Most hated baby names

[mkel34]

Personally I think Quinn looks ridiculous, but I'm not a fan of any first name starting with a Q, all of then look ridiculous as first names to me.
As far as "trashy", I guess one man's trash is another one's treasure, and Kwinn doesn't even come close to my "trashy"

The name Quinn goes back thousands of years in irish/english culture. Quinn in which ever derivative with a K is something Brittany Spears names her kids to be different.

 

[punkin]

What is wrong with Gertrude (DH's favorite great Aunt and has good connotations in this family) and (especially) Michael? There are so many names I hear every day that are so much worse.

 

[wallawallakids]

So I guess I didn't do to well in the baby naming department according to the writer of this article. To top it off, I married a man whose boring name is on the list. People must hate getting Christmas cards from us with the names Brayden, Addison and Mike on it

As it turns out, two out of my four children made the list...I guess I did ok with the names of two of my boys. My oldest is named Andrew (whose middle name happens to be "boring" Michael), he will be 12 next month but he very much could have been a Brayden...they were my top two names back in 2000. Three years later, I was blessed with twin boys and named them Ryan and Brayden....I love both of their names. Brayden isn't just a trendy new name as the current goaltender of the Washington Capitals who is maybe 22, is named Braden -- although this spelling to me looks like "Brad-en" - no long "A" sound...so we added a "y". My Brayden loves his name

Three years after that I became the mom of a beautiful baby girl whom we named Addison Rose...We often times call her Addy Rose or Addy Rosy and it fits her perfectly . Days after she was born and named, we found out that my husband's great grandmother was named Addy... perfect!! A great combination of old and new.

Lynda, mom to Andrew, Brayden, Ryan and Addison

I love the name Addison. I think it is really cute. Good job.

 

[wallawallakids]

Personally I think Quinn looks ridiculous, but I'm not a fan of any first name starting with a Q, all of then look ridiculous as first names to me.
As far as "trashy", I guess one man's trash is another one's treasure, and Kwinn doesn't even come close to my "trashy" radar.

ETA Aren't you the mom who named their child Bronwyn? I find it ironic that you feel compelled to mention the unique spelling of someone elses choice (and that they shouldn't do it), when you made that name choice for your own child. (Not that there is anything wrong with that name, its just very different).

I like Quinn. Although I can't hear it without thinking of the old MTV show Daria. So I would never name my kid that because all day I would be singing "La, la,la, la." (The Daria theme song.)

 

[mombrontrent]

Yes I did name my dd Bronwyn. While it may be uncommon here go over to the UK or Australia and it is quite common. It is a traditional Welsh name, nothing made up at all.

 

[luvmy3]

The name Quinn goes back thousands of years in irish/english culture. Quinn in which ever derivative with a K is something Brittany Spears names her kids to be different.

Quinn is the English/Irish version derived from Cuinn
Its a name that sounds nice, but IMO looks awful spelled with a Q, I prefer it with a K. What I don't care about is, how someone else prefers to spell the name, even Britney Spears and find it odd that people care so much about what others choose to name their kids

 

[luvmy3]

Yes I did name my dd Bronwyn. While it may be uncommon here go over to the UK or Australia and it is quite common. It is a traditional Welsh name, nothing made up at all.

What does that have to do with you advising someone not to spell their child's name because of the way you feel about it?

 

[mombrontrent]

ETA Aren't you the mom who named their child Bronwyn? I find it ironic that you feel compelled to mention the unique spelling of someone elses choice (and that they shouldn't do it), when you made that name choice for your own child. (Not that there is anything wrong with that name, its just very different).

I was just responding to your comment about my choice of name. I was explaining that it wasn't as "different" as you percieved it to be.

 

[Jennasis]

I was just responding to your comment about my choice of name. I was explaining that it wasn't as "different" as you percieved it to be.

My ex SIL named her daughter Bronwyn too.

 

[jrmasm]

I was just responding to your comment about my choice of name. I was explaining that it wasn't as "different" as you percieved it to be.

It is different because it's not common. But not made up or misspelled!

 

[luvmy3]

It is different because it's not common. But not made up or misspelled!

I wouldn't call any name "misspelled" just because its a different spelling than what is common. Different yes, wrong, no. In fact, alot of names, are a variation of another spelling of the name. At some point ALL names were made up, and so were their spellings. But, that isn't even my point, I just don't get why other people care so much to make comments advising people not to spell or name a child something, because of their opinion about the name. Everyone has different opinions, likes and dislikes. Who really cares what someone else chooses to do.

 

[jrmasm]

I wouldn't call any name "misspelled" just because its a different spelling than what is common. Different yes, wrong, no. In fact, alot of names, are a variation of another spelling of the name. At some point ALL names were made up, and so were their spellings. But, that isn't even my point, I just don't get why other people care so much to make comments advising people not to spell or name a child something, because of their opinion about the name. Everyone has different opinions, likes and dislikes. Who really cares what someone else chooses to do.

I would.

As to why people care what other people, who said anyone cares? We're simply having a discussion.

 

[luvmy3]

I was just responding to your comment about my choice of name. I was explaining that it wasn't as "different" as you percieved it to be.

Unless I'm in the UK and Australia then yes it is different (i.e not common).

 

[luvmy3]

I would.

As to why people care what other people, who said anyone cares? We're simply having a discussion.

Did you even bother to read any of the "discussion" you put yourself in the middle of?

I would say that anyone who makes this comment, cares. Maybe they don't but that sure is a strange way to say "I don't like the spelling of Quinn with a K" if that is all they meant.

If you are going to name your baby Quinn boy or girl please spell it that way

So, you can continue to have your discussion, and I'll continue to have mine.

 

[jrmasm]

Did you even bother to read any of the "discussion" you put yourself in the middle of?


I did, thanks for asking

I would say that anyone who makes this comment, cares. Maybe they don't but that sure is a strange way to say "I don't like the spelling of Quinn with a K" if that is all they meant.

If you are going to name your baby Quinn boy or girl please spell it that way

If you say, so. I disagree. You never see or hear something and think yourself that you like it or don't like. Doesn't mean you care. Y


So, you can continue to have your discussion, and I'll continue to have mine.

Thanks. Pretty sure that I'm going to continue discusses whatever the heck i want. And for the record, I didn't address you first. If you want to have a private conversation, try PMs.

 

[Scurvy]

I would.

As to why people care what other people, who said anyone cares? We're simply having a discussion.

I would, too! I think "Kwinn" is ridiculous. It looks like someone heard the name Quinn and liked it but never bothered to try to find out how to spell it. I've run in to so many people who have names like that, and it always makes me think their parents must have been illiterate.

There are plenty of names that I don't like, but I don't usually think less of the parents for using them. Names that are obviously misspelled, names that are real words that mean awful or inappropriate things, or names that are clearly made up and not pronounced in a way that any literate person (who speaks the language of the country the name is supposed to be from) could ever be expected to figure out do make me think less of the parents. They also make me feel sorry for the kids.

 

[NotUrsula]

I also cannot stand the *-den names on boys, but for me it's a spelling thing. Most people who use these like to claim that they are Celtic in origin, and what bugs me is that if you are trying to create a Gaelic-looking name, ending it in -en is tantamount to declaring that your boy is a girl, because Gaelic is one of those languages where words have gender. Any truly Irish name of that sort is going to end in -an, never -en. (Which is why if you look in an Irish phone book you are going to see a lot of Aidan, but almost no Aiden.) As for Bradán, that one is old, all right, and a bit amusing if you know the language: that is the Irish-language word for salmon.

Also, for what it's worth, I always tend to mis-spell Michael as Micheal, because that is how everyone in my family spells it. In some parts of Ireland it is a political statement to do that, because Mícheál is an old Irish name. It is properly pronounced MEE-haul, but when Ireland was a colony British administrators insisted that it be anglicized to Michael. A lot of people rebelled a bit by keeping the old spelling while still pronouncing it as Michael to placate the British. The habit kind of stuck, and today you will find a lot of Irish folks who say Michael but spell Micheal.

I dislike it when people deliberately mis-spell names to make them more complex-looking than they are, and ESPECIALLY when they are spelled oddly in a misguided attempt to make them look French. Simplified spellings are not as irritating to me; Ellis Island created so many of them that they are essentially ubiquitous in the US.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

Just glad none of the names DH and I are considering have appeared on this thread (yet).

 

[Sarah_Rose]

If we do use the name Quinn, it will be with the "traditional" spelling. Both my Dh and I have strong Irish/Scottish (mostly Ireland by way of being deported from Scotland ) roots and we lived for awhile in England and really love Gaelic names. My DH's first choice is actually Siobhan, but there's no way I could do that to a kid living in North America!

As an aside, I've never heard the name Bronwyn before, and I absolutely love it! We live in Canada and I looked up the popularity in Canada, and it actually spent a few years around #80 in the early 2000's, so obviously it isn't particularly uncommon here!

 

[wallawallakids]

If we do use the name Quinn, it will be with the "traditional" spelling. Both my Dh and I have strong Irish/Scottish (mostly Ireland by way of being deported from Scotland ) roots and we lived for awhile in England and really love Gaelic names. My DH's first choice is actually Siobhan, but there's no way I could do that to a kid living in North America!

As an aside, I've never heard the name Bronwyn before, and I absolutely love it! We live in Canada and I looked up the popularity in Canada, and it actually spent a few years around #80 in the early 2000's, so obviously it isn't particularly uncommon here!

Haha. I love the name Siobhan as well! My hubby said no to hard to spell Gaelic first names. So our solution was to make it their middle names! Both of our girls have traditional Irish names and spellings as their middle names. (Maighread and Aibhlinn!) Of course, he named our son Seamus..and I thought that kind of went against his rule, but oh well! (Our youngest has a boring name...Daniel.) Lol