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[moonwise]

Popular baby names of 2009

Call it the “Twilight” effect: Names from Stephenie Meyer’s series of vampire novels and their hit film spin-offs sank their teeth into the list of most popular baby names this year, with Jacob and Isabella (the long form of Bella, Meyer’s heroine) topping the respective lists for boys and girls, and Cullen rising faster than any other boy’s name.

Comments

[sache.livejournal.com]

To be fair, Isabella and Jacob were popular LONG before the books came out. (I think this is Jacob's eleventh year at number 1.) And Edward is a perfectly fine name. But Cullen? CULLEN? I'm just glad that there's no sudden rush to naming little girls "Renesme".

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

Why, aren't you going to be using one of those lovely names? Hee!

[sideburnpower.livejournal.com]

Name your child "Sparkle von Vampyre" if it is a boy.

Or "Terrible Halfvampire Demon Baby" if it is a girl.

[cyanglow]

Excuse me while I LMAO at your icon. Tom Hanks (I'm assuming that's him?) has the perfect GTFO expression!

[cjblackwing.livejournal.com]

Dittoing the above icon compliment, and oh jeez *hurls*

[geckophobe.livejournal.com]

There was a spike in "Cohen" a few years ago, likely because of the kid on The OC. *eyeroll*
It's a fine line between honoring a hero or beloved book character (Holden or Guinevere or something) and slavishly following a pop culture trend. At least the names are nice, despite the purported association!

[ladyofthesea.livejournal.com]

Better than all the poor kids named Sephiroth. There's no getting away from that kind of infamy.

Edit: FU, LJ, how dare you take away my Sephiroth icons!

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Agreed, but I think the article is arguing that Twilight gave Isabella and Jacob an extra bump. "Cullen" is just pathetic.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

We're going with family names. Egbert Horace! :)

[arafel.livejournal.com]

One of my coworkers is fostering a girl named "Armani." Isn't that sad?

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, yes, that's Tom Hanks in "A League of Their Own."

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I didn't make the icon, so it's gankable.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

The pop culture trend will inevitably end in a few years, and your kid is stuck with a dumb name like "Cullen" for the rest of his life. Eesh.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

...There are kids named Sephiroth?

D:

[cjblackwing.livejournal.com]

If I had open icon slots, I would gank it before you could blink. :)

[pointedview.livejournal.com]

Great comment, sideburnpower!

I am reminded of this classic post from The Misanthropic Bitch:

Bad Baby Names

Also, as others have indicated, much icon love!

[ladyofthesea.livejournal.com]

Sadly, yes.

[morgi.livejournal.com]

Baby's Named a Bad, Bad, Thing

Though, as someone who thinks "Wednesday" might actually be a perfectly acceptable girl's name, I probably shouldn't talk.

(Your icon is the reason that movie's in our queue. Well, that and Geena Davis.)

[pointedview.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the "Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing" link. I have laughed for hours!

[morgi.livejournal.com]

It's one of the sites I go to when I want to laugh until I'm in tears. :)