Is Scottie the new Billie?

📛Nameberry🍒 believes the name 📛Billie was "destined for stardom."⭐ That certainly seems to be the case. Billie was the original 💙masculine name turned 💗feminine as a growing girl's name choice starting in the 60s & 70s with 🎾tennis' Billie (Jean) King reigning in the sports world — followed right into the 80s with the 🎼fictional Billie (Jean) in Michael Jackson's popular song of the same name. Then ⏩fast forward to 2019 with the rise of budding, but immensely talented 🎤singer Billie Eilish. 

The name 📛Billie (meaning: resolute protection, a diminutive of 📛Wilhelmina which comes from 📛Wilhelm which is the German form of 📛William. 📛Bill is a short form of the English William, Billie being the female version of it.) is currently #694 on US Top 1000. But "to track its path from blue to pink, Billie was 100% male in 1880, was 55% female just a decade later, in the girls' Top 100 by 1928, and is now overwhelmingly female," 📛Nameberry🍒 breaks down.  

But Billie may have some stiff competition with 📛Scottie — the 💙boy-turned-girl💗 name that's 📈rising ⏫fast. At least in the realm of ⭐celebrity babies being born. Just recently, 🎙rapper Eminem's daughter Alaina (whose last name is Scott) named her daughter: 📛Scottie Marie Moeller. And last year 2025, 😅comedian Pete Davidson welcomed a daughter named: 📛Scottie 🌹Rose. 📛Nameberry🍒 quickly points out, they weren't the only parents to choose 📛Scottie 🌹Rose: "Youtubers Alyssa Hyde and Charles Davis chose it for their daughter earlier in the same year, while influencer Presley Gaspard selected it in 2024." And way ⏪before Scottie's take off 🚀 on 📛name charts📊 in the 2020s, in 1921 was the birth of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald's daughter: Frances Scott Fitzgerald but often called Scottie. "Scottie" is also another name for the Scottish Terrier 🐶dog breed. 

📛Scottie is a nickname of 📛Scot (a variation of: the surname📛Scott): a masculine name (a la Scottie Pippen the 🏀basketball player) with: "clear geographic origins, directly referring to a person from Scotland. Derived from the Latin 'Scotus,' meaning 'Scottish,' this concise name carries strong cultural associations with Scottish heritage and identity. As a given name, Scot gained modest popularity in the mid-20th century, particularly in America, often chosen by families with Scottish ancestry. The single-t spelling distinguishes it slightly from the more common 'Scott,' (a cool, windswept, surfer babe-magnet in 1965, a nice dad -- or even granddad -- today) giving it a more direct connection to its ethnic origins," says 📛Nameberry🍒.

📛Nameberry🍒 describes 📛Scottie as: "sassy, old school vibes, its cheerful, snappy sounds, and its fresh, unisex image — managing to feel stylish, preppy, playful, and tough all at once." 📛NB🍒 crowns 👑Scottie: "one of the fastest rising names for girls in the US in 2023, and then again in 2024," although, "Scottie only entered the US Top 1000 in 2022, but rose 300 places in 2023, then another 400 in 2024." Scottie is high at #202 on US Top 1000 currently. Scottie surprising is given to 💗girls "90% of the time, with 1517 receiving the name in a recent year." 📛Nameberry🍒 believes Scottie's new popularity, "reflects America's current love for grandpa names for girls, like Frankie, Ozzie, and Lenny." 📛NB🍒 points out that Scottie, "on the rise in The Netherlands too, has replaced 📛Scotlyn [📛Scotlynd is a variation, belonging to "Scotty" (cute but slight masculine nickname) of 😈Bad Girls Club📺] which seemed to be making moves in the 2010s." 

📍North Carolina is the state where the most Scotties (Scotty of reality show 😈Bad Girls Club📺 was born in 🗺Raleigh) seem to live.

I love 😍 the name 📛Scottie, it's one of my favorite names — it's cute, cool and carefree — but only for a 💙boy! I don't understand 😖 how it came to be a feminine name 🤔 and I don't like it used for a girl. 🙅🏾‍♀️ The first time I did hear it used for a girl's name is with Scotty of Bad Girls. A nickname isn't so bad using it... but a full name? 🤨 I see only a boy being able to rock Scottie successfully. 👌🏾 On the other hand, I 🙋🏾‍♀️ love the name 📛Scotland and all its variations: ✔📛Scotlyn and ✔📛Scotlynd for a 💗girl. 

