So, I’m sure you’ve seen the posts. You’ve read the lists,
counted the tallies, and even rolled your eyes a time or two. The list of the
most popular baby names for 2012 has come out and guess what…(yes I am sure you
already know what but I am going to point out the obvious anyway) since it
seems that I am an unoriginal fool, my child’s name is the second most popular girl’s
name for 2012.
Have I sent for the name change form? Have I dusted off the
old baby name book to see where I went wrong? Am I frantically trying to think
of a nick name that is funny, yet appropriate for an academic setting….not
exactly. You see I really do like the name Emma. In fact, the rest of the Emma
name lovers out there probably like it for the same reasons I do…short, easy to
spell, easy to pronounce, sweet yet strong, works for young and old, a Jane
Austin nod, I mean really I see little that could ever go wrong with a name
like Emma … other than every kid in her class having the same name. I am
hopeful at the moment because she is the only Emma at her entire daycare center
(ok only 18 kids out of the whole place are infants, but Emma was a popular name last year too.)
In our unoriginal name choosing defense I wanted to name her
Leah but my husband was not on board with that. Leah is in the top 100 by not
top 10. There were a few other very close number ones such as Riley and Morgan.
Even the great goddess Athena was in the running for a brief period of time
(meaning aside I am really pleased we did not go with that one.) My name is
Kathryn and my husband’s name is Thomas so I think we ere on the side of
traditional names. We will never name one of our kids Wind or Rainbow or Bear.
I was aware
that Emma was top 10 in 2011 and knew it would continue to be popular in years
to come so I made my choice knowing the consequences she would have to face. I am
in no way trying to have history repeat itself, but I know exactly what the
road ahead looks like for her because being a Kathryn in the 80s and 90s, I was
never short on company in Kathrynland. To this day, I know 4 Katies and 3
Kathryns at least. In school I was corralled into the last name adder club and
it was not too much fun (especially since my maiden name is hard to pronounce.)
Emma lucked out in the last name department with pronunciation, but our last
name is once again pretty commonly found. Lucky for me we chose Riley for her
middle name, so if anyone needs her, they can just yell for ERP.
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