Is it more common than I thought?

[Writerwannabe83]

Me and DH are having our first baby in 2 weeks, a little boy, and after 15 weeks of deliberation a name has been decided upon. My DH picked the name as it's something he really likes and to be honest I haven't felt particularly strongly about any name. I do really like the name and one of the reasons DH was so keen was because he didn't think it was particularly common but nor is it weird or too 'out there'.

We have decided upon Arran.

However, over the last 2 weeks I have had about 4-5 women say to me, "Oh so-and-so called her baby that a few months ago....." Everyone suddenly seems to know a baby or young infant called Arran (or however the parents chose to spell it).

I wouldn't say it's put me off the name but I'm still a little

Is it actually quite common??

DH just came home from work one day, suggested it as a name and that was it

I'm going to go and Google Drew Peacock

Aran with one R is a group of islands off the coast of Ireland. As in Aran sweater
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aran
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arran

The thing is that if people are in the toddler group stage they will know the names of about 100+ babies. So a name doesn't have to be popular before they know of at least one baby with that name.

And googling Drew Peacock wouldn't have helped

I was hoping for some naughty images mines - but no such luck

It would have helped prior to poor little Drew being born as google would have asked 'did you mean droopy cock?'.

I'm apprehensive about our boy's middle names being the same two names as the brothers from Peter Pan.....

I might put their names into google and if anything relating to Peter Pan crops up I may have to have a re-think

Fuck me - I wish I hadn't done it now!!!

I have an Aaron, pronounced A-Ron. I'm in Scotland and DH is Irish, there was a debate over the pronunciation and I have noticed an East/West difference in how people pronounce it (we now live in Edinburgh, originally from Glasgow) so I believe a lot of it comes down to local dialect as well, a few people have misheard me and thought I said Darren.
People only really know DS's name because I tell them it, not because they see it written down, so in that essence it is less important how it spelt and more about your own pronunciation (if that makes sense)
I've not met or heard of another Aaron or Arran his age (18 months), I vaguely know one adult Aaron, so not popular in my opinion.

I have an Aaron too. Pronounced Arran. I don't know anyone else in his school with his name. He is 4. We are from the Midlands.

I'm in Leicestershire Yabba so not too far away

The last one I met was in about 1976, hope that helps! :)

Hopefully it's due a comeback then