One mother has revealed how she found a quirky name for her daughter – and now wants to make sure all her children have a unique moniker.
April Hamilton, 34, from Glasgow, had always been set on naming her two-year-old daughter Juneau after she was inspired by the Elliot Page hit movie ‘Juno’, the capital of Alaska and the Roman Goddess.
April and her husband Graeme, 35, are both school teachers and know the difficulty of having several children with the same name in their classes and so wanted to explore less popular options.
The school teacher said she feels it’s important that her children have unusual names to give them a sense of uniqueness.
The mother-of-one, who is currently expecting her second child, said: ‘As much as I’m fussy, everyone should just choose a name they truly love.’
April Hamilton, 34, from Glasgow, has revealed how she found a quirky name for her daughter – and now wants to make sure all her children have a unique moniker (pictured, April and Juneau)
Before their daughter was born the couple wanted to see how popular Juneau was before settling on it.
The soon to be mother-of-two from Scotland said: ‘Always in my head I knew my first child would be called Juneau.’
April stumbled upon ‘National Record Scotland’ which allows expecting parents to see how popular their favourite names are.
She said: ‘I wondered if anyone else had been called Juneau and I came across National Record Scotland.’
She discovered there have only been two Juneau’s since records began and is now using the site to look for a name for her second child.
By searching the site, April soon discovered there were records dating back to 1974 and a graph tracking the popularity of names.
She explained: ‘You go onto National Record’s Scotland and click on baby names.
‘Once you’re on baby names, click babies’ first names – the 2020 one.
April and her husband Graeme, 35, (pictured middle) are both school teachers and know the difficulty of having several children with the same name in their classes and so wanted to explore less popular options
April stumbled upon ‘National Record Scotland’ which allows expecting parents to see how popular their favourite names are
‘Then go to interactive chart, on this page you can type in any name and it will tell you how many people have been named that name since records since records began in 1974.’
April, who is pregnant with her second daughter, has noted names from when she grew up in the 80s that are no longer popular.
She discovered that there haven’t been any children named Stacy since 2012 and since she was born Laura has also become less popular.
The school teacher described: ‘There have been no babies called Stacy since 2012.
‘In the year I was born there were 800 Laura’s but it’s tailed down. In my head it’s still a popular name but the data proves it isn’t.’
April, who is pregnant with her second daughter, has noted names from when she grew up in the 80s that are no longer popular
She advised: ‘If people want a unique name, go back to the 80s, they’re dying out.
‘It’s interesting to see how names such as Ava and Olivia have come back.’
April and Graeme are expecting their second child this summer and want to find a unique name with a ‘May’ route, following in the footsteps of April and June.
April said: ‘I want it to be a unique name but not too out there that I’m going to have spell it out to everyone.
‘Graeme and I are both teachers and we see trends – it’s tricky in class when there are four people with the same name.’
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