Out of the two sought-after boy-turned-girl names to have: 📛Billie and 📛Scottie, I prefer 📛Billie. 🤷🏾‍♀️ Maybe it's because I grew up knowing Billie to be used as a girl's name too. I always knew Scottie as a boy's name until recently so it will take time for it to stick as a unisex name. Although 📛Scottie is ahead at #202 and 📛Billie is behind at #694 — I still think I'm more likely to meet a Billie over a Scottie (I have yet to meet either 😑). I 🔮foresee 📛Scottie eventually 📉dropping on the name charts — it seems to be more of a fad name (especially 📛Scottie 🌹Rose. Is she trying to be the new 📛Billie Jean?! 🤦🏾‍♀️) at the moment. I'm skeptical 📛Scottie will stand the test of time being chosen 🥇 decades from now — the premier 🍼baby girl's💗 name with a boyish edge — over beguiling, beloved 📛Billie. 🥰

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛SCOTTIES:

📛Scottie Nell Hughes 📰 🎙 (journalist & political commentator)

📛"Scottie" Thompson [born Susan Scott Thompson] 🎥 (actress) 

📛"Scottie Beam" [born Deanii Andrea Scott] 📻 (media personality) 

📛Scottie King 🎥 (character in film The Descendants) 

📛Scottie 📺 (character on t.v. show Last Call)

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Scottie:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/S/SC/SCOTTIE/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Scottie: 👎 OR 💗💗/10 

Billie Jean, Diana, Annie & Susie: Michael Jackson Songs Featuring Female Names

💐Legendary 🎤🕺🏽 entertainer extraordinaire 👑Michael Jackson produced a multitude of hit 🎼songs — four of which I will be discussing — as they feature the first names: 📛Billie Jean, 📛Diana, 📛Annie and 📛Susie. 

"She told me her name was Billie Jean," Jackson sings of a beautiful woman with movie star looks. However, Billie Jean is not only a looker but a liar allegedly, accusing a man of being the father of her son.

The name 📛Billie Jean (excluding 🎾tennis' Billie Jean King) is forever associated with a woman being the ultimate homewrecker. But Billie Jean is a badass 😎 name nevertheless. 📛Billie Jean is obviously the names 📛Billie (meaning: resolute protection, English, diminutive of 📛Wilhelmina) + 📛Jean (meaning: God is gracious, French, variation of 📛Johanna) = the perfect name combination. 📛Nameberry🍒 says Billie Jean peaked for girls in 1984 (Billie Jean the song was released in 1983) at #4498. Boyish Billie alone has become a popular name (#694 ranking in US Top 1000) while old fashioned Jean (on name charts since 1880) is "extremely well-used as a middle name," points out 📛NB🍒. 

I love 😍 the name 📛Billie Jean and personally would not mind if I had been named it 🤷🏾‍♀️ (quite possible too because my late father was a huge Michael Jackson fan, the song came out days before I was born and my late mother said the song was played for me when I was a 👶🏾baby 🥰). But with how shocking the story of the fictional Billie Jean is, perhaps having it as a first name would be too scandalous 😬 (at least during the 80s if a girl grew up named such). Billie Jean the song would not be the same if it were entitled only: Billie or just: Jean. Separately the names are fine but together they are a perfect powerhouse. 💥

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Billie Jean: 👍 OR 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗/10 

"Dirty Diana," Jackson bluntly sings of Diana the fan of every musician, who likes boys in bands, knows when they're in town  — and waits backstage for them after shows hoping she gains stardom.⭐

Say the name 📛Diana and most often think 👑Princess right before. So for Jackson to have a racy song with the first name of a prestigous royal family member within is jaw-dropping. 😮 But no the song was not about the Princess of Wales! In an interview with Barbara Walters, Jackson shared the memory of a London concert with Princess Diana present: "I took it out of the show in honor of her royal highness. She took me away and she said, Are you going to do 'Dirty Diana'? So, I said, 'No I took it out of the show because of you.' She said, 'No! I want you to do it. Do the song.'"

In the US the name Diana is #243 in the Top 1000, making it a pretty popular name. 📛Diana is of Latin origin and means: divine, originating from the Roman goddess Diana 'of the hunt.' 📛Nameberry🍒 thinks "Diana is a gorgeous and still underused choice." Yet it is still more used than smiliar 📛Diane, which 📛NB🍒 jokes, "middle-aged Diane has been overshadowed by the a-ending version of her name." 

