Are River or Rudy popular where you live ??

[Pennylane87]

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

Erm, no.

Bog standard Jack, Toby and Harry round these parts.

I do like River - never met one though. I'm not keen on Rudy, it reminds me of rude.

No, I don't know any. Rory and Rufus are popular though!

I know two make River’s, no Rudy’s x

I love Frank btw but would assume that Ziggy was a nickname for Zac for Zeke.

I’ve never met a River, a Rudy or a Ziggy.

I don’t know any little Franks (I’ve met some older ones, as in middle aged or older), but I have met a handful of little Frankie’s. More or less evenly split between little boy Frankie’s and little girl Frankie’s.

I know one male Rudy but he's 17 now.
And one female Rudy who's about 3.
The only River I know of was born sleeping.

Also, the darkgreener website is good for looking at name popularity trends, it uses official ONS data on baby names in England and Wales from 1996 to 2019 (the ONS haven’t released the baby name data for 2020 yet).

names.darkgreener.com/#

I know two male Rivers and a female River all aged between 1-3. I’ve only ever met one Rudy at soft play.

I know a couple of toddlers called River but no Rudys.

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?)

I've never met a River or a Rudy

I prefer River to Rudy
I know a few young Frankies but no Franks (except a spaniel!)
I agree Ziggy is a bit out there but I quite like it!

Not Rudyard, RUDY ffs autocorrect!

I met a Ziggy aged about 18 last week. My dog is also Ziggy if this helps. He is 10.

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?

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

Several baby Rivers, male and female, no Rudys.

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

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

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

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

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

Rudy to me is a girls name

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.

River is but I've only met one rudy

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.