It’s the Jewish new year and the new year in school. Time for a whole NEW SLEW of name influx at You Can’t Call It “It”!
Weren’t you just SO excited to get your class list– just for the names?
Post them here if you like. You may disguise them (or yourself) from Google easily enough by changing an I to a 1, an a to the @ symbol, a T to a + sign, etc. if you like. If it’s not too much voyeurism, tell us what state you’re in too. We’ll make a study of it.
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The school my twin 7-year-old grandsons James and Andrew attend doesn’t give out class lists in the fall, so I’ll share the lists for last spring’s first grade classes from the school year book. Most of these children are back this fall in the 2nd grade classes. (The class lists were posted at the school right before school started.)
Boys:
Andrew
James
Joseph
Dz&n&n (pronounced “Jennan”)
Anthony
Kayden
Blake
Logan
Theo
Carter
Mitchel
Jonathan (called Jack)
Bruce
Malachi
Carson
Mason
Hunter
Drey
Tyler
Jesse
Zachary
Francisco (“Frankie”)
Angelo
Aiden
Lennon
Clayton
Ethan
Joshua
Keegan
Gage
Ethan
Matthew
Girls:
Abigail
Shaylin
Allison
Grace
Lilly
Brianna
Amra
Jadyn
Adisyn
Leighanna
Kinley
Alexis
Elizabeth
Shannyn
Sierra
Sydney
Shelby
Ava
Kyla
Sophie
Alexis
Isabella
Catalina
Laney
Xyola (pronounced “zye – O -lah”)
Kirsten
Kara
Zoe
Alana
Alison
Asia
Ella
Kaylee
Allison
Isabelle
Sydnee
Brianna
Location: booming suburb in Iowa.
Xyola sounds like zigh 0 lah
Pretty ordinary names at our school, not very many duplicates, and quite a few ‘creative” spellings for girls. Definitely many of the names discussed in this blog would not “fit in”. This is not the land of Sebastians and Imogens!
Wow, Xyola is cool! Do you know why her parents chose it?
It’s from a Jane’s Addiction song. I don’t know for sure that this is where the parents got it but that’s the only place I’ve ever heard that name.
This won’t be an exhaustive list, but these are the ones I can recall off the top of my head from daughter Norah’s pre-K class (we’re in the Kansas City, MO metro area):
Girls:
Norah (mine)
Annabelle
Reese
Katelyn
Lilli
Ava
Boys:
Mike
Nathan
Wyatt
Noah
Colson
Alejandro
My son’s kindergarten class:
Girls:
Hailee
Sydney
Summer
Gennovah
Raquel
Sarah (2)
Emily
Caitlyn
Gracie
Sophie
Cristiannie
Boys:
Sebastian (mine)
Justin
Theron
JJ
Gaven
Kaleb
Maxwell
Levi
Isaac
Ethan
Nathanael
Judd
We’re in Utah. I don’t notice anything too significant–all the names sound very normal to me, and I’ve probably met multiples of all of them–except Gennovah and Christiannie and Judd. I know Sebastian is pretty popular in the U.S. too, but maybe not so much here—anyway, I haven’t met any others yet.
Also, here are the 2nd graders.
Girls:
Shantell
Summer
Kimber
Chloe
Paige
Talia
Mya
Hannah
Savannah
Alexandra
MiKenna
Brighton
Avery
Leia
Clara
Trista
Gelsey
Boys:
Isaac
Caden
Chase
Brock
Alexander
Abraham (mine)
Gage
Wyatt
Parker
Jasper
Skyler
Geffrey
Quincy
Staley
I think it’s interesting to see the “G” spelling of Geoffery, without the “o”!
Staley? Wonder if that is a Heavy Metal inspired name. Gelsey! So unusual and cute. Reminds me of ballerinas.
