Which naming trend is your least favorite?

[cteddiesgirl]

Well, for traditional boys names, that depends on what you think is traditional.

Names like Ashley, Jocelyn, Alexis, Ariel, Madison, Ashton, Bailey, Cameron, Courtney, Lindsey and others were traditionally boys names that became girls names.

But I don't like the use of Michael, Kyle, Ryan or a few others for girls.

I like boys names for girls but I can see how this can get old. I worked with a Kyle who was a girl and also a Daryl who was a girl. It helped their careers because frankly, people thought they were boys on their resumes.

I think you missed my WORST one, made-up names. Marvcus, for example.

I once knew a girl who named her son O'D'Angelo.

Also forgot - I hate "same names". John Johnson, Robert Roberts UG!

Yes! I can't stand that.

My own name falls under this catagory too....Marie-Claire.

Uh. Marie-Claire is not unusual. It's a very common French name. And the two alone are extremely common here.

Yeah, but plenty of us with normal names deal with that too. I've been spelling my name for people all my life, and it is shaping up to be the same for my son (Sebastian - is there another generally accepted way to spell that?). I'm sure my youngest will have the same issue, because there are so many variations on how to spell Katherine. Really, that's just a minor inconvenience.

Yep.
I've had to spell my name out my entire life too. Both my real and nick names have alternate spellings that are very common. Even my own extended family keeps misspelling my names.

 

[OK!]

Yeah, but plenty of us with normal names deal with that too. I've been spelling my name for people all my life, and it is shaping up to be the same for my son (Sebastian - is there another generally accepted way to spell that?). I'm sure my youngest will have the same issue, because there are so many variations on how to spell Katherine. Really, that's just a minor inconvenience. It is the issues with first impressions, employment/opportunity, and the odds of being negatively stereotyped that I think are the bigger problem with made up names & spellings.

Ditto this. I automatically spell my first name for people now, though I've gotten used to pretty much everyone (including some relatives) misspelling it anyway. At least everyone knows how to pronounce it!

 

[Robinrs]

Gee, my grandmas (born in the 1890's) were named Sarah and Elizabeth. Are those OK with you? I used different old family names for my kids - Margaret and Hannah. They're all grandma names to me.

Yep, grandma names. I worked at a senior citizen's center and the lady's were now SHOCKED that they're names are making a comeback.

Nearly every woman in there was named Sara, Emma, Etta, Sadie, or Sophie. Now that's rollcall at Day Care!

 

[laurie31]

I don't mind all the kids having the same initial, but having the same NAME takes it too far. (like George Foreman's kids) We had brothers with exactly the same name. One was "John Doe II" and the other was "John Doe III." It was insane trying not to get them mixed up.

RN4babies, I thought it was just in the south where people were dumb enough to name their babies Nevaeh and think they were the first ones to ever think of it. We have tons of 'em. Ditto on the "Precious" and all the variations of "Ah'Miracle".

I don't like the apostrophes and we get those all the time. How do parents expect these kids are going to be taken seriously as adults with names like that?

Oh - in the sad but funny twin names catagory: Tekia and Telkia. Both boys. The parents (high school students) called them "Teek" and "Telk." When the parents weren't around, we called them "L" and "No L" (as that was the only difference in the names)

Also, I knew a girl whose mom wanted to name her after the father but she wasn't sure who it was, so the poor child was stuck with 4 men's names all run together into one word.

I also saw a version of "Hezekiah" with so many extra letters I had no idea what it was until I sounded it out. I don't it remember exactly (it's been years ago) but it was along the lines of "Hezzykkiyyahh" or something insane like that.

 

[browneyes106]

I work in a pediatric office.... don't get me started!

LOL you remind me of sister who also works at ped office. She tells me a lot of name stories.

 

[alexandria674]

My mother got my name from a Harlequinn Romance novel. I was named after a bodice ripped heroine
For Shame
I like the oldfasioned names, I mean they have stood time and they still sound nice. "Meredith","Evangeline"

 

[monkey68]

I'm a NICU RN, so over the years, I've seen a lot of "original" and "creative" names. These are some of the highlights:


-Twin girls born 16 weeks early... A'Miracle I and a'Miracle II
(always reminded me of thing one and thing two)
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The school I used to work at had a set of twins, Jose-A and Jose-B. Pronounced: Hose-A and Hose-B. They're weren't there when I was, but my mom had them, and she kept some of their work, as did other teachers, because they couldn't believe someone would name their kid Jose-B. There were lots of unique names though. Every class was guaranteed to have a "Unique" in the class, although they each must be spelled differently. I think one was spelled Yunneekk. Or, if the mom wants to make it feminine, they give them the name of Younikwa.

 

[DutchsMommy]

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RN4babies, I thought it was just in the south where people were dumb enough to name their babies Nevaeh and think they were the first ones to ever think of it. We have tons of 'em. Ditto on the "Precious" and all the variations of "Ah'Miracle".

I think to some extent that must be a southern thing, or at least an american thing - I have seriously never seen anything like it! I am sure there are some up in the great white north, but it's certainly not popular! Definately a bit weird IMHO.

I do have to say however that my general group of friends have chosen unusual names for their children, myself included. We like them, and are not too concerned what others think. One trend seems to be Gaelic names - such as Siobhan (pron. she-von), Saorse (pron. seersha), Ronan etc. Some more difficult to say than others. I think that is fine if you actually have roots to Scotland/Ireland but you should take into consideration that your child will be spelling the name out much of the time!

