Naming from Potterverse

Emerald

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Mar 7, 2005, 7:28:41 PM3/7/05

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OK, I know of one child being named after Lily. Will kindergartens soon
be chock full of little Harrys? Many of the names are so ordinary that no
one would guess, unless that parents came out and said their child was named
after a character from Potterverse. But, do you think we will see an
increase in the popularity of some of the more unusual names? Will Hermione
become commonplace, or Minerva? Will we begin hearing of little Siriuses or
Albuses?
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gjw

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Mar 7, 2005, 8:12:47 PM3/7/05

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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 19:28:41 -0500, Emerald
<elfmailwi...@bellsouth.net.invalid> wrote:

>OK, I know of one child being named after Lily. Will kindergartens soon
>be chock full of little Harrys? Many of the names are so ordinary that no
>one would guess, unless that parents came out and said their child was named
>after a character from Potterverse.

Actually, "Harry" used to be one of the most common names around,
perhaps 50 years ago. The old expression "Any Tom, Dick or Harry" came
about because all three of those names were very common.

It's still in wide use, but it's down to around 70 on most U.S. name
lists...

>But, do you think we will see an
>increase in the popularity of some of the more unusual names? Will Hermione
>become commonplace, or Minerva? Will we begin hearing of little Siriuses or
>Albuses?

I doubt it. I don't expect to many Hagrids or Serverus. There will
probably be a few more Hermione, though. The name hasn't been popular
since the late 19th century, but it could make a minor comeback.

Kish

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Mar 7, 2005, 8:14:59 PM3/7/05

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gjw wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 19:28:41 -0500, Emerald
> <elfmailwi...@bellsouth.net.invalid> wrote:

>>But, do you think we will see an
>>increase in the popularity of some of the more unusual names? Will Hermione
>>become commonplace, or Minerva? Will we begin hearing of little Siriuses or
>>Albuses?
>
>
> I doubt it. I don't expect to many Hagrids or Serverus.

What about Rubeus? :-p

LouAnn

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Mar 7, 2005, 8:19:47 PM3/7/05

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"Emerald" <elfmailwi...@bellsouth.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> OK, I know of one child being named after Lily. Will kindergartens soon
> be chock full of little Harrys? Many of the names are so ordinary that no
> one would guess, unless that parents came out and said their child was
named
> after a character from Potterverse. But, do you think we will see an
> increase in the popularity of some of the more unusual names? Will
Hermione
> become commonplace, or Minerva? Will we begin hearing of little Siriuses
or
> Albuses?
> --
> Emerald Elbereth
>
> A Place Where Emeralds Grow

I hope not, but people have been naming their kids after Soap Opera
characters for decades now.....so why not?

LouAnn

Tim Behrendsen

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Mar 7, 2005, 11:17:13 PM3/7/05

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"Emerald" <elfmailwi...@bellsouth.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> OK, I know of one child being named after Lily. Will kindergartens soon
> be chock full of little Harrys? Many of the names are so ordinary that no
> one would guess, unless that parents came out and said their child was named
> after a character from Potterverse. But, do you think we will see an
> increase in the popularity of some of the more unusual names? Will Hermione
> become commonplace, or Minerva? Will we begin hearing of little Siriuses or
> Albuses?

I thought Hermione might get more popular, but apparently not. It's not within the top 100
names in 2004 in the US:

http://www.babycenter.com/babyname/names2004.html

...nor in the UK:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/specials/babiesnames_girls.asp
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/specials/babiesnames_boys.asp

The problem, of course, is that it's so uncommon that everyone would know it came from
Harry Potter, and the kid would probably get teased. It's nice to know that there are some
parents with some sense out there. :)

Interestingly, Harry is not within the top 100 in the US, but is #6 or #11 in the UK,
where it's much more common in general.

Angrie.Woman

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Mar 8, 2005, 12:07:14 AM3/8/05

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"Emerald" <elfmailwi...@bellsouth.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> OK, I know of one child being named after Lily. Will kindergartens soon
> be chock full of little Harrys? Many of the names are so ordinary that no
> one would guess, unless that parents came out and said their child was
> named
> after a character from Potterverse. But, do you think we will see an
> increase in the popularity of some of the more unusual names? Will
> Hermione
> become commonplace, or Minerva? Will we begin hearing of little Siriuses
> or
> Albuses?

My dog is Sirius Black - does that count?

A

Toon

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Mar 8, 2005, 5:19:18 AM3/8/05

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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 19:28:41 -0500, Emerald
<elfmailwi...@bellsouth.net.invalid> wrote:

>OK, I know of one child being named after Lily. Will kindergartens soon
>be chock full of little Harrys? Many of the names are so ordinary that no
>one would guess, unless that parents came out and said their child was named
>after a character from Potterverse. But, do you think we will see an
>increase in the popularity of some of the more unusual names? Will Hermione
>become commonplace, or Minerva? Will we begin hearing of little Siriuses or
>Albuses?

No Albuses, but one day you'll hear the kids go on about Syllabus

Toon

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Mar 8, 2005, 5:21:24 AM3/8/05

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On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 20:19:47 -0500, "LouAnn" <dca...@infoave.com>
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What about Apple, Cocoa, Peaches and Pixie (all girls)? Quite
frankly, Minerva is a blessing. Or that idiot who gave his daughter
like a hundred names for her first name?

Emerald

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Mar 8, 2005, 8:49:34 PM3/8/05

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Mar 10, 2005, 6:44:56 AM3/10/05

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I used to work in a nursery and every time Disney put out a "princess" movie
we had a rash of those names
Ariel, Belle, Jasmine.....
So most probably.....there'll be a little Hermione out there....
hopefully no Malfoys. *hehe*

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Eric Bohlman

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Mar 10, 2005, 4:23:22 AM3/10/05

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Emerald <elfmailwi...@bellsouth.net.invalid> wrote in
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>> Admittedly, I know some strange pea string of five or six Elven
>> names. Beautiful names, mind you, but strange...
>
> What??? Was it the delete button I hit? Let's try that again:
>
> Admittedly, I know some strange people; but this reminds me of a
> fellow Tolkien fan I knew who gave his daughter a string of five or
> six Elven names. Beautiful, mind you, but strange...
>
> (Is there an echo in here?)

I can easily see some celebrity naming their daughter "strange pea
string." For some reason, I have a harder time seeing them name their son
that, even though I can't think of anything really gender-specific about
the name.

Matt Frisch

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Mar 10, 2005, 8:05:57 AM3/10/05

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On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 05:21:24 -0500, Toon <to...@toon.com> scribed into the
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A chinese couple recently named their child "Saddam SARS". No joke.

Matt Frisch

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Mar 10, 2005, 8:07:10 AM3/10/05

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On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 21:06:07 -0500, Emerald
<elfmailwi...@bellsouth.net.invalid> scribed into the ether:

>Emerald at elfmailwi...@bellsouth.net.invalid wrote on 3/8/05 8:57 PM:
>
>> Toon at to...@toon.com wrote on 3/8/05 5:21 AM:
>>
>>> What about Apple, Cocoa, Peaches and Pixie (all girls)? Quite
>>> frankly, Minerva is a blessing. Or that idiot who gave his daughter
>>> like a hundred names for her first name?
>>
>> Admittedly, I know some strange pea string of five or six Elven names.
>> Beautiful names, mind you, but strange...
>
>What??? Was it the delete button I hit? Let's try that again:
>
>Admittedly, I know some strange people; but this reminds me of a fellow
>Tolkien fan I knew who gave his daughter a string of five or six Elven
>names. Beautiful, mind you, but strange...

Kiefer Sutherland's full birth name:

Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland