Family/Friend's names

PeridotEyes

Sharing for the sake of conversation: All names are kids age 6 and under

 GIRLS:

Carter

Cameron Jean

Sydney Schuyler 

Riley Elisabetta

Ireland

Hailey A. / Haley J.

Antoinette

Destanee Starr 

Heaven Leigh (would you be surprised to hear she's Destanee's sis?)

Madison Ryan

 BOYS:

Riley Josef

Xjavier

Teagan

Hayden

Noah 

Lucas

Greyson

Caleb

Wyatt Douglas

Micah

HannahO28

your friends are much better at naming boys than at naming girls. 

PeridotEyes

HannahO28:

your friends are much better at naming boys than at naming girls. 

I agree!

Summer0715

Your friends really like boys names (even for their girls!)

PeridotEyes

I personally dislike the trend... which is particularly irksome considering 5 of those names are family!

anna7602

Please explain what's up with Xjavier. They couldn't decide between Xavier and Javier?

CatfishAnn

Heaven Leigh is the name of a porn star

PeridotEyes

Sorry---no typo--it really is "Xjavier"

They just liked it that way! 

frasey

PeridotEyes:

Sydney Schuyler 

Im assuming this is pronounced Skyler? There's a kid in my school with name too... when I met him (yes, him!) I immediately felt bad for him becuase it was clear that no one could pronounce it properly when reading it. *sigh*

PeridotEyes:

Xjavier

As pp's said, this would totally mess up the pronunciation. People are misguided in their quest for a unique name. Its so easy to confuse "unique" with "weird".

PeridotEyes

CatfishAnn:

Heaven Leigh is the name of a porn star

Unfortunately, mom gave birth at age 14. NO JOKE. I was friends with this girl in Jr. High/High School. 

PeridotEyes

frasey:

PeridotEyes:

Sydney Schuyler 

Im assuming this is pronounced Skyler? There's a kid in my school with name too... when I met him (yes, him!) I immediately felt bad for him becuase it was clear that no one could pronounce it properly when reading it. *sigh*

PeridotEyes:

Xjavier

As pp's said, this would totally mess up the pronunciation. People are misguided in their quest for a unique name. Its so easy to confuse "unique" with "weird".

Yes, pronounced Skyler. I believe Schuyler is the "traditional" spelling (for boys). I'll have to google that now...

LaComtesse

PeridotEyes:

Sharing for the sake of conversation: All names are kids age 6 and under

 GIRLS:

Carter <-- boy's name

Cameron Jean <--fine

Sydney Schuyler  <--Awesome! Alliteration is awesome!

Riley Elisabetta <-- Riley is a fine name... if you're a golden retriever. Elisabetta is cute if you're Italian or Portugese/Brazilian.

Ireland <-- Can we call a moratorium on place names? Brooklyn, Paris, London, I'm looking at you, too...

Hailey A. / Haley J. <-- Oh good, another Hailey/Haley/Hayley/Heyleigh

Antoinette <--Meh. Fine.

Destanee Starr <--... I'm sorry, but was she wearing pasties and a g-string at birth?

Heaven Leigh (would you be surprised to hear she's Destanee's sis?) <-- I just... I just can't.

Madison Ryan <--How original.

 BOYS:

Riley Josef <--See above

Xjavier <-- Oh no! Someone made a typo on the birth certificat-... oh. They didn't? Really?

Teagan <--To me, I get the same vibe from Teagan for a boy as I would if someone named their kid "Skippy."

Hayden <--Fine if unoriginal

Noah  <--Nice

Lucas <--NMS but fine

Greyson <--Fine if unoriginal

Caleb <--Getting a bit sick of Calebs

Wyatt Douglas <--Wyatt is only acceptable if you live on a ranch, imho

Micah <--Fine if unorginal

HappyMrsK

HannahO28:

your friends are much better at naming boys than at naming girls. 

This. Why is it that people feel the need to "cute up" girl names? I don't get it. I guess they don't they realize that their cute little girls will grow up one day and might need a more mature looking/sounding name.

LaComtesse

HappyMrsK:

HannahO28:

your friends are much better at naming boys than at naming girls. 

This. Why is it that people feel the need to "cute up" girl names? I don't get it. I guess they don't they realize that their cute little girls will grow up one day and might need a more mature looking/sounding name.

Hoisting up my feminist conspiracy theorist flag here, but I really do think it's because society doesn't take women as seriously, so we are less likely to name our boys something insane because "Well, what if he's president one day?! That's not a presidential name!" while girls are more often seen as cute little girls (sometimes into adulthood).

PeridotEyes

LaComtesse:

Ireland <-- Can we call a moratorium on place names? Brooklyn, Paris, London, I'm looking at you, too...

Sorry if I'm due for my next cup of caffeine, but "I'm looking at you, too..." are you just referring to Ireland or to my LO's name?

Just curious.. that read funny to me but I admit my eyes glaze over at times. :P

Moneypenny424

Heaven Leigh and Destanee--those parents better start their efforts to keep those two off the pole right now.

PeridotEyes

LaComtesse:

HappyMrsK:

HannahO28:

your friends are much better at naming boys than at naming girls. 

This. Why is it that people feel the need to "cute up" girl names? I don't get it. I guess they don't they realize that their cute little girls will grow up one day and might need a more mature looking/sounding name.

