Most Popular Baby Names This Year? Katniss & Finn
If you're not a big reader, you may be wondering the origin of Katniss. Find out here.
You knew "The Hunger Games" movie and book series was popular, but just how popular was it, you ask?
Turns out, it was so popular it influenced the most popular girl's name in 2012: Katniss.
According to Nameberry.com, Katniss is a literary and botanical name. Katniss Everdeen is the name of the heroine in "The Hunger Games" series.
The Top 5 most popular girl names also include: Charlotte, Harper, Seraphina and Imogen.
The most popular boy's name in 2012 was Finn, Nameberry.com reports. Finn is of Irish origin and means white and fair.
In Irish mythology, Finn MacCool is an intrepid warrior with mystical supernatural powers, and was noted his wisdom and generosity, Nameberry.com reports. Finn Hudson is also the name of a main character in the hit TV show "Glee."
The Top 5 most popular boy names also include: Asher, Henry, Milo and Jasper.
The names Emma and Mason were popular among new parents in Ohio in 2011, according to the Social Security Administration. The most popular names for 2012 have not been released.
Emma has a German origin, according to Nameberry.com, and many parents chose it over Emily to give their child a more distinctive looking name, the site reads.
Mason is a English occupational name meaning "working in stone," Nameberry.com reported. The name got a lot of reality-show media attention after Kourtney Kardashian named her son Mason. Several other celebrities chose the name as well, and it's been used in popular TV shows such as "Vampire Diaries" and "Wizards of Waverly Place."
Do your children have any of these names? Tell us what you liked about them in the comments.
Terry
9:23 am on Friday, December 28, 2012
As we move away from religious influences in our culture and towards a more media-influenced and secular society, we see the effect in the names we choose for our kids.
Gone are Mary, Ann, John, Thomas and Joseph-what my mother called "Biblical" names-from the most popular list.
I think it says somes something about our culture but will leave it to the readers to draw their own conclusions.
Jack Kelly
10:38 am on Friday, December 28, 2012
Really? Parents are no longer naming their kids Mary? or Ann? Or John? Or Thomas? Or Joseph?
Overreact much from an article? *rolleyes*
shewithnoname
2:53 pm on Friday, December 28, 2012
Based on the consistently nasty comments to Patch by Jack Kelly, I'm sure the name Jack has plummeted to #2,547 on the list. ;-)
Don M
11:35 pm on Friday, December 28, 2012
Finn is nothing to be particularly proud of, but really, KATNISS? lol Further proof of just how laughably impressionable many people are, much like children.