Also, in the english language a rule is that any vowel followed by two (2) consonants is short. I did initially use the coefficient of variance (stdev/mean*100), but opted for the range-based measure because it seemed a bit more sensitive to outliers. Sha- names are mostly reserved for girls, from Shalanda to Shania. But now, as an adult, I love it. Sterling makes me think of Sterling Morrison, guitarist for the Velvet Underground, wearing dark shades and hanging out at the Factory in New York in the '60s. Looking at the past 125 years of American baby names, I identified 450 names which ranked among the top 1000 for boys or girls in every decade. Such a lovely name, very traditional, nice meaning, classy, and it never really seems to pop onto the popularity radar screen (at least judging by its SSA website history). Also, my mother's name is Lea - classy and timeless. Looking at the past 125 years of American baby names, I identified 450 names which ranked among the top 1000 for boys or girls in every decade. Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way. Adding an "A" (Corinna) seems to mesh better. After we named our daughter Caroline 3 years ago, I noticed a couple of obituaries for women in their 80s and 90s named Caroline in the paper. Keep up the good work. Shawn? She's a southern belle. Besides the whole Felix the Cat thing, it was the name of the son on the TV show Avonlea some years back. I have a four month old named Lucia; we call her Lucie despite the upward trend in the name (with the "y" ending.) This is fascinating data and just the kind of thing I was interested in finding (am a former stats TA). Kuh-rin is how i pronounce it. Latino immigrants probably account for the majority of Lucias on the list. 109 synonyms of slow from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, plus 172 related words, definitions, and antonyms. I feel like that's a weird metric which will bias toward less popular names.

My husband is French Canadian and I have noticed that his friends and family have no problem saying my name right :), I named my kid Felix. If you want your little baby acting, moving, or capable of acting or moving quickly, you could consider choosing a fast-themed name for him or her. I have two daughters...Amelia and Dinah. she had no problem pronouncing my first name. Post by: Sep 15, 2020. Thaddeus The opposites of these are the timeless classics, names that remain trend-proof across generations. I get called Corinin, Cornin, Korean, Corn? Or, rather, the way I pronounced Cor, which is most of the time something like ker or kur or even kuh! Sterling medication slowed the patient's heart rate. We couldn't decide which name we liked best at birth but preferred that arrangement. I went to school with two Johannas. The only place I've ever heard "Antonia" was in the Willa Cather novel, and the only place I've ever heard "Johanna" was in the Bob Dylan song. (My criterion for trend resistance, in case you're interested, is range/mean.) To be honest I was worried after I named her lol, but it has really grown on me and there aren't many others here in NZ at her age with the same name. Byron has the air of Lord Byron about it, but it also could be a cool modern name on the right boy.Claudia's great too (though I don't love Claude). Anyway, just thought it was interesting that it is timeless! names that mean slow . I screened out names that averaged over 300 pmb (per million babies) frequency for the list. I think that naming differences within countries/cultures are less different than those between countries, even ones which share some history or language. Leslie, thanks for the variance question! I'm really thrilled to find a list like this, i've been searching high and low for the perfect name, and classic but not overused, not trendy, serious ... well thats perfect to me. Of course, the challenge has always been having people pronounce it and remember it the way my parents intended (Jo-AH-na --silent "h" "ah" like father not "a" like sand) It does not follow the English phonics rules (Jo-Han-na) or the German original (Yo-hah-na).

Johanna Dove. Corinne Then I looked for the most trend-proof names, regardless of overall level of usage. Some common synonyms of slow are delay, detain, retard, and slacken. [Due this winter...], I had a friend named Lucia in school. (aside from author Johanna Spyri of Heidi fame I didn't know of another for years!) :D. I have a really good friend named Antonia and she goes by Toni. Find another word for slow. Since her birth, I have noticed the name only twice in the local paper's birth announcements, but spelled the same way.Now we're working on #2 and are already looking at names. Some of the notables: BOYS The point of the article isn't to find the most popular name in America (over time) but to find the most consistently popular of the less common names. I think most people would find it a bit hard to come to terms with a girl named Felix, but Felice might be a good alternative. Thanks for the great site! Thanks for the clarification, Laura. I noticed it in the list. Slow: moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or …

I've never really cared for my name (Corinne Lee) probably because so many people mispronounce it. Corinne Elizabeth. Anecdotally, Felix is on a huge rise in the UK (and elsewhere in Europe), so I'd imagine that that trend will cross the Atlantic sometime soon. Another name I think is Saul. Blaine

Thanks for the great site! It was my understanding that Corrine is pronounced cor-REEN.

AND, I have a friend who is planning on naming her baby Lucia if it's a girl. (A steadily unheard-of name isn't really timeless, but simply rare.)

