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3 weeks to go!!!! Ruby too popular???

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lullahbelle · 03/12/2009 16:47

Since i found out i'm having a girl the only name i really like is Ruby! I know its so v v popular but dont know what to do! others on list are:

Lola
Elizabeth
Lily
Summer
Laila

My surname is very unusual so unsure about Elizabeth as it doesnt quite go......... aaaaargh!

All comments gladly received!!!!

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sunshinejanuary · 03/12/2009 16:54

I don't know how popular Ruby is but i love it!

Lola always sounds a bit showgirl/prostitute to me, sorry

Lily is popular

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lullahbelle · 03/12/2009 16:56

Yes- that is my problem with Lola- lol!!!!

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birdofthenorth · 03/12/2009 17:11

Ruby was the second most common girls name last year, but I still like it a lot, it's lovely!

Also like Lily and Summer (bit ironic for a December baby though?!)

diddl · 04/12/2009 07:43

Wasn´t there also a song about Ruby-with the line "don´t take your love to town"?

Still like it though!

OP, I like all your names except Summer.

Like the idea of Ruby Elizabeth tbh!

My sons name was different at the time-now there are loads!

If you love it, use it!

MamaLazarou · 04/12/2009 08:08

That song's so sad, diddl

I agree that Lola is a showgirl (polite way of putting it) name.

There are billions of Lilys around at the moment. It depends how much popularity of a name bothers you.

From your list, Elizabeth and Laila are my favourites.

CristinaTheAstonishing · 04/12/2009 08:10

Ruby Elizabeth would go lovely together.

Northernlurker · 04/12/2009 08:18

Ruby is very popular at the moment but it's a nice name so why not if it's what you love?

Otherwise you could use Elizabeth for the first name and then call her Eliza, Lizzie or Beth or Bess?

Also I think Laura is much underused.

liliputlady · 04/12/2009 09:57

Ruby is lovely, don't know many round here.
Also like Lily and Elizabeth, but would steer clear of Summer for a Winter baby.

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lullahbelle · 04/12/2009 10:15

Thanks guys- all very helpful!!! sod it, i love it so i'm having it- Ruby Elizabeth it is!!!

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diddl · 04/12/2009 11:11

Let us know if you stick to it when baby´s born!

dizzycringles · 04/12/2009 12:55

good for you! if you absolutely love it then use it as you'll only regret it otherwise!!!

rubyslippers · 04/12/2009 12:57

i have a Ruby

she is the only one i know

if you like it, use it and Ruby Elizabeth is a beautiful name

dizzycringles · 04/12/2009 13:00

you couldn't really have had anything else could you Ruby?!?! and she's beautiful too with an exceptionally proud aunt

I'm not sure I've seen you to say congratulations so if I havn't I'm sorry and well done you

Stigaloid · 04/12/2009 13:13

Diddl - yes song called Ruby - very sad song with a jaunty jingle. I sing it every time i hear the name Ruby.

Love the name but it is common (in that a lot of people are called it) and as my DS has the second most popular name in our county as registered during his birth (we knew no one with his name but whenever we go to the park there are at least 4!) i don't want to do the same for DD. Hence no Ruby, no Isabella, no Scarlett or Freya.

All beautiful names though.

Can't actually think of any name i do like though as the ones above are lovely but DH has vetoed them all.

mrsvwoolf · 04/12/2009 13:18

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rubyslippers · 04/12/2009 13:20

thank you dizzy

cannotdecide · 04/12/2009 23:34

Ruby is gorgeous. Even if it the most popular name in the county that means most girls (?90%) will have other names and if you have an unusual surname then it won't be an issue. We have a common surname and loved a popular name for DS, kept agonizing over it but in the end it just felt like the right name for us and we've never regretted using it. Friends who have common names told me that they were grateful to their parents that they'd been given a "normal" name that helped them fit in and that helped us decide!

puffling · 04/12/2009 23:54

Not so long ago, the only Ruby's were 90 year old great aunts. Funny how a name gains popularity and people start to find it beautiful. Do we like names because they're popular or do they become popular because we like them?
I thought dd's name was beautiful and unusual, still like it but now it's in the top 50. I swore i wouldn't but I got sucked into the zeitgeist just like everyone else.

puffling · 04/12/2009 23:54

Rubys not Ruby's

puffling · 04/12/2009 23:55

Oh and in the supermarkets where I live Ruby is pronounced Rooobeh.

muminthemiddle · 04/12/2009 23:59

It won't be popular for ever so I would go with Ruby if that is your favourite.

You could pick an "unpopular" name and find in 3 years time that everone is calling their baby that name.

lilolilmanchester · 05/12/2009 00:10

Must depend where you live - I don't know/know of one single Ruby. If you love it, go for it. I have a name which was very popular 40 odd years ago and still is - it really doesn't matter

LadyOfTheFlowers · 05/12/2009 00:11

I loved Ruby then it became really popular so was in two minds, then an MNer pointed out she might get called Ruby Murray so I decided against.

I also like Rosaliebut then my mother today pointed out there is a slang phrase for tea or something that comes from Rosalie?

VicarInaTinselTuTu · 05/12/2009 01:15

so what if its popular? if you like it then name your dd ruby.

is there some competition to find the most original name?

i just chose names i liked and sod whoever else had them!

skihorse · 05/12/2009 05:32

puffling - For me, the love of the name Ruby came from a BBC1 Series called "Cutting It" which started around 2000 I think. Sadly I'm not allowed to use the name Ruby because OH thinks it's an "old lady" name. Pah!