I really like the name 📛Diana, it's a beautiful and timeless name. It definitely has a bit more oomph! than slightly boring sister 📛Diane. If Jackson's Dirty Diana were instead: Dirty Diane it would not be the same song. 📛Diana was definitely the ✔right name choice to use. 💯

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Diana: 👍 OR 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗/10 

"Annie are you okay?" Jackson asks of distressed victim named Annie in his smooth song Smooth Criminal. That question sung by Jackson was, "inspired by Resusci Anne, the name of the model of doll used to teach CPR. Jackson combined the question trainees learn to ask, “are you OK?” with the name of the doll to create the iconic line," according to American Songwriter.🖊

The name 📛Annie is often a winsome (think Little Orphan Annie) nickname for 📛Ann —  which means: grace (deriving from 📛Hannah in Hebrew). "Annie is one of the most open and optimistic, the-sun'll-come-out-tomorrow type of name. It strikes a nice old-fashioned-but-jaunty chord that still has appeal," swears 📛Nameberry🍒. It ranks at #191 in US Top 1000 and has been a Top 20 name from the 1880s to 1907. 

📛Annie is an adorable name but maybe too... childish? 🤔 At least to use as a first name. I like it mainly as a nickname to the more serious: 📛Ann, 📛Anne or girly 📛Anna. Jackson again, made the correct name choice in choosing 📛Annie: "Anna are you okay?" or "Ann/e are you okay?" No, both sound off. 🙅🏾‍♀️

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Annie: 👍 / 👎 OR 💗💗💗💗💗/10 

"Susie got your number and Susie ain't your friend," Jackson warns of seductive woman who is out to kill, and ends up stabbing 🔪 someone, in: 🩸Blood On The Dance Floor. 💃 

The name 📛Susie (meaning: lily, of Hebrew origin) is usually short for 📛Susan (or 📛Susannah). 📛Nameberry🍒 claims, "In the 1950s and 60s, Susie was the name every little girl wanted for her very own," — and it might be — "off its fashion peak but it's still cute and perky." Susie ranks #970 in the US Top 1000.

📛Susie is simple yet cutesy when used as a real life name and I like it just okay 👌🏾 — but it doesn't seem like it would be the name of a femme fatale 👄 —  yet it somehow it works well (over 📛Susan, too dull 🥱 and 📛Susannah, too peppy 😃) in Jackson's dark 😈 song. 

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Susie: 👍 OR 💗💗💗💗💗💗/10 

In 🎉celebration of the Michael 🎶biopic 🎥movie 👀check out related ☔IRN📛 posts below⬇:

📌📖READ ALL ABOUT THE NAME: 📛Jaafar:

https://itsrainingnames.blogspot.com/2025/11/name-of-day-jaafar.html

📌📖READ ALL ABOUT THE NAME: 📛Jackson:

https://itsrainingnames.blogspot.com/2025/06/name-of-day-jackson.html

NAME OF THE DAY: April

🎉Happy April Fool's Day! Today on the least serious holiday, one full of 😒 pranks, laughs 😂 and for the jokesters 🤡 — I will talk about the once most popular 📅month name: 📛April☔

📛Nameberry🍒 points out, "April☔ has been overtaken by June (for girls) and August (for boys), as well as the charmingly old-fashioned May." April☔ ranks at #502 on US Top 1000. 

A variant of April☔: 📛Apryl (a la Jones🎥) and the French version is 📛Avril (a la Lavigne🤘). 

Dictionary.com's history on 📅April is extensive: "There are a few common theories behind April‘s naming. One is that the name is rooted in the Latin Aprilis, which is derived from the Latin aperire meaning “to open”—which could be a reference to the opening or blossoming of flowers and trees, a common occurrence throughout the month of April in the Northern Hemisphere. Another theory holds that since months are often named for gods and goddesses, and since Aphrilis is derived from the Greek Aphrodite, it is possible the month was named for the Greek goddess of love (the goddess that the Romans called Venus)! Even now, April is a popular name. And, as if that isn’t enough of a mystery, April also has yet another origination story. Around the fifth century, the Anglo-Saxons referred to April as Oster-monath or Eostre-monath, a reference to the goddess Eostre, whose feast was celebrated during the month. The Venerable Bede, a monk from the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter, believed this gave root to the word Easter—which is most often observed during the month of April."

 📍Texas and 📍Maine are the states where the most Aprils☔ live. 

I've known three Aprils☔so far in my life (in 📍NYC 🗽) — a 🏫classmate and two neighbors🌇 — all very nice people. 👍🏾👍🏾 📛NB🍒 is adamant June is more ⬆ popular than April☔ currently ⬇ but... I've yet to meet a June (a May or an August). 🤔 

January ➡ October ➡ June ➡ May ➡August ➡April☔is the order of my favorite 📅month 📛names. April☔ is certainly not 🙅🏾‍♀️ my favorite because it's personally 😞 my least favorite month... but I like it as a first name fine. 👌🏾 I like that April☔ is a month name first of all and it's a cute enough name.

