Liam

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What do you think?

It's the only name we can both agree on. I love it. The surname is quite difficult so we wanted something simple for the first name

What are your first impressions?

I love Liam, it's my Dad's name and my son's middle name

@Subulter, Liam was never trendy? The statistics disagree.

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I really like it. I have a brother Liam he's a great fella!

[quote CalonGaled]@Subulter, Liam was never trendy? The statistics disagree.

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Oh, it was commonly used, sure, but I wouldn't call that 'trendy' in the sense of 'fashionable'. The name Michael has a roughly similar trajectory, but I wouldn't say that had been trendy either -- it was just a much-used name that has become less popular now.

Michael was very trendy in the 1940s.

I'm in the age group where Lee was popular.

Liam was a name that was fresh and new-sounding when DC came along.

Friend not from a UK or Irish background had a Leo and that seemed new and fresh, but by now Leo is very popular.

Trends happen.

It's probably time for Michael to become more popular - Old Testament names being used a lot nowadays, but probably parents are opting for Micah instead

Liam is a fantastic name!

In England and Wales, which matches the dataset a previous poster shared about Liam’s popularity, Michael wasn’t a trendy name in the 1940s. Michael is one of only eleven names never to have left the top hundred. Liam entered the top hundred by 1984 and is still there now (just a few spots below Michael). Liam is more like Jake and I can see a name Oscar or Theo following a similar pattern. I wouldn’t describe it as trendy, as the popularity is lasting and I’d reserve the word trendy for names like Arlo and Roman, which have spiked up out of nowhere and will probably tumble back down into very low usage quickly as well (but I accept that’s my personal definition of the word). I do think that Michael and Liam fall into different popularity categories though.

In Ireland, Liam has been in the top hundred since the sixties (earliest data I can find) and has been steadily rising and is now at its highest rank of 7th.

@toastofthetown

In England and Wales, which matches the dataset a previous poster shared about Liam’s popularity, Michael wasn’t a trendy name in the 1940s. Michael is one of only eleven names never to have left the top hundred. Liam entered the top hundred by 1984 and is still there now (just a few spots below Michael). Liam is more like Jake and I can see a name Oscar or Theo following a similar pattern. I wouldn’t describe it as trendy, as the popularity is lasting and I’d reserve the word trendy for names like Arlo and Roman, which have spiked up out of nowhere and will probably tumble back down into very low usage quickly as well (but I accept that’s my personal definition of the word). I do think that Michael and Liam fall into different popularity categories though.

In Ireland, Liam has been in the top hundred since the sixties (earliest data I can find) and has been steadily rising and is now at its highest rank of 7th.

Yes, I think the other poster and I were just using the term 'trendy' in differing ways.

Definitely a solid classic in Ireland. Fits all your criteria. Good idea to balance a more unusual surname with an easier first name.

Terrific name. And easy to pronounce correctly in most languages. I am totally biased though, as I have one! Admittedly he is a trouble-maker, but so are most of his colleagues (he's 2) so I don't think the name has anything to do with it.

Really like it 👍

I was using trendy to mean fashionable. I'm not aware of any other meaning of it.

Michael was the 3rd most used boy's name in the 1940s in the UK, behind John and David. It's a classic, so still gets used but not to the same extent.

The pool of names from which parents n the 1940s would have chosen from was smaller than the names in use today, so proportionally, there would have been more little Michaels than whatever the 3rd most popular name of the 2010s was

I like it and I know several (of different nationalities)

I have a Liam he's 10. I love it and we know other liams at school. Which I love ❤ go for it!

Love it and if Liam Gallagher comes knocking at my door I still would. Longest crush ever

Fun fact. It's the most popular boy's name in France at the moment. They pronounce it Leeyam

@SandyPanda

Love it and if Liam Gallagher comes knocking at my door I still would. Longest crush ever

Or Liam from Corrie!

Overused and undistinguished (sorry!)

Leon and Lachlan are quite nice though.

I like it! I'm Scottish so we usually have a slightly different set of popular names than England. I think it's classic and just a good solid name.

It's a lovely name. Not a whiff if downmarket about it.