Blah baby name list makes us wonder: Would you let Mariah name your child?

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Blah baby name list makes us wonder: Would you let Mariah name your child?

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  • 148175
    Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)
    72%
  • 148176
    Moroccan and Monroe. (Hey, at least Mariah's kids have unique names.)
    28%

VoteTotal Votes: 10983

Baby name list day is like Christmas here at TODAY Moms! The anticipation ... the surprises ... the schadenfreude that your annoyingly judgmental neighbor named her kid THE most overused name in the world!

But this year, we're rather disappointed. The 2010 top baby names are giving us a bad case of deja vu. The favorites barely changed since last year. Jacob and Isabella are still the top choices. Sophia and Ethan came in second. And Emma and Michael remain third. For the full list, click here.

Thank goodness we can count on celebrities to bless us with nonsensical and perhaps even ungrammatical baby name choices. (Mariah Carey named her newborn twins Monroe and Moroccan.)

So, would you rather give your child a name that four other kids in kindergarten are likely to have -- or would you rather have Mariah Carey invent it for you?

--By Julia Sommerfeld

Results with 102 short comments
Total of 10,983 votes - click on the "Display Comments" bar below to sort comments

72.2%
Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)
7,929 votes
27.8%
Moroccan and Monroe. (Hey, at least Mariah's kids have unique names.)
3,054 votes
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Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)

How about neither? I prefer solid, traditional names- Robert, David, Elizabeth. Trendy names spelled oddly to be "original" are the worst!

  • 14 votes
#1
 - Ex-CAGirl
 - 1:03 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)

Jacob and Isabella are actually pretty bad, but better than Moroccan and Monroe

  • 5 votes
#2
 - Dino Smitho
 - 1:11 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Moroccan and Monroe. (Hey, at least Mariah's kids have unique names.)

Be different! Kids like to be unique. Or "Unique"? haha

  • 4 votes
#3
 - Gemini-3432292
 - 1:27 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)

I personally like classic names. Complicated and unique names are more for the parents benefit than for the kids. I have many friends with

  • 7 votes
#4
 - Fatima Fugate
 - 1:30 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)

Mariah Carey - what a joke! Washed up years ago.

  • 7 votes
#5
 - Bafraid
 - 1:31 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Moroccan and Monroe. (Hey, at least Mariah's kids have unique names.)

We named our son Atreyu and our daughter Kyla. Although Kyla isn't extremely unique, it isn't likely there will be 4 others in her class.

  • 3 votes
#6
 - Rachel-2792430
 - 1:33 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)

I have a popular name (always in the top 10) & it's annoying, but it's worse when people can't pronounce or spell your name.

  • 7 votes
#7
 - Emily-3432347
 - 1:36 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)

I am just glad for the boy's sake Mariah's apartment motif wasn't STEAMPUNK!

  • 2 votes
#8
 - Shaggychic
 - 1:45 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Moroccan and Monroe. (Hey, at least Mariah's kids have unique names.)

Oh come on! Use family names and let your children learn family pride and belonging.

  • 3 votes
#9
 - PZlady8
 - 1:45 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)

There's a difference between unique and stupid names, like Moxie Crimefighter, Fifi Trixiebelle, Apple, Bronx, Moroccan .........

  • 6 votes
#10
 - Enma3
 - 1:48 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)

Not a chance - ever

  • 2 votes
#11
 - Gurlie
 - 1:52 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Moroccan and Monroe. (Hey, at least Mariah's kids have unique names.)

I say be unique, but meaningful. What does it matter if other people don't get it.

  • 3 votes
#12
 - Sandra-802205
 - 1:52 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)

kids have to grow up with these names...go on interviews...I mean other than a circus, who would hire someone with the name Moroccan

  • 6 votes
#13
 - eglend
 - 2:07 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Moroccan and Monroe. (Hey, at least Mariah's kids have unique names.)

Moroccan is not good but one of my favorite people was named Monroe.

  • 2 votes
#14
 - ikie 12pts
 - 3:00 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)

Classic names have been shown to create an environment where kids learn more... I pray for those with odd names!

  • 6 votes
#15
 - shsmith
 - 3:06 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Moroccan and Monroe. (Hey, at least Mariah's kids have unique names.)

I don't like names that are outrageously popular just because the names came from a crappy book.

  • 3 votes
#16
 - three tailed fox
 - 4:37 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Moroccan and Monroe. (Hey, at least Mariah's kids have unique names.)

I have one boy named Hunter and another on the way we will name Rossiter...Unique rules!

  • 2 votes
#17
 - bugada
 - 4:43 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)

Sorry creative people, oldies are goodies for a reason.

  • 7 votes
#18
 - rachel-1573233
 - 7:28 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)

Neither of the above, but if I'm forced to choose, then Jake & Bella all the way!

  • 3 votes
#19
 - Crimson Wife
 - 7:49 pm EDT on Thu May 5, 2011
Moroccan and Monroe. (Hey, at least Mariah's kids have unique names.)

Moroccan's a step too far, but as someone with an unusual first name, I've always enjoyed not being one of the crowd.

  • 2 votes
#20
 - Liadren
 - 1:07 pm EDT on Mon May 9, 2011
Moroccan and Monroe. (Hey, at least Mariah's kids have unique names.)

As long as it is easy to spell and not offensive or too outrageous its fine.

  • 3 votes
#21
 - EileenCallanan
 - 2:15 pm EDT on Mon May 9, 2011
Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)

I speak from experience - keep it SIMPLE AND STICK WITH YOUR CULTURE!! I'm Scottish - and have a Turkish name no one can pronounce.

  • 1 vote
#22
 - Caffeine Queen
 - 3:30 pm EDT on Mon May 9, 2011
Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)

It's ok to be plain without being common. My son, Brian, does just fine, and stands out on his achievements and not his name.

    #23
     - Shigge
     - 3:40 pm EDT on Mon May 9, 2011
    Jacob and Isabella. (Even if they'll forever need to add the first letter of their last name to their homework.)

    Classic names are always best. You don't have regret your choice, and your kid isn't embarrassed to death by his "weird" name.

    • 3 votes
    #24
     - JMC-793540
     - 4:00 pm EDT on Mon May 9, 2011
    Moroccan and Monroe. (Hey, at least Mariah's kids have unique names.)

    The name can be unique without veering too far. I was named Evan as a girl, and it is unique and different without being nonsensical.

    • 2 votes
    #25
     - ev-3400131
     - 4:45 pm EDT on Mon May 9, 2011

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    Comment author avatarangelosdaughter

    Those oh, so trendy names given by self-centered parents amazed by their own creativity are often changed later by kids embarassed by their 'uniqueness'. Kids don't want to be 'different'; most want to fit in. If they do at some later time want to emphasize that they are different, let them pick their own 'unique' names.

      Reply#1 - Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:19 PM EST
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