A Month's Worth of Names (Part 2)

As I mentioned a few days ago, I've not been completely idle these last few months; I've been looking at names on parenting sites (among other things) . This time around, I'm looking at the names below the Top 1000 taken from one month of online birth announcements--a very interesting mix.

• Adence
• Alando
• Annora (2!)
• Ansel
• Arwen
• Brand
• Dallin
• Devereaux
• Domenico
• Elizabelle
• Ethel
• Everlyse
• Ezéchiel
• Gita
• Idris
• Indiana
• Jazaeyah
• Joyanna
• Karlo
• Kip
• Lazarus
• Legion
• Lightning
• Lorraine
• Lourdes
• Lyris
• Maeva
• Marvel
• Matida
• Meta
• Murron
• Nabeeha
• Neo
• Nerissa
• Nyota
• Rafe
• Rayce
• Rosewood
• Seville
• Silvius
• Swarnika
• Sylvan
• Treyton
• True
• Tylerann
• Vaevictis
• Wyla
• Zarianna

For a bit more nerdery, there were also 462 reported middle names. The most common--

Boys:

• Alexander (11)
• James (11)
• Joseph (10)
• Michael (7)
• John (5)
• Alan (4)
• Dean (4)
• Matthew (4)
• Anthony (3)
• Charles (3)
• David (3)
• Patrick (3)
• Paul (3)
• Robert (3)
• Roy (3)
• Thomas (3)

Girls: 

• Rose (18)
• Grace (17)
• Mae (14)
• Marie (12)
• Jane (10)
• Elizabeth (8)
• Anne (7)
• Faith (5)
• Abigail (4)
• Nicole (4)
• Hope (3)
• Jean (3)
• Violet (3)

Both:

• Ray/Rae (6 boys; 2 girls)
• Lee/Leigh (2 boys; 4 girls)
• Lynn (1 boy; 5 girls)
• Rene/Renee (1 boy; 3 girls)

Interesting how the middles (especially the boys') tend towards "dad" and "grandpa" names. Too bad the SSA doesn't track middle names; it'd be fascinating to see if that holds in general: one generation's common first names becoming subsequent generations' common middle names--honoring family, presumably. ;)