Comments on: What’s in a name? http://ellsworthlink.net/328/whats-in-a-name Welcome to our world... Now starring Colin and Hannah Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:58:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Aunt Rosie http://ellsworthlink.net/328/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1#comment-1081 Aunt Rosie Thu, 01 May 2008 21:42:10 +0000 http://ellsworthlink.net/archives/2008/04/29/whats-in-a-name/#comment-1081 I didn't know a single Justin when we named our son. Later he complained he wished he had a less common name. You're right, Dan, the mainstream comes out and grabs you. I didn’t know a single Justin when we named our son. Later he complained he wished he had a less common name. You’re right, Dan, the mainstream comes out and grabs you.

]]> By: Dan (Dad) Ellsworth http://ellsworthlink.net/328/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1#comment-1080 Dan (Dad) Ellsworth Thu, 01 May 2008 20:56:30 +0000 http://ellsworthlink.net/archives/2008/04/29/whats-in-a-name/#comment-1080 Another name phenomenon to watch for is this: You think you're going way outside of the mainstream to name your kids, then at kindergarten (or some other grouping of same-age kids), you find that the mainstream came out and grabbed you. Seems like there were a lot of Matthews and Jasons in Matthew's class. Of Matthew's high-school top twelve, three were "Matt". I also used to think cousin Jennifer had a way-out name, until John Mark had a middle-school band concert and Matthew was involved in laying out the program with student names. I think there were six Jennifers in the sixth-grade band alone. Another name phenomenon to watch for is this: You think you’re going way outside of the mainstream to name your kids, then at kindergarten (or some other grouping of same-age kids), you find that the mainstream came out and grabbed you. Seems like there were a lot of Matthews and Jasons in Matthew’s class. Of Matthew’s high-school top twelve, three were “Matt”.

I also used to think cousin Jennifer had a way-out name, until John Mark had a middle-school band concert and Matthew was involved in laying out the program with student names. I think there were six Jennifers in the sixth-grade band alone.

]]> By: Amy http://ellsworthlink.net/328/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1#comment-1079 Amy Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:54:52 +0000 http://ellsworthlink.net/archives/2008/04/29/whats-in-a-name/#comment-1079 Did you tell the family with Zachary and Jake that they had them in the wrong order? :lol: Did you tell the family with Zachary and Jake that they had them in the wrong order? :lol:

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