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Are River or Rudy popular where you live ??

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Pennylane87 · 13/07/2021 16:56

Hi all, do you know many or any boys called River or Rudy ? I'm not looking for something totally wild and out there, but I have a strong history of picking names that are fairly low down on the ons official list that have become very popular since. I've got three girls, d
So boys names is new territory for me ! I'm aware they won't be everyone's cup of tea as just seen one of them on the names you hate thread ! Other names we have considered are Frank and Ziggy which is a bit out there

Thanks

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inmyslippers · 15/07/2021 20:01

One Rudy

azimuth299 · 15/07/2021 19:59

I know one Rudy and no Rivers!

sarah13xx · 14/07/2021 12:17

I love both. Don’t know any Rivers and only one Rudy but spelt Rudi

YeDancer · 14/07/2021 09:25

Depends on where you live. It wouldn't be common or popular in most of Scotland for example.

I do know a toddler Ziggy though.

bloominglovelyorange · 14/07/2021 09:10

@TwoMountains ONS government website ("release calendar") currently says "September - October 2021" for the 2020 stats. Seems like we'll have to wait a bit longer this year. Booo

TwoMountains · 14/07/2021 09:08

Does anyone know when the ONS release new list of names, hoping it will be before the end of sept !

I think the data for the previous year is usually released towards the end of August

Travielkapelka · 14/07/2021 07:35

I love Rudy and for a while we considered it for one of our sons but I couldn’t go through with it, it didn’t feel like a serious name (and I’m the last person the insist on proper names on birth certificates)

bloominglovelyorange · 14/07/2021 07:33

River and Rudy are nice, I don't know any round where I live, but a friend of a friend has a little boy called Rudy - it suits him
The names Rudy and River are not overused but I know loads of Rory, Ronnie, Reuben, Roman's etc. Classes full of them. All of those are some of the fastest rising names and are all top 100 so Rudy and River could blend in a bit / get lost with all those popular names.

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Pennylane87 · 13/07/2021 22:31

@RozHuntleysLeftHand

I know 3 (!) male Rudyard, and 2 female Rivers, but I move in hippy/alternative circles, and they are some of the least out there names in these circles! (Merlin anyone?)

adds Merlin to list 🤦‍♀️

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Partypoooooper · 13/07/2021 22:28

A rudy is a fart in this house.

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Pennylane87 · 13/07/2021 22:27

This is so useful, thank you !

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Emmazebra · 13/07/2021 22:26

Never met either a River or a Rudy

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Pennylane87 · 13/07/2021 22:24

Thank you for all your replies, I wasn't expecting that many, so that's really useful !!
I love River, it does seem like it's pretty popular at the moment, but Is that a bad thing ? One of my daughters names is top 5 now, it certainly wasn't when I named her 15 years ago, but it doesn't seem to bother her having a popular name.

I like Rudy too, but have been wondering about the high possibility of name calling, kids can be mean and it's quite an easy target !

Does anyone know when the ONS release new list of names, hoping it will be before the end of sept !

Interesting response to Ziggy, maybe I'll add it back to the shortlist 😉

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Maggiesfarm · 13/07/2021 17:42

Never met anyone by either name. I remember River Phoenix, that's all. It sounds like a name Native Americans would choose for their son.

Rudy makes me think of 'rude boy', and is surely a diminutive of Rudolph. It's horrible.

yahyahs22 · 13/07/2021 17:41

River is but I've only met one rudy

Onlinedilema · 13/07/2021 17:39

I’ve heard of a couple of Rivers. I don’t know any Rudys, think people would mishear it as Ruby. I only know old men called Frank and know one Ziggy and everyone assumed it was his nickname.

LtDansleg · 13/07/2021 17:38

Rudy to me is a girls name

AuntieStella · 13/07/2021 17:34

I know a couple of Rudys

But they are both Jack Russell terriers.

I think it's one of those names like Luna, which people know are hard for humans to live with so give to pets instead

I don't know any people, dogs, cats, stick insects etc called River

But River Song was an awesome character in Doctor Who so I think it's a great girls name

21Bee · 13/07/2021 17:32

A couple of River’s, both boys and girls. No Rudy’s though!

StepladderToHeaven · 13/07/2021 17:32

River is my favourite btw. I quite like Ziggy too!

ComDummings · 13/07/2021 17:31

I know of 3 babies called River, all born within the last 6 months. 1 female 2 male.

StepladderToHeaven · 13/07/2021 17:30

I don't know any Rivers or Rudys, I do know two young Franks though.

SamMil · 13/07/2021 17:28

I know one boy called River, and a horse called Ziggy

Elbie79 · 13/07/2021 17:28

Several baby Rivers, male and female, no Rudys.

PRabbit · 13/07/2021 17:17

Definitely not Rudy. Do kids where you live not say “you’re a rudey” or “rudey dudey” to mean something rude like showing your bum?

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