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Too trendy? Or just right….
Too trendy? Or just right….
Dec 24, 2024 12:28 AM

  One of our most popular blogs of the year was the one in which Elisabeth Wilborn of You Can’t Call It It transformed the Top 100 girls’ names — and the following week, the most popular boys’ names — into choices with the same feel but more distinction and style.

  This is the kind of exercise that Linda and I have long offered in our books, with our If You Like X, You’ll Love…. feature, in which we substitute fresh ideas for overused favorites.  You can see dozens of such lists here.

  But what if the name you want to move beyond isn’t popular, really; isn’t exactly overused but just, to your thinking, too trendy?  What if you want to take an already-stylish and distinctive name and just scooch it toward being….more distinctive?

  That’s what we tried to do here.  We bet you clever berries will have lots more ideas of trendy names and possible substitutes: We’d love to hear them!  Here are some of ours:

  girls

  Instead of Ariana….Aurora

  Instead of Delilah….Salome

  Instead of Esme – Maisie

  Instead of Eden….Celeste

  Instead of Harlow…. Hepburn

  Instead of Isla…..Ida

  Instead of Lila….Lilac

  Instead of Matilda ….Magdalena

  Instead of Ruby…Rudy

  Instead of Scarlett…Indigo

  Instead of Seraphina…Serena

  Instead of Stella – Estelle

  Instead of Thea….Dora

  Instead of Violet…Magnolia

  boys

  Instead of Asher….Asa

  Instead of Atticus….Cassius

  Instead of Cullen….Curran

  Instead of Emmett….Ephraim or Bennett

  Instead of Harrison….Jefferson

  Instead of Henry…..Frederick

  Instead of Hudson…East

  Instead of Hugo….Hugh

  Instead of Justice….Justus

  Instead of Mason…Booker

  Instead of Milo…Malachy

  Instead of Oscar….Osias

  Instead of Rhys….Rex

  Okay, your turn.

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