I really like Gelsey. Makes me think of ballerinas too.
my children don’t get class lists, but it’s a very typical english mix in all their classes and rather different to most of the names already posted. i have to say i love the picture today! the tiger who came to tea was my sisters favourite book as a little girl and now is my younger daughter’s favourite! i’ve been present at many tiger related tea parties over the years
I go to a catholic sixth form in England (16-18yrs):
Elsa, Marie (pronounced by her as MAR-ee), Ana-Sofia, Sasha, Rhian, Niamh, Clare, Beatrix (x2), Eilish, Amira, Ciara, Eliza, Martha, Poppy, Demi (not short for anything), Caprice, Ruth, Magda.
George (x2), Ayrton, Jack (x3), Timothy ‘Tim’, Joseph (x2), Bryn, Dieudonne, Fionn, Barrie, Séan, Aidan, Alasdair, Luke, Lewis.
The irish names are the norm at the school, since it’s catholic.
Our school doesn’t hand out rosters, but some of the names in her class are:
Alex (Alexandra)
Emily
McKenna
Olivia
Mariyah
Hudson
Dylan
Davin
The usual slew of names for our area.
We didn’t get handed a list, but there was one posted and being name-obsessed I wrote them all down.
These are 5-6 year olds in the midwest USA.
Girls:
Aria
Aiy@nn@
Arelle
Celeste
Diana
Eleanor
J@i@
Jasmine
Madison
McKenna
Rose
Sophie
Summer
Boys:
Alan
Brandon
Bryce
Hudson
Jesse
Julius
Phillip
Reid
Thomas
I have trouble pronouncing A!yanna. I was saying AY-are-nah, but my daughter said it’s I-are-nah.
Not so sure on the pronunciation of Ja!a either. My daughter said it’s “gy-ee-ah”. I wondered if it was “Jay-ah”.
There’s an Oscar in the other Kindergarten class. My daughter was going to be an Oscar, if she’d been a boy. There’s also a Bless!ng in the other class.
Our school doesn’t give class lists (well, not to students anyway), but names of new kids and their classes were up in the hall before summer. Sorry I only remembered the interesting ones:
2x G3orgina
Georgia (same class, so that will be fun for their teacher)
Zsuzs@nn@ (I LOVE this. Her surname was Eastern European and that’s the Polish spelling)
Ruby
Elena
In our year there is also a Z3n0b!a-J@y (sister Andr33na-J@y, brother J@yden) and Sh@quilla (sha-keel-a, her family are middle-eastern).
Actually Zsuzsanna is Hungarian, Zuzanna is Polish
DDs Pre-K class (Boston-ish, MA)
Josephine (DD)
Annelise
Julia
Julian
Owen
Calvin
Jade
Aiden
Abram
Olivia
Samantha
Aman
Lucas
Y@rosl@v
Oooo, love Yaroslav.
I volunteer in the nursery/preschool area at our church in Texas (large-ish city). Our classes switch every week, but these are some of the names I remember. These kids are about 2-4 years old.
Girls:
Jordyn
Annabelle (Annie)
Evangeline (Evie)(sister of Malachi)
Story
Boys:
Shepherd
Favor
Jonah
Daniel
Samuel
Malachi (brother of Evie)
David
Jonah
Oops, there’s just one Jonah in the class.
There are some pretty cool names here. I love Story. Evangeline and Annabelle are sweet. Favor interesting.
DC suburb
all kids are age 3-4
kate
abby
sarah
summer
meadow
ashley
jake (2)
jack
corey
justin
ari
zachary
i forgot to add my daughter, Lydia
Wow – so many classes have a Summer. I’m surprised. We are in NH and my son’s preschool class has:
Ava
Mik@yla
Molly
Abigail
Benjamin
M@rshall
Gavin
Phine@s
Brandon
Aidan
R3ed
and my son, Finley
I’m in PA! Here are some in my class:
Girls:
Alexis
Katherine
Ellen
Briana
Marisa
Stefanie
Emma
Nicole
Hannah
Emilee
Merritt
Alyssa
Lexi
Morgan
Natalie
Samantha (that’s me!)
