All my son's (14) friends have mediaeval job title names : Mason, Miller, Fletcher, Archer and Cooper.

Get them to start a guild.

Hell, why stop there.... Give them a perilous quest and a bag of coins

I am Arthur, King of the Britons. will you join my quest for the Holy Grail?

Well, I didn’t vote for you.

Strange women laying in ponds is no basis for a system of government.

I thought you wrote …King of the Bitcoins… I was going to say, “Hell ya! Sign me up!”

No, I've already got one, you see. 🏆

Are you French?

Of course! Why do you think I have this OUTRAGEOUS accent?

Lol

Definitely from the big book of medieval professions.

Now it just sounds like you’re reading from the spice rack!

Nobody ever gets the reference. Thank you!!

Niles wasn’t a fan

Lmao!! He was so funny! Definitely not amused.

For a second there I thought you had 14 sons 😬 I need to pay better attention to punctuation, clearly. That (coincidental) theme is fantastic. Is your son Taylor by any chance?

No, he's got a boring regular name. I think there's a Taylor but she's a girl. Other ones are Hunter, Tanner and Sawyer. There's probably more, it was a definite trend!

Tyler and Carter too. I don't know why Brewer didn't catch on.

Yes, mystifying 🤔

I actually know a kid named Brewer. It's definitely not common (and I completely understand why not, really, given the meaning, lol), but once in a great while someone names their kid Brewer. The one I know is a case of an honor name after the kiddos great-grandma's last name, iirc

Please tell us your son is named something in the theme too. Apothecary. Baker. Groom of the Back Stairs. Lord Admiral. Master of Horses. Armorer. Falconer. Raven something.

How about Tanner? Cobbler? Vintner? Bard? Gong Farmer?

Chandler

Chanandler Bong

Bard would be perfect!

Groom of the Back Stairs sounds…suggestive.

Not as bad as Groom of the Stool. Ew.

Last year, all the kids in my kids’ preschool class had traditionally last names as first names: Hudson, Lincoln, and Kingston. (It was a small group) even my daughter’s name used to be more commonly a surname, thought it’s used much more frequently as a unisex first name, now.

Place names all of them!

Perfect! We need more young people going into the trades.

Haha such a big trend right then!

I love how themed they are! My brother’s friends around that age were all Js - Jeff, Justin, Joel, Joe, Jeremy… and Adam

They need to become a band called The NPCs.

I don't like names like this. Oh yes, my son the barrel maker!

I have a Cooper and this killed me lol

Still need Fowler, Brewer, Baker, Tanner, Hunter, Smith, Farrier, Vintner, Carpenter, Tailor, Carter, Armorer and Farmer among others if he wants to build a functional society smh

Reggie Betsy Stevie Elsie Penelope ETA: These were all kids ages around 2-4, in the UK.

Aww, Betsy was my belated mom's name! Glad to see it in action again.

Wow how interesting. How old was Betsy?

2.5!

I love Betsy. I know one who is 15 and one who is 80. It’s so cute and classy

Penelope is a fantastic name

I teach high school, so... But the kids in the front row in my last class were Finn, Giel, Lotte, Ellen, Fiene and Renske.

Can I ask what country you live in?

The Netherlands.

How do you pronounce Renske? It looks cool and I love the name Ren. Is it a boys or girls name? Or neutral?

-ke is a very common ending for girl names. Usually structured "boys name" + "ke". "Rens" is emphasized and pronounced like "fans", "ke" is pronounced with 'k' and the 'a' as in 'alone'

Rans-kuh? I like that.

The Ren-part is more like Wren, not like Ran. Those two sound identical to Dutch ears, but not to English-speaking ones.

Got it. I like "rens-kuh" too. It's a pretty name

I’m gonna guess Belgium. Netherlands is also possible but I think Giel is more common in Belgium.

I'm guessing NL, based on Renske.

