Zayn, Aiden, Harry, Niall... X-factor affect!

[sweetandtenderhooligan]

Lots of names here seem to be inspired by One Direction/X-factor, or am I wrong???!!

[FairyTaleOfNewYork]

Erm isnt aiden a classic name? and Harry has been in the top names list for many years.

[onimolap]

Aidan and Harry have been around for centuries. Niall is traditional too. I'd take Zayn as a version of Zane, which is more recent but not newly coined either.

No predicting what will make the fashionability of names come and go, though.

[Firawla]

I do think it might make them more popular cos it will remind people of those names, but Aidan and Harry were already v popular

[TwoIfBySea]

Um, I don't watch these shows - who is Niall?

I only ask as that is dts1's name but as he is 9 then I can't be blamed for jumping on a bandwagon. We pronounce it the Irish way rather than Scottish - Ny-all rather than Neil but chose it because it means champion!

[Firawla]

its a member of one direction i think all 5 of them is niall harry zayn louis and something else with l, aiden was a different contestant

[KenDoddsDadsDogEatsTinsel]

All very popular here. Except Zayn.

[Nightstar]

Liam, the other one was called Liam - Should remember his name as he was the most talented!