Showing posts with label Lee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lee. Show all posts

Friday, June 26, 2015

Middle Name Statistics

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Middle names are something we all like to talk about, but unfortunately, the Social Security Administration doesn't record middle names of babies, only first names. So you can imagine how thrilled I was when I saw that my high school graduation program included most peoples' middle names--this offered me a set of data. Now, my high school only graduated 736 people, and some don't have middle names, or didn't want it to be listed in the program. However, my area is extremely diverse--racially, socio-economically, and religiously--so the small set of data I do have is still worth anaylzing. So, here's the data for the most common middle names among the Class of 2015 ('96 and '97 babies).

Girls
1. Marie (15)
2. Elizabeth (14) and Elisabeth (1)
3. Ann (4) and Anne (5)
4. Nicole (7) and Nykole (1)
5. Rose (8)
6. Grace (5)
7. Lee (2) and Leigh (3)
8. Jean (3) and Jeanne (1)
9. Louise (4)
10. Lynn (3) and Lynee (1)

Notable Trends
  • Alex- Names: Alexandra, Alexandria, Alexis (2)
  • An- Names: Analiese, Angelin, Anna, Ann (4), Anne (5), Annie
  • -Ay Names: Kay, May, Monet, Rae, (2), Shae
  • El- Names: Elaine, Elena, Elisabeth, Elizabeth (14), Ella, Eloise, Elvira
  • Esme Names: Esme (2), Esmeralda
  • Iman- Names: Iman (2), Imani
  • La- Names: Lanae (2), Lan'Yel, Larae, Lashae, Lashay, Latasha, Latefah, Latoya
  • Heritage Choices: Abu, Fatima, Fionnuala, Guadalupe, Inez, Keiko, Ondina, Roisin
  • Only two: Claire, Catherine/Katherine, Mary
Gems
  • Bartholomew
  • Bean
  • Beata
  • Chiffon
  • Elvira
  • Hopes
  • Houston
  • Love
  • Magaly
  • Saffia
  • Salome



Boys
1. James (10)
2. Edward (7)
3. William (7)
4. Charles (6)
5. Thomas (6)
6. Joseph (5)
7. Michael (4) and Micael (1)
8. Anthony (4)
9. David (4)
10. John (4)
11. Patrick (4)

Notable Trends
  • Al Names: Alan, Alexander (3), Allen
  • Ed- Names: Edmond, Eduardo, Edward (7), Edwin
  • Mark Names: Marcus, Markus (2)
  • Zach: Zachary (2), Zachery
  • Brit Picks: Basil, Edmond, George, Phillip (2), Sinclair, Tucker (2)
  • Heritage Choices: Angel, Azriel, Enahoro, Hong, Mitja, Sohail
  • Only two: Lee, Matthew, Peter, Robert
Gems
  • Aksel
  • Basil
  • Jewel
  • Kirby
  • Moss
  • Sinclair
  • Soliman
  • Winter
  • Wolfgang

*I'm taking next week off for the holiday. Sorry for the infrequent posting--this has been a busy summer for me!*

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

College Names: Part Two (E-M)

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Today is my only day this week without any tours, hooray! Yesterday I saw Swarthmore, and today we are driving to Brown. Enjoy this next round of college names, and I'll catch up with you Friday.

Girl:
Elmira
Elon
Embry
Emory
Geneva
Grace
Hope
Iona
Juniata
Kendall
Keuka
Lesley
Liberty
Lourdes
Lynn
Marian
Marietta
Medaille
Mercy
Meredith

Boy:
Emmanuel
Ferris
Franklin
Gannon
Garrett
Gordon
Hamilton
Harding
Harrington
Hendrix
Howard
Jarvis
Judson
Kean
Keene
Kenyon
Knox
Langston
Lawrence
Lewis
Lyon
Macalester
Miles
Miller
Mitchell
Morris

Either:
Ellis
Gardner
Grinnell
Lander
Lane
Lee
Lehigh
Lyndon
Malone
Mercer
Molloy
Monroe
Montclair
Morgan

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Nicknames for Cornelia

Cornelia is an adorable vintage name with a lot of sass. She also comes with a lot of great nicknames.

Carna
Cece
Celia
Connie
Cora
Cory
Lee
Lia
Nelia
Nell
Nella
Nellie
Nia
Orla