Meandering through past posts at Ohdeedoh, we found these stylishly named young ones. It is interesting to see how the definition of style differs depending on who you talk to. Xochitl is a Nahuatl name for flower and is used among Latinos and Native Americans. Mungo is Scottish and was the nickname for seventh century saint Kenitgern. Obree is Scottish as well, as are Nairn and Macadam. Are people veering away from the Emerald Isle in favor of the Highlands? A trend we’ll have to keep an eye on. Google yields that Kahurangi is a national park in New Zealand. Got to love Kiwi names!
GIRLS
Aliana
Amelia (& Paul)
Anderson Nicole
Anna
Audrey
Aurora Jane
Azalea
Beatrix Anne
Blakeleigh Eden
Capucine
Charlotte “Charlie” (& Maxwell)
Charley Mae
Chloe (& Makena)
Cora
Daphne (& Maia)
Dylan
Elsa
Em
Emma Adela
Eva
Huntleigh “Hunt” (& Lucy)
Immy
Isabella Kai
Julia Annabelle
Kennedy
Lola (& Sofia)
Lucy “Lulu” (& Huntleigh)
Lucy (& Oden)
Makena (& Chloe)
Maia (& Daphne)
Malia
Mia (& Jeremiah)
Millie
Morgan (& Evan)
Nola
Ophelia
Peyton Grey
Phina
Reagan
Rylie
Samantha Plum
Sasha
Scarlet
Sofia (x2) (& Lola)
Skyler
Sophie
Taylor Grace
Violet Hope
Warner
Wyler
Xochitl
Zora Helen “Zadie”
BOYS
Aaron
Abbott
Aldo
Andrew (Miles)
Benjamin
Cooper
Dakota
Dexter (& Hank)
Emmanuel
Evan (x2) & Morgan)
Findlay (& Nairn)
Grahm
Hank (& Dexter)
Henry
Henry Thomas
Jasper Jack
Jeremiah (& Mia)
Joshua
Julian Maziar
Kahurangi “Kahu”
Kai Bodhi
Luca
Macadam Andrew
Maxwell “Max” (& Charlotte)
Miles (Andrew)
Mungo
Nairn (Findlay)
Ned
Niels
Obree
Oden (& Lucy)
Oliver (x3)
Oscar James
Ozzy
Parker
Paul (& Amelia)
Reed (& Tate)
Sam
Tate (& Reed)
Zachary
Above: The Fishing Bear by Pushmepullyou Design
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My brother in law will be thrilled to see Mungo. Or maybe he won’t, I don’t know how protective he is of his #1 name.
I married into a long line of Mungos and my brother in law, Mungo Duncan who goes by Duncan, is anxious to pass it on to his first son. The new baby will be Mungo Duncan Peter Wallace XIII, and will probably actually go by Mungo because my BIL is Duncan, my FIL is Wallace and my GFIL is Peter. ‘Bout time for a Mungo, I say!
If its a girl she’ll be Olwen Llinys Patricia. I think it’s beautiful!
Huntleigh and Anderson Nicole make me sad. Poor girls.
I agree about Huntleigh. She has a sister named Lucy, even! How could taste change so much?
Just what I was thinking. How in the world did they go from Lucy to Huntleigh?!
Re CV’s post October 29
I am compiling my family tree and I am descended from a Mungo Duncan. I would be delighted if CV and I could be put in touch.
As a New Zealander it is wonderful to see Kahurangi feature as a name. I wonder if they parents are connected to NZ at all.
I was also surprised to see a Samantha (my own name) as it doesn’t seem to be very popular these days.
Another kiwi (New Zealander) … Also thrilled to see Kahurangi in there. Kahu is the Maori name for a hawk (I think) and Rangi is the god of the sky, so it’s a great name!
Love
Aurora Jane
Azalea
Elsa
Julia Annabelle
Sofia and Lola
Xochitl
Benjamin
Oscar James
Paul and Amelia
Ozzy! Love it.
Meant to tell you Elisabeth, some friends of ours just had a baby and they named it Elizabeth Jean (both family names) and they are calling her Bettie. I think it’s so adorable. I have never met a Bettie under the age of 50, but it sounds fresh and retro at the same time on a wee little babeh.
Kahurangi is a New Zealand Maori word meaning treasured possession. Fantastic name for a child! (The a’s are soft, in case you’re wondering how to pronounce it.)
Funny to see a little girl with the middle name Kai, as it is also a Maori word, meaning food. It has become a very poular name outside of NZ, I think because people are following the Hawaiian meaning, which is ocean. Even so, it is usually a name given to boys.
In your subsequent post regarding 2010 resolutions you state:
10) There shall be no “Leigh” except Leigh itself: no Haileigh, no Baileigh, no Marleigh, no Ryleigh. Out too are all G-H configurations as vowel substitutes– the prettiness of Hailough notwithstanding.
Yet this “stylishly named” list includes a ‘Blakeleigh’ and ‘Huntleigh’ which I personally think are sad and trying-really-hard-to-be-hip names.
Welcome Kate! Too true. But I ALSO say in this post, “It is interesting to see how the definition of style differs depending on who you talk to.” Let’s just say my own *personal* taste is more in line with the resolutions.