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Erin

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Ironman140 · 29/02/2020 08:15

Thoughts on the name Erin for Dr please.

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DramaAlpaca · 02/03/2020 23:50

MingVase you said that much more directly than I did Grin

MingVase · 02/03/2020 23:45

Totally a packet soup mix. And manky packet soup at that. It screams Plastic Paddy to me.

CeibaTree · 29/02/2020 22:18

It's nice enough, I think Aerin is prettier though if that's important to you.

DramaAlpaca · 29/02/2020 22:11

In Ireland it's the name of a range of packet soup mixes.

It's nice enough. It's a very expat Irish or having Irish roots sort of a name.

newnameallround · 29/02/2020 18:02

I love it! I wanted to use it but my husband wasn't keen. I think it has a beautiful simplicity and will never be in danger of becoming dated.

mamablondie · 29/02/2020 18:00

OP I’m so glad you posted this as we are now considering Erin! I think it’s quite lovely, very simple and quite strong. I can imagine a successful 30 year old Erin :)

PlantPotting · 29/02/2020 17:24

Yes agree about that @isabellerossignol - you can also check about clusters on the government website (you can see how many “Erin”s for example there were in different areas of the Country in different years), although obviously you can’t predict a total statistical anomaly happening, like what has happened for you and your daughter’s name xx

I just worry that poster’s on here get put off lovely names like “Erin” because other people incorrectly assert as fact that the “name is getting more popular”, when a quick check of the statistics shows the very opposite is true. And we’re not taking small numbers here, the numbers of Erin’s have halved in recent years

isabellerossignol · 29/02/2020 17:02

Names are often in clusters though, aren't they? I'm in N Ireland (just for context, because we're obviously talking about much smaller numbers overall) and in the year my daughter was born there were less than 50 babies in the whole country given that name. But she is secondary school age now, and there are five other girls in her year who share her name...And amazingly, when we gave her that name, we didn't know anyone else, adult or child, who shared it!

PlantPotting · 29/02/2020 16:53

@Pentium85 you don’t have to back everything up with statistics 🤣🙈 I’m so sorry I’m just tired and easily irritated today, like I said. It’s a silly pet hate of mine that people say things as fact like “Erin is becoming increasingly common”, when theres a way to easily check this and it’s clearly incorrect. There’s half the number of baby Erins in 2018 than there was in 2005 and seen as the numbers have declined each and every year there will almost certainly be even less Erin’s in 2019 and 2020 (we just don’t have the official statistics for those years yet). It’s at number 50 in 2018 and will almost certainly be outside the top 70 in 2020 on the basis of the current trajectory.
Sorry for being irritable x

Lavenderblues · 29/02/2020 16:47

I never thought Erin was becoming more common!

Poppydaisies · 29/02/2020 16:45

@PlantPotting

My comment was in response to a poster who knew someone who chose Erin for being 'unique' Hmm

Pentium85 · 29/02/2020 15:49

@PlantPotting

Sorry, didn’t realise I had to back up my statement with statistics.

But from my experience the amount of children I see come through my school and the amount at baby classes, the name Erin is popping up more and more

PlantPotting · 29/02/2020 15:13

@Pentium85 @Lavenderblues

Sorry I’m being tired and irritable but when it’s so easy to check the official statistics, why do people make sweeping statements about names “getting more common” when that’s clearly false if you took the time to check.

“Erin” has been on a downward trajectory since 2005 - ie for the past 15 years!! It’s about to leave the top 50 and there was half the number of babies called Erin in 2018 as there was in 2005!! It’s getting increasingly more unusual

I think it’s a lovely name

Pentium85 · 29/02/2020 14:58

@Lavenderblues

No it’s always been around, but I’ve noticed a huge spike in the amount of Erins lately

ParkheadParadise · 29/02/2020 14:20

I like it.

MikeUniformMike · 29/02/2020 14:17

Not keen. It is probably a lot more popular than you think.

PorpentinaScamander · 29/02/2020 14:02

It would have been ds2s name had he been a girl. Smile

Lavenderblues · 29/02/2020 13:50

I know a friend who chose it because it was ‘unique'

Was it ever that uncommon though?

MonsteraDeliciosa · 29/02/2020 12:30

Seems a bit bland and characterless to me. Or, as a PP would have it, meh.

Pentium85 · 29/02/2020 11:04

I like it, however it is becoming increasingly common.

I know a friend who chose it because it was ‘unique’

Cue first baby class together where 3 out of 7 babies were called Erin

MiniMum97 · 29/02/2020 10:58

I love that name. It was what I was going to call my baby had we had a girl.

userabcname · 29/02/2020 10:48

Very popular in my area. Not really my cup of tea but if you like it then go for it.

BrokenBrit · 29/02/2020 10:44

I love it. Merryn is another similar name I adore as well.

PurBal · 29/02/2020 10:43

I used to love it and discussed it as a name with my ex for if we ever had children. We parted ways and guess what he named his daughter...

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 29/02/2020 10:42

Lovely name, very elegant.