First names from the Little Cuties 2013 competition, vote for your favourite little cutie, a bonny baby competition in the Westmorland Gazette, 31 October 2013. Interesting to note that very few of the names are shared by more than one baby, and that in contrast to just a few years ago, there are very few what might be called traditional names. I have put an asterisk, *, by the traditional names.
There aren’t too many ‘eee’ names, names ending in the eee sound, not as many as there would have been a few years ago I think. I have marked the eee names with (eee).
| Babies | ||
| Alianneah | middle names:Jaicey Amanda, surname: Moore | |
| Amber | * | |
| Aria | middle name: Farah surname: Ali | |
| Austin | * | |
| Ava | ||
| Ben-William | * | |
| Cameron | surname Batty – that’ll be why they called him Cameron! | |
| Ebony | middle names: Helen Dorothy, surname: Robinson (Ebony is white!) | (eee) |
| Ellie | (eee) | |
| Emily | * (eee) | |
| Emily | * (eee) | |
| Felix | ||
| Finlay | * | |
| Heidi | middle name: Louisa, surname: Knowles | (eee) |
| Holly-Mae | surname Woods – is it wise, if your surname is Woods, to name your daughter after a tree? | (eee) |
| Hope | ||
| Jacob | * | |
| James | * | |
| Jamie | (eee) | |
| Joseph | * | |
| Kacey | middle names: Hazel Tracy | (eee) |
| Kyla | ||
| Latoyah | surname Wheawall, Latoyah is white English-looking | |
| Leyla | ||
| Lian | ||
| Lily | * (eee) | |
| Louis | * | |
| Macie | (eee) | |
| Matilda | * | |
| Max | * | |
| Noah | ||
| Oscar | * | |
| Paige | ||
| Poppy | (eee) | |
| Rafe | ||
| Riley | (eee) | |
| Ruby | * (eee) | |
| Ryleigh | (eee) | |
| Sonny | (eee) | |
| Tilly-J | middle name: Brenda | (eee) |
| Walter | * | |
| Will | * | |
| Toddlers | ||
| Alexandra | * | |
| Ava | ||
| Cody | middle name: Lee – what else, to follow Cody? Surname Wheawall, the same as baby Latoyah | (eee) |
| Dylan | ||
| Evie | (eee) | |
| Harley | middle names: Derek Alan. Surname Overend, the same as baby Tilly-J Brenda | (eee) |
| Jack | * | |
| Kayla | ||
| Kristi-Louise | (eee) | |
| Layla | ||
| Lexi | surname Grace, same as baby Kacey | (eee) |
| Lily | * (eee) | |
| Mia | ||
| Thomas | * | |
| Toby | * (eee) | |
Among the children, none are black. Macie could be from a dark-skinned mother or father – possibly.
Of 57 names, then, 22 are what I have classed as ‘traditional’. 38 per cent. Possibly the name Ava might be called traditional too, that would make 42 per cent.
Of the 57 names, 23 are eee-sound names, 40 per cent.
