique Irish identity.

Son Of A Vidic

Nodin wrote: »

I met a lad once called "Majella". Not a nickname either.

Sound like something you might need to erase from your memory.....:pac:

Ruu

Sienna, a Toyota enthusiast or maybe a painter/decorator. :pac:

fussyonion

Supercell wrote: »

It conclusively shows that most Irish people aspire to be west brits these days. I'm a little sad to see the demise of Irish names and with it part of our our unique Irish identity.

Who said we aspire to be west Brits whatever that is?
Just 'cos there are Irish names we don't like?!

Vito Corleone

Horrible names.

cloud493

Emily is a very nice name. Not that keen on Jack though.

bb1234567

Two of my three cousins born in the last two years are called emily and jack:pac:

Greenmachine

I have never met any Sophies, Ellas, or Amelias.:eek:

czechlin

Hotale.com wrote: »

Who would name their child Amelia?

My friends did. I prefer Amelie but it's still quite nice :P

eviltwin

Supercell wrote: »

It conclusively shows that most Irish people aspire to be west brits these days. I'm a little sad to see the demise of Irish names and with it part of our our unique Irish identity.

Wouldn't be mad about Irish names myself, some are quite nice but there are english names I like better, nothing to do with aspiring to be west brit at all.

Vito Corleone

Gonna name my kid Davin if I have one.

Kermit.de.frog

The choice of names is just one consequence of the relentless onslaught of British culture in this country from all the Irish supporting British football teams to all the British television we get.

It's very difficult for a small country beside a big one to hold on to it's culture and identity with the reality of a daily diet of probably more British than Irish culture being fed to people on a such a scale as it is here.

Whilst I would like to see our identity and culture maintained more it is the Irish people that don't seem to want that so it's hardly surprising that Jack ends up the most popular name for example or that more "fans" go to see Liverpool (and support their city and economy) than to see Irish international matches.

There is something a little bit sad about that I think.

prettygurrly

Yawn. What's sad is people continually pushing the Irish thing on people who don't want it. While I agree that every effort should be made to maintain the language and culture for people that want it...but you said it yourself - the "people" don't want it...so where does that leave you.

(p.s. I loved Irish in school, did really well in the Leaving Cert and consider myself Irish but I'm also half English, where does that leave me? Are you going to start banning pure Irish from breeding with English to maintain the culture?)

When the first time I heard a name was in porn I wince when I hear kids with those names. e.g. Lexi, Teagan, Jayden, Jada.

LordSutch

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

The choice of names is just one consequence of the relentless onslaught of British culture in this country from all the Irish supporting British football teams to all the British television we get.

Don't forget that in this day and age we also get a lot of American TV and influence, and yet Irish people don't choose American names for their kids, (or at least most don't). Geography/proximity to the big island next door + our shared culture has a lot to do with it I guess.

PS: From Aisling to Padraig, to Eamon, to Naimh, Irish name seem to be everywhere these days.