 I 🔮predict at some point 📛April☔will 📈overtake 📛June 📉 as most popular month name again —  but the two favorite 📅calendar names📛 seem like they will always be in friendly competition to out chart📊 the other. 

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛APRILS☔:

📛April☔ Winchell 🗣 (voice actress of cartoon character Clarabelle Cow 🐮 on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) 

📛April☔ Clark 🎥(actress) 

📛April☔ Telek 🎥 / 👸 (actress and former beauty queen) 

📛Elinor "April☔ March" Blake 🎤 (singer) 

📛April☔ June May (💗daughter of late comedian Ralphie May)

📛April☔ Ludgate 📺 (t.v. show character from Parks & Recreation)

📛April☔ Rhodes 📺 (t.v. show character from Glee)

📛April☔ Young 🧛‍♂️📺 (t.v. show character from The Vampire Diaries) 

📛April☔ Wheeler 📘 / 🎥(book & movie main character from Revolutionary Road) 

📛April☔ O'Neil 📰🐢 (cartoon character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) 

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛April☔:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/A/AP/APRIL/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛April☔: 👍 OR 💓💓💓💓💓💓/10 

📛Carolyn 🥊vs. 📛Caroline

Co-worker 1: "I'm calling Page Six and demanding a retraction. I mean how hard is it to spell Carolyn?"

Co-worker 2: "You in Page Six again?"

Carolyn: "Oh no Carol Bessette was in Page Six again. Apparently she was seen canoodling with John at..."

Co-worker: "Last time they called you Caroline. It's shoddy journalism."

Carolyn: "I rather they misspell my name the less interested in us they are the better."

The above ⬆ dialogue is from the captivating 📺t.v. show 💞Love 📖Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette — that dramatizes the real life JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette's love story — and tragic ending (RIP). 

When Carolyn Bessette (played by Sarah Pidgeon) marries JFK Jr. (played by Paul Anthony Kelly) she becomes sister-in-law to Caroline Kennedy (played by Grace Gummer). The two have tension initially.

What I found fascinating 💭 is they have pretty much the same name. 🤯

But apparently, Carolyn and Caroline are the same name. "Caroline is Carolyn," states, Abby Sandel creator of name website Appellation Mountain.

📛Carolyn and 📛Caroline both mean "free man" and are the feminine versions of the name 📛Charles (that stems from 📛Carolus, the Latin form). 

📛Nameberry🍒 says: "The phonetic Carolyn spelling, which was very popular from the 1920s to the '60s, has been steadily on the wane while Caroline herself has stayed strong. Carolina is the more feminine (and place name) version, as opposed to the newer form Carolyn, which forces the pronunciation of the final syllable to rhyme with win and spin. Though Caroline can be pronounced that way, it's more usually pronounced to rhyme with wine and fine. Caroline is a perennial classic, one of the elite group of girls' names that's ALWAYS ranked among the Top 1000 and that's been in the Top 100 since 1994. Elegant yet strong, Caroline calls to mind the Kennedy Camelot years."

📛NB🍒: in 2024 Caroline was at #92 📈 as the most popular baby girl name — whereas Carolyn was #953 📉 in 2020. 

📍South Carolina fittingly is where the most Carolines live."127.9 in every 100,000 South Carolinians have this name." 📍California surprisingly is the next state where one will find a Caroline: "20,008 people have this name," according to My Name Stats.

📍Texas and 📍Arkansas are where the most Carolyns reside.

I'm more partial to the name 📛Carolyn because my favorite aunt (RIP) was named it (although she went by 📛Carol). I always equate 📛Caroline with South/North Carolina (my aunt was from the latter) which is how I find it easiest to remember the pronunciation is: 🔊'line.' I see both names as two distinct names... 🤷🏾‍♀️ and I like them both. 📛Carolyn sounds old fashioned yet girlish 🎀 (thanks to the 🔊'lyn' at the end)  — with a sweet 🥰 feel to it — whereas 📛Caroline is a bit more stern and snobby 👃🆙 sounding but has a classy touch to it. 👌🏾

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Carolyn: 👍 OR 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗/10 

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Caroline: 👍 OR 💗💗💗💗💗💗/10 

Fruit For Thought: Apple, Cherry, Fig & Pumpkin As Names In Forbidden Fruits Film

