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 ☺️

Very American. Mostly surnames too which is a trend in the US. Delaney is a very Irish surname, never a fust name in Ireland.

None are awful, just American, if that's what you like.

As for your DH Octavia sounds a bit precocious and I also drive one so that's a no. Of all the names mentioned I like Kasia best (with that spelling).

They all sound very USA.

All except Autumn (which is a season not a name)

Susan was 2253rd most popular in England and Wales (2024) - exactly as popular as Delaney. 12 Delaneys and 12 Susans born.

All the other girls' names on OP's list were a lot more popular. Susan is firmly a granny-age name and although teacher friends tell me kids don't get teased for their names anymore I'd say Harper/Autumn etc are clearly 'safer' choices!

Cooper is an old English name for a person who makes barrels.

I know girls in my children’s classes that have all of those names (I’m in the UK), apart from Delaney and Autumn. Delaney sounds very American to me. All the boys names sound American but also Australian. My husband is Aussie.

I live in the US and they sound very American to me, I know children here with those names (except for Delaney, I've never heard that one).

My friend's dog is called Thea so although it's pretty, I think it sounds canine!

I don't actively dislike any of those names, and I also think they sound quite neutral socially. Which was one of my considerations when naming our son 27 years ago. His name is still a classic, it has several abbreviations in standard use, and he shares it with our current King. It's also a family choice for both of our families.

Madison literally is, after the mermaid in Splash who was named after Madison avenue in new York, can't get much more American than that.

Personally, I think they all sound American apart for Autumn.

I would always choose a classic name over the ones on your list. Sorry.

Harper is the Beckhams’ daughter’s name. Grayson is the first name of Grayson Perry the artist. Otherwise, much more common as first names in the USA than the UK.

@Wilderwood Well, you did ask…

These names are definitely not socially neutral! But I think that might be area-dependent.

They all sound very American to me.

All American except Autumn. I’ve also met several (American) girls called Hunter too.

Not remotely American, but very Australian

@SetTheWorldOnFire84 Most of them are also here in the US!

My (half American) niece is Delaney but it rhymes with Melanie rather than the surname. They do all sound American but no harm in that, love Autumn. I would rather your husband's choices of Kassia or Thea though.

Yes all very American, even Autumn. I know the season isn’t called Autumn in the US but the only person I can think of with that name is North American - eg Peter Philips’ ex wife - who I am now reading is Canadian.

I know you say that the names wouldn’t be seen as overly American in the US, but I’m not sure what you mean by that. Maybe it’s more than most people in the US assume that their naming styles are similar to naming styles in other English speaking countries?

Yes, a lot of them remind me of American names from films when I was a teenage. Not saying that's a bad thing though.
A lot of American names seemed to be more popular there first, eg Cara/Ashley/Madison etc, as in I'd expect American people with those names to be older than a British child with the same name.

People are saying that they all sound American apart from Autumn, but Autumn is a popular name in the US and has been in the top 100 baby names every year since the early 1990s. On the other hand I've never heard of a child called Autumn in the UK.

They all are!! Americans choose surname for forenames as they have no imagination.

Love your ideas!

Divorce him.