A sample of friends kids names:

Jett
Dutch (OK - mine as you can tell by me siggie)
Sadie (my pick for a girl)
Fallon
Riley
Rowan
Declan
Connor
Georgia
Rory
Eoin
Saorse
Findlay
Siobhan

Personally, I like them....a bit different, but generally easy to spell (except the Gaelic ones )

 

[5Slays]

I absolutely love the name Hadley. If I had tried for another baby and gotten a girl, her name most likely would have been Hadley. Your name is beautiful!

That is my DD's name and it fits her very well! My father just about had a stroke when we told him what her name was going to be, he hated it, but it has grown on him now.

 

[5Slays]

I do have to say however that my general group of friends have chosen unusual names for their children, myself included. We like them, and are not too concerned what others think. One trend seems to be Gaelic names - such as Siobhan (pron. she-von), Saorse (pron. seersha), Ronan etc. Some more difficult to say than others. I think that is fine if you actually have roots to Scotland/Ireland but you should take into consideration that your child will be spelling the name out much of the time!



Personally, I like them....a bit different, but generally easy to spell (except the Gaelic ones )

My nephew has a Gaelic name - Sian (pronounced Shawn). Which I believe is Gaelic for John - which is my brother's and father's name.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I absolutely love the name Hadley. If I had tried for another baby and gotten a girl, her name most likely would have been Hadley. Your name is beautiful!

Aww, thanksI really like my name. It's funny, growing up I never met, or heard of, another Hadley. In the past 10 years I have met two young girls with my name and heard of a handful of others (including the PPs daughter). For a while we lived down the street from a little Hadley. It was really wierd for me to hear my name and know it did not refer to me

I like unusual names so that is what I gave my kids. But they have common middle names in case they don't like the uniqueness (so far they both really like their first names):

DD12 is Marika Rose (pronounce her first name like Maria with a K added--it's Dutch, NOT like the last three syllable of America).

DS10 is Rio Thomas

 

[princesspiglet]

I think my biggest pet peeve is replacing "i"s with "y"'s or visa versa. I'm also not found of adding random letters to make a name trendee and unique and I wince when all the kids have names that start with the same letter ala the Duggars. I worked with a woman who named her 4 boy with names starting with "Z". My DH and I joked that the next boy was going to be named "Zathros" (a Babylon 5 reference) because she ran out of "Z" names. We were also kinda afraid what would happen if she had a daughter. Zinnia? Zelda?

Too funny! I have a close friend who did the same thing. She has 2 boys and 2 girls and named them all Z names.
Zander- boy
Zoe- girl
Zebulen (nickname is Zeb)- boy
Zara- Girl (pronounced like Sara with a Z)

 

[mickeyboat]

My name is a little different, and I have spent my entire life spelling it for people - most of the time more than once since they don't listen the first time. My maiden name is German and 13 letters long.

It wasn't pretty going to a new school and having the teacher stop dead in her tracks when she came to your name on her list. I would always raise my hand and say "that's me."

I didn't want my kids to have to do that, so they have common and easy to spell names - Hannah and Emily.

 

[LisaNJ25]

All starting with the same letters. My friend has 3 sons and I often mess up the names..

 

[MsLeFever]

I have a Lennon Johnson in my summer class....

Had a Mark Chapman last semester.....if they'd been in the same class it would have truly wierded me out!

 

[TeresaNJ]

I'll never forget the time I was working in the ER and I grabbed a chart to call a patient from the waiting room. It was a little boy, about 5 or 6yo, and his first name on the chart was spelled Jonathan. So, I called for Jonathan, pronounced how it is usually pronounced, and his mother harshly corrected me. She said his name is (how she phonetically pronounced it) Joe Nathan! Well, excuse me, then you should have spelled it that way! Of course, I didn't say that, but so wanted to.

 

[robinb]

Zebulen (nickname is Zeb)- boy

I had to look that one up and it's real! It's a variant of the name Zebulon which was the name of one of Jacob's sons in the bible. Still ... a little "out there" IMO.

For those of you who are looking for an amusing stroll around a "Bad Baby Name" board, check this out:
http://bigbadbabynames.net/forum/index.php

People comment on trendee and kree8tyve names.

 

[jimmalru80]

Adding extra letters gets my vote.

 

[TwinsinCA]

I went to school with a girl who was one of 14 kids. All 14 had a name that began with the letter "D".

I agree with a PP about place names. Paris, London, Brooklyn, Austin, Dallas, Aspen, Madison. Ugh.

Although they are very common and there is nothing wrong with them, I have never liked flower or month names (Rose, Lily, Violet, Daisy, April, May, June, etc). My daughters are at the age where they pick a name when playing. Their favorites? Violet and Rose.

 

[Inigo]

The unusual spellings sometimes bug me. For instance my daughter has what I think is a very pretty name. When I'm in a bad mood I hate when they ask how to spell it. I've been known to spell her name and follow with the comment we spell it the normal way or something equally snarky.

I can be very snarky.

I hate made up names. I've been known to tell people my name is spelled "Kzuiuyjkmn" or some other random combination of letters, but it's pronounced "Constance." It's unusual anymore, since it's old fashioned and virtue name, although I had a new client come in two weeks ago, and she and her grandmother have the same name.

I know lots of people that give their children multiple middle names. When I was pregnant with my son, we kept saying we were going to name him Alexander Lowell Scott Bobby Knight Boilermaker Keady <lastname>.

My niece's 1/2sister got mad at my niece over baby names. The sister gave both her kids "J" names, and was mad because my niece didn't use a "J" for her first (or second) child. How dare my niece come up with her own names for her children.

I posted this on the board before, but I suggest those who are snarky about names go to http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com and read the bad baby name blog and forum. It's brutal, but for those who like snark, it's funny.