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13 Hottest Baby Names of 2012
Hey there, fans of Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, and Twilight. I bet you're thinking you're being soooooo original picking a baby name that's related to your favorite movie or TV show. You're like, "Ain't NO other kid in my baby's kindgergarten class going to be named THIS!" Well, I hate to break it to you, but names picked from those pop culture juggernauts were some of the hottest baby names of 2012.
Nameberry, the baby naming site, has compiled the most viewed baby names of this year thus far, and while most of them are strange, they are also strangely familiar, as in, yeah, I heard that name in The Hunger Games!
Here are the 13 hottest baby names of 2012.
Senna/Cinna
These names were looked at 1,500 percent more than last year, mostly due to Senna, a Twilight vampire, and Cinna was Katniss's hairstylist in The Hunger Games.
Niall
Niall Horan is a member of the band One Direction. He pronounces it like Nile.
Arya
This name is a character in Game of Thrones.
Decimus
Names from Ancient Rome are making a huge comeback thanks to The Hunger Games. This was also Russell Crowe's character's middle name in Gladiator.
Caia
This is a half-witch, half-werewolf character in the Lunarmorte series of novels by Samantha Young. It also sounds like a spice. Just sayin'.
Gatsby
This is F. Scott Fitzgerald's eponymous character in his literary masterpiece The Great Gatsby. The name's popularity probably popped due to the new Leonardo DiCaprio film version.
Blue
Well, we have a pretty good idea why this name is suddenly popular and it's got nothing to do with JetBlue. It's all about Blue Ivy, of course, Beyonce and Jay-Z's baby daughter.
Sybil
This name has popped due to Lady Sybil Crawley from the BBC's Downton Abbey series. Let's hope it has nothing to do with the Sally Field movie of the same name.
Calix
This is supposed to be a male version of Calista or Callie, combined with Alex. Hey, why not?
Halcyon
Oh, this poor child.
Django
But not as poor as this child.
Nova
Atmospheric names like Aurora and Skylar have always been popular, and this is one gaining popularity now.
Theon
This is a character from the George R.R. Martin fantasy series.
Names I was surprised not to see: Maxwell, Katniss, Renesmee, Christian, Anastasia.
Do you like any of these names?
Image via Brad Brundage/Flickr
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Stacey.
I like Arya. All the others not so much.
ms_danielle_j
All of those names are absolutely HORRIBLE....
rae
ghostbaby
Heather
jennaR1985
YUCK! All of those names are really bad. Feel sorry for the kids named these names. People need to remember that your children have their name their entire life. It is not something to be taken lightly and named after a friggin movie!
SierraLynn
Beth Ferraro
Horrendous!
RhondaVeggie
KellyBSchrute