Nameberry love affair names

[juliet.a]

This post was inspired by lucky lindy and her suggestion of a compilation of "Nameberry love affair" type names-- names that get suggested over and over, that define a certain Berry style.

Beatrice/Beatrix
Rose
Clementine
Ophelia
Seraphine/Seraphina
Evangeline
Lucy
Kate
Eliza
Cora
Josephine
Charlotte
Jane
Sylvie
Hazel


Callum
Edward
August
Apollo
Elliot
Oscar
Rowan
Felix
Bennett
Silas
Ruben
Sebastian

Please add your own!

[ajwoolf]

So true! Others would be:
Archie
Leo
Mason
Phoenix
Arthur
Emilia/Amelia
Eliana
Magnolia

[ajwoolf]

Oh and I forgot
Knox and Maddox
Roy
Harry/Harrison

[pansy]

Atticus, which I personally dislike but lots of people on here seem to love.

[kala_way]

I always try to base my suggestions on the persons style, even if I recommend something that I don't personally like.

But I definitely see these a lot, that I don't see much elsewhere:

Clover
Ruby
Piper
Juniper
Violet
Rosalie

Maddox
August
Jasper
Emmett
Henry

[auroradawn]

I just came over from that same thread! It's sometimes true that "familiarity breeds contempt." I did get a few of my favorites from Nameberry, but I've also experienced the phenomenon of having a name I liked begin to seem overused and boring just because it's often talked about or suggested here. I would add:

Genevieve
Alice
Violet
Matilda (though I haven't been noticing this one as much lately)


Jasper
Oliver
Beckett
Everett
Emmett (you have Bennett, but there seems to be a love affair with most of the -ett ending boys' names!)
Gabriel
Asher
Leo

I'll probably be thinking of more at intervals all day, but that's it for now.

[charlieandperry1]

Wyatt. Believe it or not, I'd never even heard of it before NB but it appears to be very popular, particularly with US berries. I've seen Ezra, August(us), Persephone, Theodore, Luna, Oliver and Jude popping up a lot too. Ha, it'd be cool if NB had a Top 100 of favourite berry names

[danishnames]

Eleanor has not been mentioned yet!!! :-O

[mkenison]

I was just thinking about this the other day when someone commented that Stella was too popular/trendy. I have seen it multiple timed on Nameberry but have yet too meet an actual Stella!

[kala_way]

I was just thinking about this the other day when someone commented that Stella was too popular/trendy. I have seen it multiple timed on Nameberry but have yet too meet an actual Stella!

There are so many names like this. People talk about how popular they are and I've never met a single one. Or they talk about them like they are at least common and I've never even heard the name before. Some of it might be differences in UK/US but it's a little crazy sometimes.

The majority of people I know have very regular names. I know people named things like John, Dave, Liz, Kate, Daniel, Carla, Angie, Janet, Shannon, Mike, Rachel, Sara, Carol, Peter, Tim. Sure I know my fair share of people with weirder names (mostly children under 10), but I've never met a single person named Piper, Wyatt, Jasper, Finn, Juniper, or really most of the names that are constantly thrown around here. It makes me think that NB is really more the realm of fancy than of reality a lot of the time.