Names (Again)

In my day:  Donna, Kenneth, LeRoy, JoAnne, Judy

Then Bambi, Tammi, Debbi, Tiffani

Later we got a Biblical period:  Jedediah, Jacob, Joshua, Noah, Caleb, Zachary

Then Scott, Jennifer, Matt, Jason, Troy, Kent

Then Sophie and Emma traveled in popularity from the UK to here.  (Think:  the Thompson sisters.)

Then girls with surnames:  McKenzie, Sloan, Riley, Tyler, Taylor

Then Caitlin, Kate-lynn, Katelyn, Kaitlin

Now Jonas, Silas, Gulliver

And celebrity children:  Apple and Moses (Gwyneth Paltrow), Hazel and Phinnaeus (Julia Roberts), Bear Blaze (Kate Winslett), Violet and Seraphina (Ben Affleck), Roman, Edith, Ignatius, Dashiell (Cate Blanchett), Shiloh, Vivienne, Zahara, Maddox, Pax, Knox (Jolie/Pitt)

Ever popular:  Michael, Robert, James, Richard

Then I recently came upon the birth-name of the Queen of Belgium:  Mathilde Marie Christiane Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz.  Pretty classy.

(Next week:  my movie recommendations for 2015.)