🍏Apple, 🍒Cherry, 🌳Fig and 🎃Pumpkin are not only names of fruits — but the names of four friends (and ✨witches🧙‍♀️🧙🏼‍♀️🧙🏽‍♀️🧙🏻‍♀️) in new 🎥film Forbidden Fruits: 

      

The names of these characters as fruits are very clever 🧠 and really fun. 🤗 I like some more than others 🤷🏾‍♀️ but as a whole, I love 🥰 the idea 💡 of their names matching in a sense. 👌🏾  

These fruity, cutesy names aren't however just made up names for a movie — they're all 😮 very real first names used for 👶baby 💗girls in real life:

📛🍏Apple: "When people talk about unique baby names, Apple is often one of the first examples they mention. Apple made international headlines when Gwyneth Paltrow chose this wholesome fruit name for her daughter. Many have called it ridiculous, but we have to admit, we find it appealing enough to list as one of our top cute baby names," says 📛Nameberry🍒

📛🍒Cherry: "Sweet Cherry remains remarkably underused - at its peak in 1948. The unsavory slang meaning no doubt goes a long way towards explaining its fall from grace," says 📛Nameberry🍒

📛🌳Fig: "Fig was the unlikely name of a beautiful character in Curtis Sittenfeld's Man of My Dreams. Better bets: Plum or even Apple. Still, you might consider Fig as an unusual nickname for any more formal F-starting name, from Frances to Fiona," says 📛Nameberry🍒

📛🎃Pumpkin: "A common name for orange-colored cats. Fun fact: the word pumpkin is derived from the Greek pepōn, translating to "large melon,"" says 📛Nameberry🍒 

💭If I could personally ⏪re-name📛 the characters (I'd keep 📛🍒Cherry ✔ & 📛🎃Pumpkin ✔) but for the rest — I'd pick the names of my 👍🏾👍🏾favorite fruits: 📛🍑Peach and 📛🍊Tangerine (or 📛Nectarine). 😍

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛🍏Apple: 👍/👎 OR 💚💚💚💚💚/10 

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛🍒Cherry: 👍 OR   / 10  

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛🌳Fig: 👎 OR 🤎/10 

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛🎃Pumpkin: 👍 OR 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡/10 

Women Disclose Male Names They Find Unattractive & Attractive

The Zen Parent compiled an 😏intriguing 📄list entitled: 'The 15 Most Unattractive  Male Names 📛According to Women & The 15 Most Attractive' 

TZP explains the origin of their list as, "Out of the thousands of male names floating out there, we've turned to the internet to discover 15 of the most unattractive and attractive male names according to women. From the way it sounds, to the way it feels, to the generations it's associated with, there are a lot of factors that women seem to consider when debating whether a name is attractive or not." 

Adding, "While you may have your own set of favored and unfavored male names, let's see how many of them made it on this list. How many do you agree with?" 

Without further ado...

🥁

...

📃THE 15 MOST 😬UNATTRACTIVE MALE 📛NAMES:

 (with ☔IRN📛 rating: 👍🏾/👎🏾)

1. 📛Gus 👎🏾

2. 📛Darold 👍🏾

3. 📛Frank 👍🏾

4. 📛Arnold 👎🏾/👍🏾

5. 📛Alfred 👍🏾

6. 📛Bob 👎🏾

7. 📛Chad 👍🏾

8. 📛Bart 👍🏾

9. 📛Howard 👍🏾

10. 📛Mitch 👍🏾

11. 📛Greg 👍🏾

12. 📛Byron 👍🏾

13. 📛Hank 👎🏾/👍🏾

14. 📛Burt 👎🏾/👍🏾

15. 📛Fred 👍🏾

📃THE 15 MOST 😍ATTRACTIVE MALE 📛NAMES:

 (with ☔IRN📛 rating: 👍🏾/👎🏾)

1. 📛Luke 👍🏾

2. 📛Colin 👎🏾/👍🏾

3. 📛Theo 👎🏾/👍🏾

4. 📛Daniel👍🏾

5. 📛Oliver 👍🏾

6. 📛James 👍🏾

7. 📛Eric 👍🏾

8. 📛Jacob 👍🏾

9. 📛Jonathon 👍🏾

10. 📛Gabriel 👍🏾

11. 📛Charlie  👎🏾/👍🏾

12. 📛Marco 👍🏾

13. 📛Nathan 👎🏾/👍🏾

14. 📛Noah 👍🏾

15. 📛Christian 👍🏾

☔IRN📛 will present a list of its own most attractive and unattractive male names in the near future — so stay tuned. 👀