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in reply to a message by Ailis
Isla isn't popular yet, but it is trendy. Any name that comes out of nowhere to land at 623 in the stats is a name that's on many people's minds. There are a lot of things about Isla that make me think it's on the verge of becoming overly popular. It's a "bell tone" name that fits right in with Miley, Tayla, and the rest, it has a celebrity reference, and it's part of the Irish/Scottish name trend.
Anywhere name loving people gather to talk about names, Isla has a lot of fans. I don't get it because I don't find it attractive.
Anywhere name loving people gather to talk about names, Isla has a lot of fans. I don't get it because I don't find it attractive.
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I find it attractive; it's just that it's too popular on these boards. I would probably like it if I'd never heard it before or rarely heard it but it gets brought up all the time...it's overkill.
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I don't think that Isla's a trendy name. It's getting popular, but that doesn't mean it's trendy. Trendy names are usually meaningless, modern inventions, but Isla has been used in Scotland for (at least) the past two centuries. And the name itself is alot older than that. Aurora and Evangeline are getting popular as well, but I wouldn't call them trendy.
This message was edited 5/10/2009, 10:49 AM
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Hmm. I think we differ on the definition of trendy, then. I would absolutely call Evangeline and Isla trendy. I consider trendy names to be names that experience a sudden rise in popularity because they fit in with a trend. Noah, Isaiah, and Elijah are trendy names, for example, without being made up or modern.
To me, meaningless, modern inventions, such as Ayla, Brylie, Jayden, and the like, are more "tryndie" than trendy.
To me, meaningless, modern inventions, such as Ayla, Brylie, Jayden, and the like, are more "tryndie" than trendy.
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