Naming kids is a huge deal. You spend months poring over name books, and searching for inspiration literally everywhere, in the hopes of choosing a name that meets all the criteria: looks and sounds great, nice meaning, goes well with surname, and not too common.
We liked names that were classic, legitimate names (read: not recently made up), and not something you hear every day. Of course, it’s near impossible to predict whether a name is about to take off and become really popular. I still thank my lucky stars our first child was a girl, because she would have been a now-super-common Oliver if she had been a boy.
We managed to nail the name selection with our first two, who are the only Daisy and Alfie at their school, but we ran out of luck with our third kid.
Teddy starts school next year, and will be one of five Teddy’s at the school. There are already two there, and he’s one of three starting prep next year. In a school of around 200 pupils, this means literally like, 2.5 per cent of the student body will be named Teddy.
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If unique is the most important aspect of a name for you, then Theodore was a mistake from the beginning. It's bang on trend, but also kind of a place holder name. Not sure what name for your boy? Theodore. Because it is one that hits multiple trendy themes, and does have a lot of nicknames. When I hear the name Theodore, I think "They couldn't decide on a name"
My son was one of five named Noah in kindy, four went onto reception and through school with him, also a small school. Never had a problem like the person writing this is concerned about. They are all known by Noah and then there last initial. Now they are in year 5 the boys call each other by there last names sometimes, particularly during sports.