Girls' names have always been most subject to fashion swings, and the uncommon-but-timeless roster is dominated by boys. Lincoln My mother-in-law wasn't so keen however. I never heard of anyone named Antonia, and I thought Noel was a girls name and pronounced like Noelle. But it means "lame". The list would be essentially the same.FYI, both measures rank three of the most common names (Katherine, Joseph and Elizabeth) in the top 20 at almost exactly the same spots. What about names that are steady, but not popular? Shadrach? The pronunciation thing has been a BIG headache – we're using the portuguese pronun (Lúcia: say LOO-syah, like Julia)and it's just a big pain!

'Nip it in the butt' or 'Nip it in the bud'? I think it's a great name, and he wears it proudly. Translating dove into other languages produces some further fabulous choices: the Celtic/Gaelic Calum / Callum , the Latin Columba , the Hebrew Jemima and Jonah , the Spanish Paloma . What about using the name Lincoln for a girls name. Thanks for listing the consistently unpopular names! Formal fashions are more resistant to change than casual styles.

I think it is fascinating the way some names indicate the time period they were born in. Looking back at my genealogy, I see I have 5 6th great-grandmothers from 1686- Wouldn't that be at odds with the French language itself? moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed, because of the holiday, traffic to the beach was particularly, not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily, lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation, causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest, to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace, at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected, On ‘Corps’ and ‘Core’ and ‘Corp’ (and ‘Corpse’). We call my friend "Johanna" Hanna. I did not realize you'd intentionally left them out in order to spotlight the other names. Antonia is a bit of an exception, though. And, yes, it does mean lame, which the junior high kids quickly figured out! “Slow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slow. Do not name your child Felix. Johanne/Johanna is timeless and trendy at the same time here but the H is definitely always pronounced, where as it causes confusion in English speaking languages. Synonyms for slow include unhurried, leisurely, sluggish, creeping, dawdling, deliberate, lagging, measured, easy and slow-moving. We wanted a name that was not entirely different or unheard of, but not one that was trendy or popular. We will have another daughter this summer. Some of my favorite names are, Jane, Rosemary, and Lydia. What do you think when you see Mildred, Myrtle, Lois, Betty, Lucille, and then there's Carol, Jan, Susan, Linda, Sandy, Karen and Debbie. Cecilia

In regards to the name "Johanna" I have a friend with that name and she's 21 I think? It's one you'd probably never think of: With its current popularity rank of #771, Antonia is a regular on my lists of underused names. I also find it to be timeless but portable to today... My daughter was born in Sept.03. Interesting that a lot of the boys' names mentioned were names related to famous people: (Lord) Byron, (Henry) Clay, (Abe) Lincoln, (Thomas) Jefferson (Davis), Malcolm (X), (General George) Marshall... Leslie, Wasn't that the point?

!, and the absolute worst- COR-REEEN. And Katherine is still elegant, reliable Katherine...even as Kathi disappears from view. Delivered to your inbox! Does that matter in the long run ? On to Jennifer, Kim, Crystal and it's many spellings. I'm past caring now. Names such as: Dove The dove is the symbol of peace, and this soft-sounding name of a soft cooing bird is one of the new avian names coming in. And it is absolutely rock-solid timeless. However, delay implies a holding back, usually by interference, from completion or arrival.

"I think I lahk Felix bettah.". (Entry 3 of 3).

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I got stuck with the h on the end. I like Celia better as it seems more contemporary. Like a previous poster said about the obituaries, I have noticed the same thing about this name as well.According to the babyname voyager, this spelling is the less common of the two, but we liked it better.
I have a very common last name so I love that it is not so popular.My problem is coming up with a middle name(Renee?) I know 5 babies named Lincoln born within the last 12 months, probably about 50% of the male babies I know. Can you achieve the same timelessness with a name that's uncommon, or even surprising? Noel I like the name Felix. What made you want to look up slow? We settled on Cecelia, and Violet for her middle name.

"I don't lahk Felix." I was thrilled to see it is a 'timeless' name. We have a child prince in Denmark named Felix and it sure made a lot of people raise eyebrows. Clark Elliott My name is Johanna - pronounced without the 'h' slient and I love it. Lucia. Usually, they're either Latina (like me) or of Italian descent. It was a bit jarring to not see those three names on the list originally, because they are so consistently popular, and made me wary of the analysis. I know this is an old thread, but was absolutely intrigued, I had my first baby in sept 2004 and named her Antonia, mainly because we had a lot of Anne's in our family and wanted to incorporate it some way without using it as a second name. namecandy - Celebrity baby names, ask the Name Lady, & more. How to use a word that (literally) drives some pe... Do you know what languages these words come from? "If it's a boy, it'll be Felix." I worked with a lady whose daughter is named Antonia, and she's two years younger than me - 24.I think it's a lovely name. And for Pu- names, no possibilities whatsoever in English. It's interesting to see Cecilia on your list. french don't put like that REEN sound much.
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Claudia I have a 7 month old baby girl named Antonia Lucia. I guess that's just my accent. Here Be Dragons: A Creature Identification Quiz. Categories: Uncategorized. While all these words mean "to cause to be late or behind in movement or progress," slow and slacken also imply a reduction of speed, slow often suggesting deliberate intention. Before he was born, she asked me "What are you going to call it?" Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).


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