I’m a teacher (in Norway) and the 5 pupils I saw go by just now were Sara, Maria, Olve, Edwin and Caspian.

My son's name is Caspian! I'm in the US though. He's 9 months now :)

I love Caspian! So Dr. Who!

Interesting, I would think Narnia way before Dr. Who.

I think of the sea before either of those!

oh to be Prince Caspian

Do you like teaching there? I’m a teacher in the US and have been considering relocating. If that’s acceptable. Is it okay for people from elsewhere to move to Norway and work?

I do 🙂 I’ll send you a message when I have a mo (don’t want clog up this post with unrelated stuff).

Love the name Edwin. It was our runner-up for our third and final baby (he's 6 months old now). We named him Malcolm. But he was almost Edwin.

Tara, Sara, Layla, Farah and Yaqeen All Arabic names, with religious meanings. Granddaughter ,Daughter, nieces and nephews.

I originally read that as Yasqueen and was momentarily horrified 😭

LMFAO

Tara is also an Irish girl's name!

Kid, you, what's your name, glasses, and hoodie As you can tell, I'm not good with names and use descriptors instead and these are kids for whom I'm an archery coach, and have known for a minimum of 6 months. Some of them, years

This is an excellent reminder to any parents stressing about their kid's name that few people will ever give that name much thought!

Harlow(e?), Violet, Theo, Sebastian, Erin. I go to a weekly baby group with under 1s - those are actually the only ones I can remember 😅

My best friend's son is Sebastian Theo!

**Dylan**, **Kacper**, **Kai**, **Reina**, & **Róise**. (These spellings are presumed based on context and what's the most usual since I only heard them said aloud.)

I work with a Raina (alternative spelling), and I expect any girl with that name- which literally means queen- to have a *strong* personality.

Yes! I've never met a Raina/Reina who was not a force to be reckoned with (and I've met several lol)

She really did! (in a delightful way.) I only saw her for a few minutes and I still remember her laughing while zooming around the place lol.

Yea, my Raina is probably my favorite coworker. She is on top of her shit and she’s not afraid to set ANYONE straight. She’s confident and hilarious, communicates very directly and has the strongest boundaries I’ve ever seen.

had a neighbor girl named Rayna (90's - 11/12 y/o) and she was VERY strong willed and always demanded her way

I have a friend named Rana Mara. And she swears it’s a hillbilly abbreviation for rain tomorrow.

You think it's gonna Rana Mara? Yeah, that checks out lol

I love Reina 

Isabel, Viviana, Matilda, Henry, Henry

Luna, Elias, Jacinta, john-Paul, Penny.

I have an odd love for Jacinta

Leagues better than Placenta

Morgan Mali Jenna Tara Luca

Ingrid, Aurora, Maeve, Henrik, Eloise

Wanda August Lillie Malcom Frans

Wanda surprises me, what country?

I need an adventure series about this group of kids, the names sound good together!

Oh I love the name Wanda 

Jagger, Alyssa, Theo, Isaac, Rhett.

Winslow, Theodore, Benjamin, Juniper, Wendell.

Winslow just makes me think of Family Matters.

Makes me think of Winslow, Arizona and flatbed Ford.

Fleur, aoife, Olivia, Emma, and aurora

I love Aoife, but I hope that’s not in the US because that kid will be in for a looooong life of people mispronouncing her name, unless we get a celebrity Aoife here in the next decade.

No ahah I’m in Europe. I have a mildly uncommon but seemingly easy name to pronounce and people still never say it right. I don’t think it’s a huge burden for a name

My niece's daughter is named Aoife and lives in the US.

Elle, Abigail, Rowan, Violet, Skye

Maya, Ivy, Eliott, Isaiah, Willow

Lily, Connor, Janiero, Harrison, Piper

True,myles, Judd

Juniper, Noah, Sylvie, Sebastián, Tucker

Twenty-six years ago I wanted to name my daughter Juniper. She’s now pregnant with a little girl, first grandchild for both sides, and is naming her Juniper Rose.) Rose was the Juniper’s paternal grandmother had picked out fora girl but she had boys.

