Do you consider any of these names American in origin?

[Wilderwood]

Girls:
Harper
Lainey
Autumn
Madison
Delaney

Boys:
Hudson
Cooper
Hunter
Grayson

And not that it’s a bad thing! But husband says my choices are quite American 🇺🇸 so please help settle this debate.
Open to suggestions

thank you ☺️

They all sound American including Autumn as that’s popular over there.

They are all American!

All of them. Also the fact that Americans use traditionally British surnames as first names makes me cringe! 🤢

Is Hudson based on the Hudson River? Not Hudson Bay?

Grayson is a family name (as a first name) for DH - Yorkshire, no US connection. Apart from that, they all are quite American sounding, even Autumn, which I think is more popular as a name in the US.
Love Cassia and Thea, both were on our list for DD2

All of them

All of them and I dislike them immensely

Yes.

All of them and I dislike them immensely

Very very trendy American. Think awful if you are in UK

I love Thea and Octavia

I’m not sure about "Autumn" but all the rest sound American to me. It’s American-sounding to use, as first names, names that are surnames/jobs. The ones you’ve listed all do, apart from Autumn and maybe Lainey (which sounds American anyway).

There’s always one, why be bitchy?

I didn’t ask this though.

I honestly dont know why mumsnet is so judgy.

All of em

Years ago I asked someone if the baby was Harper after Harper Lee- blank look, no Harper beckham.

People judge people by their names, you may not like it but they do so why set your child up for that I suppose is the question.

All of them

They're all American or Canadian to me.

Yes all of them but I don’t think that’s a bad thing.

Aside from Autumn which is quite nice the others are too American .

Suggested this before. In true MN fashion. Why not call your children DD1, DS2 etc.

Or just D1, S2.

Yes all sound american.

I don't think of Lainey as American, as I know a couple of British Lainy/Lainis (both Elaine). Your boys names in particular have an American vibe!

In origin, the surname as first name trend was popularised in the US (also Scotland I think, but the US extended it to girls as well. I've met an American girl called Grayson).

But most of these names are popular in the UK. Hudson 42nd, Harper 22nd etc. The pp who suggested Shania and Elvis was either joking or got the trend completely wrong as those names aren't popular here.

Anyway. My favourite on either list is Thea for what it's worth.

They are American in nature. In US they sometimes adopt surnames as forenames. For both sexes, though more for males, Harper Lee, Porter Wagoner, Taylor Swift, Sigourney Weaver. Sometimes they are ambiguous - eg Abraham Lincoln. Or included - eg John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Just pick a safe name like George or Susan or any one of scores of others.