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How common/popular?

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huffpuff75 · 14/10/2010 17:36

Just how 'common' is too common? For years I have wanted to call a DD Amelia (nn Millie). It is a family name and up until recently was hardly used. Now that it is in the top ten, I am having some doubts. I still love the name but I am worried that it will be far too common. I know that names are often popular for good reason, i.e. because they are lovely names, but still... Even worse, a woman I work with, who has same first name as me, called her DD Amelia about a year ago Angry

I grew up with the one of the top 1970s names, and although I was conscious of it, parents in the 70s seem to have been less adventurous (at least where I lived) and everyone i grew up with seemed to have one of a handful of classic/ordinary names.

What do fellow MNers think?

(27 weeks and don't know if we are having a DD or a DS BTW, and probably no more sorted for boys names either Blush). Will probably have to start a thread about that too Confused

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BertieBasset · 21/10/2010 22:55

We have an Amelia. I was put off choosing it to start with as everyone said how popular it was. But I couldn't find another name I liked nearly as much and so used it, and have never regretted our decision

We do call her Amelia, not Millie, and I haven't met any others yet, she is 14 months.

I have met quite a few Amelie's though.

You can't know what will be popular in future, so you could pick something usual only for it to surge up the name charts in 2 years, Lexie for example. Go with you heart!

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