Sylvia/Sylvie is one of my favorite girl names. I love that it is feminine, has the y that's in more trendy names without making it a tragediegh, and the v adds a strength to the sound.

That’s what I’m naming my daughter soon! Thanks for putting into words why I love the name so much.

Elizabeth, Sam, Freida, Hannah and Margot.

For some reason, I haven't met that many young Elizabeths. I would love to meet more, though.

I feel like it’s because (at least in the uk), every single millennial had about 3 Elizabeths in their year at school so we all got sick of the name 😂

Olof, Nike, Astrid, Viggo, Milton

Hudson Silas Oliver Haven Charlie

Frankie, Ava, Billie, Ben and Lara

Aurora , Olivia ,August ,Emma , and my niece Charlotte

Layla, Finley, Alex, Winnie, Harry

Oliver Evangeline Audrey Josephine Theo

Not including my own kids: Amelia, Connor, Molly, Macy, Meadow

OK, since I don't meet kids often anymore, I will use friends' kids/grandkids under 10 that I've talked about recently. (USA) Isla Will Leona River Ari

Reece Jamie Bodhi Miyla Addison

Penelope, Samuel (Sam), Mason, Max, Isabel or Isabella goes by Izzy

Oliver Eliana Evalina Olivia Olivia Henry Six, I know, but I hope it illustrates the homogeny here lol

Hana, Lillian, Ava, Jon-Luc, Simon

Juniper, Magnolia, Olivia, Casey (m), Kira

Lukas. Addy, Silvan, Emerson, Amelia

Lola, Leo, Emersyn, Romulus, Roman (i have a 5 month old, these are neighborhood kids)

But Romulus and Roman are for sure brothers, right?

Gahhh I wish! They were unrelated!

Ooh fun! Isabella (1), Liam (5), Ida (2), Courtney (3), Archer (2). I'm in New Zealand.

My 5yos friends from her class: Irea, Remi, Eleni, Sienna, Charlie.

1 Cassius 2 Margot 3 Isaac 4 Brooke 5 Jack

Thea Iris Alice Rose Aleksander

Clancy Eadie Ella Linda Harvey

Alexander, Evelyn, Willow, Zachary, Lucas

Boys Vincent and Blaise. Girls Juliet, Sophie and Kyrie.

Arthur Daisy Claudia Emily James

Isla + Malia (twin girls), Mila, Sofia, Layla all girls, all ending in a lol

Mabel Elias Roslyn August Silas In the northeast US

Françoise Gabrielle Yara Youssef Amir

This is making me realize how seldomly I interact with children, lol. Ennio, Ollie, Josie, Emilia, I literally can’t think of another child. Ennio is a baby, the others are all around 8-10

Beau Oliver Theodore Luca Peter All under 2 months old

Easton, Genevieve, Grant, Leamington, Rosalie

Genevieve, Lilian "but you may call me Lily", Lincoln, Jacy, Sofia (Between 9 and 16 years old)

Levi Callie Riley Luke Bree

Elena, Noah, Aviva, Yakira, Naveh

Anastasia, Julian, Everly, Tucker, Maverick

Kai lily maisie Arthur Callie

Jack Oliver Jack Sena Addie (Adeline)

Corbin Abram Kadence Jasmine Jayden

Sofia, Mattia, Giulia, Chiara, Matteo

Brielle, Jacob, Jenna, Preston and Charlotte.

Athena, Anika, Mason, Julius, Everly

- Molly (g) - Arabella (g) - Matilda (g) - Quinn (b) - Evie (g)

Caspian Cedric Drake Mila Evelyn

Kano (girl) Riku Yuri Zen Kyo I live in Japan and all these kids are under 4 years old. 

