Some recent baby names (up to 2011)

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For those of you who like is kind of thing, here is a list of the entrants from a Bonny Baby cometition from a local paper of a place we visited this hols. I think it's an interesting mix! All names are as printed.

Under 9 months:

Alexa, Alicia-May, Brooke (x2), Caitlyn, Charlotte, Chloe (x2), Conni, Darcey, Ella-Grace, Emily, Evelyn, Fearne, Harriet, Holly (x2), Isabel, Kaitlyn, Kathleen, Lexie, Lilly, Lily, Luna, Maisie, Maizie, Olivia, Pollya, Rihanna, Ruby, Shanay, Teliah, Tia, Tiani.

Alfie, Alfie-Lee, Baillie, Ben, Blade-Ryan, Braydon, Codey, Dalton, Doltan, Dylan, Elliot, Ewan, Finlay, Finley, Freddie, Gabriel, George, Harley, Harry, Hector, Jack (x2), Jacob, Jayden-James, Joseph, Katden, Keagan, Kian, Leighton, Leo, Lewis, Marty, Max, Oliver (x2), Oscar, Thomas.

Under 18 months:

Abbigail, Alexandra, Alexis-Louise, Amelia, Amelie, Casey, Connie, Elsie-Mae, Emily, Enya, Esme, Faye, Halle-Jae, Imogen, Katrina, Keiley, Lacie, Leilah, Lexie, Lola, Lola-Rose, Savannah, Sienna, Sophie, Vanesa, Violet-Star.

Alex, Alfie (x2), Archie, Caiden, Connor, David, Drayden, Ethan, Harley, Harry (x4), Henry, Jack, Jackson, Jaiden, Jovi, Liam, Leo, Macorly-John, Max, Michael, Ollie, Regan, Riley, Ryan, Shahin, Tristan, William.

Under 3 years:

Amelia, Brooke, Destiny, Ellouise, Elouise, Gabriella, Holly. Imogen, Isabella, Isla, Lehana, Maddison, Mia, Molly, Olivia (x2), Ruby, Ruby-Mae, Skye.

Caelen, Cameron, Conall, Connor, Curtis, Finley, Harry, Jack, Jake, Liam, Tyler.

Spotted a mistake - "Pollya" should have been "Polly". The other spellings are as printed.

And one more: "Katden" should read "Kayden"

Blade-Ryan? Interesting choice!

None of these people know how to spell Eloise.

Oh sweet moses.

Jovi? Wonder if he's named after Bon

Macorly-John!!!!
Vanesa is nearly so lovely, if only it had that extra 's' it would be the best of the bunch!
Alexis-Louise is a bit of a mouthful - I wonder if they call her by her full name all the time, or if she is just Lexi.

Don't you find that it is only a certain demographic that enter these competitions hence the type of names given?

I try really hard not to be unkind about names, after all if you love it that's really what matters.

but Draydon???

I've no idea of the demographic. The paper came from a medium-sized town. I assume the names are the ones the children usually go by, rather than necessarily being BC names.

I thought there were some rather staid, traditional names amongst the girls: Kathleen, Evelyn, Harriet, Connie; and that most names were fairly unexceptional. And then a few that are a little more .. um .. distinctive. So perhaps not an atypical sort of distribution of styles?

Violet-Star is all sorts of crazy awesome.

Faye really stands out. I love it.

Blade-Ryan is an interesting choice. It reminds me of Dodgeball ("This is Blade. This is Laser. This is Blazer. This is Michel").