Comments on: Name of the Day: Paige

By: Sunday Summary: 7/10/11 | Appellation Mountain

Sunday Summary: 7/10/11 | Appellation Mountain — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:15:38 +0000

[...] Regardless of where you come down on the issue, parents are not likely to stop borrowing boyish names for some of their daughters, some of the time. For Real spotted the following sibset: Bella, Cosette, and Reave, three big sisters – yup, even Reave – for Taite Victoria Paige. [...]

By: Baby Name of the Day: Colette | Appellation Mountain

Baby Name of the Day: Colette | Appellation Mountain — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:04:52 +0000

[...] some use in the US, thanks to actress Nicollette Sheridan, better known as Knots Landing’s Paige Matheson and Desperate Housewives’ Edie [...]

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 10 May 2010 02:25:13 +0000

My husband and I love Paige – it’s our daughter’s name

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:24:50 +0000

Congrats on your daughter, Jennifer! What an interesting compromise – and you’re quite lucky your husband’s taste is so classic. I recently heard of a couple where the husband insisted on naming their daughter Cameron – after the stadium at Duke where the basketball team plays!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:02:23 +0000

I am six months pregnant and i am going to name my daughter Gabriella Paige. My husband doesn’t like the meaning- pesant or an assistant. But I like the flow. My first daughter’s name is Daniella Kali. Kali means goddess of destruction in hindu. My husband didn’t like that name either. But our rule is he picks first names and I pick 2nd names. But I have to approve his name choice. Basically I get final say but we always agree on the final outcome.

By: SophieGray

SophieGray — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:14:23 +0000

I’m not at all a fan of Paige – I mean, she’s not absolutely terrible, but I just can’t warm to her. I feel she’s rather bland. In Australia, she’s pretty much used by people as a default mn as often as Marie, Claire or Rose. (It probably doesn’t help that all of the Paige’s I’ve known I’ve not liked, hey!)

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:46:39 +0000

The Nameberry co-founders talk about class in their books – mostly that Americans like to pretend that there’s no such thing here in the land of the free, home of the brave.

When you’ve stopped laughing …

Here’s the Slate article that talks about Photoquilty’s point: http://www.slate.com/id/2116505/ In short, it’s generally believed that names tend to trickle down, with more educated and affluent parents discovering a name and then abandoning it as the masses adopt it.

Something about their analysis seems off, though – I’ll have to re-read Freakonomics.

As for Paige, I’m influenced by having known a few very smart, capable women with this name. So I like the name – and think BNB’s description captures it exactly.

By: Another

Another — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:12:34 +0000

To me Walmart is more than jsut what Shannon said. It also denotes bigtime suburbanism. Less cosmpolitan people shop there, less sophisticated people. A few years ago, I started using the term Walmart names, then read the book Freakonomics and was surprised to see my theory about the way name trends work was supported in the book.

By: Maddie Marie

Maddie Marie — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:25:19 +0000

I don’t particularly like Paige, but I don’t see anything wrong with her, either. I think she could work on the right girl. I just wouldn’t use her, myself. But she’s pretty strong in her own right, and she makes a pretty nice middle name sometimes.

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:49:10 +0000

Thanks Shannon… glad we got that cleared up!