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Heck, one of them even joked that his daughter might be first in the roll call that way. I am suspicious that he was only half-joking (he is a ‘W’, last name-wise at least). Remember the anguish you felt when the exam bell rang and the ever-anxious nerdy you a M-named student were among the last to get the question paper because they started distributing them at either ends? I guess it was just me. After all, A-names are bound to run out sometime and we might start seeing Aa names as evident in the first two names I mentioned above. I’m fine as long as no one names their kid Aardvark.
But seriously, have you noticed this A-phenomenon elsewhere among new parents among your friends?
by Patrix | on Saturday, May 5th, 2007 at 6:32 pm | 
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May 5th, 2007 at 9:01 pm reply
Don’t you say anything about A people!
I always enjoyed being high up on the roll calls only to realize that in the US people are arranged based on their last names, which puts me back quite a distance. Of course there are no roll calls in the US. Ah well! But equating your friends’ daughters’ names with the K phenomenon might have made some people angry I’m sure :)
May 6th, 2007 at 9:49 am reply
Those three are beautiful names, btw.
May 6th, 2007 at 10:20 am reply
ahaha Prateek if you’re far behind in the stakes , im coming last in the PREVIOUS generation stakes here….
among the new parents i know , there’s not much of an A prevalence ..
May 6th, 2007 at 11:01 am reply
My son is A too (ofcourse, since I don’t think you read my posts..you wouldn’t know!!)…but I think names starting with A are beautiful and the trend is not going away anytime soon. btw, wish you guys a happy married life in advance!
May 6th, 2007 at 11:11 am reply
Piker, I have nothing against ‘A’ people…have a brother incidentally with the same name as yours and am soon getting married to another ‘A’ person. About the roll call thingie, I was in the unfortunate position of being in the middle, last name or first name.
Santosh, of course, they are. Love them too.
Neel, hope you are doing something about it :)
Orchid, thanks :) and I’m sure your son has a beautiful name too but I was thinking about the other beautiful names starting with the other 25 letters.
May 6th, 2007 at 12:32 pm reply
Err.. Not to be nit-picky.. but wouldn’t their roll calls have to do with their last names? So it is immaterial what they pick their names to be?
On a side note- I have seen a rash of girls being born too. And I love it. Girls are more fun than boys :P
May 6th, 2007 at 7:31 pm reply
Sakshi, I know but both my first and last name landed me in the middle. And of course, that friend was joking. Thanks for the nit-pick though. Keeps us honest :)
And yeah, our family had a spate of boys so much that my dad now threatens us to give him a grand-daughter :)
May 7th, 2007 at 3:55 am reply
Tell me about it. I was roll number 37. Class 1 through Class 10.
May 9th, 2007 at 2:15 am reply
“A” names have always been common.. and even in our parents generation.. Have you forgotten Aashish already :p. He always stayed roll number 1. And he’s the first entry in my phonebook! :)
But I think you would agree.. “P” names are the best..more so the “Pr” names :p :)
May 9th, 2007 at 8:17 pm reply
Twilight, of course ‘Pr’ names rule! :)
May 14th, 2007 at 8:22 am reply
Both our kids are ‘A’. We searched very hard through the alphabet to find good names but were unsuccessful.
May 14th, 2007 at 1:47 pm reply
Parag, I know. I hear the same from other new parents but wonder why is it so? There are good names with other letters too, right?