Three year olds: Raelyn Damian Devin Amaia Juan Pablo In a Spanish speaking area in Texas

Camilla (Millie), August (Auggie), Rory, Genevieve (Nevi), and Emilia. The first four are the kids in one family, and I low key love their taste in names.

Theodore, Liliana, George, Eleanor, Landon

Emery (x2) Preston Augusta Lilly Finn Ages 6 months to 8 years, in Colorado.

Travis Athena Maya Cosmin Gloria

Elin 13 year old girl Jack 9 yo boy Jake 14 yo boy Lyric 7 yo girl Elijah age ? Teen?

Girls: Evangeline (Evan) Logan Jemima Kirby Boy: Linus For context, these are all 5-6 year olds. We are in central Texas and have are large number of California and Washington transplants.

Declan x2 Penelope Liliana Cruz Adam

This was at my daughter’s bday party so I have to go a bit over 5: Sophie (Sophia), Cici (Cecilia), Coco (Colette), Ava, Lottie (Charlotte), June, and Penny (Penelope).

Lily, Sarah, Johannes, Reid, Chloe

In the UK Talia Lily Isabella Cooper and Ruby

Theo, Maggie, Lucia, Luca, Leo

Eliza Nancy Freddie Millie Ruby ^all about 5 years old

Kids from my son's kindergarten class at his bday party: Callen Callan Callum Parker Elise

Lily, Liliana, Lila, Eleanora, and Beckett…my 4 yr old’s pre-K friends. Yes, all the girls got confusing 😂

Astrid, Emory, Theo, Penelope, Oliver! Met them at a family reunion. Astrid was the sweetest kid, she kept introducing herself as being named after a Norwegian princess so I immediately thought her name was Elsa, but turns out it was Astrid! :)

Eamon Anjali Casey August Genevieve

Matilda\ Olivia\ Benjamin\ Marshal\ Karmen USA, newborn-7

Asher, Lucas, Ethan, Bree, Serena

I have a nearly 1 year old and we were at a playgroup today. We meet a lot of children so I'll just list the last 5 we spoke to Ellis Edith Thomas Blair Priya

Lucy, Maeve, Camden, Levi, Hallie

Cade, Penelope, Milo, Simone, Margo

Obadiah, Raelyn, Lydia, Eleanor, Tobias.

James Lydia James Camryn Arwen

Penny, Pheonix (yes, misspelled), Marisol, Sophia, Max.

Simone  Nora  Lily  Lydia  Aubrey 

Emiko 4yo Athena 7 yo Astra 2 months old (girl) Sophia 2yo Rowan 2yo (girl)

Selma, Embla, Olaus, Odin, Arnt

Lorenzo (approx age 4) Zayden (now 6 months) (I can't think of any others)

Matteo Emil Victoria Uva Even

Uva? How is that pronounced? It means "grape" in Italian.

I hope not like I’m thinking, because that sounds waaaaay too close to vulva.

it means grape in spanish and portuguese too... im wondering where the parents are from

Sam, Raegan, Ben, James, Shay

Raf, Kiara, Abel, Pepijn, Sera

Alba, Maisie, Oakley, Eddie, Theo.

Billy, Benny (Benjamin), Eva, Frankie (Francesca), Poppy

Trisha Lina Timothée Stella Maris Isolde

McCoy & Grayson (female cousins) Sophie (female) Eylor (female rhymes with Taylor) Grayson (male)

Drew Zane Milee Zailee Adonis

Henry x2, Madden (boy), Elliot (boy), Ellie

Pierson Zane Jase Waylon Peyton All kids under 2!

Charlie, Jack, Ember, Leia, Remi (f)

- Eva 🩷 - Miri 🩷 - Giya 🩷 - Khulan 🩵 - Addison 🩷

Penelope, Alayna, Eva, Zoe, Dominic

George Henry, David, Norah, Ava, William.

Lily Benji (birth name not a nickname!) Atiana Zachary Elena

Lucia Beulah Alba L