Occupational Names

Zimger

How do you feel about occupational names? If you love them which is your favorite? If they drive you nuts, which one does it the most?

Just curious...I can't seem to make up my mind about them.

megemoney

The only one I can really come up with right now is Mason.  I don't really dig it. 

Allycat11

I am typically not a fan of them but off the top of my head I can't think of which one is my least favorite. 

DSMLove

I generally like them, but you can definitely go too far with them.

I actually know a family that named their three boys Hunter, Fisher, and Trapper. They think it's cute...

megemoney

DSMLove:

I generally like them, but you can definitely go too far with them. I actually know a family that named their three boys Hunter, Fisher, and Trapper. They think it's cute...

I don't HATE Hunter, I don't really like it either... but Fisher and Trapper, just no.  

anvloveskme

Fletcher is our top boys name right now - I guess that was very occupational in medieval times. 

Mason - I like but it is too popular for me. 

Fisher and Hunter - both are too outdoorsy to me (and I am not sure you count them as occupational).

Piper - I like for a girl, but again, don't know if you really count this as occupational.

Porter - is kind of trending but is a last name in my fam, so not something I would use for a first name.

austenreader85

I think I've seen someone ask about Carpenter on here before.  That's the worst one I can remember.

I can kind of understand if they're honoring family with the name, after all a lot of occupational names are surnames first.  But, still not a big fan, especially as a first name.

neverblushed

DSMLove:

I actually know a family that named their three boys Hunter, Fisher, and Trapper. They think it's cute...

WOW!  That's just... awful! 

TeamHayes

Our 1 choice right now for a boy is Miller. I didn't think this was too bad or am I wrong?

strawberrytree

Generally speaking I'm not a big fan, but I do really like Carter, Tyler, and Taylor. And Stuart/Stewart.

It does make me giggle when someone chooses one because they think it sounds affluent [girl I know chose Porter because she thought it sounded preppy/wealthy]. Dude, you're naming your kid after a peasant.

brookelynpaisley

Cooper, Mason, and Tanner are probably my favorites.

FrecklesInside

I'm really not a fan. They sound pretentious to me, which is funny because as PP mentioned, they are actually often poor professions historically. I very much dislike Mason, Cooper, Tanner, Porter etc. 

allieshortcake

I don't mind these names because for the most part I think of them more as names than occupations.  Gotta say Trapper is pretty bad, but other than that I like a lot of them.  Mason is a favorite.

MrsJ723

DS is named Bauer, which means farmer (not the reason we chose it though). I also like Miller, Thatcher, Shepard, Sayer, and Kiefer.

Keri Marie

I like Fisher

Hate Acher 

Blondangel

Really NMS. Not only do I dislike most occupation names, but they tend to be used by parents to seem high class when they convey the exact opposite. Mason, Hunter, Tyler, Taylor, Tucker, Parker, Porter, Tanner...they're all bad. I don't have a least favorite.

 

Raeily

A lot of them are GP names for me, but some of them I hate. 

blu-eyedwife

I tend to like them, but not all of them. My favorites are Sawyer and Archer.

coopsbaby

Not generally a fan of most of them and some are just so overdone at this point I'm sick of them (like Mason). But if they're spelled right I don't side-eye!

LemonBlush

Archer is my favorite. It ended up being a top 3 name choice for DS.

Pas1224

I don't normally like them, but can't think of my least favorite.