Hoisting up my feminist conspiracy theorist flag here, but I really do think it's because society doesn't take women as seriously, so we are less likely to name our boys something insane because "Well, what if he's president one day?! That's not a presidential name!" while girls are more often seen as cute little girls (sometimes into adulthood).

It's a pet peeve to think of any baby/little one as "cute" forever. I realize my taste will differ from others, but we can all agree that "Bailey" (for example) is cute when held up next to a "Victoria" or "Alexander".

HappyMrsK

Moneypenny424:

Heaven Leigh and Destanee--those parents better start their efforts to keep those two off the pole right now.

LOL, too funny (but sadly true!)

LaComtesse

PeridotEyes:

LaComtesse:

Ireland <-- Can we call a moratorium on place names? Brooklyn, Paris, London, I'm looking at you, too...

Sorry if I'm due for my next cup of caffeine, but "I'm looking at you, too..." are you just referring to Ireland or to my LO's name?

Just curious.. that read funny to me but I admit my eyes glaze over at times. :P

Just Ireland! (Unless your LO's name is "China" or "Azerbaijan" or something like that, in which case the same complaint would apply ;-))

LaComtesse

Moneypenny424:

Heaven Leigh and Destanee--those parents better start their efforts to keep those two off the pole right now.

HA! It reminds me of a Chris Rock/Jon Stewart interview. Rock said, as a parent, his goal was to keep his son off the pipe and his daughter of the pole. Stewart asked what his daughter's name was and when Rock replied "Lola" Stewart said "You're off to a bad start."

PeridotEyes

LaComtesse:

PeridotEyes:

LaComtesse:

Ireland <-- Can we call a moratorium on place names? Brooklyn, Paris, London, I'm looking at you, too...

Sorry if I'm due for my next cup of caffeine, but "I'm looking at you, too..." are you just referring to Ireland or to my LO's name?

Just curious.. that read funny to me but I admit my eyes glaze over at times. :P

Just Ireland! (Unless your LO's name is "China" or "Azerbaijan" or something like that, in which case the same complaint would apply ;-))

HAHAHAHAA!! Nope, I'm good then

I get "Geneva" a lot for Genevieve so I thought that might have been the case. 

PeridotEyes

LaComtesse:

Moneypenny424:

Heaven Leigh and Destanee--those parents better start their efforts to keep those two off the pole right now.

HA! It reminds me of a Chris Rock/Jon Stewart interview. Rock said, as a parent, his goal was to keep his son off the pipe and his daughter of the pole. Stewart asked what his daughter's name was and when Rock replied "Lola" Stewart said "You're off to a bad start."

LOL - too funny!

Moneypenny424

LaComtesse:

Moneypenny424:

Heaven Leigh and Destanee--those parents better start their efforts to keep those two off the pole right now.

HA! It reminds me of a Chris Rock/Jon Stewart interview. Rock said, as a parent, his goal was to keep his son off the pipe and his daughter of the pole. Stewart asked what his daughter's name was and when Rock replied "Lola" Stewart said "You're off to a bad start."

Yep, Chris Rock has a whole bit in his standup about keeping his daughters off the pole .

AadensMommy2010

I am actually angry with the parents that named both their girls, "Destanee Starr" and "Heaven Leigh".  It physically irks me!

First off, they give the first one a fvcked up name like Destiny but then spell it ridiculously and then, Heavenly??  Really?  Come on!

jlhook0

Sydney Schuyler  is a pretty name, and I'm not much for alliteration.
Hailey/Haley is cute, but there are SO MANY of them.
I actually had a student last year named Heaven Leigh (but hers was spelled Lee). Apparently this must be a popular name choice...how precious.

Xjavier reminds me of another student I have this year- Ja'Zavier. Ugh.
Noah and Caleb are okay, but again, there are SO MANY. And oddly enough, every Caleb I've ever taught has spelled it Kaleb, so the C looks weird to me now. *shrug*

capulet

LaComtesse:

Hoisting up my feminist conspiracy theorist flag here, but I really do think it's because society doesn't take women as seriously, so we are less likely to name our boys something insane because "Well, what if he's president one day?! That's not a presidential name!" while girls are more often seen as cute little girls (sometimes into adulthood).

I think there is something to this.  It seems like often the same people whose girl name ideas are inanely cutesy are those whose boy names are pretentious surname-y first names.  The boys get names that make them sound like lawyers while the girls get names that sound like child beauty pageant stars (ick).  I really can't imagine the parents of a Rylee or Madisyn telling her that she is smart and she can be a Supreme Court justice someday.

amanjay

Both my daughter's or my son's (hypothetical) names may not be "cute" but they will sound appropriate with "Dr." or "Judge" in front of them.

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In my circle:

Girls: Chloe, Kelsey, Gabrielle, Emmaline, Madeleine, Lillian, Olive, Catherine, Emma, Lucy, Adeline, Marisa, Amanda

Boys: Michael, Lucas, Julian, Lachlan, Jack, Camden, Orson, Finley, Oliver, Austin, Gordon

PeridotEyes

overture:

In my circle:

Girls: Chloe, Kelsey, Gabrielle, Emmaline, Madeleine, Lillian, Olive, Catherine, Emma, Lucy, Adeline, Marisa, Amanda

Boys: Michael, Lucas, Julian, Lachlan, Jack, Camden, Orson, Finley, Oliver, Austin, Gordon

I'm going to start hanging out in your circle. Madeleine is DH's pick for our next if its a girl.