Top Ten Names

[minionofmidas]

Is it just me, or do parents show, regardless of nationality, more common sense when naming boys?

There is a longterm tendency for people to be slightly more conservative about boys' names than girls' names.

[J. J.]

Awful. What is with all these prim, effeminate names people keep giving their boys? To be unique like all the other Orah book watchers? Very few people can pull off a "Tobias" or "Florian," even with the inevitable dopey nickname. Stick with something that won't get your kid punched in the face, please.

     I am partial to Tobias, though that may be because I had a cat by that name. I would never consider giving it to a person.

A friend of mine has a son named Tobias, and a son named Jasper.........go figure. 

I have know a Florine, Coysha, Sobriety, Freelove, Geneva, two people named Paris, N'da, Anndarnetta, Franzella, Norva, Fishera, Feodore, Demaris, Annis, Magnus, Kunta, and a Valentine.

I also know someone with the middle name "Prosperous."

[RI]

Once again, the top two American names are Twilight names.