Kaitlyn
Mollie
Rachel (2x)
Jacqueline
Angela
Sarah
Erica
Boys:
Isiah
Preston
Stefan
Gregory (Greg)
Christopher (Chris)
Adam
Jonathan (Johnny)
Max
Jason
Noah
Shaun
Nicholas (2x)
–Pretty typical names, really!
Texas!
Aaliyah
Lindsey
Quinn
Ava
Gabrielle
Emilie
Caroline
Makenna
Poppy
Layne
Grace
Madeleine (Grace’s twin)
Marion
Hogan
Lance
Chase
Colin
Ryan
Brayden
Bradin
The boys names are eh, but I’m loving Poppy and Caroline.
I love Marion on a boy
The ones a 7-yo remembered:
Mariah
Darian (girl, no idea on the spelling but rhymes with Marian)
Cassie
Francisco
Zane
Luis
Oops, that’s in California.
These are the 6- to 8-year-olds on a team with my daughter (in the upper midwest):
Maizy, Victoria, Becca, Alyx, Alaina, Adeline, Josie, and W!nter Gr@ce
My 2 year old son had a class today and all the names of the preschoolers were on the wall. I wrote down the most interesting ones:
Daeth0n – I thought it might be a spin on Jason or Nathan, but putting it into a search engine pops up Welsh grammar results. I think “Daeth0n ni” means ‘we came’? So perhaps they were looking for a Welsh inspired name.
0rryn – looked this one up and found it listed as a derivation of Oran, meaning ‘green’ in Irish. It makes me think of Owen.
There was also a 2 year old girl named ‘Kenzie’, which I presumed was a spin on MacKenzie / McKenzie. Turned out to be short for Kens!ngt0n instead.
Charleston SC
K-4
Boys
Jake
Xan (sounds like zan)
Sebastian
Hank
Raymond (RJ)
Seth
Ben
Noah
Girls
Claire
Savannah
Delaney
Daisy
Adele
Kylie
McKinnley
Ainsley
Adele. So refreshing
I just wanted to add my one favorite from my daughter’s school: Citlalith. It’s Aztec. We are in CO.
There’s a Nevaeh in Bonnie’s preschool. My first real life one here in NZ. Also a Lottie who is apparently Bonnie’s bestie.
OT but The Tiger Who Came To Tea was one of my favourite childhood books. The tiger was a complete arse and extremely creepy. Nevertheless, I loved the illustrations.
Hmmm… I have pretty standard names in my daughters class. There’s a few different ones, but thats what comes from a Catholic school with multiple cultures:
Boys:
Daniel
Dominic
Kaine
Caleb
Ivan
Gabby
Jared
Hunter
Mitchell
Francis
Clive
Girls:
Cornelia
Abisha
Maia
Shante
Michaela
Olivia
Nicole
Lauren
Kiera
Brya
Rina
Emily
Opps. Forgot to say where I am. I’m in Australia.
Central VA
My son’s kindergarten roster
BOYS
Amari
Alvin
Bryce
Da’Shown (pronounced Day SHOWN)
Da’Tayveyus (sounds like it’s spelled)
Duncan (my son)
Ethan
Henry
Isaiah
Jayquan
Jayvion
Merritt
Raysean
Ryan
Sean
Soren
Watts
GIRLS
Carter
Emma
Ja’Nya
Kaylee
Keysiah
Kymora
Milana
Vicky
I work at a school in Sydney, Australia. These are the kids from the class I was teaching last week. Really interesting names…
Girls:
Kheearalee
Angel
Leeana
Shylamaire
Kathryn
Maddison
Aditi
Boys:
Cooper
Ethan
Teawanui
Jay
Kevin
Dylan
Akash
Daniel
Mark
Jordyn
Blade
And the class I’m teaching this week
Girls:
Jessica
Olivia
Caitlin
Cassie
Sharika
Mercy
Kyla
Kitiana
Tatiana-Jo (T.J)
Boys:
Ashwin
Dylan
Bryce
Collin
Michal (pronounced Mishkel)
Tyler
Kingzston
All very normal names here, although … I did walk by the locker of a little Trustin.
