Commonalities
Why is it that 9 out of 10ª of the women with whom I went to college were named one (or more) of the following:
- Melissa / Melyssa* / Mellisa*
- Michelle
- Lisa
- Emily / Emilie
- Brittany / Britney / Britni / Brittni*
- Lindsay / Lindsey / Lindsi
- Courtney / Kourtney / Kortney
- Katherine / Katie / Kathy / Kate / Katharine / Kat / Catherine / Cathy / Catie / Cate / Cat
- Rachel / Rachael / Rachelle
- Kelly / Kellie / Kelli
- Heather
- Jessica
- Jennifer / Ginnifer
- Sarah / Sara
- Mary / Maria
- Megan / Meaghan / Meghan
- Elizabeth / Beth / Libby / Liz / Lizzie / Edy / Edie
- Danielle / Daniella / Danyell* / Danyel / Daniela
- Nicole / Nicola / Nicky / Nikki / Nicki / Nicci* / Nic / Nik
- Hillary / Hilary / Hyllari*
- Alison / Allison / Alyson
- Julia / Julie
- Brianna / Brianne / BreAnna / Breanne / BreeAn*
- Alexandra / Alex / Lexi / Alexa
- Melanie / Melany
- Caroline / Carolyn / Karolyn*
- Stephanie / Stefani*
- Ashley / Ashlee / Ashleigh
- Erica / Erika
- Joanne / Joanna / JoAnn / JoAnne / JoAnna / Joana
[ª Statistic pulled arbitrarily from my ass, but you get the point; the frequency was noticeably high]
[* I Shit Thee Not!]
Don't even get me started on the frequency of boys' names like Steve, Joe, Brian, Matt, Dan, Adam, Tom, Richard, John, David and-- heaven forbid-- Mike.
It makes you almost wish for a LeBron or a Marisleysis, just to break up the repetition.
posted by Avatar at 6:46 PM
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9 Comments:
I know of a brat named Jayden - a family friend's granddaughter. Spoilt whiny little thing badly in need of a good kick up the arse.
9/18/07 11:37 PM
I can vouch for that, having known a Cortney AND a Meegan. Oh, and Cortney gets irrationally pissed off if you leave in the silent u.
Why they think we should know this is beyond me. I'm gonna name mine all Bob.
9/19/07 10:47 PM
oh, I had a good one the other day. as you (may or may not) know, I do typesetting for a printing company. one lady's wording for a baby shower invitation listed the honoree as "Walker". I was like "..........." and let her know that etiquette states that a baby shower honors the mother-to-be and not the baby, so I suggested she change her wording. she then let me know that Walker *was* the mother-to-be. ...the fuck?
and as you can see, I'm a Sarah. I was *almost* called Brianna though. my friends find this funny, because if you know anything about me, you know I am NOT a Brianna.
9/20/07 3:38 AM
oh oh, AND. one of my coworkers has kids called Madis0n, L0gan (a GIRL, btw), and C0urtland. (killing the Os for searchability...). and a guy I had a thing for in high school now has kids with names containing "Montana" and "Dakota".
9/20/07 3:40 AM
Some of the names that people are coming up with (or merely changing the spellings thereof) are getting too strange for me.
I think I'm going to stick to the old classics. Eleanor, Nicholas, Margaret, Alexander... etc.
It's be a nice offset to my own slightly offthewall name - Janna. (Psst. Not Jenna. I am not a Jenna and I want to shoot most of the Jenna's I meet.) :P
9/20/07 6:55 PM
Darwin: Jadens suck. That's my unfounded stereotype, and I'm sticking to it.
Pisser: Bob, Bobbina, Bobette, and Bob Jr.?
Labyrinthine: A grown woman named Walker? The hell...?
Mockingbirdflyaway: I actually really like those names, too. The ones that end in "I" or "EE", especially following repeated consonants really irk me.
9/20/07 10:13 PM
I set up an order for a birthday party for a "Preslee" yesterday.
okay, this has gotten way out of hand!
9/21/07 3:26 AM
I would gladly accept one of those instead of one of these.
9/23/07 1:03 PM
Is it sad that my 3 best friends' names all appear on that list? I gotta stop making friends with white people.
My name is not on that list. Americans hate the French, clearly.
Though I was almost named Gwendolyn...thank god I wasn't.
9/24/07 9:44 PM
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