The popularity of True Blood has made Sookie a household name. We’ve even heard Stephen Moyer comment that he has met people with dogs named Sookie, and he’s been asked to call to them for the owners because they want to hear him say the name. Now, he may be calling to children, too since Parenting Magazine has reported that for girls, Isabella (Italian, God’s oath) and Sookie (American, unknown) took the top spots in 2011.
Parenting Magazine admits that this could be a carry-over of the vampire mania we’ve seen for the past few years thanks to Twilight and True Blood. Uh, ya think? I’d say it’s a pretty safe bet to say that the name of Sookie is directly related to True Blood. Where else could the name Sookie have come from other than the show or the books?
Unfortunately, no top spot for boy names like Bill or Eric since parents instead favored Jacob (Hebrew, supplanter) and Max (Latin, short for Maximilian, Maxwell).
Source: parenting.com