I’ve lurked around your fantastic blog for a long time, but never posted here before, but I thought this would be a good first opportunity considering I work at an Australian pre-school, so I’ve seen quite a few class lists! My kids this year are:
Jude
Thomas x2
Matthew
Oliver
James
Lachlan
William
Jayse
Benjamin
Annalise
Imogen
Jayde
Nisse (nih-SSEH)
Meera
Kaya
Matilda
Ayla
Olivia
Clementine
Tahlia
Dana
Emily
.. none are all that surprising, except for Clementine.. I was shamelessly excited when I saw her name pop up!
Names from a Chicago pre-school I used to work at:
Aoife
Maeve
Linnea
Margaux
Avery
Max
Gabriel
Was not a very large class
My class list from last year:
Boys:
Caleb
Tyler
Brenden
Nathan
Ethan
David
Mason
Girls:
Kaitlyn
Emma
Emily
Kassie (short for Kassandra)
Cyan
Briena
Faith
AShley
LOVE class list time! We’ve switched from a small private to a large public school this year and I was waiting for the lists and they don’t hand them out. But when I was there the first week for a newcomer’s coffee, I saw the lists and took pictures-they must think I am crazy, but I really wanted to see the names! And I wasn’t disappointed, either. MS Gulf Coast region
Daughter’s 3rd grade:
Jacob
Robert
Caeli
John Katie
Lillie
Eliza
Isabella
Ella
Cullen
Gavin
Dayshawn
Alistair
Caroline
Alyssa
Zoe
Hanna
Keith
Mitchell
Zachary
Caleb
Dazy
Son’s Kindergarten:
boys:
Ashton
Caleb
Cameron
Christian
Campbell
Bryant
Colin
Liam
Maddox
Wyatt
Girls:
Ashtyn
Autumn
Delaney
Gwen
Keira
Kirsten
Meredith
Zekia
this name was posted under girls: Ladyme1n. I asked my son how it was pronounced-LadyMAIN or LadyMINE? He told me there isn’t a girl named that, but there’s a boy named La DYMON. Very funny!
Have to add to the comment about Summers: a few years back my daughter had a Summerlin in her class. She has since moved to Florida. Always liked her name.
oops-John & Katie are two children, not a double name!
I was going to ask if John Katie was a boy or a girl. lol
No class roster for my daughter’s 4th grade class yet, but I did spy the following two names on one of the kindergarten class doors when I was in the school last night:
Osyruss
Gentian
My son’s class has:
Boys
Nathaniel (“Nate”) — my son
Gaige
Jonathan
Charles (“Charlie”)
Jackson
Girls
Mary
Catherine
Lucy
Gillian
Reagan
I should have added that’s in NC.
My daughter is only 11 months old but we are in the Birdies class at The Little Gym in the deeeep south. Here are some that I remember:
Daisy (mine)
Ansley
London
Wyatt (x2)
Henry
Michael
Greyson (x2)
Cecilia (I love that name!)
Molly Kate
Jared
Logan
Thomas
Sarah
So, I know this post is quite old, but I recently recieved my class lists for next year (I’m in Australia, where we begin school in late January). I’m working with 2 preschool classes with the following kids:
Alexander
Ben
Callum
Connor
Cooper
Daniel
Dante
Elijah
Harry
Jack
Jordan
Lachlan
Liam
Mitchell
Oliver
Ollie
Riley
Ryan
Thomas
Tyler
Williamx2
Zachary
Ava
Bellamy-Rose
Chloe
Ella
Emily
Hannah
Indiana
Isabelle
Jemma
Jessica
Kasia
Keely
Lara
Lilly
Louisa
Lucy
Madeleine
Matilda
Micaela
Molly
Paris
Ruby
Scarlett
Serena
Sienna
Tameika
Zoe